November 2009
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The Limitations of DSLR Filming - Digitalfilms →
Danfung Dennis’ War Setup
Although I’m really excited about the ability to get narrow DOF, high resolution, and use good lenses with my DSLR for film-making, it’s important to remember the limitations that still exist when using these cameras. Oliver Peters has the most thorough list of the challenges:
Ergonomics/Stability is a serious issue. But keeping things static on a...
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Interview - Cormac McCarthy on The Road - WSJ.com →
Cormac McCarthy sounds like a cantankerous sense maker. I imagine most people make sense and also cantankerous. Some good tidbits about filmmaking in here as well:
The Wall Street Journal: When you sell the rights to your books, do the contracts give you some oversight over the screenplay, or is it out of your hands? Mr. McCarthy: No, you sell it and you go home and go to bed. You don’t...
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TAFE Application Goals
Recently I applied for a film-making course at Sydney TAFE (Randwick Campus). In the application they ask you why you want to take part in the course, my response is below.
For a long time now, I have been searching for the best medium to express how I see the world, and the way I see myself. However, that isn’t totally right. Better, I’ve been searching for a medium that I could use to find out...
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Reading Notes - Woody Allen on Woody Allen pg....
Recommends going very fast in shooting scenes. Rene Clair would get a scene perfect, and then say let’s do it again but faster. But is this just for comedy?
Filmmakers have a natural biological rhythm. Allen’s is shorter, Scorcese’s is longer.
The first thing the audience sees in a film and the last he tries to make special. He also says the end has to be special. ‘Have a theatrical quality.’
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Interview - Chris Dickens, Editor – Slumdog... →
Some very interesting discussion in the middle of the clip where he describes beautifully how good editing can make something less obvious and more visual and ultimately more moving.
He also mentions Nicholas Roeg whose Walkabout is a very interestingly edited and shot film.
This is really making me think that writing for film is such a different job to writing novels or short stories. Whereas...