Thomas Flight
Chernobyl - A Masterclass in Perspective
updated
Why one of the greatest film editors of all time does not care about continuity.
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We tell many stories about ambition, but do they give us the full picture?
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Sources:
Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn: bookshop.org/a/105728/9780306832017 (Affiliate)
"Komorebi — Seek the light" by Renu Vijayanand medium.com/@renuvjanand/komorebi-seek-the-light-d844593a289e
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In this video I dive into the complicated history of how American Film Acting evolved from classical Hollywood theatricality into contemporary naturalism and why nobody can agree on what "Method Acting" actually is.
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// Sources:
- See Full Bibliography and References Here: open.substack.com/pub/thomasflight/p/why-does-acting-feel-so-different?r=3ms9l&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
- Brestoff, Richard. The Great Acting Teachers and Their Methods. Smith & Kraus, 1995.
- Butler, Issac. The Method : How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act. New York, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.
- Uta Hagen. Respect for Acting. 1973. Hoboken, N.J., John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
- Kissel, H., & Adler, S. (2000). Stella Adler - The Art of Acting. Hal Leonard Corporation
- Benedetti, Jean. Stanislavski : An Introduction. London, Methuen Drama, 1982.
- Konstantin Stanislavsky, and Jean Benedetti. An Actor’s Work : A Student’s Diary. London ; New York, Routledge, 2010.
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0:00 Why Does Acting Feel So Different Now?
06:04 Part 1: 'I Don't Follow The Method'
12:34 Part 2: The True Birth of The Method
20:08 Part 3 The System (Or How Modern Acting Was Born)
33:24 Part 4: Why Nobody Understands Method Acting
37:53 Part 4b: The Invention of "Going Method"
44:32 Part 5: "There Is No System"
Correction:
19:40 Stella Adler was not one of Strasberg's students- They were in the same theatre group before they had a falling out.
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Exposition in film and TV has a bad reputation but it’s really just another tool in the writer's toolbox, and the quality of exposition can range from bad to great. This video examines some examples of truly great exposition.
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In this video I breakdown of the sandworm riding scene in *Dune: Part 2* and how sound design, cinematography, performance, VFX and directing, all work together to make it so effective.
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A look at how The Zone of Interest uses off-screen space and sound design in one of the most hauntingly powerful ways I've ever seen in a film. Featuring an interview with Johnnie Burn, sound designer who just won an Oscar for his work on this film.
This video is spoiler free, so if you haven't seen the movie you, this video will be a good introduction to what's unique about it, and why it's a significant achievement from a filmmaking perspective. If you have seen it, I hope this video gives you some extra insight into the unique craft and attention that went into this film.
References:
-"Theory of Film Practice" p. 17 by Noël Burch
-"Thinking beyond the frame" by Sharon McDonagh
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A look at what makes Killers of The Flower Moon one of the most provocative film's from Martin Scorsese. A sprawling, haunting, epic that explores Manifest Destiny, the corrupting power of money, and how we must examine our own capacity for evil.
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My picks and predictions to win the 96th Academy Awards.
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Chapters:
0:00 Setting The Table
01:00 Sound
02:11 Original Score
03:50 Production Design
05:13 Cinematography
06:42 Costume Design
07:39 Film Editing
09:42 Supporting Actor
10:56 Supporting Actress
11:50 Lead Actor
13:54 Lead Actress
16:50 Directing
18:49 Best Picture
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A look into the machinery of the The Academy Awards and some of the forces behind the scenes that influence nominations, snubs and wins.
Sources:
[1] "Party Animals: A Hollywood Tale of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll Starring the Fabulous Allan Carr" by Robert Hofler p. 87
[2] Horn, John, and Doug Smith. 2012. “Movie Academy: Oscar Voters Overwhelmingly White, Male.” Los Angeles Times. latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/oscars/la-et-unmasking-oscar-academy-project-html-htmlstory.html
[3] Keegan, Rebecca, and Nicole Sperling. 2017. “Shakespeare in Love and Harvey Weinstein’s Dark Oscar Victory.” Vanity Fair. vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/12/shakespeare-in-love-and-harvey-weinsteins-dark-oscar-victory
[4] Whitten, Sarah. 2023. “The Oscar Box Office Bump Is Shrinking.” CNBC. cnbc.com/2023/03/10/oscar-box-office-bump-shrinking.html
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Chapters:
00:00 How Oscar Baiting was Born
03:22 Part I - The Anatomy of The Academy
06:43 Part II - For Your Consideration
[This video is free of any major plot spoilers until the 20 minute mark.]
How The Curse holds a distorted mirror up to the world of modern media.
References:
"The Gag of Realism" by Benny Safdie cinema-scope.com/features/gag-realism-nathan
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Chapters:
00:00 Flip or Flop
04:03 The Gag of Realism
07:46 Recreating Reality (TV)
11:29 The Discomfort of Uncurated Life
19:50 Performative Morality (Spoilers)
23:18 The End of The Curse (Spoilers)
(This Video Is Spoiler-Free)
Part I: Thomas Flight's Favorite Films of 2023.
Part II: Thomas Flight’s Totally Objective and Scientifically Rigorous List of The Top 10 Best Movies of 2023™
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Chapters:
00:00 1.
02:47 A Tale of Two Lists
03:31 Part 1 - My Favorites: 10.
05:23 9.
07:02 8.
08:20 7.
09:56 6.
11:36 5.
13:24 4.
14:38 3.
16:34 2.
17:34 1.
19:20 Honorable Mentions
20:22 Part 2 - The BEST Movies of 2023
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Watch Elias Gold's video on Killers of The Flower Moon: youtube.com/watch?v=FgN9qf5b1BA
Brady, Tara. 2023. “Martin Scorsese: ‘One Has to Take Chances. At This Age, What Else Can I Do?’” The Irish Times. irishtimes.com/culture/film/2023/10/14/martin-scorsese-one-has-to-take-chances-at-this-age-what-else-can-i-do/.
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Chapters:
00:00 - One Event, Two Perspectives
05:16 I. Objectivity vs. Subjectivity
08:33 II. Narrative Perspective
13:46 III. Perspectives on Perspective
19:55 IV. Down The Perspective Rabbit Hole
There's still plenty of room for innovation in filmmaking, in this video I examine how Director Joanna Hogg, and sound designer Jonathan Webb collaborated on "Sonic Storyboards" for the 2019 film The Souvenir. Why not harness sound's full potential to inspire and guide the storytelling process from the start?
Special thanks to Jonathan Webb and Joanna Hogg for their contributions to this video.
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Chapters:
00:00 Flipping Tradition on its Head
01:41 The Beauty of The Craft
02:22 The Souvenir
04:36 The Seeds of An Idea
07:13 Crafting a Sonic Storyboard
11:34 The Impact of The Storyboards
14:44 Could this work for other films?
17:18 Art Requires Risk
What is it that makes a performance resonate so deeply it lingers with you for months or years? Thomas Flight explores the challenges of judging great acting, and shares the 11 examples of the best acting he's ever seen in this video.
Written/Produced/Performed by:
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 What is The Best Acting I've Ever Seen?
01:14 What Makes Acting Great?
05:17 The List
05:39 Oscar Isaac
08:37 Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore
10:28 Brenda Blethyn
12:32 Orson Welles
15:28 Al Pacino
18:05 Liv Ullman
20:04 Daniel Day-Lewis
21:53 Philip Seymour Hoffman
23:37 Michelle Williams
24:59 Ben Mendelsohn
27:26 Tilda Swinton
Editing, when used to it's full potential, is a big part of the language of filmmaking. I chat with the editors of The Bear to discuss how they ground their bold and stylish editing in character and story.
Special thanks to Joanna and Adam for taking the time to chat with me!
Editing for this video provided by Ben from Canada: instagram.com/benchinapen
Chapters:
00:00 Reaction Shots
04:58 Crafting Character Arc
09:51 Expression Through Montage
13:46 The Final Rewrite
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References:
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An Impossible Exile by George Prochnik: amzn.to/3psJtdN
NY Times article by Christopher Gray: nytimes.com/2013/03/24/realestate/a-long-gone-rendezvous-with-1000-rooms.html
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Special thank you to Greg Dember, co-author of whatismetamodern.com for chatting with me for this video. Check out his book: "Say Hello to Metamodernism!
Understanding Today’s Culture of Ironesty, Felt Experience, and Empathic Reflexivity"
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In this video I dive into what Metamodernism is and what it looks like in film, and chart how the movies have evolved since their modernist origins.
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[CC] To see which films I'm referencing, turn on "English (United States) - Movie Titles" under captions. For regular subtitles select "English"
[1] Misunderstandings and clarifications | Notes on Metamodernism by Timotheus Vermeulen & Robin van den Akker: metamodernism.com/2015/06/03/misunderstandings-and-clarifications
[2] - The Metamodernist Manifesto http://www.metamodernism.org
[3] Metamodernism: Oscillation Revisited medium.com/what-is-metamodern/metamodernism-oscillation-revisited-b1ae011abf3c
[4] How 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' is a love letter to moms...and the internet mashable.com/article/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-daniels-interview-moms
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01:00 What Do They Make Them Like Now?
04:46 The Metamodern Era
05:56 Modernism
12:40 Postmodernism
19:22 Metamodernism
27:44 Why Metamodernism?
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Aftersun (2022)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Avengers Endgame (2019)
As I was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
Badlands (1973)
Barton Fink (1991)
Blade Runner The Final Cut (1982)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Babylon (2022)
Bo Burnham Inside (2021)
Bones and All (2022)
Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Eight and a Half (1963)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
F For Fake (1973)
Fargo (1996)
Glass Onion (2022)
High Noon (1952)
Joker (2019)
Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Meeting the Man James Baldwin in Paris (1970)
Mirror (1975)
Modern Times (1936)
Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
No Country For Old Men (2007)
Nope (2022)
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (2019)
Pearl (2021)
Pig (2021)
Persona (1966)
Psycho (1960)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Rushmore (1998)
San Soleil (1983)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm - Take One (1968)
Synecdoche New York (2008)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
The Fabelmans (2022)
The French Dispatch (2021)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
The Martian (2015)
The Matrix 4 Resurrections (2022)
The Menu (2022)
The Souvenir (2019)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Top Gun Maverick (2022)
Taxi Driver (1976)
White Noise (2022)
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When I've asked it, ChatGPT has consistently said "Her" is the closest thing to itself in a movie. In this video I reflect on how new AI tech changes how we see movies about AI, and what Her say about our relationship to AI a decade later.
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00:00 Intro (This is a Spoiler-Free Video)
01:03 Cate Blanchett in Tár
03:19 Daniel Craig in Glass Onion
04:51 Mia Goth in Pearl
05:40 Tobey Maguire in Babylon
06:31 Diego Calva in Babylon
06:59 Taylor Russell in Bones and All
07:49 Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway
08:46 Daniel Kaluuya in Nope
09:45 Paul Mescal in Aftersun
11:07 Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin
11:57 Dolly De Leon in Triangle of Sadness
12:33 Harris Dickinson in Triangle of Sadness
13:07 The Entire Cast of The Quiet Girl
13:49 Outro
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00:00 More One of Life's Good Guys
02:11 1: Is Pádraic Actually Nice?
04:23 2: What are the Banshees?
06:28 3: Who’s Side is Siobhán Really On?
08:29 4: Does Colm want Pádraic to be mean?
13:36 Art Can be Nice Too
15:13 5. Is This Just A Tragedy?
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Chapters:
0:00 I. Building Worlds With Sounds
4:20 II. Sound as Exposition
9:03 III. Why Recording Matters
12:09 IV. Denis Villeneuve as Conductor
16:19 Sound as Music
This video is spoiler-free. The 10 subjectively greatest movies of 2022.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro & Caveats
00:01:39 Honorable Mentions
03:35 10.
04:38 9.
06:05 8.
07:49 7b
10:43 7.
13:07 6.
14:35 5.
16:47 4.
18:28 3.
20:17 2.
22:00 1.
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Visually evocative, stunningly beautiful films are often the ones that get a lot of attention (for good reason!) for their cinematography. But some of the best cinematography is incredibly subtle and subdued. In this video I highlight some of the ways subtler cinematography can be just as impactful and beautiful.
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Big, intense performances are the ones that get a lot of the recognition and praise (often for good reason!). But a lot of my favorite moments of acting are tiny, subtle expressions. In this video I highlight the power of some of these subtler moments of performance, and acknowledge that talent is about much more than intensity.
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How Nope uses sonic ambiguity to create terror and suspense.
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[2] Designing and Mixing the Far Out Sound of 'Nope' - a film sound deep-dive with Johnnie Burn asoundeffect.com/nope-film-sound
[3] 'Nope' sound designer Johnnie Burn reveals secrets of the sci-fi film's alarming soundscape: space.com/nope-sci-fi-movie-sound-designer-interview
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What is Jordan Peele's Nope Really About?
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[2] "Where Have all the Black Cowboys Gone?" theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/11/where-have-all-the-black-cowboys-gone
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When you try to make a show deconstructing reality TV and you go too far and deconstruct reality itself...
Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal takes on a journey from Simulacra to Simulation, to a world of pure imagination.
References:
Vulture Profile: vulture.com/article/nathan-fielder-rehearsal-profile.html
Darren Brown - The Heist: youtube.com/watch?v=HDtMMsFoHuY
Synecdoche; New York (2008)
"Simulacra and Simulation" by Jean Baudrillard
Milgram, S. (1963). Behavioral Study of obedience. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67(4), 371–378. doi.org/10.1037/h0040525
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00:00 "Not Everything is Make-Believe"
01:25 I. The Dark Art of Misdirection
11:13 II. Simulacra and Simulation
15:41 III. Never Question The Premise
18:44 IV. Welcome To The Hyperreal
What's Better About Better Call Saul? In this video essay I take a look at the way Better Call Saul uses visual storytelling, to show instead of tell.
Chapters:
00:00 Why Ants?
03:41 Props As Symbols
07:02 Visual Performances
11:45 Characters in Process
14:04 Storytelling with Cinematography
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Why The Bear is So Intense.
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CORRECTION: DALL-E 2 is developed by OpenAI, not Google.
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Letterboxd list of every documentary referenced: letterboxd.com/thomasflight/list/the-beauty-and-chaos-of-experimental-documentary
Films referenced:
Koyaanisqatsi 1982
Leviathan 2012
Sans Soleil 1983
Samsara 2011
Lessons of Darkness 1992
Cameraperson 2016
Sleep Has Her House 2017
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One 1968
Chronicle of a Summer 1961
Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey 2016
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000
Man with a Movie Camera 1929
London 1994
Fata Morgana 1971
Labyrinth Ion 2022
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Chapters:
00:00 Cold Open
00:26 The Power of Context
01:39 The Beauty And Chaos of Experimental Documentaries
02:38 Non-Verbal Narratives
05:17 The Birth of Reality TV
06:13 Herzog's Ecstatic Truth
09:02 The Subjectivity of Image
09:50 A Genre of Trickery
11:59 A Guided Meditation
13:44 Revealing the Full Potential of Cinema
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Chapters:
0:00 Cannes
00:38 "Crimes of The Future"
01:44 Why festivals are fun
02:12 "DODO"
03:09 "Pacifiction"
03:50 "Butterfly Vision"
05:00 "Close"
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08:31 "Triangle of Sadness"
09:28 "Decision to Leave"
10:43 Thoughts on the Festival
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Sound is often the unsung hero of movies. But what we hear in a film usually isn't a reflection of what things sound like in real life. Instead film sound can be incredibly expressive and impressionistic. [Video Contains Spoilers for The Batman]
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Videos Referenced:
The Problem Solving of Filmmaking: youtube.com/watch?v=mzNS4U_aE28
DGA 2020 Director's Panel: youtube.com/watch?v=oZf5L8nF3xc
Noah Baumbach Breaks Down Marriage Story Fight: youtube.com/watch?v=Y0PRZlM6tFs
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0:00 It's Complicated
4:42 Against Objectivism
11:17 Against Relativism
The world of Donald Glover's Atlanta feels... off. What's going on?
Citations:
Baraka, Amiri. “Henry Dumas: Afro-Surreal Expressionist” Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 22, No. 2, Henry Dumas Issue (Summer, 1988)
jstor.org/stable/2904491
Miller, D. Scot. “Call It Afro-Surreal.” San Francisco Bay Guardian, 19 May 2009, sfbgarchive.48hills.org/sfbgarchive/2009/05/19/call-it-afro-surreal
Mulkerrins, Jane. "Donald Glover on the Return of Atlanta: ‘I’m Not Making a TV show, I Am Making an Experience’." The Guardian, Jun 23, 2018, theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jun/23/donald-glover-atlanta-robbin-season
Bakare, Lanre. "From Beyoncé to Sorry to Bother You: The New Age of Afro-Surrealism." The Guardian, Dec 06, 2018,
theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/dec/06/afro-surrealism-black-artists-racist-society
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Adapting Dune for the screen was a big challenge that pushed Director Denis Villeneuve and Editor Joe Walker, ACE to use a slightly unconventional approach to editing in the film. In this video I breakdown how Walker works within the "montage mode" of editing to tell the film's story efficiently and powerfully.
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From Euphoria to The Tragedy of Macbeth, the stylistic influence from one of the earliest and most radical film movements, German Expressionism, is still strong today.
Films Referenced (in order of appearance):
Euphoria (HBO)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Nosferatu (1922)
Metropolis 1927
Touch of Evil (1958)
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Third Man (1949)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Brazil (1985)
The Shape of Water (2017)
Eraserhead (1977)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Trainspotting (1996)
The Humans (2021)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Inland Empire (2006)
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Blood Simple (1984)
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Films Referenced:
Pig
John Wick
Nobody
Mandy
The Wrath of Man
The Equalizer
MUSIC CREDITS:
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Chapters:
0:00 The Myth of Eurydice
0:36 Revenge Thrillers and Genre Expectations
04:30 Pig vs John Wick
07:44 We Don't Have To Care
09:59 Mirrors of Loss
11:26 Out of the Underworld
Wes Anderson heightens his style to an almost absurd level for The French Dispatch. In this video I look at how he does that, and if it serves the story.
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Film's Referenced:
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Magnolia
Punch Drunk Love
There Will Be Blood
The Master
Inherent Vice
Phantom Thread
Goodfellas
Raging Bull
References:
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Hard Eight Director's Commentary
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In a world where impressive visual effects are commonplace, Dune managed to stand apart. In this video, I examine what's different about Dune's grounded approach to VFX.
Sources:
VFX Voice Villeneuve Interview: vfxvoice.com/director-denis-villeneuve-maintains-a-grounded-approach-to-epic-space-saga-dune
Wired: wired.com/story/dune-sandworm-vfx
Post Perspective: postperspective.com/dune-director-denis-villeneuve-talks-post-and-vfx
Geeks of Color: geeksofcolor.co/2021/09/03/interview-denis-villeneuve-dune
Little White Lies: lwlies.com/interviews/denis-villeneuve-dune
Allan McKay: allanmckay.com/323-2
Before and Afters: beforesandafters.com/2021/11/06/the-dune-visual-effects-team-used-sandscreens-instead-of-bluescreens
The Gallery: The Mandalorian
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Chapters:
0:00 Why Do Dune's VFX Feel Different?
0:47 Light Matters
3:18 Practical Effects
5:41 Wait... Sandscreens?
7:49 Real Fake Cameras
8:59 Formality/Restraint
10:26 Grounded VFX
Music Credits:
Don't Look Back by Matooma
Closed Loop by Dougy
Darkness Within by Matooma
Obsessions by Theatre of Delays
The Wanderer by Yehezkel Raz
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Examining Hans Zimmer's brilliant score for Dune. How he uses sound and melody in the soundtrack to develop themes and conflict in the film.
Sources:
Zimmer on internality in the Score: theplaylist.net/hans-zimmer-dune-interview-20211019
Chas Smith's Custom Instruments: youtube.com/watch?v=g17RWwSBZ5U
Interview with Zimmer: nytimes.com/2021/10/22/movies/hans-zimmer-dune.html
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How Succession uses subjective, observational cinematography to craft a "camera as a character" that draws you in and involves you in the show's drama.
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03:19 Observational Cinematography
06:06 A Seat At The Table
09:27 The Value of Subjectivity
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Omar Little is the most iconic character on one of the greatest shows on TV. This essay examines the legacy of Omar, how the character's unique position within the show's structure, and an incredible performance from Michael K Williams made him great.
This video contains spoilers for The Wire.
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In the middle of The Green Knight, there's a slow 360-degree pan. Understanding this pan is the key to understanding what the film is communicating.
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Most people know Martin Scorsese for his depictions of terrible people. But he also spends a lot of time exploring spiritual and religious themes and subject matter in his films. Are these two aspects of Scorsese's work in conflict? Or can we resolve the Sacred and the Profane in Scorsese's films and see the bigger questions that run through the heart of his entire career?
0:00 Intro
0:51 I The Sacred and Profane
03:00 II "As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a missionary"
07:08 III Stepping on the Image of Christ
10:41 IV You are the Judge.
13:24 V What can be Forgiven?
This video contains spoilers for Silence, Mean Streets, and Goodfellas.
// SOURCES
Interviews with Scorsese on Faith:
youtube.com/watch?v=k03xprfBI2A
youtube.com/watch?v=TbYiGdinejU
youtube.com/watch?v=_w6bIgcgCOc
Last Temptation Protest Coverage:
youtube.com/watch?v=S5yNScYHk7o
youtube.com/watch?v=_bF9LNjKFK0
youtube.com/watch?v=K_jiIqB3N10
youtube.com/watch?v=rnntls_ufr0
Films Referenced:
Raging Bull, The Wolf of Wall Street, Goodfellas, The Irishman, Silence, The Last Temptation of Christ, Kundun, Mean Streets, Cape Fear, Bringing Out The Dead, The Departed, and Taxi Driver.
Special Thanks to Julian @TheDiscardedImage for his input.
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Despite being one of the most visually unique filmmakers working today, Wes Anderson packs his films with references and homage to films he loves. In this video I unpack the references in Moonrise Kingdom- and explore how tricky it can sometimes be to determine a scenes' true inspiration.
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Sources:
Catching The Big Fish by David Lynch: amzn.to/3AQvJue
Eraserhead: amzn.to/3AQvJue
What is David Working on Today: youtube.com/watch?v=ZqD4aq2Y8Ho&t
Twin Peaks Season 1
Lost Highway: amzn.to/3xBHZN3
David Lynch: The Art Life: amzn.to/3AKkWl8
Lynch's Nightclub: anothermag.com/art-photography/1765/an-exclusive-look-at-david-lynch-s-silencio
The Angriest Dog in The World: http://www.lynchnet.com/angrydog
Dune (1984): amzn.to/3k3KILm
Mulholland Dr: amzn.to/2Vr7JgR
Blue Velvet: amzn.to/3yPhP9E
Inland Empire: amzn.to/3xypjh7
Wild at Heart: amzn.to/3yNGfRa
The Straight Story (Disney+)
Twin Peaks Season 3 (Showtime)
David Lynch on Cooking Quinoa: youtube.com/watch?v=uSP-ewdJYJc
Elephant Man: amzn.to/3wxSJee
Lynch at Venice Film festival: youtube.com/watch?v=mW65Taemqks
David Lynch in Conversation: youtube.com/watch?v=jGd6lnYTTY8
1997 Charlie Rose Interview: youtube.com/watch?v=g8UnCjeLev4
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me: amzn.to/3i4OsK6
David Lean Lecture: youtube.com/watch?v=SpomrL0qA-E
David Lynch: The Man From Another Place: amzn.to/2UyRXjH
The Story of a Small Bug: youtube.com/watch?v=5fvejLDSZYQ
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace: amzn.to/3ARUmqo
David Lynch T-Shirt I'm Wearing in the Video:
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