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...
by Milo Garner | 30 January, 2019 | Film History, Filmmaking, Technical Craft
The silent film might seem antiquated against a cinematic context that so prioritises dialogue, plotting, and aural acuity. But the fundamental tenet of cinema – to communicate an idea with images alone – is nowhere better evidenced than in these early days of the...
by Katie O'Toole | 29 January, 2019 | Film History, In Our Opinion
Time and time again, cinema is mindlessly dismissed as ‘escapism’. Whilst films are predominately created for entertainment purposes, it would be a mistake to reject their ‘world-changing’ potential. Films can have an impact far greater than first imagined. They can...
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...
