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For me, history is everything. It stops me taking things for granted. Helps me to value each type of shot and lens etc. It sort of adds weight to each aspect of film...and I am excited to use things invented by people from past times and places. It also makes me try harder. Because I know my HD...

Morning All. It’s that start of spring on this side of the planet, so that means good weather to do some filming. (In case you haven’t figured it out yet, clouds really destroy continuity). But this post isn’t about the weather. We have a local arty type theatre here, and they have decided to...

I just saw a cartoon of the story you wanted to use. It was on Family Guy. Peter Griffin is hunted by his boss in order to win a holiday. Ps, have you ever seen an old film called "Gotcha"...that had elelmets of your story in there.

There was also a really good one in The Mummy. A statue of Anubis(?) was new (at night) 3000 bc and as the camera circled it , night became day and the statue started to crumble and fade. Wide shot to reveal that we are now in the 1920"s.

Runnung two parallel story lines sounds like fun. What were some of the transitional tricks used?

Good morning from the far side of the planet. It’s a cloudy Saturday morning here and as usual I have an hour or so before my meeting. So I thought I would try and inject some life into this forum with an observation about a film related topic. AI came to mind. What an oddity, a film started by...

The Flipside of Dominick Hide. BBC play 80’s I just watched this very interesting 80’s television play. It had low production values, but was captivating. It had Peter Firth, as an explorer from our future, breaking the rules and landing his craft in the 1980’s. He falls in love and is torn...

Handheld is much more acceptable these days. I did notice one thing about hand held while filming my last scene. Cutting from hand held to fixed camera will give you a sense of discontinuity unless it done right. Fixed cameras give the feeling of calm and clarity. Hand held gives a more dynamic...

You are absolutely correct. As an actor you will probably be asked to do some physical things, things not normally accepted in the conventional workplace. If you don’t want to do them you must be clear and say that early on. Speak up. Have some backbone. After all, if you have a sense of pride...

Indiana Jones and the saucer men. By chance I stumbled upon a few pre production features (in the extras) on the main DVD. I was interested to hear how this last film was meant to be inspired by a slightly different genre than the first three. (The first three movies where inspired by the...

It's very good! The core of it is great. The acting is great. He story is great. the timing is great. Mostly, it's entertaining. There are a few little technical niggles, but that's to be expacted on a low budget. I would be happy to watch that on TV for a half hour each week. The music and...

Stranger than Fiction film, unusual. I just saw the above mentioned film on TV last night. What do you guys think of it? Films with a unique premise are a must watch for me. In this case the reality shift where the character in the story knows he is a character in a story. Falls into the style...

What about "motive"? "Motive" is "why" mixed in with "who". So what causes actions? Is it the "why" or the "Who"? Perhaps they are one in the same? There was a line on the Silence of the Lambs.. LECTER: " First principles, Clarice. Simplicity. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular...

Here is a link to a related story in the Observer. http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2006/11/17/Scene/Hollywood.Infidelity.A.Plague.On.Populace-2466443.shtml

Oh come on! Hollywood and movies have not got a good record when it comes to happy relationships and families. Shall I start with Elizabeth Taylor and end with Jennifer Anniston? It’s all very well to spout politically correct dogma at a person, but remember this guy has got his heart on the...

This is a funny thing, It may be of use to other beginners. When I started to make the short film I'm working on I had no idea how to go about it. So I started with what the cahacters did. After a bit of learning I figured out that I needed to know why they did it. Finally in order to get the...

Those feelings you are having are totally normal. If you didn't have them then you wouldn't be in love with her. (Well, you could just be possesive I suppose and not love her at all). I suggest that you dump that girl asap. Get a girl that has a job that you are haappy with. I'm thinking that...

Thanks for being so nice about it. He is a great film maker. no doubt about it. There is just something abnormal about a mind that can spend so much time and effort around those sorts of issues. Come on, think about it. If you really detest something then you stay away from it. You don't spend...

Just reading this reminded me of more production type stuff. The Money is the main thing. You really need to start with the idea of "How can I make a film that will make some money". It's like you have the idea of being creative nested within the main idea of making some money. So all the way...

Ray Bradbury came up with the idea for "THE BEAST FROM 20'000 FATHOMS" by going for a walk. He saw an old lighthouse next to the remains of a rusted out broken down roller coaster track. He thought it looked like a sea monster that came up to investigate the sound of the lighthouse.