Christopher Nolan On Working With Actors
Posted on July 7, 2010 in Acting, Directing, Interviews | 3 Comments
Christopher Nolan discusses the virtues of being honest with Actors during an AFI Harold Lloyd Masters Seminar.
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Four Pieces of Unbreakable
Posted on November 15, 2009 in Directing, Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
A critical analysis of four pieces of M. Night Shamalan’s “Unbreakable” by Jim Emerson.
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On Directing Actors for Film/Video
Posted on March 25, 2009 in Directing | No Comments
By IQ forum member: KillerCordova
Before we start, know this, I can only teach what I know, and I know only what I was taught, and a small bit more. I acknowledge that this isn’t complete, but it’s worked well for me, and hopefully it’ll work well with refining your technique a bit more as well.
This [...]
Nonprofessional Actors Give European Films a New Realism
Posted on December 5, 2008 in Directing | No Comments
Tobias Grey examines the trend in Europe of using everyday people in films to achieve realism.
…When the Italian film director Matteo Garrone began formulating how he wanted to make “Gomorrah,” his unflinching portrait of the Neapolitan Mafia, his inspiration came from a movie made more than 60 years earlier. It was the 1946 neorealist classic [...]
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Visual Language of Schindler’s List
Posted on September 30, 2008 in Directing | No Comments
Cineobscure is one of my favorite sites. Among other things they offer insightful visual breakdowns of landmark films such as Jaws, War of the Worlds, Christine, Aliens, Braveheart, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Tombstone and of course Schindler’s List.
…Spielberg, along with long time collaborator Janusz Kaminski shot the film with a [...]
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Citizen Kane Commentaries by Roger Ebert
Posted on July 24, 2008 in Directing | No Comments
Roger Ebert’s commentary on Citizen Kane is without a doubt the best DVD extra ever. Not only do you get the best film ever made, you get the best film school you’ll ever have for under $20. Here are a few short clips of Ebert’s highly educational commentary, which focuses on the technical, [...]
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Andrei Tarkovski Advice For Young Directors
Posted on July 9, 2008 in Directing | No Comments
Andrei Tarkovski segment from the documentary “Voyage In Time”, offering advice to young directors.
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