I’ll be sharing all the knowledge I have about the filmmaking process with you all!
I sometimes find that if I’m being too self-serious about my nonsense filmmaking attempts, I like to remember that the whole artform that has dominated my life essentially started as a party trick. That filming people walking in and out of a factory wasn’t an artistic statement, it was a cool thing that nobody else … More How Playing with Toys Became the Foundation of Cinema Today.
Straight of the bat, I’m going to say that I’ve been very misleading with the title of the article. To those of you who were interested in the various cinematic characters named Polly, I didn’t think the real title would attract many readers. But you’re here now so you may as well finish this article. … More The Three Polly’s of Cinema
The last few months have seen me form a close relationship with Expressionist films. Especially the early films of the movement. Nosferatu and The Cabinet of Dr Caligari made for some ideal Halloween viewing. The silent era can often make it difficult to discern the differences in European and American cinema when the evident language … More Hollywood Vs Expressionsism: The Early Days.
The poorly informed decision to become a filmmaker is not one that occurred overnight; it was a hard thought out, carefully formulated plan conducted over possibly three nights. I’d always loved films and when you live in a small town and don’t have any friends who want to vandalize the gardens of pensioners with you, … More Five Films And How They Encouraged Me To Make Films.
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