Posted on October 26, 2010 in Directing | 1 Comment
Judith Weston, author of “Directing Actors,” in a skype video conference with directing students at Tisch Asia/Singapore on Jan 28 2010 responds to the question, Why is it important for filmmakers to understand Subtext? She discusses the importance of knowing “what the script is about” using the movie “Forrest Gump” as an example, and referencing Sidney Lumet’s book “Making Movies.”
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Posted on October 21, 2010 in Directing | No Comments
International author, directing coach and workshop leader Judith Weston gives some advice on how to strengthen the conflict in a scene and increase the intensity of the performances.
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Posted on September 20, 2010 in Directing, Storyboarding | 2 Comments
In this episode of Celtx’s Motion Sketches they consider the choices the director has to make and the steps a filmmaker can take to ensure that their choices are informed and considered. Knowledge is power.
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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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Posted on November 15, 2009 in Directing, Filmmaking 360 | 1 Comment
A critical analysis of four pieces of M. Night Shamalan’s “Unbreakable” by Jim Emerson.
VIA: Jim Emerson
Posted on March 25, 2009 in Directing | 1 Comment
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.
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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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Posted on September 30, 2008 in Directing | 2 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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Posted on July 24, 2008 in Directing | 1 Comment
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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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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