Show Notes
We ping Duncan Jones’ “Moon” and discuss: Story & Writing; Production Design; Directing; and other such stuff and things and stuff. “I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our […]
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We devour Brian Duffield’s “Whalefall” and discuss: Cinematography, visual storytelling; Story & Writing, memory lane as exposition; and other such stuff and things and stuff. “Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.“ – Jack London Notes & References: Supports us on our Patreon here! Brian […]
We go a little mad over Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” and discuss: Cinematography, using shadows, camera moves, visual storytelling; Story & Writing, MacGuffins, rule of resistance; and other such stuff and things and stuff. “Fear isn’t so difficult to understand. After all, weren’t we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood […]
We level with Tom Cruise’s “Digger” and discuss: Story & Writing, satire, showing the reaction instead of the event, what makes a great monologue and a great argument on the page; Cinematography, the flat color palette and pillarbox framing, wide-angle close-ups; and other such stuff and things and stuff. “I have never made but one […]
We sit (Ubu, Sit! Good dog.) through Brad Pitt’s “Heart of the Beast” and discuss: Cinematography, composing a nice image; Story & Writing, man vs nature, structure; and other such stuff and things and stuff. “Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires […]
We dive into Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” and discuss: Video game adaptations; Cinematography & Directing, single source lighting, building a moment; Story & Writing, choosing the right character for the story, theme?; and other such stuff and things and stuff. “Look, whispered Chuck, and George lifted his eyes to heaven. (There is always a last […]