Jamie Benning, the man behind the excellent filmumentary Raiding the Lost Ark is back with a 2h30 piece dedicated to the making of Jaws and it's worth every minute of it. Benning spent 16 months collecting old archives, getting exclusive interviews and putting together this homage to Spielb ...
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I've recently read 'The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind''s script for the first time and I was surprised to discover a prologue and epilogue in it that not only I couldn't remember from the movie, but that also changed quite dramatically the story's interpretation. Charlie Kaufman and Mi ...
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Few days ago I finally had the chance to watch Side by Side, a documentary of its time where Keanu Reeves interviewed directors, cinematographers, editors, colorists, actors, executives etc. to better understand why film, why digital, and why film vs. digital. Although there is a real risk tha ...
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Like the Art of Steadicam or the View, Breaking the Fourth Wall is an homage to a filmmaking technique used since The Great Train Robbery (1903) in every genres and that still has good days ahead (just think House of Cards). We have to thank Leigh Singer for this video and here is what ...
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So, you want to be a storyteller, possibly on film/video, possibly on a dozen different mediums, and you are well and alive in 2013. Well, that's a good news as we are in the midst of a revolution that is opening up hundreds of new ways a) to tell stories and b) to reach and connect with people ...
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Few days ago, First Showing executive editor's Alex Billington published his Cannes interview with Nicolas Winding Refn about Only God Forgives. During the interview, Winding Refn mentioned his editor, Mat Newman, and how both men worked on finding the story within the footage shot. Of co ...
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Game of Thrones, one of the few TV Shows that's got plenty of coverage here, from writing to vfx, get another special treatment today with this 20 minute video with Greg Spence, one of the show's Producer who oversees GoT's post-production. Games of Thrones is a unique show in that it has a ...
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During the NAB SuperMeet last April, vfx veterans Scott Ross and Scott Squire, gave a passionate, funny and highly informative speech about the state of VFX: why it is in the situation it is now, what is going to happen if things don't change and how things can/should change for a better worl ...
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Last week, Miles Maker tweeted almost 200 great tips about how to deal with low to no budget filmmaking. This week, Maker's tweeted from another No-Budget Film School's event and shared priceless insights about the Art of Pitching during writer/director and USC teacher Janet Scott Batchler's t ...
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Strategist and consultant Louisa Heinrich gave a very informative thirty minute speech at the MIP Markets about The Most Shared Videos in 2013. Sure, we are only half-way through the said year, but when it comes to viral videos (or 'social videos', the new official term), 6 months means a ...
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