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Saving Private Ryan, Edward Burns Recalls Working With Spielberg For The First Time. Had Zero Feedback For Two Weeks. | The Bearded Trio

Saving Private Ryan, Edward Burns Recalls Working With Spielberg For The First Time. Had Zero Feedback For Two Weeks. | The Bearded Trio  He recalls Tom Hanks leaning in and whispering to him to calm down ("I've seen you act before, and this isn't acting!" he claims Hanks said). Yet despite several uncomfortable takes, Spielberg offered zero feedback, which terrified Burns.  "Most directors would have stepped in after my first botched take, offered some notes, and inadvertently rattled my confidence. But this wasn't Steven's approach with us. He allowed us several takes to figure things out for ourselves. So much that he didn't provide any direction for almost two weeks. We did our scenes in two or three takes and then moved on. No feedback. No nothing. The cast figured he hated what we were doing and speculated which one of us would be fired first." 

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"Employ a strict 'No Assholes' policy" - 10 Filmmaking Tips

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This Is How You Do It: 10 Filmmaking Tips from Mark and Jay Duplass By Paula Bernstein and Dana Harris | Indiewire January 28, 2015 at 5:31PM "Employ a strict 'No Assholes' policy" and more great advice from the filmmaking bros. Daniel Bergeron  Mark and Jay Duplass Mark and Jay Duplass are a ubiquitous presence at this year's Sundance Film Festival. They were involved with three Sundance films, "The Bronze," "The Overnight," and "Tangerine" and an animated TV pilot ("Animals"). In addition to dominating Sundance, Netflix used the festival as occasion to announce that the brothers signed a four-movie deal, while HBO announced that the network will renew their show, "Togetherness." In other words, it's been a good week for the brothers. READ MORE: Jay & Mark Duplass on Selling TV at Sundance At the Producers Brunch at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25th (where their producing pa

Behind the scenes footage of SPECTRE

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One of my favorite film genres are action adventure films, and the James Bond series always seems to deliver the right kind of stories. Check out the behind the scenes footage of the new James Bond film, SPECTRE. 

Creating Subtitles in Premiere Pro

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MediaStorm Guide to Creating Subtitles in Premiere Pro MediaStorm Guide to Creating Subtitles in Premiere Pro By  ERIC MAIERSON   |  Published:  MAY 15, 2013 This article is part of a  new series of posts  with tips and tricks from our producers’ experience working with  Adobe Premiere Pro  after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out  this post .  Today’s post was written by MediaStorm producer  Eric Maierson . There’s a critical difference between the title tool in Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro. In FCP, one could slice a title that’s already in the timeline, open it in the Viewer window, then change the contents so that you now had two distinct titles. This does not work in Premiere Pro. In Premiere Pro each title is a distinct instance. So, if you splice a title in the timeline then change its content, you will also change the content of the first title as well. Both titles will say the same thing. The onl

Straight Outta Compton - Red Band Trailer with Introduction from Dr. Dre...

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Straight Outta Compton - Red Band Trailer with Introduction from Dr. Dre and Ice Cube (HD) (Official) The Story of N.W.A. - In Theaters August 14th http://www.straightouttacompton.com/ In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton tells the astonishing story of how these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war. Starring O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell as Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E, Straight Outta Compton is directed by F. Gary Gray (Friday, Set It Off, The Italian Job). The drama is produced by original N.W.A. members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, who are join

The Feature Film That Blew Everyone Away at Sundance Was Shot on an iPhone 5s

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The Feature Film That Blew Everyone Away at Sundance Was Shot on an iPhone 5s http://nofilmschool.com/2015/01/feature-film-blew-everyone-away-sundance-shot-on-iphone The overall cost of this setup -- a setup that shot a feature film that is just killing it at Sundance? Well, Moondog's adapter costs  $160 , FiLMiC Pro is  $8 in the App Store , and iPhones range from -- what? $200 to $600 depending on service and features? So, you're looking at $168 to $768 to get high quality images for a feature film. 

Final Cut Pro vs. Premiere Pro | Shanks FX | PBS Digital Studios

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