Category: Directing
It Isn’t Easy Being The Coen Brothers
Kubrick? Red. Scorsese? Red. Refn? Red. Coens…green? You may not have noticed, but the Coen Brothers use the color green a lot. Jacob T. Swinney shows you just how much in his latest video essay.
Wes Anderson & Yasujiro Ozu
Anna Catley compares and contrasts directors Wes Anderson and Yasujiro Ozu.
Sicario – Character Analysis
Excellent character analysis. This video compares the film’s two main characters and their relationship, the themes of light and dark, and the film vocabulary that supports each character’s personality and motives.
Brad Bird – Playful Cinema
Andrew Saladino breaks down Brad Bird’s directorial style, explaining what separates Bird’s craft from that of his contemporaries. Saladino runs, The Royal Ocean Film Society, a video essay series devoted to the style, craft, and analysis of everything film. Definitely …
Creating Memorable Characters
For every iconic character, there’s an equally iconic backstory. Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa, Tootsie) and David Milch (NYPD Blue, Deadwood) put on a stimulating seminar, revealing the mosaic of humanity they pull from when breathing authenticity into the characters …
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