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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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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If you've one of mentorless.com avid readers, you are aware of my admiration for Darren Aronofsky and his body of work. Discovering that two of the behind-the-scenes shot by Niko Tavernise were available online in their full version was pretty much like fast forwarding to Christmas 2013. T ...
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Making-of Voila - Picture by Ferhat Sen For this second and final part about Low to No Budget Filmmaking, Miles Maker, No-Budget Film School, Sean Baker and more participants gave great insights about: how to produce a low to no budget film how to hire a crew how to handle casting and ...
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'We are shooting a no-budget feature film.' We hear this sentence all the time, we say it ourselves, but what does it really mean? What is a no-budget film? Can you really say you made a movie for $0? What about food? post-production? parking? What about permits, insurance and SAG? What abou ...
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Perfume/Fashion ads have always been a lucrative and attractive business both for actors (see Keira Knightley, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johanson, Charlize Theron, Vincent Cassel, Brad Pitt etc.) and directors (see Scorsese, Aronofsky, David Lynch etc.) Unfortunately, few of them are memorabl ...
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Time Lapses, Hyper Lapses and Tilt Shifts are three of the most popular filmmaking technics at the moment. Time Lapses, by far a photographers/filmmakers' favorite, can now be seen in reality TV, documentaries and movies to evoke time passing and transition from one sequence to another. Just ...
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From Gangs of New York, Directed by Martin Scorsese - Cinematography by Michael Ballhaus - moviesincolor.com Movies in Color is the latest awesome tumblr filmmaking related that will feed your need to learn more and understand better how movies are made. (sounds sweet, right?) Created at ...
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12 Monkeys is one of my favorite sci-fi movie and yet, it took me a long time to watch The Hamster Factor after @LaFamiliaFilm pointed out its existence. The Hamster Factor is both a full-length documentary and 12 Monkeys' official behind-the-scene, ordered by Terry Gilliam himself to protect ...
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