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>Starting with The New World, Malick has instituted “rules” in his filmmaking, including using only natural light, no cranes, no big rigs, and handheld cameras
by mcphilip 14y ago
>Starting with The New World, Malick has instituted “rules” in his filmmaking, including using only natural light, no cranes, no big rigs, and handheld cameras only [1].
You might want to checkout New World if natural lighting interests you. Malick is known as the "director's director" and has done a lot of very interesting work. He loves trying to capture "unrepeatable moments", like how he used a clip of an in-costume Christian Bale taking a break smoking a corn cob pipe in New World when Bale didn't even realize he was on camera.
[1]http://stillsearching.wordpress.com/2011/05/21/39-facts-about-terrence-malick/ http://stillsearching.wordpress.com/2011/05/21/39-facts-abou...
- shashashasha 14y agoThere's also the films of the Dogme 95 group (ie, Lars von Trier) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogme_95 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogme_95 Notable rules for them being avoiding music that doesn't exist in the environment, shooting only handheld, only the barest of lighting.
- wahnfrieden 14y agoI've seen many poor Dogme95 films, but I can heartily recommend Thomas Vinterberg's Festen as both a prime example of the experiment (he was one of the co-institutors of Dogme) and a great film on its own merits.
- hyperbovine 14y agoDo you have a source for the story about the corn cob pipe? I'd love to see that scene, but can't seem to find any mention of it online.
- mcphilip 14y agoAs I recall it was discussed in the DVD extras on The New World. I remember that scene in the movie, but it's been years since I've watched it.
- jeremyswank 14y ago"Don’t allow yourself to fall in love with the camera. Keep it in its place and keep your eye open for those little moments you didn’t plan for. It’s my definition of what it is to be a movie director: A man who presides over accidents." -Orson Welles
- Hari_Seldon 14y agoGreat quote, haven't heard this before, thanks.
- cpeterso 14y agoSimilarly, Werner Herzog said: "Coincidences always happen if you keep your mind open, while storyboards remain the instruments of cowards who do not trust in their own imagination and who are slaves of a matrix... If you get used to planning your shots based solely on aesthetics, you are never that far from kitsch."