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This video was made as part of a job application for Dreamworks. Didn't work, but it didn't work in a jaw droppingly brilliant way. Use either the mp4 file at near right, or the Youtube link at far right. |
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If Disney posters were honest.
Lots of good articles about movies. You could spend all day here. I have.
Movie tough guys who failed to deliver.
Surprising ways special effects were created.
Check out this link for a comparison of the ages of leading men and the ages of their romantic interests.
Here is an amazing video about a magician who works with Ipods.
Here is a link to some of the most elaborate movie sets ever constructed (not including Lord of the Rings).
Below is a nice video about storyboarding
Here is a trailer for "Movie: The Movie"
Proof that all movies posters use the same color palette.
Want to send your Hero on a dark journey? Here are the ingredients.
Eight problems with the Hero's Journey.
How movies control your brain.
How to identify good guys in movies.
Raiders of the Lost Arc story conference.
The special effects behind a cool shot in The Avengers.
Nine ways to demolish your favorite genre.
Here is a link to Contract Law as portrayed in the TV show Firefly.
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At left is five hours worth of landing jets compressed into 26 seconds. Click here to read the article explaining how this shot was made. It was much more complicated than it looks.
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Creating Five Minute Movies, by Dan Harmon. Harmon, creator of Community, writes about creating five minute television pilot episodes for his comedy Channel 101. What he has to say is very relevant to writing your own IB films.
More on story structure by Dan Harmon.
Rules for making movies that no one will ever want to see.
Dispensing with storyline conventions. Article from the New York Times.
TV and Movie Tropes. Be advised that this website is highly addictive.
Here is the ultimate James Bond movie. This clip takes roughly five minutes from each Bond movie, starting with the first five minutes of Doctor No and ending with the last few minutes of A Quantum of Solace.
Back in the 1980's, some kids decided to make a shot by shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Here are the first ten minutes.
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A short film explaining why the afterlife will be filled with pop up ads.
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A demonstration of the 180 degree rule in maintaining directional continuity.
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Alfred Hitchcock talks about film editing and includes an example of the Kuleshov effect.
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This is a great website for classic silent film.
Steven Spielberg on what makes a good movie.
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Terry Gilliam on Spielberg and happy endings.
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Martin Scorsese on the difference between story and plot
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Terry Gilliam explains the word derivative to a child actress.
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Screenwriting "guru" Robert McKee responds to seeing himself portrayed in Adaption.
Indiana Jones' application for tenure was rejected. Here is why.
Video on the development of the raptor suit for Jurassic Park
Six special effects shots that were not CGI.
Eight special effects shots that were not faked.
The opening shot of A Touch of Evil, by Orsen Welles
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A cool article about making The Avengers.
A short video collecting examples of Stanley Kubrick's use of single point perspective.
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Odessa Steps Sequence Clique aqui para editar .
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Below is a video about Eadweard Muybridge and how a bet in 1872 whether all four hooves of a running horse are ever off the ground at the same time was the origin of cinema.
And here is a Trip to the Moon, brought to you by George Melies in 1902, who was portrayed by Ben Kingsley in the 2011 movie Hugo.
Here is a nice video about Mise En Scene
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