The most important location in Whiskey Dreams is the bar. This is also the one that could have been the most difficult to arrange. In my experience, businesses and venues hear the words “film location” and they want to charge money. Fortunately, I’ve got connections. I’ve got access to a bar. The film crew and [...]
My proposal for a 16mm MOS film was selected, which means I’ll be directing the film as well. This is exciting. I’ll be posting more info. Keep checking back for updates on the project, especially if you’re on the crew with me!
Now I understand what the lyrics to that Pixies song are about: got me a movie i want you to know slicing up eyeballs i want you to know girlie so groovy i want you to know don’t know about you but i am un chien andalusia wanna grow up to be be a debaser, [...]
What does MOS stand for? “Write an MOS script,” they say. ”Remember this is MOS,” they warn. But what does that mean exactly? Explanations offered: Mit Aus Sound. This is doubly wrong. First of all the English word “without” cannot be broken into “with” and “out” and translated into German and retain the same meaning. [...]
One of the best ways to learn about screenwriting and get an impression of the right way to write your own, is to read as many screenplays as possible. Here’s a good site with lots of popular scripts. http://www.dailyscript.com/ Also, a lot of studios put up the scripts for their Academy nominated movies. http://focusfeatures2007.com/ http://www.vantageguilds.com/twbb/FinalScript_TWBB.pdf [...]
Trees dispensed a number of handy tips on developing a movie idea. But I think one was missing: coming up with a good title. Defining your genre, concept, and premise are all essential, of course, but a good title is no less so. It’s how a movie is identified before you see it. It’s how [...]
Mosio demonstrated the different optical effects you get with lenses of different focal lengths. He showed us slides of his friend against a background, maintaining the same image size by moving back as he switched to longer focal lengths. A dolly zoom is the effect you get when you film this in real-time. It was [...]
End the scene with reactions from characters. Reveal new dimensions of characters. It’s never easy. Send it in a new direction. Maintain your subplots.
Here are some handy links for learning Final Cut Pro Apple’s own tutorials. Very well made with video demonstration. http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/tutorials/ Random people who want to help you: http://library.creativecow.net/tutorials/applefinalcutpro http://www.lafcpug.org/tutorials.html http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html You have to do that.
Paul Newman, actor, lemonade master, and folk hero, has died. Everyone should eat 50 eggs in his honor.