Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, Steve McQueen, Peter Jackson, Lone Scherfig and more talk candidly to Film4 about the art of directing.
Category: Production
A Mouth Full of Words: Visually Consistent Acoustic Redubbing
Fresh off the press from Disney’s Research Hub, here’s another example of the subjective nature of mouth shapes. While the video highlights the new tech Disney has developed, I’m more interested in how it affects an animator’s workflow, encouraging us …
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Acting Reference: The Thin Red Line
Here’s a nice clip from The Thin Red Line. I wanted to show this one because I really like how Jim Caviezel’s character moves freely through the scene. Often in animation tests I see characters who feel very planted to the …
The Discarded Image – Jaws
The Discarded Image is a new online video series that analyses and deconstructs well known pieces of cinema. The first episode features the beach scene from Steven Spielberg’s pop classic JAWS.
Erin Humiston Has A Great Idea
This is a great idea, and I’d love to see it realized.
First and Final Frames
An excellent film essay by Jacob T. Swinney. What can we learn by examining only the first and final shot of a film? This video plays the opening and closing shots of 55 films side-by-side. Some of the opening shots …
Buster Keaton: Symmetry of Laughter
A great compilation of clips by Vince Di Meglio that prove flat compositions and symmetry are best suited for comedy. Vince writes, “After watching twenty-nine Buster Keaton films, I was struck by his use of symmetry and center framing. This …
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