Most filmmakers complain about not having enough money. But having too much money can cause what I call ‘deadly wealth wounds’. And the wounds filmmakers suffer have absolutely nothing to do with the often misquoted Biblical verses about wealth and the love of money: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye […]
My name is Daniel Korth, I am fifteen years old and it is my dream to be a film director. I am passionate about the medium because it is the most authentic it is possible to get, and the closest people have ever got to recreating reality for entertainment’s sake. As much as I aspire […]
Meeting Patrick Tucker is an experience that you will never forget. He is a tutor at Raindance and is teaching masterclasses on secrets of screen directing and screen acting. A master of his field, he has directed over 200 theatre plays and around 200 television programmes for over 40 years. He has taught screen direction […]
Ask anyone for a list of the most prolific and artistic filmmakers, and Quentin Tarantino will most likely be on it. His work is so distinctively identifiable that anyone who views one of his films will instantly recognise it as his. In addition to the artistic use of violence on display throughout his works and his […]
Robert Bresson is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of all time. His cinema is poetic, seeking the profound in the minimal, affecting with the unaffected. While his influence is undoubted, with Paul Schrader particularly keen to reference Bresson’s work (including and especially in Taxi Driver), Robert Bresson remains idiosyncratic. His style is unique and […]
“‘Director’ is not a description of what you do; it is something you become. You are a director 24/7. You should always have your ‘director senses’ alert.” The idea that you have to use all of your senses to be a great director is one that the author of The Director’s Six Senses, Simone Bartesaghi, […]
Peter Jackson’s debut Bad Taste recently turned thirty. Here’s why every aspiring filmmaker should see it. These days, Peter Jackson is something of a one-man film industry. Following The Lord of the Rings – one of the best and most successful big-budget Hollywood extravaganzas ever made – he has achieved a rare mogul status in […]
The most common complaint of an indie filmmaker is money. And to be sure, sometimes you can’t do without it. Historical epics, soaring space operas, massive scale thrillers – these genres, by their very nature, are never cheap. But many indie filmmakers are not trying to make the next El Cid or Star Wars. For […]
Milo GarnerFilmmaker, critic, and erstwhile pilgrim, Milo is interested in Dutch angles, silent movies, and the secrets of the Holy Ghost. He is currently developing a comedic retelling of Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying (funds pending). letterboxd.com/Garnaius/
If you’ve ever been on a film set, you know that there’s no single way things are going to go. Unexpected situations pop up left and right – a light breaks; it starts to rain; an actor refuses to interact with the hired monkey you hired for exactly one hour on that particular Wednesday. Improvisation […]
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