Recent content by Aaron.Faulkner

Thanks for the help!! The room can hold about 200 people max. This is for a college project so I definitely don't have access to the kind of amazing equipment in your photo Aclove Audio. Here's the sound equipment I have access to, in case that helps. Sorry for the #'s on similar items. I'm...

Here's the situation: I have an up-coming shoot at a bar. This bar is a small venue for bands (rock, blues, pop-punk, etc.). How can I capture usable sound of the live performance? Should I just try to tap into the PA? What if the PA route is not an option (for whatever reason)? Any help would...

Antonio Banderas in a hyper-stylized noir? Interesting. I'm having a love-hate relationship with the visuals right now. Style over substance, perhaps? I don't know. Something feels...off. http://thefilmsmith.com/2011/04/01/colorful-noir-emerges-in-the-big-bang-trailer/

A sword-slashing trailer arrives for Takashi Miike's "13 Assassins" -- The Filmsmith This looks pretty violent...in a good sort of way. I had a friend who saw the film down at SXSW and said it was fantastic--a whole lot of pure Miike going on here! I think the last contemporary samurai film I...

It's great to see how the themes of Fincher's films are teased out when juxtaposed with each other. The only outlier, for me at least, is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as far as tone is concerned. Still, good music and slick editing makes this an entertaining watch...

It's possible to do it in one take. Just think back to Aleksandr Sokurov's 2002 single-take feature, Russian Ark. If you haven't seen that yet, you should check it out. I watched the "Making of" feature on the DVD and it was ridiculous. If I remember right, they only did three attempts, due to...

It was bound to happen eventually. It looks like it could be successful but I'm not sure. And I'm not sure if they'll be able to convince everyone that there weren't any masked cuts in there. Interesting, though...

The only name I heard, as far as villains are concerned, was General Zod. There had been a rumor going around that Viggo Mortensen would play the role but Snyder put that one to rest--no Viggo, but not necessarily no General Zod.

"Superman: Man of Steel" to go the route of "Batman Begins" -- The Filmsmith I really think that this film should be a success so long as Nolan is a part of it somehow. With Nolan as a driving force, Snyder may finally move away from his usual style-over-substance ways. Things are looking so...

JGL confirmed for "The Dark Knight Rises", but for what part? -- The Filmsmith Rumors, rumors, rumors. It was interesting to see that two well established sources had differing information. Is that part of the plan perhaps? I don't know enough about the comic series to be able to put forth an...

The editing to the musical selection is what really keeps this piece alive. Great choice of music and I like the audio tracks DJC Productions used with it as well. It would've been great if Following would've been included but the piece is still pretty solid. Watching it a few times, you really...

Five years ago when this script was on the blacklist and had sold off to Universal it was easily accessible to anyone on the internet, as were most scripts. I got my start in filmmaking with screenwriting. I found sites that would post scripts and then I had screenwriting friends who knew a guy...

First five minutes of "Source Code" leaves you wanting less -- The Filmsmith I remember reading this script before it ever got into Jones' hands and was excited to see when it would get made. I wasn't a fan of Moon, so naturally I wasn't too thrilled when I heard he was going to be taking on...

New footage revealed in Russian trailer for "X-Men: First Class" -- The Filmsmith The new footage is pretty exciting if you're a Magneto fan. I get the feeling that while this is the story of Xavier and Magneto, there's going to be more of a focus on Magneto. This would make sense as I remember...

New trailer for "Super 8" leaves you wanting more, not less -- The Filmsmith So, this new trailer is definitely not one of the typical ones you see nowadays--it doesn't seem to use up all the good parts of the movie! This definitely feels like a throw back to Spielberg's old days and a hint of...