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Sometimes, acting isn’t enough to feel creative on a film set. There is a need to have more control over how the story is captured and told. That has given us the following six fil...
David Fincher is one of the most exacting directors working today, demanding hundreds of takes from his cast and crew to get a version of his vision that's as close to perfection a...
I think the biggest problem in Hollywood right now is that studios and production companies are trying to save a buck, so they treat everyone as an auteur and ask them to write and...
You can name every shot type, from a medium close-up to an over-the-shoulder, and still freeze when it's time to decide where the camera actually goes. That hesitation is often wha...
What changes when you take off your writer hat and put on your director hat? In this compendium episode, John, Craig, and Scriptnotes coordinator Lauren Loesberg review directing a...
Director Mode is an upcoming iOS app for multicamera productions. It was designed by Claudio Ripalti, a filmmaker and lighting engineer based in Florence, Italy. Claudio and his te...
Earlier this year, Oscar-winning DP Greig Fraser shared some time with Kevin McCarthy on the On Film… With Kevin McCarthy podcast to unpack Project Hail Mary, but talked about ever...
If you've ever written a script, you know what it's like to inhabit a world and its characters. You've basically lived inside the pages. You know every character's backstory, the w...
I am of the mind that you can get lessons in directing from any movie you watch. Good or bad, there are things you can latch onto to decide how you want to do things, and visuals t...
Okay, we know it’s practically a joke by now that directors have their whole thing about, “You’ve got a camera in your pocket! Your phone is high-quality!” It's something directors...
There is a version of filmmaking that exists in textbooks, classrooms, diagrams, and carefully planned shot lists. Then there is the version where you’re racing against the clock,...
In Who’s Watching, writer-director Tim Kasher turns the camera itself into a storytelling device, blending found footage, surveillance imagery, documentary-style filmmaking, and tr...
You already know how to meet deadlines, solve problems and work with people. Here is how to bring those skills into filmmaking. Perhaps you run a business, manage projects, teach,...
Ask a first-time feature director where the money went and you will rarely hear “cameras.” You will hear “the days we lost.”... The post Previs on a Shoestring: How Indie Directors...
January 2005: Hot Aussie summer. I was scrolling through my emails and came across one requesting volunteers to help out on a music video. It was to be produced in Sydney and starr...
You’re likely surrounded by cameras every day. Doorbell cameras, driveway cameras, license plate readers, etc. Writer/director James Mulcahy noticed and saw an idea for a feature.W...
Cinematographer Ryan Thomas shot Casey Donahue's feature debut on two borrowed DVX100Bs.Panasonic's DVX100 line was the indie workhorse of the early 2000s, and the original model w...
Panavision and Warner Bros. have posted up a BTS video from Digger where director Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Tom Cruise talk about the work of cinematographer Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubez...
A creative director shapes the vision behind every video. Here's what the role covers, how it differs from a director, and when your brand needs one. The post What Is a Creative Di...
Wicker has two directors and a fairly large cast of villagers, which includes a romantic lead... made of wicker.The film comes from married writer/directors Alex Huston Fischer and...
Sir Rildey Scott is nearing 90 years old and still directing movies in his own way. The director, who is never short of opinions, In an interview published by filmmaker Patrick Tom...
Last week I started a new spec. It was a genre that I haven't worked on since, like, 2017, and it was immediately hard. There were days I felt like I was making stupid choices, and...
William Friedkin made The French Connection, which won five Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture, and became the first R-rated film to take the top prize. Two years lat...
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...
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