Storyboards are a tool to help you, a film director, get what you want while juggling people, locations, equipment, script pages, money, and chaos during a film shoot. How do film directors, actors, and cinematographers use storyboards? In brief, storyboards will help you plan out how you’re going to shoot. This …
How to film a short sequence of fast moving action and stunts What do you consider when you film an action sequence? Before we get to the specifics of how to film a car chase, a few general principles for low budget action filmmaking: Safety first! Action sequences must never actually …
My favorite music videos generally tell a story, and are essentially silent movies. Since the featured song fills the audio track, the filmmaker’s job is to create a narrative through visual means only. Spike Jonze has directed a really interesting portfolio of music videos. Some of them are mainly neat …
Montage is a fundamental language of film, as it relies on visuals that are edited together into something coherent. The real key to understanding how montage works is in the editing room as images are being juxtaposed and spliced. Working Title of the Script: “Ten Pages About You” Film Synopsis …
Every once in awhile, this blog will discuss certain films that a filmmaker should watch and learn from.
The Seven Samurai is a great example of cinematic storytelling.