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Color: Vol. 1
For those who haven’t yet read my analysis of color and the look of films, you can check it here What I’ve got here is the first of many visual image compilations of color in films. Color isn’t just a...
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Arthur Cantrill discusses Dziga Vertov
“Our eyes see very little and very badly – so people dreamed up the microscope to let them see invisible phenomena; they invented the telescope…now they have perfected the cinecamera to penetrate more...
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Renny Harlin on filmmaking
The Finnish director who filled the directing shoes on the second Die Hard — and fit the shoes quite well, mind you — talks about filmmaking. It’s always a joy for me when I listen to all these...
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“Learn that movie!”
One of my biggest inspirations is John McTiernan. I think it’s become obvious through how I constantly mention him. Here’s a video in which McTiernan talks a bit about how he approached learning...
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Film Technique notes
As promised, I’m posting the notes I took while reading this wonderful book on cinematic language. It was published in 1958, however a lot of the theories mentioned in the book were developed by...
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Jan De Bont on filmmaking + Kuleshov effect origins
Last week it was Renny Harlin, now it’s Jan De Bont; it’s a two for two in action director commentaries. It’s great listening to all these different directors talk about cinema and illuminate us about...
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David Cronenberg on filmmaking
The master of body horror himself. David Cronenberg talks about the choices and filmmaking decisions he’s made in A History of Violence. This is one of the first of a series, since he has recorded them...
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Kuleshov on finding your style
I read an amazing passage from this book I’m currently reading, written by Lev Kuleshov. It’s in Russian but I felt the urge to translate it and share it with everyone. It’s very helpful in that he...
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The ABCs of Film Directing notes
I finished reading Kuleshov’s The ABCs of Film Directing – which was never published in the US – and took notes on every section. The book is in Russian, but it has diagrams and animated pictures that...
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David Cronenberg on filmmaking: Part 2
More cinematic information from the body horror master. David Cronenberg is one of the most articulate commentators I’ve heard yet. Again, I left out the ‘character motivation’ bits so you get majority...
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David Cronenberg on filmmaking: Part 3
Part 3 is here. Cronenberg gives a lot of insight on lighting seeing as how Crash’s filming logistics required a lot of location and night shooting. Part II Part I
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Movements 002: The 400 Blows + analysis
I have compiled virtually every camera movement in Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows. Camera pans, and the like I did not include (I’m lying, there’s a few there, lol) because the main concern of the...
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Film Theory & Criticism book
Here’s a book packed with essential essays on film theory from Bazin, Eisenstein, Pudovkin, etc Since publication of the first edition in 1974, Leo Braudy and Marshall Cohen’s Film Theory and Criticism...
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Feedback: Tony Scott
Apologies for the lack of any kind of useful filmmaking info (though rest assured I never seize to stop looking for all kinds of filmmaking information, whether it’s through reading, interviews, or...
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Bela Balazs’ Theory of the Film
Time for some more highly influential film theory material. Here is another in-depth, free of jargon book on film theory that’s easily accessible for everyone. It’s a book I have already begun reading...
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Tony Scott on filmmaking – part I
At long last here is the first of a series of Tony Scott commentary selections. As I always try to do, I’ve compiled what I found to be the most helpful, illuminating bits on filmmaking from this...
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Jan De Bont on filmmaking + Kuleshov effect origins
Last week it was Renny Harlin, now it’s Jan De Bont; it’s a two for two in action director commentaries. It’s great listening to all these different directors talk about cinema and illuminate us about...
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Tony Scott on filmmaking – part II
Entirely screen specific. Took me a long time, but the end result is satisfying. And a nice piece on Tony from BBC
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Tony Scott on filmmaking – part III
Here’s some new free stuff. Anybody want some Nolan? Let’s see how many comments we can get.
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Paul Thomas Anderson on Max Ophuls & emulating other filmmakers
It is no secret that PTA is a master emulator: Robert Altman, Jonathan Demme, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Mikhail Kalatozov, Francois Truffaut and Max Ophuls amongst the most obvious ones....
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