Three women who had edited one of the Maysles brothers‘ documentaries and further established the art of cinema vérité talk briefly about the challenges and philosophy of editing Grey Gardens or a documentary of such nature.
Albert Maysles passed away on March 5, 2015. He along with his brother David were the pioneers of the cinema vérité documentary filmmaking, which paved the way for much of how documentaries and films are made today.
Renny Harlin and David Mamet briefly talk about the negative side of the allure of Hollywood.
Part VI – On process, editing.
Part VII – Writers Brian Koppelman and David Levien join Steven Soderbergh in a discussion on the nuts and bolts of filmmaking. Discussions include on cutting the footage up to camera, exposition, ideas, improvisation, seeing effort in shot designs, subjective versus objective directing, and structuring sequences without shot repetition.
EDIT: In light of a comment made in the video below about me not posting titles or as little information about the given selection as possible – may I remind everyone that I do not do that. Period. I have mentioned before the reasons why, and I have written it in the “About” page how I go about these selects.
Here it is again.
I post only the most valuable excerpts of commentary information from various films. Mainly the selects that I choose are theoretical in nature – that is, it is irrelevant what film they’re from as they are not screen specific. I mull over these bits quite a bit to make sure they can be understood on their own. Do not ask me for a TITLE whenever I post these commentaries. If you are so curious, why not and watch the director’s entire films with the commentaries on like I do? I provide a service for those who want to learn, on my own free time. On this blog I will compile best bits on cinematic language. This is less of a technical blog as it is a theoretical, analytical, and philosophical space for young filmmakers or just cinephiles who want to grasp the language of cinema.
Part 8 of Ridley Scott’s thoughts on cinema and filmmaking. Remember, it’s all about intuition.
Part III of the filmmaking series with James Mangold covers the following topics; teamwork, intimacy, specifics of actor-director relationship, actor’s courage, widescreen, “noir” look, what movies are.
Alexander Mackendrick‘s teaching assistant turned filmmaker James Mangold yet again illuminates on topics such as; point-of-view, blocking, favorite sequences to direct, action, comic book films and more.
Alexander Mackendrick‘s teaching assistant turned filmmaker James Mangold talks filmmaking and acting.
In which Jared Harris takes on the role of a moderator and asks John Carpenter about filmmaking. Discussions include production design, film looks, anamorphic, audiences, directing, film style and how it pertains to film acting, on-set discipline and market research. Previous discussions can be heard on stage fright here, and on acting here.
Hear a story about Laurence Olivier, what can cause it, and how to get through it. Brought to you by John Carpenter and Jared Harris. If you missed their discussion on acting, check it out here
John Carpenter and Jared Harris sit down to talk about acting, where Carpenter acts as a moderator asking questions and gets answers about the craft from master thespian Jared Harris, son of an even bigger thespian Richard Harris. If you’d like to know a few things about an actor’s process, acting for TV, what they do on time off, and what goes through their mind when a director gives them directions then hear it all below.
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