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| Upcoming Volumes of thefilmbook.com will include footage and audio already recorded, as well as new ventures. | |
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Below a preview of an upcoming chapter with director Stephen Frears. Here Stephen explains how American actors like John Malkovitch or Glenn Close sometimes seize the moment...
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Below the teaser (version 1) for thefilmbook featuring: Stephen Goldblatt, Eduardo Serra, Maria de Medeiros, John Toll, Steven Rosenblum, Ellen Kuras, Tom Stern, William Feightner, Kramer Morgenthau.
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Scene Analysis: Children of Men
Alfonso Cuaron & Emmanuel Lubezki speak separately about their innovative film, with a special focus on two stunning one-shot sequences: the car chase and the final battle.
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Tutorial: Color Space
A down to earth tutorial with EFilm Technology VP, William Feightner that details the differences between film, video and digital projection colors spaces. |
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Classics: Angel Heart
Interview clips with director Alan Parker and cinematographer Michael Serresin about their long-time collaboration, notably on Angel Heart. |
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Filmmaking: Last Days
Illustrated audio clips from a conversation with DP Harris Savides about Hitchcock, constraints and his work with Gus van Sant on Last Days. |
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Directing: Ang Lee An annotated account of director Ang Lee's conference at the Plus Camerimage Festival. Themes include: the viewpoint of the foreigner, working with actors, and his collaboration with Rodrigo Prieto on Lust, Caution. |
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Cinematography: Pierre Lhomme
Pierre Lhomme Master Class with the friendly participation of Bruno Delbonnel. Pierre illustrates the theme of working with natural light with sequences taken from Army of Shadows, Camille Claudel and Cyrano de Bergerac. (sponsored by Panavision & K5600) |
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Cinematography: Slawomir Idziak
Interview clips with Polish cinematographer Slawomir Idziak, focusing on scenes from his work with director Krystoff Kieslowski on Decalogue, The Double Life of Veronique & 3 Colors: Blue. |
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Long-term project With help from readers and sponsors, we hope to continue thefilmbook.com well beyond the first 5 Volumes.
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We will continue adding content covering public events like Master Classes, Workshops and festivals, as well shooting exclusive interviews and webortages. We also plan to draw from archives of audio interviews conducted in the past 15 years. |
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Other voices and videos already recorded or archived that may appear in future chapters include Jacques Audiard, Affonso Beato, Cesar Charlone, Raymond Depardon, Amat Escalante, Stéphane Fontaine, Stephen Frears, Darius Khondji, Laszlo Kovacs, Denis Lenoir, George Lucas, Mike Newell , Tony Pierce-Roberts, Philippe Rousselot, Eduardo Serra, Tom Stern, Matt Uhry, Vilmos Zsigmond... and others
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