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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Like many, I find Terrence Malick's universe fascinating and enchanting. The filmmaker with 6 movies over 35 years has such a strong vision of the stories he wants to tell that there is a visual consistency that carries throughout his work, story after story, no matter the subject, the setting ...
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Back shot from Another Earth Take a look at "The View: a 'Back-to-the-Camera' Supershot", a video edited by Zach Prewitt that compiles back shots from 90 different sources (films and TV-Shows) and organically mixes film genres and decades. Back shots are often used to reveal either an imp ...
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Everybody knows Lena Dunham from her hit show 'Girls' on HBO and/or her multi-million dollars deal to write her future first book, but Dunham's career really started with Tiny Furniture, her second feature film shot for less than $50,000 on a 7D in 2010, and that became one of the first indie f ...
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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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Like about pretty much everything when it comes to making movies, all directors have a different opinion about whether storyboarding is a necessary or key step in prepping a shooting. If you were curious to learn more about how directors and cinematographers work with storyboards though, y ...
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Here we are for a second The Art of Framing! The good news is today is about Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces, a movie that plays with many formats, colors, textures to narrate a multi-layered story. Rodrigo Prieto (Cinematographer), Antxón Gómez (Production Designer) , Victor Molero (A ...
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Alfonso Cuaron is a director with a unique visual style that I have been following since Great Expectations and who gained global fame when he practically 'rebooted' the Harry Potter series (esthetically speaking) and when his dystopian sci-fi Children of Men came out, rejuvenating t ...
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The Art of Framing is a new category I have wanted to start for a while now, and after this month's multiple shootings (more on that soon) where I had to handle pretty much everything myself, I thought the time had come to officially baptize this subject. As a director, if you don't have to ...
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