Monthly Archives: July 2012
I am pleased to end this week with a guest article from Brian Pearson, a director of photography who shot the indie movie American Mary in 15 days (let me repeat that: 15 days) with the twins directors Sylvia and Jen Soska. Brian, a mentorless.com reader, sent me American Mary's trailer a cou ...
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Fair warning: If you are a fervent Game of Thrones fan, this interview won't open the sky in two. It is mostly intended for mainstream audience and the interviewer favors self-centered questions, but George delivers and shares his story that I didn't know well and found interesting. A ...
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To celebrate BBC Luther's five nominations at the Emmys, the new art of framing is dedicated to its pilot. Even though the writing didn't deliver for its second season, Luther is an absolute feast of the eyes, showing once more than British Shows are in the place. The texture and the shot comp ...
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The Gift is not a recent short, it was commissioned by TV makers Philips two years ago as part of their Parallel Lines project to director Carl Erik Rinsch, and got its share of buzz back then, and for understandable reasons. I discovered it yesterday thanks to @catch_the_mouse and via th ...
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(Weird frame brought to you by my phone) June was: surprising intense busy rainy Out of this list, there's only one word that doesn't get me closer to perpetual happiness, and that's rainy. June was a good month, it was such a good month actually that I just realized now ...
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(Hans Meier, a dedicated DP) 'Le Miroir' is a six-minute "silent" (as in: no dialogues) short film that retrace the life of a man, from his childhood to his old age through his point of view (pov), itself reflected back to the viewer through a bathroom mirror. Telling a story through a bat ...
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Wes Anderson has directed 7 features in 18 years but most of them remain unseen by a mainstream audience. Those who have been exposed at least once to his universe can always recognize his touch. As Moonrise Kingdom breaks the numbers and surprises the skepticals, I thought I would share Mat ...
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After Andrew Stanton Ted's Talk on the clues to a great story, it's five years Pixar's story artist Emma Coats who shared storytelling rules learned over her 5 years experience in the animation company via her Twitter account. Thankfully, io9 picked up the tweets almost a month ago, and I f ...
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