All posts tagged "location scouting"
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Making a Scene: A No-Drama, No-Frills Primer to the Criminally Overlooked Process of Location Scouting
Everyone is acutely aware of the creative impact that cinematographers, editors, production designers, and even the glamour squad can bring to a film’s... -
How They Did It: Juggling Three Hats to Make the 12-Day, Five-City Feature Toss It
How did Michele Remsen write, direct, produce, and act in her first feature film Toss It? Not a big enough question. How did she... -
On the Lookout For Your Next Location? Don’t Forget These Eight Keys to Foolproof Scouting (Video)
When scouting for locations, moviemakers automatically consider what’s going to be in the frame, but sometimes tend to forget that what’s out of it will be... -
How They Did It: Thriller Ascent to Hell Made a Small Location Feel Large Through Careful Planning
When I closed my eyes I could see it: a factory capable of holding more than 500 workers throughout its three levels.... -
Casting Your Location: How to Find (and Keep) a Great Location For Your Film
The right location can make a film, the wrong location can break it. Recently, my family went looking for a home in... -
Cinema Law: Location Permission
Q: The trailer for my first film was recently posted online. A brief scene in the movie (which also appears in the...
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Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8