short film done with only ONE SHOT!

THE LAST TEN

short film with only one shot

Really good sound design, lighting, and I love the challenge of one shot.

http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2014/03/27/the-last-ten/

Thoughts on casting

Casting 

Audience Remembers the Characters, Not the Camera Work

"The two most important elements of a movie are the story and the acting. I’ve already hit you over the head many times on the importance of developing the right idea, the process, and that writing is rewriting. So you’re all aware that everything begins with story. What happens when you have a great script and bad acting? Right, you have a bad film because untalented actors will kill good writing. I’ll take a good story with great acting over a great story with bad acting. Good acting can make good writing seem great. So that’s why I’m saying out of the big three, casting is the most critical."

-- Savoca , James  "How To Make a Feature Film For Under 25K " The New Gorilla. Kindle Edition. 

To read more,  click here:

http://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Feature-Film-Under-ebook/dp/B00CW61H2K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1395504480&sr=8-2&keywords=james+savoca

Network

"But first, you've got to get mad! You've got to say I'm a human being goddamn it!"

Yes, the old mad as hell scene. Watched Network the other night. Wow. Have read the script and have watched this film many times over the years. Amazing. Here's a great clip, with great camera moving in on him and so good cut-aways to Faye.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WINDtlPXmmE

perfectly framed shot!

Monica Vitti in Antonioni's L'eclisse.

Perfection. When do we see tree branches when looking at someone in real life? We don't. We see them face on. This angle is so great. She's framed perfectly. There's even a small triangle.

The beauty of the trees, their dark contrast to her. The telephone lines. The isolation and loneliness comes screaming through.

great short doc!

MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF YOU

Great short doc. Link below:


http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2014/02/26/feel-sotw-awards-2014/

What is neorealism?

Created for Sight & Sound magazine // May 2013

“The only great problem of cinema seems to be more and more, with each film, when and why to start a shot and when and why to end it.” – Jean-Luc Godard

Great video essay on the American cut and the Italian cut of the same film. A must watch!

Click below to view:

http://vimeo.com/68514760

Kubrick // One-Point Perspective

Yeah, the One-Point Perspective in cinema is interesting. In drawings, it's rather simple. But I think in film, in can be jarring and very much to the point, as you can see in this Kubrick series.

It's definitely a strong perspective, in the way he uses it. Really powerful.

Click on the below to watch an amazing collection of Kubrick One-Point Perspective shots:

http://vimeo.com/48425421