A Hollywood film crew typically employs scores of professionals handling such such tasks as directing, lighting, makeup, costumes, communications, set construction, continuity, and crowd control. Even a small-scale production of a 30-second commercial might involve dozens of people. But there is an alternative exemplified by Chilean-born Claudinho Andres, a self-described one-man-band moviemaker. As he explains in the interview (below),…
read more →A year ago, this magazine featured a fundraising video co-directed by Renee Faia, whose work we earlier featured. The money was raised and the short film—”Beautiful Dead Things”—is having an impact. The movie, co-directed by Ingela Ogard who was the editor, has been shown in film festivals around the world and just had its LA Premier as…
read more →Japanese-based filmmaker Erez Sitzer calls “Make ’n It Up” a film poem. The genre dates back to avant-garde films that appeared after World War II. But Sitzer, who is building a reputation for innovative moviemaking, breathes new life into the film poem form. While telling a story that is at turns emotionally dark and light, he plays with a…
read more →Drone video suggests the great outdoors or vast urban landscapes. After all, one of the great benefits of the drone is making possible low-cost aerial video. But the advent of small drones has opened up the great indoors. You may look a long time before you find a more polished example of an indoor drone video than…
read more →Traditional trailers (aka “previews”) date back more than 100 years. In essence, they were TV commercials before the advent of television. Created for promotional purposes, the trailers usually consist of footage shot for the films they represent plus narration or onscreen text. Fundraising trailers (a.k.a. “faux trailers” or “fake trailers”) are a much new form (dating from the…
read more →Students of mobile moviemaking can find dozens of lessons in Syed Ahmad Afzal’s “YOU and I.” Honored at many festivals including the Accolade Global Film Competition (San Diego, USA) and Red Corner Film Festival (Sweden), the film demonstrates the astonishing visual qualities that can be obtained shooting with an iPhone. In about 11 minutes, the film incorporates almost every…
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