New Zealand director Taika Waititi talks about success, failure, and how he deals with the ups and downs of pursuing a filmmaking career. Waititi’s credits include What We Do in the Shadows, Thor: Ragnarok, Jojo Rabbit, and Thor: Love and Thunder.
The Masterclass is an annual festival fixture in which a respected film practitioner is invited to talk about their approach and their body of work. Watch Clint Eastwood give the 2017 edition, moderated by legendary film critic Kenneth Turan. Watch Clint Eastwood’s Masterclass at the official Cannes Film Festival website.
The guys at Every Frame a Painting take a close look at the anatomy of a Michael Bay shot. The result is a very interesting watch. Every Frame a Painting says “There are filmmakers we love and then there’s Michael Bay. Even if you dislike him (as I do), Bay has something valuable to teach us about visual perception. This is an…
With the recent release of Tarantino’s eighth feature as a director, the guys over at Film Doctor take a look back over his career to date, and how the once video store clerk has achieved and maintained his seat at the table of top directors. “Quentin Tarantino was born Texan, but bred Californian. From his early school years ,…
Upon entering the film business everyone wants to direct, unfortunately there are not that many jobs available compared to the amount of people who want them. If directing is something you think would be fun or cool, you would be right. However, this is not the right approach; it has to be a true calling for you. You…
Who is Sid Kali? I’ve written, directed, and produced two full-length urban features, CONSIGNMENT and IN WITH THIEVES, plus have a third feature in production titled STASH SPOT. Some people feel that when you attach the word urban to an independent film the story will be based on slices of life that unfold in housing…
Let’s face it, many people want to make films. They have dreams, they have plans, sometimes they even put a cast and a crew together, but most of these films never get completed. The primary reason for that is that most people have the expectation of their low-budget film coming out looking like a high-budget…
The first thing any director intending work with actors on a film needs to understand is that acting for film is the most technically demanding and often least rewarding work an actor will do (not financially, but in terms of satisfaction with the actual process). To understand it helps to compare the work with an actor’s job…
