Have you ever seen an actor or actress in a movie, you know instantly that you’ve seen him or her many times before, but can not remember a single time you did? Those “unknown” actors, who fill the spinal cord of many…
Category: LINKS on filmmaking
Links that will help you learn how things are really made on filmmaking.
Amazing Unnoticed VFX that Really Help
Here is a link to Espinof to a very relevant post about SFX. Check the videos about Mindhunter‘s visual effects, Zodiac‘s, Gone Girl‘s and The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo‘s. It really shows how David Fincher is into visual effects that can…
The Art of David Lynch
Great work from VoorDeFilm about the painters that influenced Lynch here. More about Making Movies? Please check our posts The 5 Best Books on Making Movies, by Darren Aronofsky, Film Blocking, What is it?, Best “Making Of” Books: EASY RIDERS, RAGING…
CGI that Makes a Difference
Many of us have grown tired of CGI effects in movies. So often they look fake, they take our minds away from the story, they become annoying. Occasionally, though, they become real magic. These times we may not even recognise…
Honest Trailers as Scriptwriting Tools
Honest Trailers are great fun. Maybe those filmmakers that get trashed by them wouldn’t agree, but they are fantastic. That, though, is not the only reason why I’ll be making them part of this blog from now on. The reason…
Vancouver Never Plays Itself
Ok, films create magic so places look like other places because it’s convenient and needed. But Vancouver never plays itself, and maybe deserves so! Nice Job, Everyframeapainting!
Akira Kurosawa’s Frame of Mind
Akira Kurosawa‘s framings have magic. His storyboarding work is magnificent. Sometimes though, the Master’s decisions come from very down to earth motives. In his book Making Movies, Sidney Lumet says: ” I once asked Akira Kurosawa why he had chosen to frame a…
Ensemble Staging Vs Dull Coverage
Scene coverage is essential. As a film lecturer I see that, the most common mistake students make is to not overlap shots, not to cover the scene in a way that gives them a range of possibilities in the editing…
Basic Film Economics
Movies usually need to make 373% to break even. 7 in 10 films lose money. Ever heard of RoI (Return on Investment)? Film economics can be the ugly duck, usually ignored in film blogs. The fine people from Storyality posted…
Guide to Hollywood Terminology
For you, The Screenwriter’s Ultimate Guide To Hollywood Terminology from Screencraft. Do you know the meaning of…. & (AND), ABOVE THE LINE, AGAINST, BEAT SHEET, BELOW THE LINE, BIDDING WAR, COVERAGE, CREATIVE EXECUTIVE, DEVELOPMENT HELL, ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER, ELEVATOR PITCH, FILM CANON (OR JUST “CANON”), FOUR QUADRANT MOVIE, SCALE, SPEC SCRIPT, STORY CANON, TENT POLE …? Well, you…