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This is very good information. Thank you. Actual question that was asked was "What is the function of song in non-musical films?" Please see the first post. As you are a composer, it would be more appropriate to ask you, what is your take on this? Thanks.

Names are not required for loglines unless if you specify a name and everyone recognizes it. Instead of saying "Samuel and Bryan are a modern gay couple. They're depressed, they're self-loathing", you can say as "Depressed, self-loathing gay couple ..."

Whatever you write, have a strong motivation for the characters why they are doing it, in this case, why they kill gays at Harvard University. If there is a strong and (not necessarily, universally) accepted logic/reason behind it, it will work. I wouldn't worry about whether it is politically...

I was reading some quotes online by great filmmakers. I came across this two quotes which I don't clearly get what they were saying. 1) “I thought I was making a movie and I inadvertently made a film.” (James Cameron) 2) “The lack of film culture is one of the things that really upsets me...

I was recommended to read Aristotle's Poetics as many screenwriting books are based on that. From my school library, I checked out "The Poetics of Aristotle" by S.H. Butcher published in 1902 by Macmillan and Co. It's too difficult for me to understand. When I looked in Amazon, looks like there...

In Her Shoes (2005) 7/10 Much better than I thought.

The Cranes Are Flying (1957, Russian movie) 9/10

Hiring an actor is totally different from hiring DP's or sound mixers or any other key crew members. Quite a few directors has frequently hired non-actors, even for principal roles, for getting the naturalistic performances. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064541/...

I was designing poster for one of my short film. For references, I was checking some posters. I noticed that in many old movie posters, graphic art images were used instead of the still images from the film or the photos that is normally taken during the shoot. Some samples: Gone with the Wind...

In one of the book I was reading (What They Don't Teach You at Film School by Camille Landau and Tiare White), they listed many uses of duct tapes on the set. One of them is: "To lift the face of an aging actress who had to play herself twenty years younger. It really worked. At worst, she...

Nicely organized. Thank you.

When I was designing poster for my first short film, I was pretty much in the same position. I spent almost 5 hours to learn some Photoshop basics. Then I designed my poster using Photoshop. I live in LA and graphic designers charge around $40/hour. I went to them at the last stage just to fine...

I wouldn't necessarily agree with Hollywood is impossible to get into unless they are people of extreme ingenious talent. But some of the questions you have raised, I have asked those questions to myself quite a few times. It's not just Hollywood, it's everywhere. Not every talented and hard...

I also liked this film. A realistic portrayal of how the news reporter works. An interesting trivia: Rick's job interview scene was shot at Dinah's restaurant in Culver City. I worked in this restaurant 2 years ago during my summer break. I watched this film one time and instantly recognized...

This means Clooney's contribution is more or less equivalent to the previous recipients of the award - Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, John Williams, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and few more. Each of these recipients have at least 5...

1) What should be the function of song in non-musical films? A couple of reasons I could think of is, to show character's emotions or to voice their inner monologue(?). What other things it can do? I am talking about songs that are specifically composed and recorded for the movie. For example...

Of course I did. He don't remember which season/episode it is. One of my friend sent me the part of the clip. I still like to know which season/episode this is, so that I can watch the rest of the shot in a DVD or online. https://vimeo.com/276117623

How to Be a Latin Lover - 7/10

Polanski's couple of earlier short films was just 2 minutes long. Lucas made a 3 minute short movie. Short films can be anywhere between 2 to 40 minutes. Most of the times, fiction short films are 20 minutes or less. The ones that falls between 30 to 40 minutes are mostly documentaries. As...

How do you check whether the movie or music is public domain? Are there any websites for that?