| Stanley
Kubrick:The artist and mastermind |
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Throughout his years in
grammar school and up through high school Stanley
Kubrick was absent quite a bit, and in
the spring of 1945 Kubrick was reported to the
attendance bureau for absenteeism...
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| Steven
Spielberg: living his dreams |
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| After
being denied entrance into traditional film
schools, Spielberg sought an alternative path to
achieve his greatness. He entered California State
University in Long Beach to study English.
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| Oliver
Stone: A man with a Mission |
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| Oliver Stone devoted so much of his time writing his novel that his grades suffered and he eventually dropped out... After failing to interest a publisher,
he threw half of the manuscript into the East River |
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| Lucas,
George Walton (JR.): and his empire |
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| He
spent his childhood fascinated with comic books, especially
“Buck Rogers” and “Flash Gordon.” Car
racing was the only excitement that Lucas was allowed.
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| David Alan
Mamet: he has his own unique style |
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Mamet’s dialogue is so unique that it has become known as “Mametspeak.”
His language is not so much “naturalistic,” as it is a
“poetic” impression of streetwise jargon... |
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| Brian
De Palma:
he
has done it all |
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| During his
summer vacations he worked part-time in the
hospital laboratory, and often watched
colleagues of his father operate on other
body parts, including brain and eye
surgeries.... |
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Woody
Allen, the genius and the artist |
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| His
first memories of film were when his parents would take him to
the movies around the age of five. He lived in walking distance
of 25 or so movie theaters.
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| James Cameron: innovator is his middle name |
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| "I couldn't see myself as a future film director. In
fact..... those people were somehow born into it, almost like a caste system. Little kids from a small town in Canada didn't get to direct movies." |
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| FEATURES |
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- Independent Film Making
- Making an independent film
takes talent, ambition, knowledge, salesmanship,
persistence and a bit
of luck.
- Film
Editing
- There is no common pattern for how long
it takes to become an editor... It can never be stated enough that the feature editor must find "truth" in the fictional work in order to make an emotionally rich film.
- The Film Director
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Some directors say they must concentrate primarily on the inherent
beauty in the narrative and dialogue patterns in the script. Other
directors are...
- Cinematography: The art
of painting with light -
The primary responsibility of the DP is to create the mood and feel of
the picture with their lighting. It is the DP's task to fulfill
the wishes of the director on how the film should look.
- Writing
Treatments That Sell -
If a screenplay focuses the story for a film, the treatment does the
same thing for a screenplay. A treatment could be considered a written
pitch...
- The Film Producer
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Richard Zanuck once stated, "The producer is like the conductor of
an orchestra. Maybe he can't play every instrument, but he knows what
every instrument should sound like."
- Writing
a Great Screenplay -
A
script must be designed to be read easily, flowing from page to page
in smooth transition.
- Actors
on Acting -
For many actors, part of making characters and scenes most effective is
by doing research.
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