All posts by Jennifer M. Wood
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An Education on Education
As a magazine written by, for and about independent moviemakers, film education is an important part of what we do here at MovieMaker. And, as...
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samsara
Challenging what is possible when it comes to cinematic visuals is nothing new for moviemakers Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson. In 1985, they utilized time-lapse...
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Around the World With Samsara
Challenging what is possible when it comes to cinematic visuals is nothing new for moviemakers Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson. In 1985, they utilized time-lapse...
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From Comic to Conman: Dax Shepard Is in the Driver’s Seat for Hit & Run
When asked to recall the moment he realized he wanted to be an actor, Dax Shepard replies, “When it occurred to me that classmates of...
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Flash Forward: Vince Nappo
In the summer of 2006, I was invited to attend a production of All’s Well That Ends Well in Central Park. It was Shakespeare in...
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Lights, Camera, Social Action: The Disposable Film Festival
With our world’s amazing technology making spectacular cameras small, cheap and ubiquitous, new types of moviemaking (and, by extension, moviemakers) are proliferating. From the highest-powered...
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Greta Gerwig, Inside Outsider
The speed at which media travels can do funny things to a moviemaker’s career. In this Internet-dominated age, even the tiniest films can find some...
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Blayne Weaver Introduces His 6 Month Rule
When I talk about my film 6 Month Rule, the first thing people ask is: “What’s the six month rule?” (Answer: It’s the main character’s...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles are just a handful...
1Inside the Issue: Directing
Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid Antarctic waters as...
Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s cancer diagnosis hidden...