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Hello Picture House Community, While we all celebrate our graduates and begin to think about spending more time outdoors in our parks and at our beaches, I thought I would share with you a recommendation from the 5th grade graduate in our house, Finn. It’s another beautifully animated film brought to you by the CG [...]
This week, we’re sharing an animated short film for all ages about a boy’s heart that puts him at risk for revealing his secret crush. This film is about love and trust and fear and courage – universal themes all beautifully captured in just four minutes. Created by Beth David and Esteban Bravo, who started [...]
This week, we wanted to share with you this inspiring, three-minute interview with Thais Francis, a young actress, writer, and director. This is an especially good watch for young people thinking about making a career in the arts. She says, “If I don’t tell my story, who will?” We love her positive, proactive approach to [...]
On Monday, we shared a film recommendation by one of our high school students, who had a desire to share inspirational stories. Student voices are important to us, so today, we’re sharing a video that was made by our students from the New Rochelle Boys and Girls Club in 2017. The video is a product [...]
Produced by Karen Toliver and directed by NFL wide-receiver Matthew Cherry, this week’s animated short film was funded through Kickstarter, debuted on YouTube, made its theatrical debut in front of Angry Birds 2 in 2019, and won an Oscar for best animated short film in 2020. Not your typical trajectory for an Oscar-winner. A short film for [...]
We have been finding new ways of achieving our mission and providing ways to connect you to the art of film (and hopefully provide a welcome escape) while you’re at home — and we have more in store! But first — we need your feedback on how we’re doing and what you’d like to see moving forward. We’ve put [...]
Although the pandemic is far from over, the combination of a successful vaccine roll-out and signs of spring have conspired to turn our thoughts to the future and to recovery, especially economic recovery. I share the view that the key to restarting the Westchester economy is getting consumers out and about again safely — and [...]
On Monday we shared tips for conducting a successful documentary interview. Today we have a great example for you — this documentary profile video won an NY Emmy Award for Best Arts Segment. As a digital media piece created for the web, close-up images were used for their ease of visibility on a smartphone’s smaller screen. [...]
Last week TPH at Home launched a documentary series in partnership with Magnolia. (This week’s film is RBG with exclusive access to a Q&A with the film’s directors.) In keeping with that theme, we’re sharing a couple of great links for budding documentary filmmakers. Our documentary filmmaking classes are perennial favorites among middle and high [...]
We’re excited to share the Spring 2020 edition of The Big Picture with you. It has been a very eventful year so far as the newsletter shows. Take a look back at Marquee Night — and a look at our present with all of our TPH at Home offerings. Spring 2020 Edition of The Big Picture [...]
