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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With more than 2 million online students and a win as 'Best New Start Up of 2012', it is hard to believe that Coursera, a website offering free access to online education from 29 International Universities hasn't celebrated its first birthday yet. Coursera is a simple and efficient website ...
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Recording objects falling for big action scene Budgets are not the only thing that distinguish "blockbusters" from "indie movie", the attention put on sounds is another big element too. Granted, you need to have money to obtain a five stars sound quality, but independent movies rarely need ...
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Duncan Jones, who was featured here last week with Moon's behind the scenes and hit the headlines few days ago with the "Warcraft reveal", belongs to the group of directors using Social Media to engage with their fans and find new and organic ways to promote their work. Last night, ch4 scre ...
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It's not the first time, and it likely won't be the last time, that Martin Scorsese inspires us. For the third season of Dinner for Five, John Favreau hosted this episode with maestro Scorsese and asked him, in thirty minutes, insightful questions, from filmmaker to filmmaker. Scorsese, as ...
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The final V-log from Peter Jackson and his hilarious A-team hit the net two days ago and, once again, doesn't disappoint. In 14 minutes you will get an overview of The Hobbit post-production's workflow and the usual jokes that make you feel Jackson's universe looks a lot like (my fantasized ...
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Couple of days ago I went to see Cloud Atlas and I loved it. Here, I said it. Many of you will probably booh me and wonder if I am blind (the make-up, dude!). To this group I will just say I feel very lucky I had the opportunity to be in the right state of mind to fully appreciate the Wac ...
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Rian Johnson is one of this new directors that I enjoy following because I can relate to his trajectory and the way he talks about his work and career. (i.e. 'I have very few social skills') After winning a Sundance Prize in 2005 at age 30 for his first feature film, Brick, that he had spent 6 ...
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I am glad to open this week articles' series with 'Initiative #435', a sci-fi short written, directed, edited and produced by Shawn Costa. Shawn was kind enough to write an in-depth article about why he decided to write this short, how he made it happen and what happened once he was done with ...
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Peter Jackson is part of this small club of directors that made it thanks to his pure love for movies and unstoppable determination. Before being known for the director/producer who put New-Zealand on the entertainment business map and gave justice to Tolkien's written work, Jackson was just a ...
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