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I would rather say to use the "unseen/unknown" as a tool in your filmmaker scare-box... Most creature-feature horrors capitalize on the "big reveal"... they go to great lengths to only show you portions of what the monster is until the very end... and usually, people have imagined it scarier...

*geez* *hack* *ugh* Uh... I'm not old, but I am a smoker... lol,, ugh...

haha, it's cool ad2478... though I'm no guru, and certainly not an "old hand" as they say. (hey, that's a synechdoche... thank Charlie Kaufman for putting that word into regular vocabulary) Anyway, interesting survey you did there. Keep up the good work!!!

Wait a minute... is there something wrong with me, or is it just this whole industry fraught with scams? Over $2000 for "shared accommodations" and "setting up an internship" while at Cannes... but they don't even cover airfare? I mean, it looks like it would be a fun experience, but this...

Maybe, or maybe they have lavalier mics on the cops and really good camera mounted mics. If you want it to look like COPS, you need to remember 3 things: a) get the shittiest shots ever like you're a drunken journalistic cameraman b) make sure some random drunk hooker ho-bag falls down and you...

I'd get a good DOP/Camerman and an Audio/Boom guy. Plus yourself with a handicam or something while you direct. One guy/girl takes care of the video, the other takes care of the audio, so you can just focus on how you'll draw out your story from the cop's footage, maybe taking some second angles...

Not at all irritated, my friend. I'm just glad someone isn't telling me to shut my piehole and get back to work. They don't necessarily need to die at the end- but the significance of their deaths should MEAN more. I mean that in a typical movie with 5-8 cast members, there is usually only 1-2...

Cheers!

Well, if you look at the vast majority of horror films, there's usually one or two characters in the cast who are meant to survive, whereas the others are merely fodder for whatever evil force is going around killing people. The problem is, these characters usually tend to be "the rapper", "the...

The philosophical concept of nothingness, non-existence and void.... death. See the french horror "The Martyrs" for a brilliant example of this. The first 1/2 is like a really good psychological revenge horror, then it goes kind of torture-porn before sending chills down your spine with a...

I think you're quite right about the two party system being flawed and America becoming a watered-down democracy... if you think about it, a job at any company requires you to waive some of your basic democratic rights and enter into a corporate structure, which is ultimately fascist in nature...

Thank you America.

Gobama!

You know what would have been really good.... after he discovers the back-up rolls aren't there, what if he had looked around the washroom for "alternate wiping devices"? Then you could cut between funny objects around the bathroom where he sits he might consider using to wipe that could start...

Just buy a shitty $125 camera from your local Best Buy or something. There's GOTTA be an old cam out there for $100 or something. Even if it's junk, it'll get the job done. Check craigslist and Ebay if you have to.

As long as the kid isn't a method actor, you should be good. Might limit distribution options pending how you do it, but isn't a big deal. Directorik makes the best point- no one wants to pay to see a 9-year-old off himself.. unless, like, he kills himself with a dinosaur, which WOULD be pretty...

I live downtown in Toronto and used to usher at a theater where I made a lot of friends who also worked the film fest, so I simply applied and got the job. It's a really friendly bunch of folk who run the film fest- I've had many chats with the CEO, Piers Handling when he shows up to my venue...

Wow. Dude. That is simply amazing. It was like Tarantino meets Stalker with traces of Fallout. Loved the shots and the characters. Very nice!

I really like: "Watch what you say, in here what you say watches you". That's brilliant. But pinchline/pitchline/punchline doesn't make any sense. Try: High Concept (The "square root" of the movie's synopsis and character arc... well, it's hard to find a way to describe high concept in true...

Well considering the Director of Rocky and Karate Kid is one and the same (John G. Avildsen), I'd say the similarities are pretty clear, while it wouldn't "technically" be a remake. It looks like the guy hit it big with Rocky, but the next 10 years has only a few projects, one of which being...