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During the filming process, the First AD is the guy in charge. Or the woman. He/she organises the shooting, what will be filmed and when. His/her mission, to harmonise the production requirements with the director wishes, which is never easy, […]
A salute to the Wizards of Sound. Foley Artists create sounds for movies from the most unexpected sources. We have dealt with the Visual Effects world in our 3 posts CGI Visual Effects that Really Make a Difference, Amazing Unnoticed […]
Parody is an Excellent Tool for Criticism. In another post, this one in particular, I recommended the “Honest Trailers” as a way to analyse movies: by making fun of plot holes, inconsistencies and poorly scripted scenes, they review a movie… In a […]
Star Trek needs no introduction. The amount of books covering every aspect of the successes (and failures) of the saga created by Gene Roddenberry is staggering. So I’m not going to try to summarise a work which achieves epic proportions. […]
ON FILM EDITING: This book is a real classic. Technically, though, is dated, that is true. It’s a book written at the beginning of the ’80s, so no computers then. Most of you are all familiar with Avid, Final Cut […]
If you are Wondering who Elia Kazan is, we are in Trouble. He created some of the best drama for screen and stage ever: On the Waterfront, Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar named Desire, East of Eden… He placed […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]