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  • Directing

Visual Framework: Watch How Wong Kar-wai Uses Frames Within Frames in In the Mood for Love (Video)

An integral aspect of Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai's mastery is his recurring use of frames within the film frame.…

7 years ago
  • Directing

Scratching Through the Surface: How David Lynch Manipulates His Audience in Mulholland Dr. (Video)

Recently selected by 177 critics as the finest film of the 21st century in a BBC poll, David Lynch's Mulholland Dr.…

7 years ago
  • Other

Impressions of Depression: Watch How Lars Von Trier Manipulates Cinematic Time to Convey Mental Illness (Video)

Slow motion: For people with clinical depression, it's the human brain's own in-built special effect. A sense of warped, skewed…

7 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: Rewrites Aren’t the Only Way to Improve Your Screenplay. Try Rearranging It Instead

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. We’ve all been there before.…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

All Jacked Up: Watch Jack Nicholson Breathe the Fire of On-Screen Anger to Craft Complex Performances (Video)

From Five Easy Pieces to The Shining to A Few Good Men and even the latest Lakers home game, Jack…

7 years ago