Sentences with phrase «commercial filmmaking»

Is it possible, in other words, to be independent of commercial filmmaking and its demands in any meaningful sense without having an independent aesthetic and social perspective?

It's a spectacularly entertaining film about guns, money, cars and rock and roll but it also reflects the kind of deeply personal, idiosyncratic vision you don't see enough in commercial filmmaking these days.

CONEHEADS represents a prime example of opportunistic commercial filmmaking, with plot and character sacrificed to an endless series of comic ideas that are never developed.

Though the data tells us that women are interested in genres favored by Hollywood, female filmmakers encounter significant obstacles as they attempt to move from independent to more commercial filmmaking, and face deep - rooted presumptions from the film industry about their creative qualifications, sensibilities, tendencies, and ambitions.

Jean - Luc Godard's subversive foray into commercial filmmaking is a star - studded Cinemascope epic.

M. Night Shyamalan has a sixth sense for commercial filmmaking, yet unlike his big - budget brothers in the industry, he eschews the gross application of obvious big - budgetness.

This is commercial filmmaking at its best.

The embrace of negativity and cynicism — as much a staple of contemporary commercial filmmaking as the standard happy Hollywood ending was of yore, and every bit as much an evasion of reality — is proffered dishonestly, as if it were simply arrived at by looking at the world rather than at the box - office grosses in Variety.

Dean has, in the 25 years since she emerged as one of the most significant British artists of her generation, produced a body of work that is to blueprint commercial filmmaking what the romantic lyric is to the airport novel.

As in «Capote» and «Moneyball,» Miller said, «Foxcatcher» isn't afraid of the contemplative moments before and after the moments usually emphasized in commercial filmmaking, particularly in biopics.

If you want to see the movie that made mild diversion for ten - year - old boys the model of commercial filmmaking, ruling out nuanced characterization and emotions that last longer than 20 seconds, this is where to look.

Often the demands he placed on his own artistry clashed mightily with the realities of commercial filmmaking.

A terrific story is compromised by the demands of commercial filmmaking, adding action - thriller scenes to what should be an introspective drama while distractingly beefing up side - roles for American stars.

They are driven more by prestige than the competition and their ventures into mainstream, commercial filmmaking have been rare.

Now, as in the»50s, it's an approach to commercial filmmaking that's highly unconventional — however distinctive one's style or thematic concerns, a filmmaker's career is not supposed to feature the kind of stubborn compulsiveness that is celebrated in certain authors or painters.

I'll start with Herrmann, in part because he's been the most neglected of the four, in part because he's the sturdiest link to the commercial filmmaking of the three decades preceding 1976.

By the end of the»70s, commercial filmmaking had taken ahold with such event pictures as Jaws, Superman, and, most of all, Star Wars.

Three years ago, the FAA began to allow drones to be used in commercial filmmaking, but a waiver is required to fly a drone at nighttime or above people (such as at outdoor concerts or the Olympics).