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Filmmaking 101: Green screens - How filmmakers have been lying to you for 140 years

9 Feb 2021 5 minute read 0 comments PierreL

What is it? Chroma key compositing (the official, fancy terminology we use today for all things green screen) has been around since the early days of movie making. It has evolved a lot but the concept stays the same and fairly simple: you film actors...

The Most Underrated Films From 2011-2015

6 Feb 2021 2 minute read 0 comments CryptoKrusty

Time to take a break from the crypto markets for a while. You've been sweating and obsessing all day long and you deserve some downtime; so get rid of your phone, kick the feet up and, unwind. To help remove the stress of what to watch, let me introd...

Amélie (2001) - Isolation As Opening

5 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

(image source) There are fifty cool things to chew on from Amélie. The rhythm, narration, character specifics, color, emotion, and on and on. Great direction by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, great story by Guillaume Laurant and Jeunet, great script by Laurant....

Filmmaking 101: Making a movie 2/2 - Production, Post-production and Distribution

3 Feb 2021 4 minute read 0 comments PierreL

I'm sure you've all heard technical terms like pre-production and post-production thrown around, most likely while watching some behind the scenes of your favorite tv show or the making of a movie, but do you actually know what they mean and what goe...

Titanic (1997) - Repeated Dialogue

30 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

(image source) "If you jump, I jump." The idea is established the first time they meet. Jack says he is involved now. He will have to jump in after Rose if she dives off the ship. Later when he wants to hear her say she will be okay, it comes up agai...

Superbad (2007) - Goldslick Vodka As Motif

28 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

(image source) A film like this relies so much on execution. The direction, writing, performances, editing all hit right on point. A great high school classic style film from the 2000's. Directed by Greg Mottola, written by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg...

Filmmaking 101: Making a movie 1/2 - Development and Pre-production

23 Jan 2021 5 minute read 0 comments PierreL

I'm sure you've all heard technical terms like pre-production and post-production thrown around, most likely while watching some behind the scenes of your favorite tv show or the making of a movie, but do you actually know what they mean and what goe...

Filmmaking 101: Understanding how to light a scene

20 Jan 2021 4 minute read 0 comments PierreL

Whether you want to start a new Youtube channel, wish to improve your videos, or simply want to learn more about filmmaking, lighting will most likely be an item to tick on your to-do list! That's why in this post I wanted to share with you a few lig...

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) - Love Lost As Midpoint

16 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

(image source) In the early stages of this film we have a girl broken, torn, lost as a result of everything the Rebellion was and is. She doesn't care. This is not her war. She's "out." The only thing she has been motivated by so far is survival and...

Movie Review: The Man From Earth (2007)

2 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Hephaistos

The Man From Earth was one of the movies that I came across while I was searching for a movie in the parallel universes genre, which I added to my watch-list. Nevertheless, I was waiting for planets, stars, space, time and so on, the movie turned out...