To follow on from yesterday's post, I wanted to expand a little bit on the notion of giving the actor space to create. As a general rule, I believe the primary task of the director is to assist the actors in expressing the writer's intentions*, and...
Read MoreFor the actor to do his best work, the optimum conditions for him to do so need to be created within the production. If the director is all over the actor, if he wants to control him, then the actor will not do his best...
Read Morehttps://vimeo.com/74585515 Delighted to share with you the first look at Noirish Project A Neorealist Feature Film Masquerading As Film Noir Noirish Project is a melancholy and gently absurd feature film about Billy, who steals his family's precious pearls and hands them over to low-life Jimmy, who in turn takes...
Read MoreWhile researching an educational product for filmmakers I'm working on, I stumbled upon this video interview with Tony Robbins. He talks about how the stories we tell ourselves about our lives impact what we do, and if we change our stories then we can change...
Read MoreI stumbled upon two links separately but which were interconnected. The first, was a story that Cate Blanchett was to make her directorial debut and the second was a "top 10" list of first films by actors-turned-directors. Ralph Fiennes has a film coming out (The...
Read MoreSelf-doubt is that feeling we get whenever we intend to do something which will take us out of our comfort zone. Perhaps we need to ask a powerful person for help or we want to start our own production company rather than waiting around hoping to...
Read MoreIt's not about making the right decisions, it's about making the decisions right. Whenever we decide on a goal to pursue, we are not in full possession of the facts when we make that decision: none of us can predict what will happen in the future....
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Read MoreHaters. That rather sad and lonely section of our society. They have received a boon in recent years with the rise of social media: they can use a false name, invent a profile for themselves and display an anonymous pic and harass anyone, anywhere, with...
Read MoreWhen we are on the scent for a goal that we truly want to accomplish, that truly excites us, we become superhuman. We have masses of energy. Focus, self-discipline and motivation aren't a problem, we can work longer hours and we'll give more of ourselves...
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