Sentences with phrase «about the filmmaking process»

Movies about the filmmaking process may never get old, but self - referential hit men smell like yesterday's fish story.

The result is a treat: while Crowe has plenty of insightful recollections about the filmmaking process and talks effusively, taking the opportunity to plug any gaps left by the three stars, who are all recovering from Cruise's birthday party the previous night and have an enormous amount of fun watching their slightly younger selves on the screen (visible in the video commentary as a small window at the bottom of the screen).

A24 updated their youtube account once again but this time with an ensemble featurette where you can see the behind the scenes of Lady Bird, as well as Greta talking about the filmmaking process!

For those who are just becoming passionate about the filmmaking process, the best thing you can do is pick up a camera and start working.

Sean Rom talks to director Tran Anh Hung about his filmmaking process, adapting Murakami's acclaimed novel Norwegian Wood to screen and presenting sensuality on film.

It's a print version of a week - long, in - depth exchange about the filmmaking process Francois Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock shared in 1962 that's influenced virtually every prominent filmmaker since the book's release.

But before the awards took place, all of the DGA nominees got together for an extensive conversation about their filmmaking process and more.

At this year's DOC NYC festival, 15 of the filmmakers behind the year's buzziest documentaries sat down to answer questions about their filmmaking process, offering wisdom and perspective on the craft of documentary.

The first is, naturally, more focused, and more informative about the filmmaking process, though some will improve the party tone of the second track.

Here, McClain writes about her filmmaking process, why she's making this documentary and what she's learning from doing so.

As a companion piece to our conversation with Jordan's mother, Lucia McBath, we spoke to Silver about the filmmaking process and how he approached inserting himself into the lives of Jordan's family and friends.

Then, we all hop on the phone with Leah Warshawski director of Big Sonia to talk about her filmmaking process and the telling of such a personal story.

We caught up with Lewis to talk about the filmmaking process.

Not exact matches

The more you think about the choices the filmmakers put into a movie and the more deeply you place the results (intended or otherwise) into context, the better you can talk about to a movie in terms of how it worked and the more you can actually write about a film while respecting the filmmaking process and the history of film.

Since at least 1912, when nickelodeon patrons got a glimpse at the filmmaking process in the one - reeler A Vitagraph Romance, Hollywood has reveled in stories about itself, which range from the sweetly nostalgic (Singin» in the Rain) to the bitterly satiric (The Player).

Quickly though, the film becomes less about him, and more about her, her relationship to herself, her sexuality, her family, and to the filmmaking process itself.

A few days ago I caught up with Jay & Mark Duplass for a chat about their new film and their filmmaking process in general, since the ways these guys shoot their films is unlike anyone else out there.

How did you think about sound throughout the whole filmmaking process?

Moreover, Blow Out can be seen as a genius meta - film about the process of filmmaking.

The filmmaker discusses his writing process, what skateboarding taught him about filmmaking, and why he loves revenge movies.

Highlighted by five production featurettes covering just about every aspect of the filmmaking process (pre-production, casting, special effects, visual effects and stunts), the HD release also includes a video profile of director Timur Bekmambetov, eight «motion comic» excerpts from the graphic novel, and a 10 - minute featurette on the upcoming «Wanted» video game.

I enjoy learning about the different aspects of the filmmaking process.

Imogen Gardam spoke to Stone about adapting his own work, spontaneity in performance and the filmmaking process.

«If you go back and watch the original Highlander, whether the quality holds up or not or the filmmaking process holds up, there are things about that movie beneath just the shots and the lighting, there's a mythology there, for some reason, it hooks us.

The actor - director knows what he's talking about, having resolved early on to immerse himself in every aspect of the filmmaking process.

I don't know, this has been like a three - year process and I'm just approaching the tail end of it... I've learned a lot from making this film, both about myself and about filmmaking.

In September, HBO revived and retooled «Project Greenlight,» which is produced (more like touched) by entrenched movie stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, who still insist the effort is all about celebrating amateur filmmakers while showing the nitty - gritty of the filmmaking process.

We can talk a lot about the harm caused by certain studios when it comes to reshoots and edited versions of films, but when it doesn't concern huge movies where those stories will easily make headlines, it generally shows how much of a collaborative process filmmaking is and how there are producers who know a thing or two about development.

I chatted with Director Lee about his cinematic successes, his disappointments, his filmmaking process and his future.

What's interesting about filmmaking is that, if it's a comedy, or a horror film, or a melodrama, or a chick flick, or a science fiction film, or a fantasy film, or a Western, it's exactly the same process.

Hardly the mere home invasion thriller it's been marketed as, this is an angry film for an angry time, a heavy, at times lumbering, allegorical work about woman and man, nature and God, painstakingly made from a script the writer - director claims he dashed off in five days; its unrefined, somewhat all - purpose symbolism is evidence of an almost demonic process, and its confusions, self - lacerations, and silliness would be less welcome if Aronofsky hadn't in the process mounted the most technically impressive filmmaking of his career.

At his most lucid (a term applied loosely), Kilmer, with a touch of iconoclasm, imparts a little about Mamet's process, including the hyphenate playwright's use of his children as a barometer for material and preference for «traditional» filmmaking techniques.

He talked about what it's like to be part of a famous filmmaking family and still earn recognition on his own terms, the difficult process of shooting Kill Your Darlings that gives the movie an extra spark, how he prepared to play Kerouac at this stage in his life, his character's arc on Boardwalk Empire, American Hustle and the unusual way they shot the film, upcoming projects including an Errol Flynn biopic and a production of Strangers on a Train in London, and more.

A retiring customs officer (Christopher Plummer) quizzes Raffi about his trip, revealing a story that plays out in four time periods — during the customs inquisition, during the filmmaking process a year earlier, during the actual holocaust in 1915 - 1918, and during Gorky's painting of a pivotal work, circa 1940.

Kwan interviews heterosexual directors Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, and Zhang Yuan (a maverick mainland independent) about their sexual attitudes — and charges Chen's Farewell My Concubine with homophobia, particularly in relation to the Lilian Lee novel it's based on — and in the process bears intelligent witness not only to the changes in sexual sensibility and family values taking place across the Chinese - speaking world, but also to the range and vitality of the recent filmmaking that reflects these changes.

You also talk about how each stage of the filmmaking process is a battle to suppress the previous stage.

I found that sometimes the extras were not really good at acting, but I found that really beautiful, because it's a filmmaking process and everything is about controlling, about being puppets.

In addition to a pair of insightful interviews by director Michael Roskam and star Matthias Schoenaerts (who talks about becoming obsessed with his physical preparation for the movie), there's also a cool making - of featurette that delivers a behind - the - scenes look at the filmmaking process.

Blu - ray Highlight: McG's rapid - fire commentary is hands - down the best extra on the disc, with the director offering details on just about every aspect of the filmmaking process, even if he does talk about the attractiveness of his three stars quite a bit.

In approaching my interview with Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Jack Black, I didn't want to ask the standard questions about what drew them to the film or how much work they put into creating their characters or even what they discovered about themselves during the filmmaking process.

Here, McClain writes about her own filmmaking process, why she's making this documentary series and what she's learning from doing so.

Now it's time to post about the (often) unsung artists and craftspeople who are essential to the filmmaking process: the writers, cinematographers, editors, production designers, visual - effects artists, and music composers.

In honor of The Descendants» November 16th release, Greer sat down to talk about the entire filmmaking process from the honor of being cast in an Alexander Payne film to switching gears and getting dramatic as well as her hopes to continue working within the genre in the future.

George Lucas: A Life — As an avid fan of filmmaking and the process itself, this biography on Lucas was very detailed and in - depth, which a lot of information about his young life and early film work.

Highlights of the program include the conversation with Taryn Simon, the Queen guitarist and author Dr. Brian May who will talk about his passion for Stereoscopy and the running of London Stereoscopic Company, the renowned director Ken Loach and stills photographer Joss Barratt who will discuss Loach's filmmaking process, the photographer Adam Fuss and sculptor Antony Gormley discuss their respective artistic practices, Bruce Davidson in conversation with Shoair Mavlian, curator at Tate Modern, the artist Mat Collishaw and a gallerist James Hyman discussing restaging Fox Talbot's pioneering 1839 photo exhibition using Virtual Reality, the photographer Juergen Teller discussing his Photo London exhibition with Adrian Searle, Chief Art Critic at The Guardian, the talks with Isaac Julien, and a talk with one of the UK's most celebrated contemporary photographers, Paul Graham.