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The prequel ‘problem’ isn’t a problem if you tell a good story. Rogue One, and Monsters University are two great prequels off the top of my head wherein you know *exactly* what leads on afterwards, but the stories are good enough to carry an entire movie. Prequels are often telling you how...

Depends. Each actor's different, the notes they require are different, and each Director is different. I've worked with Directors who scream at the actor from video village, including in the middle of a take, and I've worked with Directors who will walk over and quietly speak with an actor in...

Chocolate is great. I use chocolate filters over the lens whenever I can get away with it for a certain aesthetic.

Glad you’ve done this Nate, although I’m disappointed you didn’t take the opportunity to name it ‘Help Alcove rebuild his Alcove’ Donated

There's obviously a 'look' about film that you gain from shooting on it. Outside of that look, I think what you gain from it is a certain discipline that will transfer over to all of your work. That said, it's extremely uncommon these days to shoot film, so all that discipline is mostly lost in...

I’ll never tell 😏

Of course, a DI/scan or even HD telecine to digitize your footage is not exactly inexpensive either.

Yes exactly. Even putting it on a character bio sheet is useless, really, if it’s not clear through their action. Anything not made clear through action is irrelevant.

So. I’ve been quiet the past few months. Why? Been ruminating and preparing for - and then executing - a country move. So now I’m in LA (for now; currently unemployed so we’ll see how long that lasts…). If you’re around - hit me up. Would love to chat (and am fully vaccinated now woo hoo!)

Preach!

The only trick is that the cameras often rent cheap because rental houses have them laying around collecting dust (sometimes literally). You can also get good deals on stock & processing - again because it’s not used as often anymore; I’ve worked with DPs who get good deals because they commit...

Sounds like you're thinking of mise en scene..?

I've seen versions of this, but mostly they are brands soliciting for pitches, and the winning pitch is given a budget to create the product they've pitched. I'm on the fence about it, but I am much more accepting of that than having everyone use money to make something for a brand but only the...

Of course. And varying lockdowns will assumedly effect who can and can't see one movie or another (Australia for example has all cinemas open, whilst it sounds like much of the US and UK don't). It will be interesting to see if this trend continues though, as it's hardly a new concept. The fact...

I went to the movies for the first time since March last Friday (they’ve been otherwise closed here) and was reminded why I love it so much. Saw Tenet at the IMAX on 1570 film. What a way to watch a movie. For me, it ain’t really a movie unless I’ve got a fountain soda, a giant tub of popcorn...

Just to clear things up a bit, the colour temperature of the light only tells you exactly that: what colour it is. 5600k lights are generally used to approximate daylight, but if you set your camera's white balance to 5600k it will actually be white. 3200K (tungsten/incandescent filaments)...

FWIW, the biggest ‘tell’ of whether you’re reading a shooting script is the scenes being numbered. Scenes are always numbered for shooting scripts. I’m also not sure that the idea that the script is completely re-written by the Director and Cinematographer, or that camera angles etc. are added...

I'm relatively certain this is the only reason it's still around; I personally have no idea how to turn it off in Final Draft. I've just spent ten weeks in a TV writing course and re-read a lot of my favourite recent pilots and sure enough they pretty much all have the famous (infamous?)...

You're exactly right. Have a play with your one light and observe what it does. Then you can bring in other lights, and once you have a base idea of how your light responds, you will likely have a much better time of the YouTube lighting setups - because now you'll be able to look at the example...

This is probably annoying - but is that what your subject looks like (what's in the vid) or do you just connect with the way it's being described? There's nothing inherently 'wrong' with the lighting in that video, though some might find it unflattering. I disagree. I really dislike YouTube for...