Filmmaking

Topic of interest.

Everything Everywhere All At Once Digital Headset

Filmmaking 101: What a DIT Does on a Movie Set

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DIT is what DIT is.

The Thing Suspense

The Elements of Suspense: How 3 Different Directors Build Tension

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Oh my god, who put this bomb under my table? Hitchcock! Not again!

Everything Everywhere All At Once

How They Made ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ On A Budget

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I guess you could say that the budget could not be “everything everywhere all at once.”

Seven Listening

Sounds Thrilling: The Sound Design of David Fincher

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*keystrokes intensify*

Holy Motors Mo Cap

Why Modern-Day Motion Capture Is A Lot Harder Than it Looks

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There is no “animate” button, it turns out.

Rashomon Unreliable Narrators

‘Rashomon’ and the Thematic Power of Unreliable Narrators

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The Woodcutter be like: Nah, it was dumber than that.

Boogie Nights boom operator

What a Boom Operator Does On a Movie Set

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Here comes the boom mic.

Rear Window and classical hollywood storytelling

The Ins and Outs of Identifying Classical Hollywood Storytelling

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Think of it as an “I Spy” puzzle but for the basic principles of classical era storytelling.

X Rating

The Brief and Scandalous History of the X Rating

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What was its purpose and why was it so infamous? Let’s sneak a peek, shall we?