I agree that there is great value in keeping things consistant. If you have shown the violence in other scenes it might stand out even more if you do ...
THose kind of shots just make the viewer wish that they could see the person being shot. I disagree. Remember in Reservoir Dogs when the ear was cu...
My own way of writing is to ignore the structural aspect for the rough draft. Just hammer it out. Then when you rewrite you eliminate and merge unwant...
the green line would be an image (a logo on a black background) and the black circle would be the person being interviewed. my friend told me this wou...
I also write down snippets and thoughts. I know I'll forget things because the day job can be all-consuming some times. Later I can read through the s...
Zombie (1) A voodoo belief in which the dead are brought back to life through supernatural means (2) A reanimated corpse that hungers for the living. ...
For fun try to fit the original Star Wars (also known as Episode IV: A New Hope) into the three act structure. Luke, the main character doesn't appear...
I'm curious about claymation as well. I love robotchicken. Watching Robotchicken I figured if I were doing the same thing I'd use a computer animatio...
The standard way to hack off a limb is to hide the limb behind the back, and put a fake limb in the sleave, then hack that. On screen it generally loo...
I got 9 cases of Karl Strauss just be asking. I saw Karl Strauss bottles in an old Mike Hammer tv movie and boxes of the the beer in House of the Dead...
As an actor, if someone asks you do to anything you think is unsafe you should ask them to do it first. If they say a suicide gun is safe have them pu...
Personally I'd try to zoom in closer to Bob's face, then beyond it to the pistol as it is being cocked and then to the face of the shooter. BAM! a fla...
I would suggest that film school has to increase the chances as you can direct your film yourself there. Or you can team up with a student/director. Y...
That's not just independents either. My girlfriend worked public relations in Hollywood for awhile and a big name director still owes her money for th...
I could be wrong but I don't think there are many actors on this board. As I can tell you will mostly find the crew viewpoint around here. Don't ge...