May 2013
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WatchDEREK CIANFRANCE DISSECTS SCENES FROM ‘THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES’
Highly recommend this interview in which Director Derek Cianfrance talks about his work with the camera, and the actors, in his latest film.
HOW MICHAEL CRICHTON’S “WESTWORLD” PIONEERED...
(article)
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/05/crichton-lucas-forty-years-of-pixels-at-the-movies.html
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PATIENT 39 - UPDATE
PATIENT 39 is entering a new phase as we come towards the final furlong of the offline edit. I’ve been working with film editor Richard Wilkinson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1270577/) on the cut and it’s been a fascinating process of seeing it evolve and take shape, all informed by Richard’s fiendishly clever eye and judgement. The edit is a time when your choices are laid bare, and mistakes...
WatchTHE MEANING OF LIFE (!)
The late David Foster Wallace hands down some useful pointers, in this university speech day that’s been visualised into a neat little short film. I very much like the sentiment of this.
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April 2013
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WatchMICHEL GONDRY ON ADAPTING BORIS VIAN’S 1947 NOVEL ‘L’ECUME DES JOURS’ FOR THE SCREEN
(In French!)
THE END OF FUJI MOTION PICTURE FILM
http://www.fujifilm.com/news/n130402.html
March 2013
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WatchKODAK FILM ON FILM
With the decision to close Technicolor’s film processing labs here in the UK, perhaps it might be worth pausing for a moment to consider what we might be losing - and what it might mean for film production here in the UK.
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DIRECTOR PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON AND THE USE OF...
Neat article and video clip on how Anderson uses Steadicam - and how it has changed as his career has moved forwards.
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/video-steadicam-progress-career-paul-thomas-anderson-five
Buzludzha Monument, Abandoned Saucer-Shaped... →
Location in waiting for a Bond film I’d have thought…
February 2013
4 posts
Film of the Day: Patient 39 →
WatchTIM BURTON MASTERCLASS
Director, producer, writer, animator, and artist Tim Burton masterclass at the Paris Cinematheque.
Dan Clifton: Directing science on screen : Ri... →
Article I’ve written for the Royal Institution blog
January 2013
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WatchSCORSESE ON ARTIFICE
Martin Scorsese in a revealing talk about heightened reality in cinema (with particular reference to NEW YORK, NEW YORK)
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BEAUTY AND THE SELF
Some years ago I made a film about the origins of modern human behaviour. How do we know when modern humans first emerged or evolved? The key indicator that archaeologists look for is the presence of art. While today we cannot understand precisely the meaning of the exquisite images at the caves of Lascaut and Chauvet, these images speak to us in a very clear way, communicating some kind of...
DESIGNING MOONRISE KINGDOM
http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/below-the-line-designing-moonrise-kingdom/
AMNESIA IN FILM
There’s a long tradition of films about amnesia and memory loss. Cinema seems to lend itself well to these kind of heightened thought experiments that cast our sense of the world in a new light. I think it’s something to do with the way in which film invites us to enter someone’s internal world, to see the world through different eyes. Film seems to be able to create heightened,...
WatchPATIENT 39 - APPEAL VIDEO
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PATIENT 39
We’ve launched the fundraising campaign for my new short film project PATIENT 39, adapted from a William Boyd short story.
Head over to www.indiegogo.com/patient39 to watch my appeal video and to become a supporter!
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FILM V.DIGITAL
Analysis of this year’s crop of films
http://www.tribecafilm.com/tribecaonline/future-of-film/Oscar-Nominations-Side-By-Side-Debate.html#.UPQUV-TG_Tu
THE TOUGHEST SCENE I WROTE
Illuminating series of interviews in which this year’s leading Hollywood and indie writers discussed how they cracked some of the toughest scenes.
http://www.vulture.com/news/the-toughest-scene-i-wrote/
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PATIENT 39
Pre-production begins on my new short, Patient 39, adapted from a William Boyd short story.
When a soldier known only as Patient 39 awakes from a coma with no memory, so begins the search to discover his identity and past.
http://www.patient39.co.uk/#/production-journal/4572251177
www.patient39.co.uk
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December 2012
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WatchCINEMATOGRAPHY
Seamus McGarvey talks shooting Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina with the BSC’s John de Borman
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WatchSCORING ‘BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD’
Director Benh Zeitlin and his co-composer, Dam Romer, discuss their collaboration.
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WatchHOW THEY DID IT
Director Christopher Nolan talks and The Dark Knight Rises VFX Supervisor Paul Franklin discuss how they created the imploding football stadium shot.
November 2012
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WatchHOW THE BRAIN PLAYS TRICKS ON US
Fascinating film on how stroke victims can experience loss of spatial awareness. The theme of our our brains can prove unreliable is at the heart of my new short film project, Patient 39, an adaptation of a William Boyd short story.
On Film-making and other things: NEW SHORT FILM... →
danclifton:
It’s an exciting but daunting thing to embark on a new short film project.
This time I am adapting a short story by William Boyd, rather than write my own material. PATIENT 39 is based on a story called ‘The Ghost of a Bird’ from Boyd’s collection ‘Fascination’. It’s a gentle story about a…
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WatchSOUND DESIGN ON ‘LIFE OF PI’
Another neat little piece from Soundworks Collection
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WatchANG LEE TALKS ABOUT THE MAKING OF ‘LIFE OF PI’
Talks about social networks’ power to make-and-break a film
THE CALCULUS OF LOVE on VODO
http://vo.do/calculus&t=Download THE CALCULUS OF LOVE for free at VODO&s=
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WatchMANKIND - STORY OF ALL OF US
Sneak peak of Genghis Khan sequence - I directed the China action
NEW SHORT FILM PROJECT
It’s an exciting but daunting thing to embark on a new short film project.
This time I am adapting a short story by William Boyd, rather than write my own material. PATIENT 39 is based on a story called ‘The Ghost of a Bird’ from Boyd’s collection ‘Fascination’. It’s a gentle story about a young soldier with a serious head wound who comes into a military hospital and about the relationship with...
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WatchSKYFALL - Behind the scenes
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