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A preliminary list. 1. Nashville 2. Magnolia 3. A Clockwork Orange 4. Boogie Nights 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. Casino 7. Igby Goes Down 8. The Silence of the Lambs 9. The Player 10. Sex, Lies, and Videotape It's probably pretty obvious that I love stylistic, self-indulgent auteur films. :)

Alright, I really have no idea where to put this thread, so if a moderator thinks it would be better elsewhere that's cool. Okay, I've never directed a movie on film, but have now directed a few video shorts that were all award winners at different area festivals. I know that I'm not...

That whole scene with the cops is very cliche, and the dialogue isn't very believable. :\

I was thinking about this the other day... "high concept" doesn't even have to be a storyline or logline. It just has to be an idea or premise. Take, for instance, Boogie Nights. The storyline is not particularly high concept at all, however, the vague premise is very high concept: "1970's porn...

I wouldn't attempt a feature until you're able to round up at least $75,000. Anything less is just pushing your luck with the quality of the movie. I'm not trying to say that good movies can't be made for less than that, but I think that's even less money than you will find out you need, unless...

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Is there any free video editing software available for download over the internet that's not a "free trial" or alpha stage software? I wouldn't expect it to be as good as Final Cut or something of the like, of course, I'm just looking for something basic at the moment. Oh, and I forgot to...

^I'm not trying to be a wiseguy or anything, but I believe the first sentence starts off with "I want to write and direct feature films. ;) :D

Or nevermind, ebay is much, much cheaper.

Can I find a USB device for this purpose at a general electronics/media store like Best Buy or Circuit City?

Until I save up some more money, I can't get a mini-dv camera, so right now I'm shooting with an old-school 8mm videocasette camcorder circa 1998. Is there any way to load the content of the 8mm tape on to my computer for editing? I'm thinking some kind of usb connection...

Wow, I was very, very impressed. Borderline incredible for doing everything yourself, I have to say.

I want to write and direct feature films; this much I know. I have this...yearning; it's deep inside of me. It's in my bones, I can feel it building with veracious intensity inside of my soul. I'm starting to believe that making films is my calling, it's more than just an interest to me. It has...

I'm just wondering how everyone gets their creative process rolling. Personally, I try to read a lot of classic literature and try to draw general themes and character profiles from it, and then relate that back to my own experience and relate it to my own psyche. I like to draw inspiration...

One of the key elements to getting video to appear more filmic is lighting. Lighting needs to be "softer" and more spread-out, because video captures bright, concentrated light very harshly. I suggest you go pick up a cheap, used copy of The Filmmaker's Handbook by Steven Ascher. It has very...

I was just thinking about this: it seems to me like an awful lot of directors are men in comparison to the amount of women in the profession, both in hollywood and in the indie circuit. Why do you think this is?

I was thinking about this for a while last night. A movie is art, and a director makes movies. However, there is much more involved in directing, much more technical aspects that must be mastered, a more well-rounded approach that must be taken. In the same way a master carpenter has a vision...

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Dude, video is video, film is film. It all boils down to: is the concept/ writing/ other elements good enough to warrant film? For certain projects of mine, I would never dream of ever even thinking of shooting them on video, they're just too fucking good. Film looks better than video, even when...

^Well, if I go through with this, of course I would want to make it myself. I've done a very speculative budget, bearing in mind that I haven't even started the script yet, and my numbers have come out to about 75,000 USD. I know it sounds like a ridiculous pipe dream, and in a way it probably...