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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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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The MōVI 10 - Looking so simple and yet... Today feels like a(nother) big day for independent filmmakers. 10 hours ago, Vincent Laforet released the Behind the Scenes footage of a short shot with the MōVI, a handheld stabilizer produced by Freefly Systems that will radically change the ...
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From the 'Golden Group' of directors that rebuilt the Hollywood System in the 70s and became 'cult filmmakers' adored by the following generations, Steven Spielberg might be the one that divides people the most. Too mainstream, too successful, too 'all over the place', too sentimental, too ...
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Alfred Hitchcock is considered one of the Master of cinematic storytelling, and decades ago after his films came out, there are always something to learn and discover from them. Hitchcock talked at length with Truffaut about his work, and mentioned his love for the storytelling technique more ...
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A reversed three-minute video shot in Jerusalem downtown in one take ? Check. Six days ago, filmmaker Messe Kopp uploaded 'Forward', a video following a man from point A to point B through Jerusalem's streets. Or from point B to A, depending on how you look at it. The video, that already h ...
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DIY filmmaker Marc Donahue, who was half of the tandem behind the Youtube hit -and impressive stop motion- Dream Music, has been back this month with new videos sharing the results of his latest experiment: obtaining a live bullet time effect out of 15 GoPros. Donahue had previously shared ...
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In the last few weeks we've talked about editing Life of Pi with Tim Squyres, and about the #supportvfx movement triggered by Rhyhmes & Hues filling for bankruptcy followed by a sad Oscar win. Today we are going to take a closer look at the actual post-production process of transformin ...
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You might remember DIY filmmaker Casey Neistat from the Nike commercial 'Make It Count' that went viral few months ago, after Neistat took Nike's budget and traveled with his editor, covering as many parts of the world they could with the money they had until they went broke, and filmed the who ...
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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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