Posted on May 17, 2012 in Directing | No Comments
If you’re looking for a studio quality, I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.
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Posted on May 14, 2012 in Directing, Interviews | 1 Comment
Film directors Quentin Tarantino (‘Inglourious Basterds’). Peter Jackson (‘The Lovely Bones’), James Cameron (‘Avatar’), Kathryn Bigelow (‘The Hurt Locker’), Jason Reitman (‘Up in the Air’), and Lee Daniels (‘Precious’) talk about the toughest scenes they’ve had to film for a movie.
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Posted on May 14, 2012 in Directing | No Comments
J. Ott asks for a second take and explores why you should almost always shoot a second take even if everything is perfect the first time around.
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Posted on May 2, 2012 in Directing | No Comments
Steven Speilberg talks about how he found his way into settling on a career in Directing.
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Posted on April 12, 2012 in Directing, General Production | 3 Comments
Know the difference between rushing to “make the movie” and rushing to “make the schedule”.
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Posted on March 7, 2012 in Interviews | No Comments
Ed Harris talks about getting starting as an actor and transitioning into being a director on the film “Pollack” as well as his favorite movie scenes.
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Posted on March 7, 2012 in Directing | No Comments
What can we learn from the swaggering captain of the Enterprise? Well a lot about how to lead and effective team…
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Posted on February 1, 2012 in Directing, Pre-production | No Comments
As a filmmaker, be it as a producer or director or both, you are like a captain of a ship. Once the production day starts and the ship has left port, everyone will be looking to you for guidance and direction. Nothing will sink your project faster than indecision – an issue that can be mitigated with proper pre-production work.
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Posted on January 23, 2012 in Directing, Filmmaking 360, General Screenwriting, Interviews | No Comments
Ariston Anderson interviews Francis Ford Coppola (“The Godfather”, “Apocalypse Now”) on how to bridge the gap between distribution and commerce, screenwriting, and directing great actors.
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Posted on January 10, 2012 in Directing | 1 Comment
In this clip provided by Lions Gate for the Blu-ray release of Pulp Fiction,Tarantino directs Bruce Willis on set; Willis likens Tarantino’s directing to theater work.
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Posted on January 4, 2012 in Directing | 2 Comments
The visionary director of Brazil and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam offers 10 tips for the Directors of today:
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Posted on December 14, 2011 in Directing, Interviews | No Comments
Charlie Rose looks at the film “Moneyball” with director Bennett Miller and actors Brad Pitt & Jonah Hill. Among other topics Pitt discusses why he doesn’t want to direct.
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Posted on December 12, 2011 in Acting, Directing | No Comments
In this clip from a recent AFI Harold Lloyd Master Seminar, Director David Cronenberg shares his approach to working with actors.
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Posted on November 3, 2011 in Directing, Interviews | No Comments
Academy Award winning director, producer, and occasional actor, Martin Scorsese, is guest ‘Inside the Actor’s Studio’, hosted by James Lipton. This is the 6th episode of the 9th season, aired on December 15th, 2002.
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Posted on October 27, 2011 in Directing, Filmmaking 360 | 1 Comment
In this video from Birth of the Image, the four basic elements of visual language are discussed from: Shot Type, Height Relationship, On Screen direction, and Camera movement.
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