Setting Out Productions

making media is an interesting balance between artistic expression and effective communication.   it’s usually difficult to know how other people will react to your work.  when i work on a project daily for an extended period of time, it’s hard to stay grounded in what will make sense to people that don’t have [...]

Next Tuesday (July 28th) I will screen a rough cut of  I love children, but . . . If you are in the Boston area and want to take advantage of this unique opportunity to view and provide feedback for a work-in-progress please let me know and I’ll get you on the list for [...]

“i’m so curious and excited to see your project.  i think its nice sometimes to see what other people are doing – it reminds me why we make media in the first place.  projects always seem more interesting when you haven’t been working on and thinking about them for months.  at least for me, [...]

There is certain iconic imagery that is essential to my film.  Particularly in the sense that I want to place parenting in a historical gender role framework because a lot of my concerns about partnering and motherhood stem from issues I have with societal expectations of women.  Fortunately there are a plethora of found [...]

Yes, British scientists have created human sperm out of stem cells.  But it’ll be some time before this technique is perfected.  Read about it and watch a video of the lab at BBC online. 

The news of lab created sperm has led to people musing about a world without men.  What’s really interesting [...]

When I have conversations with people about relationships I often get a pitying head shake expressing a disbelief that is sometimes verbalized as ‘you just haven’t met the right person yet.’  

I’m not a big fan of dating.  Usually its more trouble than it’s worth.  I have a really full life with a lot [...]

I always thought that vasectomies were fairly reversible and tubal ligation (female sterilization) was irreversible.  I was shocked to find out a couple of my friends believed the exact opposite.  So I decided to do some research.  Some sources say that vasectomies are reversible around 70% of the time but most sources say that [...]