Storyboards are a tool to help you, a film director, get what you want while juggling people, locations, equipment, script pages, money, and chaos during a film shoot. How do film directors, actors, and cinematographers use storyboards? In brief, storyboards will help you plan out how you’re going to shoot. This …
Working Title of the animated short film screenplay: “Men and their Toys” Film Synopsis / Log line: A kid/dinosaur learns the hard way that authority figures have a difficult time with his dinosaur persona. And then a strong female character makes the world better place without a single roar. Locations: …
Working Title of the Script: “Pee Shy” Film Synopsis / Log line: Some of history’s best cinematic moments are silent images that evoke excitement, awe, and joy. Others depict etiquette in a men’s restroom. Locations: 1 Casting: 3 actors This silent short film screenplay tells its story entirely through pantomime, acting, and …
My favorite music videos generally tell a story, and are essentially silent movies. Since the featured song fills the audio track, the filmmaker’s job is to create a narrative through visual means only. Spike Jonze has directed a really interesting portfolio of music videos. Some of them are mainly neat …
Just had to share. This is funny, movie related, and frankly hits a little close to home. Maybe some insight into the trajectory of the entertainment industry is to be gleaned from pondering this chart. But mainly, it made me laugh.
Every year, I see articles about how Hollywood is out of ideas, and how we are about to be subjected to a series of sequels and remakes. However, I often find myself pleasantly surprised by sequels and remakes.