6575 Results for “production”
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Cinematographer Nick Bentgen on Shooting Matt Wolf’s Sundance Short, It’s Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
Following 2013’s Teenage, cinematographer Nick Bentgen reteams with director Matt Wolf for a short film about the man behind the look of one of children’s literature’s most-loved characters, Eloise. It’s Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise is a portrait of Hilary Knight, whose sharp line drawings visualized for generations the Plaza Hotel-dwelling young girl introduced in Kay Thompson’s books. Executive produced by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner of Girls, the short film will premiere on HBO in March but receives its festival launch at Sundance on January 24. Here, Bentgen, who directed Northern Lights and shot Ballet 242 and […]
by Scott Macaulay on Jan 24, 2015 -
“The Israeli Public Will Find it Hard to Confront our Misconduct”: Censored Voices | Director Mor Loushy
What fear — whether it’s personal, or one related to the development, financing, production or distribution of your film — did you have to confront and conquer in the making of your movie? My greatest apprehension centers round the question of how the film will be received by the Israeli public. This is a political film, about disturbing events that took place 46 years ago, during the 6 Days War – things that are not easy to accept, but are still relevant, shocking and painful today. It is a universal film, not just about the 6 Days War, but about war in […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 24, 2015 -
“We Didn’t Have the Skill or Experience”: Sembene! | Directors Jason Silverman and Samba Gadjigo
What fear — whether it’s personal, or one related to the development, financing, production or distribution of your film — did you have to confront and conquer in the making of your movie? When we started making this film, we had relatively small ambitions: we wanted to make a simple biography of a man who I knew and greatly admired. But once we got into the story, we realized that the only way to make this movie was to attempt to match the level of artistic and social commitment and integrity Ousmane Sembene demonstrated in his films. But we knew that we […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 24, 2015 -
Has Rode Solved the Curse of Wireless Mics?
I’ve been using wireless microphones for years. Even if you’re doing an interview with someone ten feet away from the camera, it’s just so much easier to use a wireless mic than have to deal with cables running everywhere. But one of the dirty secrets of wireless mics has been that they have been using open spectrum which wasn’t officially designated for that purpose. Fifteen years ago, when I bought my first wireless system, it was a Sony unit operating in the 700 MHz spectrum. Then in 2007, with the transition to digital television, the FCC went and reorganized the […]
by Michael Murie on Jan 24, 2015 -
“Unrealistically High Hopes versus Soul Crushing Fears”: Operation Artic | Director Grethe Bøe-Waal
What fear — whether it’s personal, or one related to the development, financing, production or distribution of your film — did you have to confront and conquer in the making of your movie? I feel the entire filmmaking process is driven by unrealistically high hopes versus soul crushing fears. Seriously, if you are not terrified, you are not doing it right. There are a million things to fear. For instance, the fear of labouring tirelessly on the script for years and years and never getting it financed. I spent 13 years working to make this film happen. When financed, I fear messing […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 23, 2015 -
“As Always, Love Conquers Fear”: Princess | Director Tali Shalom Ezir
What fear — whether it’s personal, or one related to the development, financing, production or distribution of your film — did you have to confront and conquer in the making of your movie? My biggest fear when making Princess was that I would not be understood, or that I would not be able to communicate my meaning clearly. I think this was actually a manifestation of my fear of being alone. The heroine of Princess is part of a family that has no clear sexual or emotional boundaries. Her reality threatens to destroy her. In order to deal with this, she creates […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 23, 2015 -
“Making a Film is All About Balancing your Fears”: Ivy | Director Tolga Karaçelik
What fear — whether it’s personal, or one related to the development, financing, production or distribution of your film — did you have to confront and conquer in the making of your movie? I can’t name only one fear but can name lots of them, because film making is a long process that changes you slowly in every step. I can say that making a film is all about balancing your fears. In the writing process you have the fear of being true to your first instinct, what made you write this story. In all the writing process, you have to fight […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 23, 2015 -
“Dread, Trepidation, Anxiety and Misery”: Meru | Directors Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
What fear — whether it’s personal, or one related to the development, financing, production or distribution of your film — did you have to confront and conquer in the making of your movie? Chai: Fear is one of the central themes in Meru. Dread, trepidation, anxiety and misery plague the subjects of the film throughout both 2008 and 2011 climbs; their physical fears of falling, starvation, frostbite or dropping the camera and the more psychological dimensions of fear like failure, risk, and the unknown, often quite literally not being aware of what’s beyond the next pitch. In the film, Jimmy describes the […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 23, 2015 -
Cinematographer Thaddeus Wadleigh on Shooting Kirby Dick’s Sundance Film, The Hunting Ground
Cinematographer Thaddeus Wadleigh and director Kirby Dick have previously collaborated on seminal and important non-fiction films that directed attention and effectuated change with regards to controversial social issues. Outrage in 2009 looked at gay politicians who vote anti-gay legislation. The Invisible War (2012) tore open the discussion of rape in the military. Their latest, The Hunting Ground, looks at the especially timely issue of campus rape and its coverup. In our interview below, Wadleigh — who is co-credited on this new film and on The Invisible War with Kristin Johnson — talks about the specific challenges of shooting a film […]
by Scott Macaulay on Jan 23, 2015 -
Sundance ’15: Cinematographer Sean Price Williams on Shooting Christmas Again
In an interview elsewhere on this site, director Charles Poekel said he wanted his feature Christmas, Again to look like a “Christmas tree ornament from your attic.” With that directive, what better D.P. to hire than Sean Price Williams? His love of and delicate touch with celluloid — its textures, its organic feel — shine through in such films as Listen Up, Philip and The Black Balloon. And his mobile camerawork and ability to shapeshift to whatever the production environment dictates made him an ideal collaborator for Poekel, who was shooting his first feature in his own Christmas tree stand […]
by Scott Macaulay on Jan 23, 2015
