At Vashi Visuals, Vashi discusses Margaret Sixel’s editing and George Miller’s editing choices for Mad Max: Fury Road. “One of the many reasons Mad Max: Fury Road is so successful as an action film is the editing style. By using “Eye Trace” and “Crosshair Framing” techniques during the […]
At Every Frame A Painting, Tony Zhou takes a close look at the action comedy of Jackie Chan.
Every Frame A Painting returns to analysis of Akira Kurosawa’s work.
At SeqArt, Harry Edmundson-Cornell writes about the fourth wall, metafiction, tone and character in True Detective and Community (as well as Bojack Horseman and Rick & Morty). “When a show points out the mechanics driving the medium they’re essentially violating the realism of the art. They’re pointing out […]
“While we weren’t looking, the mid-budget adult-oriented motion picture has all but disappeared. And the gifted directors behind them are in danger of disappearing as well. Movie wonks and box-office watchers have written and talked about the death of mid-budget filmmaking, but mostly in business terms—as opposed to […]
Tim Reis shares ten things he learned from producing his first independent feature The Demon’s Rook. “Making an independent feature film is hard. Making an independent feature film with no money is especially hard. Making an independent feature film with no money, no actors, and a first-time director […]
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