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As a director, I always do a first pass of the shot list, then get input from the DP.

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BARRY LYNDON (1975) -- haven't actually seen it until last week for the first time. Wow, the cinematography is unreal, like Vermeer or Gainsborough paintings come to life. The negative reviews tend to focus on its slow pacing, but I never found the story boring at all.

This is a complex issue that isn't unique to directors, but to other professions as well. Not sure if you've ever read the book LEAN IN by Sheryl Sandberg, who is basically the #2 at Facebook, and she talks about the challenges women face in the modern workplace, having to balance careers and...

I'm a little older than you :) and have directed short films that screened at festivals worldwide, and due to release a feature film later this year. I've also been SAG actor for almost a decade, having worked with all kinds of directors on tv series, commercials, and feature films. Just wanted...

You said you're years from graduating. You are a child. You know nothing. Nothing. This may be patronizing and condescending, but it's true.

You are seriously underestimating how easy it is to just start a business that can make money right away (even dealing drugs is not exactly easy money anymore).

But... I like gear. I'm a guy. I can't help it. Toys are fun to obsess about. A blinking cursor on a blank page... not so much.

He is the greatest actor of all time. Come join fellow worshipers at: http://www.reddit.com/r/onetruegod

I think the poor dude misread this as INDIATALK.

The all time classic is 12 Angry Men ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 ). Study that film. A movie where the characters have a simple objective (a jury decides on guilty/not guilty verdict) but layered with different levels of conflict amongst the characters (jurors). So it...

I think of these as simply a rough guide, and not something to conform to. I've actually read Synder's book (R.I.P.), and while I think his beat structure can be useful, it can also be limiting if you try and force every story you write into that very format. A good counterpoint to this are...

[In my best gringo Spanish]: Um, quiero viente machine guns... um se boom boom boom? Por favor. Now I know what to do next time I'm in Tijuana.

I hope so. It's exhausting when it's just 2 hours of BOOM BOOM CRASH BUZZZZZ BOOM and the dialogue is compressed so it doesn't get drowned out. To me it's not just brick wall limiting but a creative decision as well: less explosions and more nuance. I mean, if I wanted stories that kind of noise...

A lot of screenwriting books (including Syd Field) cover more or less the same version of a traditional 3-act structure. You show the protagonist's "before" state (Act 1), an opposing force (antagonist) enters, creating a conflict between protagonist and antagonist (Act 2), the results of which...

Most first time or less experienced screenwriters tend to have their characters say what they feel or think ("I am so angry at you!") or too presentational ("My name is Lexi, and I am a porn actress."). In real life, we rarely say what we are thinking. What we say is the tip of the iceberg or...

In my own personal experience, I'm experiencing "summer action film" fatigue. And I was always a big fan of them. But they're starting to FEEL like you're watching a different version of the same movie: a bunch of set pieces strung together, with everything being loud, no breathing room, just...

MIAMI CONNECTION (1987) "A martial arts rock band goes up against a band of motorcycle ninjas who have tightened their grip on Florida's narcotics trade." I mean how could you NOT see this? It's on Netflix streaming. The best, worst movie I've seen in a long time. A ton of fun. One of those...

I worked in the Silicon Valley for many years, including working closely with some of the better known venture capital firms out there. 1-in-3 is high. It's more like this: of the 10 investments they make, 1 turns out to be a "hit' (10x return on their investment), 7-8 fail (die or get shut...

APE, you're insufferable in this thread.