short films are a waste of time. it's too saturated. so much bad short films. there's no way that anyone will watch them. so bad. pt anderson didn't get there from youtube. just saying. i hate film shortage and shorts of the week they are pointless and so is vimeo staff picks

I was thinking about film arts and motivation and inspiration of directors and just wondering- are there any famous films with gratuitous or exploitative graphic violence? I mean the intentional seriously disturbing content . Who is your favorite?

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I should have repeated - made my female directors ?

Who are the best directors of all time and why? I’ll start with my thoughts: Coppola for probably the best four film run from godfather through apocalypse now, Hitchcock for being the father of the quality thriller with incredible storytelling…probably most influential horror/thriller director. Finally Scorsese for longevity and multiple peaks with taxi driver, raging bull and goodfellas plus many others. Honorable mention…different direction. Clint Eastwood…look at his directorial portfolio. Some incredible movies with deep characters and perfectly crafted stories. Think unforgiven, million dollar babies, mystic river, Gran Torino, American sniper, etc….

Hey for those who went to uni for film. What do you do now? Like I have no idea what to do after uni. My biggest passion is filmmaking and directing. But like I don’t know, is that enough? Like I’m just trying to figure out my path after university. I ask as a very artistic passionate person. I just need advices

I'm currently researching for an independent documentary on an infamous local establishment, as the film is still in early pre-production, there are still much flexibility on how it's going to be structured. I recently went into the shop looking to ask a question about an interview, the owner responded disrespectfully and told me to leave the premises before I could finish asking.
As the interview would be an integral part of the documentary alongside interviews from the public, people who actually support the business, and people who have vandalized the place, the crew and I are currently to figure out the next step on planning out the narrative, and we would like some insight from people who have had similar experiences, what did you end up doing or in a hypothetical scenario, how would you plan this out?

I’ve been thinking about something. I’ve recently been listening to and reading a lot of interviews with theatre actors, where they talk about the rehearsal process.

They all seem to love the rehearsal process for theatre which lasts two months and allows them to explore their character. Meanwhile they all seem to hate film, where they basically get one read-through and a block-through before being rushed in-front of a camera.

I was just wondering if anyone has found a good way of running rehearsals for film and tv. I imagine there must be some middle ground since film actors don’t need to be off-book on the same way.

I'm making my first feature film in Japan, and I've got a very famous elderly actor who I need to make look like skilled road cyclist. He also needs to act during scenes while riding. The issue is that he's terrified to ride a road bike, and his balance, muscle strength, etc... are fading at his age. Considering it's my first feature and he's doing us a favor, I can't really risk him doing something that could potentially be dangerous and that he doesn't want to do. He's a great actor and will bring huge marketing value so it's worth it to go through the effort of making an illusion that he's a skilled cyclist.

Of course we're gonna use a body double as much as possible, and we'll probably try mounting the bike to the back of a truck and filming close ups or medium shots in the real environments that way (although will have to use a long lens or a low angle to disguise the fact that we're up so high off the ground) I don't want to use greenscreen or rear projection as I need to lighting, wind, etc... to match perfectly.

The issue is that I've always wanted to avoid having too many close ups in this movie. I want that look of a wide angle lens that's pretty close to the actors face, but we can see their full body in the frame. See the legs working etc...

So, I'm considering building some kind of rig that we can mount the bike to, almost like a big platform or longboard, and we can pull that platform with a motorcycle or small car, and that way we can perfectly control where the cycle is in comparison to other cyclists, and he doesn't have to worry about steering, balance, etc...

Does anyone out there have any advice or ideas on how to build such a cycling rig? I've looked at practically every cycling movie ever and I don't think I've seen anything like this before.

I have a very love/hate relationship with film reviewers myself. I am an onset Producer who (along with my Producing/Directing partner) have two features under our belt and are in preproduction on the third. Our first film did okay and won some awards at festivals and the initial in-person reception was amazing. Then the film releases and the IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, Letterboxd, ect reviews started to come in. They can tend to be less than forgiving for smaller budget indie films. Our last film was picked up by a pretty big (for us) distributor that got worldwide attention and with it a bunch of reviews. I go through them from time to time on Letterboxd and it feels so good to see people connect with our film, but I will admit that I take it far too personally when someone attacks it. How do you all deal with this? I know some people just try to not look at them. I know peers that love all the reviews, even the negative ones. I feel like it's such a unique situation for people who make art and was curious what all of your perspectives were on it.

I’m sitting on some files from a murder mystery slasher passion project I tried to do from 2023-2025. Unfortunately never got the chance to film the entire thing due to scheduling conflicts but I want to get it out there nonetheless.

I think I can either release it as an Unedited Version in which it’s just the files edited down to make it at least a watchable short film (With behind the scenes commentary on what I intended the film to be). I have another option of just releasing a single sequence of the film, a chase scene, in which has been filmed in its entirety and could work on it’s own as its own short film.

So what should I do?

Has anyone crowdfunded a film with Greenlit (dot) com? If so, what was your experience like? Are they good to work with? Thanks.

I have had little comitees disapprove of my concept, and pitches, and try to terminate my thesis film.

I don't know why, it is not controversial.

They are just this tiny group of weird crazy snobby people. They are trying to make film in my city into something more hoity toity than it is. They are trying to write some kind of blue books.

Anyway, I just ignore them and network and collaborate with others.

But it is exhausting because I am meeting people and there is a lot of talent, but feel like my collaborations and networking events are slightly defensive now.

I feel on the back foot because I have these weird people in my city, whom I barely know, being weird and people may have heard if me.

First to point out that I don't have this myself. But I wonder if this is a real thing for filmmakers or indeed photographers? And I have considered this as a potential unwanted side effect of becoming a filmmaker.

The idea is that the more you get into filmmaking, the more you look at everyday life in terms of how it would look on film. To the extent that everything you look at then becomes framed in your brain in terms of cinematographic potential. Perhaps then you imagine yourself to be living inside a film of your own making. 😱

Thus, you might not be able to appreciate a beautiful sunrise anymore, because you are just thinking it in terms of which ISO level would best suit it.

Or you might meet an interesting person and be constantly thinking about if they would make a good actor for your new film.

This is closely related to "Everythingitis" (coined by Will Self). The compulsion to put every idea you ever had into your new film/book/play.

I had a friend who used to build mods for games, and (perhaps due to an underlying OCD) could not help seeing the world in terms of e.g. how tall things were in terms of Minecraft blocks.

One might say, that gen-z has also has a related problem of a compulsion to video everything (such as at a concert) instead of enjoying it in the moment. But I think this is not quite the same thing.

So, I just wondered if anyone had found this to be a problem or if you can switch off your cinematographic part of your brain and just enjoy looking at the world.