Z
Z is a politically charged thriller directed by Costa-Gavras, based on the true events surrounding the assassination of a Greek politician. The film’s tense narrative follows the investigation into the murder and the political corruption surrounding it. Known for its sharp social commentary and tense pacing, Z is both a compelling crime drama and a powerful critique of governmental abuse of power. The film’s bold, suspenseful approach and its portrayal of real-world political struggles made it a groundbreaking work in international cinema. Z was a critical and commercial success, earning several awards, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
Hiring A Video Production Assistant For Your Production Company
You’ve just wrapped on a two week project that involved a number of 20 hour days. You say your goodbyes to everyone and climb wearily into your car. You open the dashboard and pull out your phone. You hit the standby button and the phone…
The Best of Filmmaking & Video Production November 2015
Welcome to the 2nd addition of this feature here on Filmmaking Lifestyle, where we chart the best-of-the-best from around the filmmaking and video production world. The article covers the best posts from November 2015. Every month, I post a round-up article featuring the best things I’ve found around…
Positivity, Your Identity and How It Relates to Filmmaking
When we start any endeavor or filmmaking or business project, we must start with positivity. It must come from a positive state of wanting to change. When we permit ourselves to change, we allow great life-changing things to happen. I recently talked about The P-Word…
3 Great Techniques For Letting Go and Letting the Writing Flow
Recently, I wrote about some of the difficulties inherent in writing, and tackled some issues concerning writer’s block in a post about how to Just Let Go of Everything and Write! Today, I have some more practical ideas for blasting past writer’s block and really…
Should I Go To Film School? Part III
Continuing from where we left off in the Film School? Part II” href=”https://filmlifestyle.com/film-school-part-ii/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-lasso-id=”908″>last part. Debt And Other Considerations I think the only advice I’d give people is to not go into debt for the sake of film school. At least not in the…
How Michael Bay Got His Start in the Movie Industry
We all know Michael Bay as the hyper-active director of full-on action, and huge budget, flicks like Transformers, Armageddon and The Rock. But it wasn’t always like that. Like everyone, he had to start somewhere. Bay often traces his interest in action films back to…
Herzog on the Obscenity of the Jungle
Some interesting comments from fabled German filmmaker Werner Herzog during the making of Fitzcarraldo: “Kinski says [the jungle] is full of erotic elements. It’s not so much erotic, but full of obscenity. Nature here is vile and base. I wouldn’t see anything erotic here. I…
The Importance Of Travel
I really want to emphasize the importance of travel. Besides its obvious and much talked about benefits, travel is incredibly important when it comes to filmmaking. I’ve traveled a lot myself, and I feel it’s one of the best ways to boost your confidence in…
Become a Story Maker!
Wanted to break this down for you guys because I think it’s a MASSIVELY beneficial mindset shift that can help you all out!
I wrote to a friend recently that it’s best to go into any filmmaking exercise with ZERO outcome dependency. This means not EXPECTING anything out of any one project. Well this is standard
Spike Lee’s Gotta Have It: A Look At The Making Of The Film
“Don’t think that because you haven’t heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.”
