by Milo Garner | 11 February, 2019 | Directing, Film History, Filmmaking, Screenwriting, Technical Craft
Paul Schrader’s writing is as varied as it is prolific. His work often bridges an otherwise untenable gap – that between the ‘transcendental cinema’ of his grad school thesis and the sticky pulp entertainment of the midnight movie circuit. His films are often...
by Milo Garner | 5 February, 2019 | Directing, Film History, Filmmaking, Technical Craft
Robert Bresson is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of all time. His cinema is poetic, seeking the profound in the minimal, affecting with the unaffected. While his influence is undoubted, with Paul Schrader particularly keen to reference Bresson’s work (including...
by Milo Garner | 4 February, 2019 | Directing, Film History, Filmmaking, Technical Craft
Fundamentally, to define what a shot can or can’t do is limiting and limited. Certain kinds of shot are, ultimately, simple designations made for innovations of form. We’d never have a Dutch angle if everyone had followed the remit of keeping the camera straight. But...
![[BOOK REVIEW] The Director’s Six Senses](https://www.raindance.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Eye-min-1080x675.jpg)
by Erin Sastre | 1 February, 2019 | Directing, In Our Opinion
“‘Director’ is not a description of what you do; it is something you become. You are a director 24/7. You should always have your ‘director senses’ alert.” The idea that you have to use all of your senses to be a great director is one that the author of The Director’s...
by Milo Garner | 28 January, 2019 | Directing, Film History, Filmmaking, Screenwriting, Technical Craft
Since its inception, cinema has always operated on a set of rules. These have changed as the years have gone by, but more often than not work in service to creating good films on solid ground. There are some things you just don’t do, and some things you really...
by Milo Garner | 22 January, 2019 | Directing, Film History, Filmmaking
If there were any justice in the world, every great filmmaker would receive the recognition and plaudits they deserve. But this cruel universe we call home has room only for maltreatment and suffering, the bottomless pit of despair drawing ever closer as we dive...
