I watch a lot of movies. I try to see one everyday, and in the summer I can usually watch two a day. Will spending the myriad of hours on my sofa watching all these movies help me become a better writer/filmmaker? In watching a movie (particularly a very good one such as Citizen Kane, The Godfather etc...)what should one look for? I know the first time you watch a movie, or at least this is how it works for me, I just watch for the story and entertainment. Then with each viewing afterwards I try to pay closer attention to the filmmaking itself.
Any tips?
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Originally posted by Strongbad
Will spending the myriad of hours on my sofa watching all these movies help me become a better writer/filmmaker?
No.
But if you got off the couch and made one short film every month you would become a better filmmaker. And if you wrote two to five pages every day you would become a better writer.
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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)
It will help you learn how the people who made the movie, made the movie. I would really suggest watching them with directors commentary. You always learn cool tricks or reason why they did certain things. So while you may be learning things about filmmaking, i would have to agree with Certified. It would not make you a better filmmaker. The only to do that is to make film after film after film.
"Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War and Peace' in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling." - Stanley Kubrick
"Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War and Peace' in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling." - Stanley Kubrick
