Filmmaking Articles and Advice from Film Consultant Peter D. Marshall
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Dec 18th, 2009
“Remember how hard it used to be to get famous or get your foot in the door in Hollywood? It used to be that you had to either know someone in the industry (usually a relative… see “The Baldwin Brothers” or “Casey Affleck”) or you had to have an impressive resume of directing music videos [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Sep 5th, 2009
“The person, who shapes a program’s message through the manipulation of the artistic and technical elements, seeking to maximize their effect up on audience,. “directing is the sum total of artistic and technical operations which enables the play as conceived by the author to pass from the abstract, talent state, that of the written script, [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Aug 20th, 2009
“Film and TV directors are notorious for not speaking the actor’s language. Actors fresh out of drama school or with a stage background or with very little acting experience can be baffled by the directions they’re getting. Worse, they can be led astray — into indicating and/or result-oriented work.”
Read this article from Backstage.com
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Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Feb 6th, 2009
This article is from Moviemaker Magazine.
“Many of us have made films (short films, long films) and we take great pride in saying, “I made that.” But did we really? We say we’re “directors.” We say we “make films.” We may even call ourselves “moviemakers.” But what do we really do?” Read rest of aticle.
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Posted in In The News on Feb 4th, 2009
This article is from IndieWire.
“Film Independent, announced the lineup for the ninth annual Directors Close-Up: Conversations on the Art of Filmmaking, formerly known as the Director Series. Series panelists this year include Elliot Davis (cinematographer, “Twilight,” “Lords of Dogtown”), Rodrigo Garcia (“In Treatment,” “Nine Lives”), Lance Hammer (“Ballast”), Catherine Hardwicke (“Twilight,” “Lords of Dogtown”), Oscar [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Dec 31st, 2008
Leena Pendharkar is a filmmaker living in Los Angeles. She just finished shooting her first feature film, “Raspberry Magic.”
“The past eight weeks of my life have been more insane than I could ever have imagined, but we did it! After two years of raising money, we finally made it all happen and shot the film! [...]
Posted in Film Making Resources on Dec 9th, 2008
On Wednesday, December 10, 2008 I released Peter D. Marshall’s “Damn the Doom-and-Gloom 7-Day Fire Sale for Filmmakers.”
So what is this 7-Day Fire Sale for Filmmakers?
“The Art and Craft of the Director Audio Seminar” is a 10-day film directing audio course I am offering to filmmakers at rock-bottom prices for one week, starting Wednesday, [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Oct 19th, 2008
“The 12 Biggest Mistakes Directors Make” is from the book ‘Notes on Directing‘ by Frank Hauser and Russell Reich.
NOTE: Even though “Notes on Directing” is a book about theatre directing, these 12 directing mistakes are equally relevant to film and television.
“Learning from one’s own mistakes is an important component of getting better at any craft. [...]
Posted in Film Directing Articles on Oct 2nd, 2008
Here is a good blog article by Carlos Ferrao on the 2 main jobs of a film director:
“The director has two jobs in a film. First, he has to create the world in front of the camera. Second, he has to decide how to show it.”
To read the article, Click Here.
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Aug 18th, 2008
The director’s visual style (concept) is how you create the image structure and style of the film
1. what is the PRIMORDIAL IMAGE (one main image used to take the audience into this story world) (think of the images in “Blade Runner”)
2. devise a DRAMATIC METAPHOR (motifs, symbols) with the Producer, DOP and Production Designer
3. when [...]
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