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Benjamin Button was one of the dullest films I've seen in a while. It held my attention sporadically for the 3 hours it subjected me to, I didn't care about any of the characters, and the ending gave me some real lame-ass insight. Life happens. You die. Thanks for that, captain obvious. Will it...

Could you post a short treatment of the story? A general outline of the plot and themes would be nice to discuss before I have to read 27 pages.

Brent and Nick trip balls. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWLFnHPAB7I&feature=channel_page I teamed up with my friends Brent and Nick to film this 24 hour film festival entry. For those not in know, this means that after we were given a prompt, we had 24 hours to write, shoot, and edit a short...

How much of the lighting did you do in this?

Knowing the backstory is essential when fleshing out your characters. A good backstory can spark your imagination when deciding on action for the actual story. I think, and maybe what BPeas was getting at, is that backstory is not story. Many beginning scriptwriters spend half their script with...

I agree that story seems to be lacking in other no budget indies. I think my fellow students and indie filmmakers should start giving story a lot more thought. It is by far the most enjoyable part of filmmaking, imo. Why? Because it is so easy. I always loved creative writing because I loved to...

Congratulations on the film, I liked it, for the most part. It was executed decently, and the twist at the end was very clever. You definitely used London to your advantage, there are some beautiful urban shots in this. Some things stand out, in my opinion, that I think could use some...

Who knows? Depends on which is the script I feel has the most potential for p3.

That would have been really cool. One of the problems I encountered with the concept of this film is, how do you visually portray something that is so internal? Showing the actual heart is one way, and it would have looked really cool. It would have been a good opportunity for some killer art...

Annually, cardiac arrest accounts for 4,200 to 14,000 deaths in young people under 21. 72 percent of these victims have no medical record of heart trouble before the attack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZJvDAyBjUw&feature=channel_page This is my sophomore project for Point Park University...

The other possibility is to do one light set up that covers both actors and shoot it from different angles. Doing two different light set ups takes time, and you risk the continuity of your scene. I see it all the time in films, a character will have a light coming onto the side of her face...

In regards to your side note, I completely respect that, and I'm glad you are. This is a wholly worthy debate, already this thread has got me thinking. Anyways... I have to disagree about Saw. When Saw came out, I remember it was talk of the town just because of it's unique premise. When's the...

Yeah, we have been posting on the same computer. I even posted on his name by accident just now. I guess he didn't want anybody to respond to us differently because we know each other, so he pretended he didn't know me at first. lol, well that's stupid, because now you guys are probably...

I said nothing about art. This is a business and I approach it like one. And in every business, you must be able to innovate. Do you really think that quality independent pictures are not making money? Michael Clayton was independently directed and produced by the screenwriter, and independently...

I agree that you can learn a lot from shitty films. Hone your bullshit radar, know when bad decisions are made. However, the challenge would be applying that judgment to yourself. I love critiquing film because I can't really ever be wrong. If I felt like the pace drags, the pacing was off. If I...

Well, I think the first statement in the poll is true. Before film school, I could recognize a good film, but I wouldn't know exactly why. I couldn't really put it into words because I didn't have the film vocabulary I have now. So now, I know exactly why a film is good, and I can learn from it...

I really like that, "Whenever you are ready." I remember watching behind the scenes feature of I the Valley of Elah, and there was this very personal scene where Charlize Theron breaks down when she sees this dead girl in a tub. They showed the outtakes for this scene and Charlize is crying and...

I think my most important job as a director, is to try to inspire my actors. I communicate to my actors that I will give clear direction, but how they interpret that direction is up to them. They own the characters and the freedom to creatively make choices. The only goal is honest performances...

The day I understood Directing. *moved because this is an old thread.

If I'm stumped of how to shoot a scene, I start watching some professional films to see what angles they pick and how they block a scene. Watching a director who's style you really admire can inspire you.