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This spring Writer-Director Pete Britos planned to shoot a feature film… We were set to start shooting House of the Shark – Mango Dreams March 25, 2020 at Makiki Skatepark, under the H1 Freeway. Production on this project started in 2012 when our lead was eight-years old. He’s now sixteen. Less than a week before […]… Continue reading Filmmaking in the Time of COVID — cinemaoceania

As much as I want to discuss the ending to Magnolia, I am also ecstatic for the human being who has yet to see this remarkable film (and that extraordinary ending). I promise I am not giving anything away when I say that the ending has a lot to do with what is happening to […]… Continue reading Magnolia: How do you make God laugh? — Reely Bernie

An intro to indie filmmaking What do you do when you have no savings, no inheritance, just a basic office job, you’re not in the film industry, and a major passion to make films yourself? Well, just find a way to make them. Since 2005 I have self-financed, self-produced, written and directed, along with collaborators, […]… Continue reading Indie filmmaking tips: A short guide to indie filmmaking — iFilmThings

Jan Švankmajer (1988) Alice is a 1988 dark fantasy film written and directed by Jan Švankmajer.Its original Czech title is Něco z Alenky, which means “Something from Alice”. It is a loose adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s first Alice book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), about a girl who follows a white rabbit into a bizarre… Continue reading Alice — Hobo Moon Cartoons

By Jake Morris, 6.1 In February half term, I went to Nepal – a country with an incredibly rich and diverse culture, which makes it the perfect basis for a film. It seems that whenever anyone speaks about Nepal, they instantly think of the Himalayas or Mount Everest, but not nearly as many people speak […]… Continue reading Filmmaking in Nepal — Bedales Blog

Director and producer Paola Bernardini has a special sense of work ethic when it comes to filmmaking. She’s always putting in the time to make unique and intriguing films, and once she’s started a project, there’s nothing that will get in the way of finishing that project. As you’ll hear her describe in the interview, […]… Continue reading Work Ethic in Filmmaking w/ Director Paola Bernardini — Artvoice

Title – Inception (2010) Director – Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) Cast – Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard Plot – In a world where dreams are accessible and vulnerable, master dream manipulator Dom Cobb (DiCaprio) and a crack team of experts set forward on a dangerous… Continue reading Classic Review – Inception (2010) — Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys)

A first-class empath and storyteller, Adlon’s dedication to her art is hard to comprehend even when you witness it first-hand. via ‘Better Things’: The Superhuman Filmmaking of Pamela Adlon — IndieWire

Considering to screen your film on IMAX theater? Then you should read this article, which summarizes cinematographer and director Peter Chang’s insights. Chang shot his IMAX film, Cuba, on various cameras paired with Cooke S7/i large format glass. Explore more below. IMAX: Large Format cameras and lenses One of the most logical ways to shoot […]… Continue reading IMAX Filmmaking: Here’s How to Shoot for the Giant Screen — Y.M.Cinema – News & Insights on Digital Cinema

In Alexander Mackendrick’s biography Lethal Innocence by Philip Kemp, we learn that as quite a young man he was put in charge of the Italian film industry in the immediate aftermath of the Allied liberation. He had an office with a telephone and a chair. If he wanted to sit down he had to put… Continue reading Guerilla Filmmaking — shadowplay