All posts tagged "Robert Altman"
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Settling the Score: Director Matthew Porterfield on Selecting and Syncing Perfect Songs for Sollers Point
I’ve been committed to the idea of using mostly diegetic sound in my films. It’s not that I’m against score, I just... -
“Matters of the Heart”: Alan Rudolph and Keith Carradine Reflect on Their 40 Year Working Relationship
Beginning his career as an A.D. on the sets of his mentor Robert “Bob” Altman’s The Long Goodbye, California Split, and Nashville,... -
AFI Fest 2017 Wrap: Team MovieMaker’s Favorites From Another Characteristically Strong Showing
Due to its placement in late Fall and the strength of its programming team, AFI Fest has always felt like a who’s-who... -
2017 AFI Fest Preview: 10 Films and Filmmakers From This Year’s Line-Up You Should Track Down
Returning for the 31st round, AFI Fest continues to have some of the most striking, innovative, and exciting filmmaking in national and... -
Improvised Anxiety: On the Rocks is a Painfully Hilarious Microbudget Feature
Incredibly uncomfortable and relentlessly hilarious, On the Rocks, the first feature from Alex Kavutskiy and Ariel Gardner, is a tragicomedy of epic... -
First Draft: Wield These Wordsmithing Weapons to Beat Down Screenwriting Clichés
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Plot and character-related exposition in screenplays is... -
TV Training Ground: Watch the Small Screen Television Work That Shaped Robert Altman Into a Big Screen Auteur (Video)
When it comes to the question of where or how you should start your moviemaking career, there’s no right or wrong answer.... -
Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons From Criterion’s Punch-Drunk Love
Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A Criterion Collection release is a stamp... -
ICYMI: The Best of October 2016 on Moviemaker.com
Take a break from crafting that last-second DIY costume to revisit the best articles of October 2016 on moviemaker.com. We’ve picked out our favorite... -
Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons from Criterion’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A Criterion Collection release is a stamp...
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Think Like A Photographer: Generation Wealth’s Lauren Greenfield Shares How Still Techniques Make Better Movies
The biggest change I experienced when I went from making pictures to making films was the sense of an arc—of creating a story over time, and...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are other directors who weigh...2