@@TVperson1 somewhat also another revamp of "police squad" (the short-lived TV series that had the feature-fil series "naked gun" as its spin-off), somewhat like Angie Tribeca. The post-it joke is pretty much the kind of literal meaning joke they do all the time.
False. In a porn movie the woman would be dressed much more scantly and talking seductively, acting like the rom-com version without the physical comedy aspect. The "I need this" line would be delivered like some sort of nymphomaniac femme-fatale suffering from an outburst of extreme craving. And the detective would be of course pretty much okay with it. And then the actual porn starts over the table or behind the desk, or both.
"If you want to be a filmmaker, you've got to make films." I wish I could convince my aspiring filmmaker friends of this. Everyone seems to think, "If you want to be a filmmaker, you need lots of really expensive equipment, a big budget for actors and sets, and your rent to be prepaid for 2 years."
You have to prove yourself first, somehow, either by writing scripts or making your own movies or short films. At the end of the day, making movies is a business and the people who put money into want to mimize risk. You need to somehow show these people you know what you're doing and that requires a portfolio of some kind. Think if it's your money on the line, would you go with the guy who has made a couple movies that worked or the guy who says he wants to be a filmmaker?
As a full-time composer for television and video games, I found this presentation extremely informative and have no doubt it will effect my process in future projects. Thank you all for an excellent video.
thanks a lot b/c we (Ethiopian) do not have this much movie making education. but thanks for RUclips & you , I get some additional about camera movement. I understand why my country movie makers make a mistake. they are Wright b/c thy have been doing their best. We don't have film school.
One of my actors sent me this. I really enjoyed this. The S blocking adds to the Dynamics of the ambient. The 180 rule? I break often. It can work. The point is... don't stay in a box because of rules Great job. John. Detailed.
I subscribed to this channel because I loved your film-historical videos, so I wasn't expecting this... This is gold, I loved it. At film college I were never able to get into Cinematografy class, and thus never learned about blocking, so I am VERY happy to now have this video to watch and re-watch, to learn more about that aspect of filmmaking. Keep 'em coming, you're awesome John ;)
Loving this video. I'm half way through. Was this movie ever finished ? or was it created solely for a serious of tutorials ? You start watching this, and learning lots of stuff you never realized happened in movies, then you wonder.... can I watch the full length movie ?
This was really well done and quite thought provoking and on top of that entertaining. I hesitated to watch it because of the length, and in the end I wished it had been longer. I really like the idea of showing more than one way of doing something. It's possible to learn a lot more from that than from seeing something done only one way. If you'll forgive a couple of trivial pedantic points: "Upstage" is the part of the stage *away* from the audience, so the bars are actually downstage. Also, while everybody says "2.35:1," the scope standard has been 2.39:1 since SMPTE changed it in 1970. (If you don't believe me, check the pixel counts in scope version of the DCI standard.)
I feel like this video was a better rebuttle to Nerdwriters Hitchcock blocking video than your comments, you do a great job of conveying the details that make up filming a scene, and make me inevitably glad I decided to check you channel out. :) Both of you are fun channels, but you definitely come at more from a film MAKERS persepective, whereas Nerdwriter comes at from a more academic, almost literary, angle. Both great, but yours certainly fill a void. Can't wait to see more!
+David Larney Oh good, I was pretty sure I didn't make it up - but some of my actor friends hadn't heard of it. They understood the concept, just not that term.
+Sebi 552 Agreed - a lot of filmmakers err on this side. But the good news I think a lot of procedurals are moving toward the "walk and talk" - the advantage to that being they're much easier to edit in that you don't have to ;)
Amazing episode! thanks a lot!, I'm not even a film maker, I just do photography for hobby and love movies and this episode brings a LOT to me as a fan of both genres
I heartily agree with John's assessment of the motorised stabiliser. The phrase "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" comes to mind and it looks to me like the designers knew that too. They were just avoiding the patent issues with Steadicam (which, BTW is now out of its first patent, so anyone can make one). I think Steadicam is overused now, but that's a personal opinion. The truth is you don't need a motorised anything - gravity does it all for you and it's free. That's why the weight-based systems work so well and (although there are moving parts, despite what John said) they are passive - so they don't fudge up when the battery runs down, the software fails or a piece of the operator's sammich drops into the motor assembly... Fortunately, we got that out before we had to return it to the hire company.
Excellent work, John. A good piece of education this really. I like the way you present the various scenarios: The description followed by the actual filming. Though I much preferred the ONE SHOT version as it appeared to have more energy. The last two were boring and out-of-place. But, then I am an amateur. More power to you! And, I do appreciate Zeghnal's comment too. PS: By the way, John: What exactly do you do? Pankaj Jaju, Goa, India
well man, I don't think he's gonna answer that haha, but just look at the equipment he is using for a demo video for RUclips, I think he's doing just fine. You can "eat well" in this business almost guaranteed if you work hard, the real question is how to be creatively happy CONSTANTLY
This is fantastic. This really clearly shows how much impact the blocking has. As an actor turned producer, I really love how you worked with the actors!
+Genuine//Imitations It's debatable. Some say it's worth it for the experience/networking. Others say it's too expensive and that they'd rather spend the money making an actual film. You gotta make the decision yourself.
This is so interesting! You actually lost me with the first edited version since it was quite boring. Nice to see the actual effect on me while you talk about that. Supercool idea to shoot a sitcom version. Great video! Love you guys
haha ok at ~21:06 I laughed as I saw what happened (wont spoil).. Ok that was subversion that we need in our movies.. Rian Johnson needs to watch this.
Had to come back nd learn again ....not to mention I just love the knowledge that comes from these videos you create. It’s the lessons that keep on blessing and teaching.
This was just outstanding so very informative, thank you for sharing your knowledge. Each moment of the video was not wasted and just packed with great info. The video demystified some of the techniques Ive seen in films and TV shows. You made your point, you can not learn by watching, you must do it and learn from others who are more experienced. Thanks once again for making the video!
This might just be your best video yet! Like all interesting conversations, you branched out through a ton of different topics, and overall that was a really interesting contrast between the different blocking and cinematic styles. By the way, I think I liked the 2nd version the best, because of the actor's eyelines.
Just too good! I have no experience or clue, and have nothing to do with film-making, but this opens eyes so we can appreciate the method behind what we see in the theaters and TV!
Great video, though I always get a little nagged when people refer to the 180 as "a rule" and that "it must not be broken" (though to be fair you didn't state the last quote)....I like to think of it as 'a principle'...in that not breaking it works and helps orientate the audience....it's also just a principle and not a rule because you can break it to demonstrate a mood/emotion/feeling within your characters....case in point, the bathroom scene in 'The Shining'.....among other things Jack learns that Mr Grady is not the caretaker and never was, it is he who is "you've always been here..." this revelation completely throws Jack off kilter psychologically and we visually see this as the camera angle flips and we now have a new perspective literally and figuratively of Jack, just thought I'd lend my opinion....thanks again for this great video!
Fantastic video, very clear and the examples are great. Made me realise that there's a lot more I can do with my blocking and mostly subtext. One critique though is the bit about the 180°: although it's certainly more of a guideline than a rule, I didn't find that the shot in this video was quite jarring. Not a great example of "breaking" the rule IMO. But that's a detail, video was great, cheers for all this info.
As a non-filmmaker, I found this fascinating. Will make me more attentative when watching films. sidebar: you keep refering to her as Sergeant. She's a Captain as shown in the script (Darren says "Yes, Captain") and as he addresses her.
I used this video to teach writing short fiction for writing styles, especially The rom com and the sitcom version as a visual metaphor, for rich flourish styles of Korean sentences which is loved by average Korean novel readers. Very useful video! Thank you for amazing teaching.
Excellent John. I always really enjoy your videos - I learn so much. BTW, I didn't register that you jumped the line in the last version. I remember thinking, "oops where did the toilet go?" it had been on camera left. I remember thinking it must be a continuity editing issue because it didn't feel like a jump cut. I clearly see what was going on once you explained it.
4th one was great ☝ ... and very helpful video it was ... drop one video about preapring set for music video and camera movements and all... basics ... thanks
With your videos one doesn’t need to go to a film school. Please I have a request. I’d like to know how to clearly understand how to read a clapper board as a director and how film distribution works
This is Crazy good!! Well explained.. I learn realy much in here.. Thx for posting!! Question is there a reason you have the lighting cast shadows on you? pls dont be mad. hahaha.. just wondering.. Keep up this great School for filmmakers!! I am gonna start at the beginning.. gave you a follow..!!
I talked a little about lighting in the first segment - basically we just went with the prelit overheads because the purpose of this demo was blocking actors and camera movement. Under the time constraints we really had at most 90 min per style - that's 90 minutes to setup, rehearse and get all the coverage we needed - so I chose to just use go with a default lighting set up and focus mainly on blocking.
+Filmmaker IQ haha its allways Time.. Same here.. Thx for doing all you do! Ive learned more here than in any other channel.. Its all indepth and well explained.. Thanks!!
+Marco Nauokat Really this interaction between script and screen and the collaboration is what interests me the most about filmmaking as well. But tech is fun too :P
What I really liked about this channel was the science and history. I'm more of a photography/science nerd than movie making (although I enjoy watching movies a lot), but this video was so eye opening! It might just be my favorite video of the channel now. Great job and thank you!
Really good video! It opens the eyes of filmmakers to try out more! But I need to know what the music from the "television" type of scene is! Its so nice!! and typical! :) Thanks for the video!
Very instructive. For me the single hardest part of filmmaking is to motivate the actors to make their performances more interesting without having to resort to giving them extraneous props to play with... or moving them around like puppets to go look out the window -- with their backs to the other characters -- which, of course, creates a good opportunity for the camera, but feels like such a cliche. I prefer the Kubrickian method: intense rehearsals, allowing the actors to discover their inner motivations/exterior movements, rather than be constrained by storyboards. Block the camera only *after* blocking the actors.
Now, THAT is a Filmmaking class!
This type of video needs some sort of super-like option. Or "recommend-worthy." Just unbelievable! Thx Filmmaker IQ. You've got a new fan!!
This was highly enjoyable. You are a skilled instructor.
The steady shot = 24
The rom com = Castle
The funny shot = Seinfeld
The first shot = any porn movie
+xavlexav That last comparison earned some RUclips points in your favor :)
ha I thought the same EXACT thing with all three!
The Funny looks like Brooklyn 99
@@TVperson1 somewhat also another revamp of "police squad" (the short-lived TV series that had the feature-fil series "naked gun" as its spin-off), somewhat like Angie Tribeca. The post-it joke is pretty much the kind of literal meaning joke they do all the time.
False. In a porn movie the woman would be dressed much more scantly and talking seductively, acting like the rom-com version without the physical comedy aspect. The "I need this" line would be delivered like some sort of nymphomaniac femme-fatale suffering from an outburst of extreme craving. And the detective would be of course pretty much okay with it. And then the actual porn starts over the table or behind the desk, or both.
I think the real actors are the people behind the actors.
John, thank you so much for all of your videos! We're 2 no-filmschool filmmakers and you are exactly what we need!
"If you want to be a filmmaker, you've got to make films." I wish I could convince my aspiring filmmaker friends of this. Everyone seems to think, "If you want to be a filmmaker, you need lots of really expensive equipment, a big budget for actors and sets, and your rent to be prepaid for 2 years."
And then there's the RUclips Community who thinks all you need to do be a filmmaker is watch some videos or capture some game footage.
And I want to be an actor , let’s make it happen ?
You have to prove yourself first, somehow, either by writing scripts or making your own movies or short films. At the end of the day, making movies is a business and the people who put money into want to mimize risk. You need to somehow show these people you know what you're doing and that requires a portfolio of some kind. Think if it's your money on the line, would you go with the guy who has made a couple movies that worked or the guy who says he wants to be a filmmaker?
It easy to make films if you have a budget and equipment and crew available. :)
It's not easy. You just want an excuse to NOT make films
As a full-time composer for television and video games, I found this presentation extremely informative and have no doubt it will effect my process in future projects. Thank you all for an excellent video.
Gary Kuo bbO🎃🎍
i'll never look at pencils the same again. Now, that's a memorable shot!
thanks a lot b/c we (Ethiopian) do not have this much movie making education. but thanks for RUclips & you , I get some additional about camera movement. I understand why my country movie makers make a mistake. they are Wright b/c thy have been doing their best. We don't have film school.
One of the best videos on blocking online in my opinion.
Blocked!
Love your videos. Always well explained and sufficiently detailed. Thank you.
This video was excellent. You helped me tremendously. Thank you.
Man, the final version reminded me SO much of Arrested Development.
+Matt Campos NO TOUCHING!!!
+Filmmaker IQ And that's why you always leave a note
Filmmaker IQ truly inspiring words but what makes me think more is the comments section in your videos... Touch it to touch you back is the rythm 😉
Wow you are so humble and honest. It honestly increases my trust in you guys. Cheers great video
One of my actors sent me this. I really enjoyed this. The S blocking adds to the Dynamics of the ambient. The 180 rule? I break often. It can work. The point is... don't stay in a box because of rules Great job. John. Detailed.
Sir, always great to watch another video from you. Thank you!
I subscribed to this channel because I loved your film-historical videos, so I wasn't expecting this... This is gold, I loved it. At film college I were never able to get into Cinematografy class, and thus never learned about blocking, so I am VERY happy to now have this video to watch and re-watch, to learn more about that aspect of filmmaking. Keep 'em coming, you're awesome John ;)
Loving this video. I'm half way through. Was this movie ever finished ? or was it created solely for a serious of tutorials ? You start watching this, and learning lots of stuff you never realized happened in movies, then you wonder.... can I watch the full length movie ?
It was just a scene for an exercise :)
This was really well done and quite thought provoking and on top of that entertaining. I hesitated to watch it because of the length, and in the end I wished it had been longer. I really like the idea of showing more than one way of doing something. It's possible to learn a lot more from that than from seeing something done only one way.
If you'll forgive a couple of trivial pedantic points: "Upstage" is the part of the stage *away* from the audience, so the bars are actually downstage. Also, while everybody says "2.35:1," the scope standard has been 2.39:1 since SMPTE changed it in 1970. (If you don't believe me, check the pixel counts in scope version of the DCI standard.)
I feel like this video was a better rebuttle to Nerdwriters Hitchcock blocking video than your comments, you do a great job of conveying the details that make up filming a scene, and make me inevitably glad I decided to check you channel out. :) Both of you are fun channels, but you definitely come at more from a film MAKERS persepective, whereas Nerdwriter comes at from a more academic, almost literary, angle. Both great, but yours certainly fill a void. Can't wait to see more!
Where can I find his comments about Nerdwriter1's video?
MENDOZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I'll get you this time McBain!!!!!!!
Yes?
That was the first thing I thought of when he said Mendoza
If you watch old Hitchcock interviews or read Hitchcock/Truffaut you'll find Alfred uses the term "Business" regularly.
+David Larney Oh good, I was pretty sure I didn't make it up - but some of my actor friends hadn't heard of it. They understood the concept, just not that term.
Unfortunately on TV (at least on german one) they mostly craft the performance in the edit. That´s what me annoys the most about TV shows/films.
+Sebi 552 Agreed - a lot of filmmakers err on this side. But the good news I think a lot of procedurals are moving toward the "walk and talk" - the advantage to that being they're much easier to edit in that you don't have to ;)
"the bloodwork came back negative" holds up a bottle of Dick Smith blood in a karo-syrup bottle.
Oh yes, I caught that. Nice callback.
well done, it is helpfull for filmmakers, thanks Film IQ, Big respect from Somalia
Share some content in Kenya
00:15 Intro
00:31 The Experiment
02:43 The Control Cut
05:40 The Business Cut
09:19 The Oner Cut
16:01 The Rom Com
19:46 The Sitcom
it looks like a lot of work, and whole lot of money. Why do it? but Im glad you did. Thank you.
Her eyes are perfect for shooting
Looks like she's high on something
Alert too then :D
Toxicology came back negative... hmmm :D
you say that as a director or as a serial killer?
Okay so it wasn't just me that noticed the huge dilated pupils.
Amazing episode! thanks a lot!, I'm not even a film maker, I just do photography for hobby and love movies and this episode brings a LOT to me as a fan of both genres
Simply Great!! Thank you so much for every single video!
I heartily agree with John's assessment of the motorised stabiliser. The phrase "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" comes to mind and it looks to me like the designers knew that too. They were just avoiding the patent issues with Steadicam (which, BTW is now out of its first patent, so anyone can make one). I think Steadicam is overused now, but that's a personal opinion.
The truth is you don't need a motorised anything - gravity does it all for you and it's free. That's why the weight-based systems work so well and (although there are moving parts, despite what John said) they are passive - so they don't fudge up when the battery runs down, the software fails or a piece of the operator's sammich drops into the motor assembly... Fortunately, we got that out before we had to return it to the hire company.
Romantic comedy girl is so assertive.
Excellent work, John. A good piece of education this really. I like the way you present the various scenarios: The description followed by the actual filming. Though I much preferred the ONE SHOT version as it appeared to have more energy. The last two were boring and out-of-place. But, then I am an amateur.
More power to you!
And, I do appreciate Zeghnal's comment too.
PS: By the way, John: What exactly do you do?
Pankaj Jaju, Goa, India
I do this.
;)
At my current stage - I have to wear a lot of different hats. Directing is one of them and one that I do enjoy tremendously.
well man, I don't think he's gonna answer that haha, but just look at the equipment he is using for a demo video for RUclips, I think he's doing just fine. You can "eat well" in this business almost guaranteed if you work hard, the real question is how to be creatively happy CONSTANTLY
+Simon Campos most of that gear is borrowed from RUclips Space ;)
***** I know what you mean, I'm based in Europe but I'm from SouthAmerica myself. Rock on, there are possibilities everywhere!
Holy cow. I still have so much to learn! This really was an incredibly educational video!
This is invaluable content. I watch this every few months just for enrichment purposes. Thank you!
John, this is your best work yet
Excellent video man! Thank you for doing this. I am learning a great deal from your channel! Carry on!
This is fantastic. This really clearly shows how much impact the blocking has. As an actor turned producer, I really love how you worked with the actors!
Great Video John. Coincidentally I broke the 180 degree rule in my last short film.
I'm having flashbacks to film school.
+William Jakespeare Was film school worth it?
+Genuine//Imitations It's debatable. Some say it's worth it for the experience/networking. Others say it's too expensive and that they'd rather spend the money making an actual film. You gotta make the decision yourself.
+Genuine//Imitations we shall see!
*****
Alright thanks. I'm thinking about going but it's just so expensive, but it would be great for networking and getting small PA jobs
William Jakespeare
lol I wish you all the best!
Really fascinating. I love this. Thanks for this brilliant channel. Interestung, informative, fun and excellently made.
This is so interesting! You actually lost me with the first edited version since it was quite boring. Nice to see the actual effect on me while you talk about that. Supercool idea to shoot a sitcom version. Great video! Love you guys
Those actors were really impressive given a deliberately flat script. Though I bet great editing and everything else helps. :D
Wilhelm Scream!
haha ok at ~21:06 I laughed as I saw what happened (wont spoil).. Ok that was subversion that we need in our movies.. Rian Johnson needs to watch this.
Had to come back nd learn again ....not to mention I just love the knowledge that comes from these videos you create. It’s the lessons that keep on blessing and teaching.
That was exceptional! Never went through such a video! Hats off!
finally a deep look into blocking! thanks so much ! :)
Goddamnit, once again i'm late for work because your vids are so interesting... XD
Ok, I would totally watch that sitcom.
This is such a great video! I watched it years ago but it was just as much fun the second time!
This was just outstanding so very informative, thank you for sharing your knowledge. Each moment of the video was not wasted and just packed with great info. The video demystified some of the techniques Ive seen in films and TV shows. You made your point, you can not learn by watching, you must do it and learn from others who are more experienced. Thanks once again for making the video!
Just an amazing video, so much useful information wrapped up in such an entertaining and interesting way!
I prefer less light, this was a good history for film noir style and with more dark walls color
I love your videos... this one is particularly exceptional thanks.
Thank you so much for your channel! I love your videos! Please don't stop, you're awesome!
I am ten minutes thru this and have declared it is the greatest thing i have ever seen…genius man!!
This might just be your best video yet! Like all interesting conversations, you branched out through a ton of different topics, and overall that was a really interesting contrast between the different blocking and cinematic styles. By the way, I think I liked the 2nd version the best, because of the actor's eyelines.
Just too good! I have no experience or clue, and have nothing to do with film-making, but this opens eyes so we can appreciate the method behind what we see in the theaters and TV!
Almost all scenes, except for the business one, luks kinda cheap..
ade1y exactly what I thought
Ah, that tiny Wilhelm Scream always gets me.... :D
Great video, though I always get a little nagged when people refer to the 180 as "a rule" and that "it must not be broken" (though to be fair you didn't state the last quote)....I like to think of it as 'a principle'...in that not breaking it works and helps orientate the audience....it's also just a principle and not a rule because you can break it to demonstrate a mood/emotion/feeling within your characters....case in point, the bathroom scene in 'The Shining'.....among other things Jack learns that Mr Grady is not the caretaker and never was, it is he who is "you've always been here..." this revelation completely throws Jack off kilter psychologically and we visually see this as the camera angle flips and we now have a new perspective literally and figuratively of Jack, just thought I'd lend my opinion....thanks again for this great video!
One of these days we'll do a video on how to break the 180 rule and not have anyone notice. There are times when it doesn't even matter.
Fantastic video, very clear and the examples are great. Made me realise that there's a lot more I can do with my blocking and mostly subtext. One critique though is the bit about the 180°: although it's certainly more of a guideline than a rule, I didn't find that the shot in this video was quite jarring. Not a great example of "breaking" the rule IMO. But that's a detail, video was great, cheers for all this info.
Yeah more of an example of how it's more of a guideline than a rule. ;)
Automatic sub. This dude knows his stuff.
Also, Emily Sandifer (the Captain) looks a hell of a lot like Emily Axford (of CollegeHumor/Adam Ruins Everything fame). It's actually kinda spooky.
I really appreciate the attention given to the experience on set. Thanks, John for another valuable lesson!
As a non-filmmaker, I found this fascinating. Will make me more attentative when watching films.
sidebar: you keep refering to her as Sergeant. She's a Captain as shown in the script (Darren says "Yes, Captain") and as he addresses her.
I used this video to teach writing short fiction for writing styles, especially The rom com and the sitcom version as a visual metaphor, for rich flourish styles of Korean sentences which is loved by average Korean novel readers. Very useful video! Thank you for amazing teaching.
Very good job: explanation! Thank you for that! The Sitcom version reminded me of the tv show "Brooklyn 99" ...
Another great video that both entertains and educates!
This was GREAT! It covered so much. So many details that made such a big difference. =)
The first setup is the best, goes naturally with the scene genre.Thanks.
Brilliant. Each time I tune in, I learn so much and get that much more inspired.
Excellent John. I always really enjoy your videos - I learn so much. BTW, I didn't register that you jumped the line in the last version. I remember thinking, "oops where did the toilet go?" it had been on camera left. I remember thinking it must be a continuity editing issue because it didn't feel like a jump cut. I clearly see what was going on once you explained it.
4th one was great ☝ ... and very helpful video it was
... drop one video about preapring set for music video and camera movements and all... basics ...
thanks
Ha! That Wilhelm Scream in the into was a nice touch. Has that always been there?
BUSINESS = BODY LINGO AND MLTIVATIONS, IN MEDIAS RES ACTION
One of the best! very lucid and funny at the same time.
With your videos one doesn’t need to go to a film school. Please I have a request. I’d like to know how to clearly understand how to read a clapper board as a director and how film distribution works
MENDOZAAAAAAAA!
Why does Jenkins keep calling the Sergeant "Captain"? And how come nobody else noticed it?
So freaking interesting man your videos are really well put together !
This is Crazy good!! Well explained.. I learn realy much in here.. Thx for posting!! Question is there a reason you have the lighting cast shadows on you? pls dont be mad. hahaha.. just wondering.. Keep up this great School for filmmakers!! I am gonna start at the beginning.. gave you a follow..!!
I talked a little about lighting in the first segment - basically we just went with the prelit overheads because the purpose of this demo was blocking actors and camera movement.
Under the time constraints we really had at most 90 min per style - that's 90 minutes to setup, rehearse and get all the coverage we needed - so I chose to just use go with a default lighting set up and focus mainly on blocking.
+Filmmaker IQ haha its allways Time.. Same here.. Thx for doing all you do! Ive learned more here than in any other channel.. Its all indepth and well explained.. Thanks!!
that's a refreshing change from all the tech talk of the last few months and incidentally just what interests me most at the moment.
+Marco Nauokat Really this interaction between script and screen and the collaboration is what interests me the most about filmmaking as well. But tech is fun too :P
#4 was much much MUCH funnier than I ever would have guessed possible based on the first three.
Thanks for this great content! You're really helpful, John!
What I really liked about this channel was the science and history. I'm more of a photography/science nerd than movie making (although I enjoy watching movies a lot), but this video was so eye opening! It might just be my favorite video of the channel now. Great job and thank you!
U guys r good teachers 👌 Thanks 👍
Aniket Digar
Great job. Probably one of the best videos on explaining blocking.
What a great video! Thank you, Mr. Hess!
Good" very good for newcomers- educational 5 " c "s of cinematography I liked it like to see again&again
Oh. That subtle Wilhelm scream in the start!
awesome video. extremely informative for Indie filmmaker. thankyou very much.
Really good video! It opens the eyes of filmmakers to try out more! But I need to know what the music from the "television" type of scene is! Its so nice!! and typical! :) Thanks for the video!
+ZelisLovesCookies THANK YOU! The music is all royalty-free needle drop tracks. The Sitcom version was really a sound alike for Seinfeld.
Very instructive. For me the single hardest part of filmmaking is to motivate the actors to make their performances more interesting without having to resort to giving them extraneous props to play with... or moving them around like puppets to go look out the window -- with their backs to the other characters -- which, of course, creates a good opportunity for the camera, but feels like such a cliche.
I prefer the Kubrickian method: intense rehearsals, allowing the actors to discover their inner motivations/exterior movements, rather than be constrained by storyboards. Block the camera only *after* blocking the actors.
Detective looks like an older Ryan Reynolds
Man, this is wonderful.
I think, I should explore this channel more seriously. :)
I like the first version the most
You're one shot design was great. Many examples of 'invisible' one-shot designs can be studied in Back to the Future 3. It always inspires me.