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Mammartist part 2: parenting my creative projects

What if we were to treat our creative projects with the same gentle loving kindness we treat babies? How would that transform our creativity? This Italian mamma/artist is telling you: you should try it.

Elena RossiniApril 13, 2022

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Happy Birthday Twitter! My 10 favorite moments

Today Twitter is celebrating its 10th birthday. I joined the service in the summer of 2008 and now, nearly eight years later, I could not picture my life without it. Twitter has singlehandedly transformed my personal as well as my…

Elena RossiniMarch 21, 2016

Editing Filmmaking My Film Projects The Illusionists

Post-Production Diary: Spotless Mind Edition

I wish I could live in the world created by Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" - I'd have my memory erased at the end of each working day, so that I could accurately…

Elena RossiniAugust 4, 2012

Canon Canon 5D Mark II Filmmaking Gear Japan Lens: Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AIS My Film Projects Photography Shooting The Illusionists Tokyo

Filmmaker’s Journal: Trouble in Tokyo

I just returned to Paris after a 10-day stay in Tokyo, Japan, where I filmed key sequences and interviews for my feature-length documentary The Illusionists. Simply put, I had the time of my life. So much so that I miss…

Elena RossiniJune 18, 2012

Editing Filmmaking My Film Projects The Illusionists

Overcoming Creative Block – with the help of The Cult of Done Manifesto & Ira Glass

Confession: these past two weeks, I've experienced many episodes of creative block - a film editor's version of writer's block, if you will. I would stare at my Final Cut Pro timeline, totally paralyzed by fear and overwhelmed by the…

Elena RossiniApril 11, 2012