This is an 8’29” video essay about the way colour is used to tell the story in Joker. More about JOKER’s look? Click here and you’ll get the Joker’s cinematographer himself, Lawrence Sher, telling you about his career and the…
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Film Blocking, What is it?
Film blocking and staging mean choreographing the actors and the camera in a given scene in a way which develops and pushes the film narrative forward. It’s never guided solely by aesthetics, and if it is, it’s wrong, That’s why…
Best “Making Of” Books: EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS
How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock ‘n’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood. This must be THE book about American movies from the 60s to the 80s. We are not technically dealing with a “Making Of” book here, but this marvellous piece of work tells…
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Best Screenwriting Books: INTO THE WOODS
John Yorke‘s INTO THE WOODS, not to be confused with Stephen Sondheim’s well known musical of the same title, is a very British book. Many examples referred to in it, come from British television, no wonder, as Yorke is an expert TV…