“Am I Going to Have to Reshoot Half of This Movie?” Howard …
WEBFeb 18, 2021 · Writer-director John Hughes had just begun to make a name for himself with three films he made for Universal (Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Weird Science) when Ned Tanen lured him over to Paramount with an overall deal designed to turn the filmmaker into a mogul.In less than three years, Hughes wrote, produced, and/or directed five movies for the studio (Pretty in Pink, Ferris ...
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WEBBeyond the subjective design of the filmmaking—comprising not just what we hear, but how we understand the premise of any given scene—this is a catalyzing collaboration between Chalfant, storied veteran of both stage (Wit) and screen, and Friedland, a student of choreography who sought out a movement-based approach to the subject matter.
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WEBFeb 16, 2021 · Candy Flip and Theo Meow/Meow Meow – The Sad Girls of the Mountains . Only a few minutes into The Sad Girls of the Mountains (Die traurigen Mädchen aus den Bergen), I had the deliciously disoriented feeling of having pretty much no idea what I had gotten myself into. Sad Girls is a black comedy feminist mockumentary eviscerating the patriarchy, activism, public attitudes towards sex work ...
Cinematographer Shane Hurlbut on Camera Tests and the Joy of …
WEBSep 16, 2014 · I first saw cinematographer Shane Hurlbut speaking at a trade show held in New York City in 2010 hosted by Canon. Hurlbut had just finished shooting Act of Valor, shot predominately using the Canon 5D Mark II, and he burst on stage with enough energy to power the building.At the time I wrote that he was “loud, in your face, cracking jokes while dashing about the stage,” but it was also ...
The Fine Print: How To Understand and Negotiate a Film …
WEBJul 25, 2016 · A home video royalty of 20 percent is common — based on wholesale or distributor’s receipts. A producer with negotiating power might negotiate a 25 percent royalty or a sliding scale up to 25 percent with escalators based on quantity sales. Royalty calculations based on retail price run from 10 to 15 percent.
What Everyone Does on a Film Set - Filmmaker Magazine
WEBAug 24, 2015 · Responsibilities: Assembling and maintaining support equipment for camera including dollies, dolly track, and jibs; setting stands for lights and placing light shaping elements such as flags. Join this department if you like: Engineering, puzzles, manual labor. Know them by: Creatively-tied “signature” bandanas.
“The Studios are Dead:” Chen Kaige on China’s New ... - Filmmaker
WEBJun 11, 2013 · The Internet is the focus of Chen’s latest movie, Caught in the Web, about a young woman who’s instantly vilified after a video clip of her refusing to give up her bus seat to an old man goes viral.Unconsciously, the film’s mob mentality echoes the horrific public persecutions during the Cultural Revolution of the 60s that Chen remembers as a youth.
On Making a Proof-of-Concept Short and Getting Representation
WEBSep 30, 2019 · Besides capturing the essence of your upcoming film, if done right, the proof-of-concept short should help: 1) secure the budget for the feature film; 2) attract strong supporting actors; and 3) get you representation. The proof-of-concept short is part of a bigger development package. You need something quick …
Watch: <i>Whiplash</i>, The Short - Filmmaker Magazine
WEBMar 2, 2015 · Initially unable to raise the $3 million budget for Whiplash, Damien Chazelle made a proof of concept, 18-minute short film that premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.Now available online, the short looks to be more or less an exact excerpt of the feature script, distilling Fletcher’s emotional manipulation, rage, and abuse into three consecutive scenes.
“Set Up like Drama, Shot like Documentary”: - Filmmaker
WEBOct 8, 2014 · The Guardian recently republished a 1988 profile of Nick Cave in which the infuriated musician veered over the course of days from open, insightful and analytical to infuriatedly seething “I have to spend hours talking to fucking idiots like you who have no kind of notion about anything” and throwing a boot at his interlocutor. As with Richard Hell — who over decades went from alarming ...