WHY I RARELY GO TO THE MOVIES ANYMORE
I used to live for Friday night movie premieres. I don't anymore. This isn't because I've stopped loving cinema. Quite the opposite. I've spent nearly thirty years studying storytelling, and somewhere along the way I realized I wasn't falling in love with new movies the way I used to. Here's why.
MICHAEL CLAYTON AND HOW A MASTER USES IMAGE SYSTEMS
An image system is an image or a motif that is repeated during a film. The audience is watching it but they’re not aware of it. This is...
FILM LANGUAGE: The Close Up
I often tell my students that learning film is like learning a foreign language. The choices you make with the camera can speak volumes....
One-Point Perspective
A Director's job is to make you look at the world in a different way.
