“Your Money or Your Life!” – Game Show Host (Time Bandits, 1981) What a shocking and horrible game show to play for your money or your mortality! It’s so absurd don’t you wonder who would dream up such nonsense and what kind of people would watch that kind of nonsense and be entertained? Yet the […]
Magic Movie Moment: The Heat
Ashburn and Mullins wrestle and compete to be the first one in the door of the tenement building before their interview with Tatiana. Basically the scene is an establishing shot of the building and of the two lead characters going in. Gosh, filming establishing shots with lead characters entering buildings can be soooo boring: plop […]
But Movies Aren’t Real, Are They?
Fiction movies? Of course not. Movies can’t be real. But… When you think about it, treadmills aren’t real either. Treadmills simulate a walking experience for us in a climate controlled environment; they help to improve our physical fitness and overall sense of good health – that sense happening inside our heads, because a positive self-image […]
The Three Heads of Write! Shoot! Edit!
I. Wild Inventor Brain Shy in a world lopsided Teach me creativity II. Doctor Structure Editor Vocal critic analyzes too soon My creative problem-solver III. Nit-picky Copy Editor Reveres logic, form and detail Polish work creatively Poetry about the creative process? Am I serious? Yes, I am. Well, serious in just-have-fun-with-it sort […]
Black Friday Christmas Gift Ideas for Teenage (or New) Filmmakers
Black Friday always makes me think about black production t-shirts (which I love!), and new filmmakers need all kinds of stuff to make their movies, especially teens without paying jobs. So, in the spirit of empowering black-clad filmmakers to experiment with and make better movies, here’s a gift idea list for the new filmmakers around […]
Playing With Toys When Making A Movie
If you know me, you know I love Playmobil. Having had two kids over a long span of years, I’ve had the excuse to collect and play with Playmobil long after the recommended age on the packaging. Yesterday, however, I found a particularly fabulous piece: a teen with a cell phone and what at first […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- …
- 46
- Next Page »