DIY Cinema

Practical Hacks for the amateur and independent filmmaker.

The Fall Behind the Scenes: Lee’s Method Acting

Lee Pace spent the two months it took to film The Fall’s hospital scenes a wheelchair. Only a select few of the crew knew that he could actually walk.

“It was hard (…) but it was about getting that performance out of Catinca, and making her feel comfortable with me, and putting the mood on set that she would be sensitive to. I do think it was valuable, because it caught a level of realism in those scenes with Catinca, a privacy and sensitivity that I don’t know we would have gotten without doing it.”

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Brit Marling, Emayatzy Corinealdi, and Eddie Redmayne’s Screen Tests

In honor of stop-motion pioneer Ray Harryhausen we share a short but thorough tutorial on the basic setup of stop-motion animation

fer1972:

Harry is gone but we will never be!
R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013)

fer1972:

Harry is gone but we will never be!

R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013)

karenweston:

behind the scenes of star wars empire strikes back

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kissthefuture:

Costume tests

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photojojo:

How The Face Changes With Shifting A Light Source

As spotted in the music video for Opale’s Sparkles and Wine.

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Nuff Film: The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance.

The list is popularized as an aid for writers, but it is also…

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One More for Safety: Film Lingo You Have to Know!

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Film Lingo

Being on a film set for the first time can be a nerve racking situation for so many reasons. Not knowing terms that are being used is certainly embarrassing. To remedy this I have compiled a list of commonly used film set lingo.

Now in my experience every set differs just slightly….

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