making-a-science-fiction-movie-on-a-shoestring-where-can-you-cut-corners... I'm surprised that anybody would suggest shooting on film in an article on doing it on the cheap; film has so many hidden costs that digital lets you avoid ... the most significant of which is summed up in the term "Dailies". With video, you can check what you're shooting *there*. On *set*. With low-cost film gear (meaning no video tap,) that's impossible to do ... which means that if something goes wrong and you don't notice it right then, you have to go back to the location, get your actors back, dress'em up again, and all that ... or forego the shot altogether. There's a reason why Red-grade cameras are getting more and more popular, even in Hollywood. Plus, there's the wacky, wacky fun of getting the film into the editing program - because you do NOT want to edit on a flatbed. @capnrob: She said if you can afford it. @Shaftoe: aaaaaand this is why I started off with the phrase "on an article about doing it on the cheap." @capnrob: I don't disagree. Oh and I checked out your blog.
Opening Scenes of Alfred Hitchcock films (film directing, criticism, story... Borgus.com - Geography and space were important factors in Alfred Hitchcock’s storytelling technique. So much so that film scholar Paul Duncan (2003) described his formal style as merely "a series of set pieces linked together by plot." In 1934, Hitchcock wrote to readers of Film Weekly declaring his appetite for more "freshness in choice of backgrounds" citing mundane locations in other British films (Gottlieb 1995). Here we will examine more specifically the opening scenes of Alfred Hitchcock films and examine his strategy for introducing his stories to the viewer. In his opening scenes, Hitchcock established tone and setting from a point of objectivity toward the subjective, flirted with the boundaries between public space and private space, and painted a satirical world filled with a tapestry of caricatures. 1. In the early part of Hitchcock’s career he wrote about the need for shifts in tone throughout a film, and that a comic opening is essential to suspense. 2. 3. 4. References:
The only film making advice you really need — Cinema Advanced Cinema Advanced Yesterday, I told you how Listening to ’so called’ experts could destroy your film career before it even starts . Today I’m going to share with you the few principles you really need to know. If you’ve ever dreamed about being a director, then this post is a must read for you. The 9 things you need to do if you really want to be a film maker. Shoot the damn thing – Stop obsessing over what gear you need, stop worrying about raising money, stop obsessing over every little detail. Tagged as: advice , film making , filmmaking advice , filmmaking for dummies 180 degree rule This schematic shows the axis between two characters and the 180° arc on which cameras may be positioned (green). When cutting from the green arc to the red arc, the characters switch places on the screen. In film making, the 180-degree rule[1] is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. The object that is being filmed must always remain in the center, while the camera must always face towards the object. Example[edit] In a dialogue scene between two characters, Daniel (orange shirt, frame left in the diagram) and Lucas (blue shirt, frame right), the camera may be placed anywhere on the green 180° arc and the spatial relationship between the two characters will be consistent from shot to shot, even when one of the characters is not on screen. The rule also applies to the movement of a character as the "line" created by the path of the character. Common usage, pitfalls and solutions[edit] Usage[edit]
Supercut Movie Clichés About Supercut videos (a.k.a pop culture megamixes) are video montages made of overused movie or TV platitudes. Very often, they are meant to highlight how certain hackneyed lines have lost all meaning due to their continuous employment by lazy screenwriters. Origin The term “supercut” was coined by blogger Andy Baio on April 11th 2008. (A) genre of video meme, where some obsessive-compulsive superfan collects every phrase/action/cliche from an episode (or entire series) of their favorite show/film/game into a single massive video montage. In the blog post, Baio cites a YouTube video titled “Previously on Lost : What?” In TV & Films Film critic Tom McCormack provides a comprehensive history of supercut aesthetics in his blog post “Compilation Nation.” Spread On YouTube, various compilation videos made by fans of TV shows and film actors foreshadowed the arrival of Supercuts, most notably the montage of David Carusoe’s cheesy one-liners in CSI. Supercut Database Notable Examples
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