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The quickest way to lose a cinematic point of view on a branded film is to treat the brief as a shot list. The client needs the facility, the product, the team, an interview and th...
Eyelines are one of those invisible elements of filmmaking. When they work, you don't notice them at all. When they don't… whew, it's bad, and it's obvious. If you have a scene whe...
Blocking is one of those invisible and maybe not-as-glamorous aspects of filmmaking. It's the choreography of where your actors stand, if and when they move, and how the camera fra...
If you get on a set and start to discuss shot ideas and camera set-ups with your DP, you might, in the moment, hear them say, "We can't do that. It crosses the line."Not some metap...
I remember renting Airplane! on VHS and laughing so hard milk came out of my nose. That could have been last week, but it was probably 30 years ago. The comedy mastermind behind th...
When we talk about directing, we often get caught up in the technical aspects of it, such as camera movement, lighting setups, or the mechanics of a scene. Yet cinema is ultimately...
“It’s a simple thing… If you want to make a feature film, you get ideas for 70 scenes. Put them on 3-by-5 cards. As soon as you have 70…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Making a movie is brutal. It's hard. We know.But the lead-up to the green light might even be worse. Before you get to hire actors or buy props, you often have to sit across from s...
Martin Scorsese has made some of the most meticulously composed images in American movies. I mean, have you seen the Copa tracking shot? What about the stark black-and-white drama...
Round and round we go Gaining an advantage in AI design workflow's isn't based on better prompting. It's something we've been doing for decades... First off, this isn’t an "AI i...
Being a writer is hard, right? Hopefully you're passionate about the story and building interesting characters and doing all the little things you have to do to make a strong scrip...
“Forget every rule Syd Field, Robert McKee or any other screenwriting guru ever taught you. Except one: Never be boring.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Avery Dohrmann is a filmmaker who wrote for us back in 2023 about making his debut feature, Our Final Days in Paradise, at 20. He's back with a video essay on visual literacy, and...
“Theoretically, perfectly, what one wants to do is put the protagonist and the audience in exactly the same position. The main question in…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Hollywood is a town built on legends and legendary figures, and there are very few whose careers have been as staggering as Jack Nicholson's. The guy is a titan of American cinema...
I wanted to write about something ridiculous today. So I legit was like, what are three words that I think would stand out on the opening page of a script and get me to lean in? Wh...
Producer Nick Morton spent 30 years in Hollywood, first as a development executive at Philip Anschutz's Bristol Bay Productions on films like Ray and Sahara, then at Phoenix Pictur...
“I suggest that everyone get Francis Ferguson’s edition of Aristotle’s Poetics. Read it once — it’ll make the point — and then retire to…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Do you know how long it takes to make a film? It’s, like, a really long process. It takes a long time. That is, if you’re doing it right from development to release.What does that...
A call sheet can be beautifully formatted and still fail at its most important job: giving each person the current information for the shoot day. The problem usually appears after...
The only way to have a real career in Hollywood is to have someone representing your interests who can help you procure work or put you up for jobs at the studio level. The problem...
If you're into movie-making (which we guess you are, because you're here right now), you know that the way independent films get financed has shifted hard in the last few years. So...
Keep it short, tell a unique story, and don’t send a nasty email if your film gets rejected: Those were The post Be Concise, Original and Nice: 3 Film Festival Directors Tell Movie...
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