Filmmaking Articles and Advice from Film Consultant Peter D. Marshall
Posted in Personal Observations on Feb 28th, 2010
This article was written by Manohla Dargis.
“It is time to blow the whole thing up.” In September 1960, when those words were lobbed at the world by a New York-centric, off-Hollywood circle of malcontents called the New American Cinema Group, there was no mistaking their radical urgency.
Given the cold war times — one of the [...]
Posted in Digital Films on Feb 9th, 2010
This article was written by Manohla Dargis.
“How much our world of moving-image entertainment has changed in the past decade! We now live in a world of the 24-Hour Movie, one that plays anytime and anywhere you want (and sometimes whether you want it to or not).
It’s a movie we can access at home by [...]
Posted in Personal Observations on Feb 5th, 2010
This article was written by Ron King.
“When I was a child my dad got a supper eight camera and shot our family movies. The family would sit at night, in the living room, while my dad put up the projector that screened our home movies. The quality of the films was poor and the audio [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Jan 2nd, 2010
This article was written by Marke Andrews.
“After last year’s fireworks at the Whistler Film Festival over how new media is killing traditional film and television, a new, more positive mood surfaced at the first day of the 2009 Film Festival Forum.
At a Thursday-afternoon session under the upbeat title “The Age of Collaboration,” a panel from [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Nov 15th, 2009
“In the essence of “Write it, Shoot it, Work it” We’re talking today about the mind set of an Independent Filmmaker, and how the New Digital Era is helping Filmmakers get their projects to the world. Special Guests – Jason Brubaker of FilmmakingStuff, Terence Dudley of Queinten Entertainment and Stanley Lozowski Producer.”
Listen to this BlogTalkRadio [...]
Posted in Independent Films on Oct 4th, 2009
“The independent filmmaker today has more options for distribution than ever before. Some things, including film financing, have not changed. How does the independent film producer adapt to a universe that includes mobile and Internet-distributed films, digital cinema, and videogame tie-ins?
And, what are the opportunities for independent cinema in the age of Hulu and YouTube? [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Jul 24th, 2009
“The number of “self-taught” indie filmmakers grows every year and formal film school training is not always the method of choice for training anymore. Nothing cam compete with “on-set” experience but there are a variety of ways to get information especially on the internet and through some excellent guides written by and form filmmakers. Here’s [...]
Posted in Famous Directors, Low Budget Filmmaking on Jul 9th, 2009
I don’t normally post movie reviews, but I thought this article from Wendy Ide is a good one because she talks about how Michael Mann used digital technology in his latest film, “Public Enemies.”
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“Mann, like several of his contemporaries, most notably Steven Soderbergh, has enthusiastically embraced digital technology. But rather than try to [...]
Posted in Personal Observations on Jun 13th, 2009
Film editor Walter Murch has observed the potential for new screen based creative practice arising from the increasing accessibility of digital technology, stating that
‘The old editing technology was prohibitively expensive for everyone except professionals and the most dedicated amateurs filmmakers. Now the lid’s off…there are lots of other kinds of filmmaking possibilites opening up in [...]
Posted in Personal Observations on Jun 7th, 2009
“Last week, Google announced an upcoming product called Wave which the tech giant refers to as “what e-mail would look like if it were invented today”. By that they mean a communications system with all of the acquired knowledge of the 21st century without the hangups of the 20th. For deatiled info you should really [...]
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