Happy 120th Birthday, Cinema
There is something about watching moving images in the middle of a crowd. Feelings are amplified, laughters propagate in ripples, gasps bounce from a person to the next. The light […]
There is something about watching moving images in the middle of a crowd. Feelings are amplified, laughters propagate in ripples, gasps bounce from a person to the next. The light […]
As you might gather from the name of this blog, wonder is of great importance to me (wandering, on the other hand, is simply a by-product of a quest.) This […]
continuity kɒntɪˈnjuːɪti/ noun 1. the unbroken and consistent existence or operation of something over time. 2. the maintenance of continuous action and self-consistent detail in the various scenes of a […]
I can still remember one of my teachers telling us: “the First Assistant Director always ‘gets the girls’. Some people cannot resist the charm of a person who appears in control.” […]
Learning how to approach a task can be far more interesting and valuable than learning how to ‘do’ a task. In 99% of the cases, to translate a movie script […]
I have tendency to watch good films twice, at least. It is a burden I must keep on my shoulders for the rest of my life. See, years ago I […]
Back in my teaching/coordination days I used to have the following image hanging behind my desk. Most of my students hated it. They would look at me with puppy eyes […]
We often hear what we should not do, what is not possible and what our limitations must be. The quotes below are for and/or by filmmakers. May they inspire you, […]
Gatekeepers: Who Holds the Power to Get Your Film Made (and in Front of an Audience)?
Here I am in a new city, looking for a new place and with a future needing to be taken care of. Perfect timing, I am stuck in bed, sick; […]
I woke up with a bit of a headache. Is it stress? Possibly. My mind has been trying to wrap around the legal side of filmmaking, focusing on non-fiction and […]
I have neglected the blog (I have been neglecting a lot of things) and there are various reasons for it. One, I am preparing a little adventure I hope to […]
Should I buy camera X or Y? This is, sadly, one of the most common question I have ever heard. One can spend hours reinforcing the idea that maybe lenses or […]
Continuity is too often an obsession… and there are good reasons for it. There is this idea that the audience needs to suspend disbelief in order to enter the world […]