https://youtu.be/EOmTvC77p9w – 'Alan Moore explores how the choices of genre, person, and tense define your writing voice, and shape how readers connect with your work.'

James Gunn says "the movie industry is dying" mainly because "people are making movies without a finished screenplay."

"It's not because of people not wanting to see movies. It’s not because of home screens getting so good. The number-one reason is because people are making movies without a finished screenplay. We just killed a project [at DC Studios]. Everybody wanted to make the movie. It was greenlit, ready to go. The screenplay wasn’t ready. And I couldn’t do a movie where the screenplay’s not good. And we’ve been really lucky so far, because 'Supergirl’s' script was so f*cking good off the bat. And then 'Lanterns' came in, and the script was so f*cking good. 'Clayface,' same thing. So f*cking good. So we have these scripts that we’ve been really lucky with or wise in our choices or whatever the combination is."

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/james-gunn-disney-killed-marvel-output-increase-1236433005/

Hot takes: a short history of the one-shot movie in 11 attempts
–From Hitchcock to 1917: why the history of the single-take film is a story of cheating, ingenuity and crazy ambition.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/single-take-films '

Rod Serling - Writing for Television
https://youtu.be/IQICrseljCE
– 'Rod Serling, the brilliant writer/creator of The Twilight Zone and The Night Gallery, talks about writing for television.'

#Writing

Five films which inspired my photography | Patreon Teaser Video
https://youtu.be/nPDA5AWNzoc
– 'After doing a BA in Film Studies about 20 (!) years ago now...I've been waiting a long time to publish a video like this!'

‘White Lotus’ Creator Mike White Defends Season 3 After Viewers Call It Too Slow: ‘I’m Edging You! If You Don’t Want to Be Edged… Get the F— Out of My Bed’
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/mike-white-defends-white-lotus-season-3-slow-boring-1236362151
'Q: Did you think "The White Lotus" Season 3 was too slow? Creator Mike White sounds off: "If you don’t want to be edged, then get out of my bed."

“There was complaining about how there’s no plot. That part I find weird. It never did… part of me is just like bro, this is the vibe. I’m world building. If you don’t want to go to bed with me then get out of my bed. I’m edging you! Enjoy the edging. If you don’t want to be edged, then get out of my bed. Do you know what I mean? Don’t be a bossy bottom. Get the f*ck out of my bed. Don’t come home with me. Don’t get naked in my bed. Get the f*ck out of my bed. Obviously something is going to happen.”

#TheWhiteLotus #WhiteLotus

Parallel Editing: What Is It and How Is It Used in Film?
- We go over this cross-cutting technique for filmmakers.
https://nofilmschool.com/what-is-parallel-editing
'...Filmmakers use parallel editing not just to tell us what's happening in two different places at the same time, it;s to get us to feel two emotions simultaneously...'

The Empathetic Camera Frank Norris and the Invention of Film Editing
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-empathetic-camera-frank-norris-and-the-invention-of-film-editing
– 'At the heart of American author Frank Norris' gritty turn-of-the-century fiction lies an essential engagement with the everyday shock and violence of modernity. Henry Giardina explores how this focus, combined with his unique approach to storytelling, helped to pave the way for a truly filmic style...'

Andor is a masterclass in screenwriting

https://youtu.be/ULPtihicLTw

The MOST IMPORTANT Concept in Colour Grading

https://youtu.be/22mmIgWIcvE

'00:00 - Intro
00:22 - The Basics
06:13 - Final Cut Pro - Signal Flow
08:20 - DaVinci Resolve - Signal Flow
10:09 - Premiere Pro - Signal Flow
12:06 - GET THIS RIGHT! - Going from Log or Raw to Rec.709
16:34 - Final Cut Pro - Order of Operations for LUTs and Colour Space Transformation
18:34 - Premiere Pro - Order of Operations for LUTs and Colour Space Transformation
20:32 - DaVinci Resolve - Order of Operations for LUTs and Colour Space Transformation
23:25 - Order of Operations ≠ Workflow
24:20 - An Easy Shortcut
24:57 - Order of Operations Blue Print'

https://youtu.be/wHYkEfIEhO4 – 'Have you ever cranked up your volume just to hear movie dialogue, only to get blasted by the music and sound effects?

📖 VIDEO DESCRIPTION
This video dives into why modern movie dialogue is so hard to hear, breaking down Hollywood’s sound mixing changes, mumbling actors, and home audio setups—plus what needs to change to fix'

I knew of the films,
but not the name 'A24'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A24

Iconic auteur Werner Herzog is divulging his best advice for aspiring filmmakers:

[...] “For the rogues, I also say, ‘You are able-bodied. Earn money to finance your first films. But don’t earn it with clerical works in an office,'” Herzog said. “‘Go out and work as a bouncer in a sex club. Work as a warden in a lunatic asylum. Go out to a cattle ranch and learn how to milk a cow. Earn your money that way, in real life.'”

https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/werner-herzog-aspiring-filmmaker-advice-sex-clubs-1235110270

Mozi 🇭🇺

https://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/posts/european-words/how-to-say-cinema-across-europe

#Hungary

#Editing #film #filmmaking

https://youtu.be/_QFrSQvUX2A – 'Werner Herzog's wife, Lena, told Anderson Cooper that her husband's villainous characters in "The Mandalorian" and "Jack Reacher" are almost a "caricature" of the filmmaker.'

https://youtu.be/FQFnaENFnUE – 'Filmmaker Werner Herzog showed Anderson Cooper how he writes and records his unconventional narrations during an editing session for his latest film, "The Ghost Elephants."'

Gene Hackman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Hackman
1930 - 2025 RIP :'(

'The Brutalist’ director Brady Corbet says he made “zero dollars” from the movie'
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-brutalist-brady-corbet-made-zero-dollars

'...The Brutalist has grossed $31 million so far and has been labelled one of the greatest films of the year, yet that doesn’t seem enough to allow Corbet and Fastvold financial stability...'

#TheBrutalist #Film #FilmMastodon

Mobile cinema, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, USSR 1980.

https://www.facebook.com/sovietvisuals/posts/pfbid0BrESSoaS3Ngz1291wydA4zJdEz7yNv38NnMRpN3YkRxzVGoHQPJTYfA45hhZJKz9l