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I almost put this in Square's thread but I didn't want to hijack. I read a couple threads elsewhere about "film vs. digital" and among lots of discussion I didn't understand, I got the impression that digital cameras can shoot in far less light. Is that so? How much less are we talking here...

You know, short, quick "rules" or "rules of thumb" or techniques, or whatever concise info you want to give. Everything I know I learned from funny books, so I could be way off base, but I might as well toss out what little I "know." Upshots and down shots: the camera determines the psychology...

Brian (or anyone else), can you recommend any books on acting theory?

Well, that, and a little protection money.

NOT disagreeing with you here. I think scriptwriters are right up there with directors in terms of how important their job is to the success of a film. But don't you also find that getting the audience to sympathize with a character is as much about what the audience sees as it is about...

I see absolutely no reason at all you couldn't make a good ww2 movie, as opposed to any other kind of indie film. Are you going to make Saving Private Ryan? Uh, no. But all that's standing between you and, say, a tight psychodrama about a fire team and an enemy sniper is a few props and some...

From the comics side, you might want to check out Thunderbolts. It's a comic about a team of supervillains that pose as superheroes as part of a diabolical plot for world domination. But they start to like being heroes along the way. There's also some recent Marvel stuff where you get lots of...

"Us poor Jews, oppressed and persecuted bosses of Hollywood..."

Fine arts is risky. But as risky as directing? As in, scrounge up all the cash yourself directing? Okay, I'm narrowing the subject to a fairly small field here, but only to dial up the risk and highlight the differences more starkly. The number of people in general who will do stuff like...

Yes, that's exactly what I was saying. Exactly. It's like you can read my mind! Of course you are. But note the subtle "female privilege" here. You say "carrying," as if to imply men cannot conceive or birth babies, only carry them. And the "if possible" thing is the soft bigotry of low...

I think the take home point on the topic of the demographics of film is: If white men are overrepresented, it's because white men are oppressors. If Jewish men are overrepresented, it's because Jews are more talented. :D

Haha, I had the EXACT same experience with my GF. We were laughing our asses off and nobody else was laughing. I think half of them wanted to strangle us to death. :) Course I don't have any pet theories to jam the experience into, but that's just me.

I've heard several times that George Lucas' wife was editor for the first (or 1st and 2nd) Star Wars film, and was the "secret sauce" that put the work she was involved with head and shoulders above the rest of the SW films. I don't know WHO the secret sauce was, personally, but I'm pretty sure...

I know, right? The generalization I hate the most is the one about generalizations being untrue. How can I not hate it? It has "generalization" in there twice and I hate generalizations so I hate that one twice as much. Another generalization I hate is how people say topics like this one...

I know what you mean. As a man, I hear a lot of negativity when I express my dream of becoming a mother. People are so quick to generalize. It's that kind of attitude that is holding back so many nurturing men from becoming mothers. :D

Because all high-risk endeavors are dominated by men. Directing isn't a job you choose if security and stability are your thing. Find an endeavor where someone can spend his whole life working for little or no financial reward, but lots of "intangibles" like "living the dream" or "building it...

Sucked. Only reason to hate is BECAUSE it was so successful, though. Otherwise, just another piece of crap...not really worth hating. The stupid neon video game aesthetics aside, the blue Earth people chanting in synch (me at that moment - "WTF is this shit? Were people laughing out loud in...

Any warm but not too vibrant color sounds better for monochrome than black. Actually, brown seems like the logical choice. I can easily see wanting to watch a movie in brown-and-white more than I want to watch movies in black-and-white. Oh hey, that reminds me. Can you shoot vegetation and...

That Lucas green screen pic is hilarious. God that sounds awesome. I'm just imagining how cool it would be to have a "factory" like that at your command, and design a set and sic a bunch of good makers on it. Heaven. :) This is turning into a cool thread. Great pics. What's that blue and...

Yeah, I know CGI's big for sets, but I think it's best for set extension, where realism isn't as important. Shadows and complex lighting are going to look better on real materials than CGI for a long time I think. But yeah I guess that does take a lot of the load off set builders, when you can...