Clues of a rendez-vous... Two peoples met at this table, this early morning close to Nation, before i came in, and left behind them clues...what did happened there, and who are those who came to have a cup of coffee there?... Two lovers, friends, father...
From a novice level, to a student one, 7 films done in six years, included two experimental features. 99- Crépuscule, 00-the little red hidding hood, 02-the messager (never edited), 03-film N°4 (E.F) film school entrance. O4-the murder, 04- film N°6 (E.F),...
the cosmique movie award and selection here use as data, list of actual references...next fallow by articles and pictures for each named film. Best Cinematography or Set Design of a 2004 FilmNominees for the Fifth Annual Cosmique Movie Awards Awarded...
The first time i went to a movie theater, i was around half past four, november 1988, i remember that i asked my parents : "where are we going" to cinema they said and, the next question was obviously: "what's cinema ?" (still ask myself sometimes the...
Who am I ? My name is matthieu G., twenty one years old, involved into the only international section of directing of france, close to paris... I wish that little blog, lost in web-space, being the digital witness of this last year, support of ideas and...
The second film wich has a specific importance during my childhood was Peter and Eliot the dragon... another mix of reality and "feary", cartoon anyway... it's strange to feel a begining of logic of what i liked and still or even do in a way...humhum...I...
cinematography: today's light workshop 'n theories... practices based on day / night moods... on a simple set, some experimentations... Cold pale night, late afternoon, noon... different directions and gels, lights to use, reflectors, poly, flag to alined......
This film is one of my starters, even if i never saw any episode indy(s) on screen... I was nine years old, and recived as birthday's gift the vhs of indy's last adventure, as every kid, i first wanted to become an archeologist, found pasion for antique...
During the next years, i had no chance to got away from the disney's, knew the gold age of the american cartoons for kids and started to move on true films some year after, still for kids, but films anyway, yo! I know that i'm not the only one who wished...
Some minutes after, to present "A History of Violence", both of them came, impressed and pleased to be there to present the film for the first time in France, which ever has the reputation to be provocant...and, as the tittle says, violent... Viggo will...
One of the best film ever done to my pov... a brillant concept and illustration of the human condition, stimulating or own judgement and conscience, imagination... exelent acting and directing close to the documentary style, if it's not a narrative one......
it's been a couple of days... a beat busy, and had to deal with an up and down mood caused by clodturkey, damn smoke, and projects...ideas, and above all time, my ennemy! Eternal sunshine is good example of the film i like, and will wich to do my way,...
This complex, takes its inspiration from Orson Welles "F for Fake", People working on expression, like painting, theatre, cinema, and other transcritption of truth, or one, can, and probalby feel it once... "A faker searching truth trough a lie" can sum-up...
Capitain sky and the world of tomorrow. will try to forget the no sens of it screenplay, desapointing as some sfx, still laugh on water balls used for spalshing... anyway, focus on the cinetographhy... The originality of the film is to shoot on blue screen...
cinema can't inspires itself, uses it specific language, but find inspirations trough the other expressions and arts, from opera, for lyrism and décors, theatre for acting, music, photo and painting for light and camera, composition and colours, the web,...
WHY ? Why making films? Being a director? working in cinema? Everysingle film-maker, director, ask himself, herself, the question,doubt at least once... The next reflexion comes from a personnal experience, and don't have tobe take as generality, but...
SPEER & HITLER, L'ARCHITECTE DU DIABLE traduction and analyse in english and progress... lève le voile sur un personnage central du régime nazi : Albert Speer.Ce docu-fiction est construit en trois parties, qui correspondent aux trois temps de la vie...
the second point is for director to be closer of his actors, to work on their emotions without any outside distrubtion ... but, the vision of what will be past behind, has to be well explain them... they'll have to imagine everthing around and to react...
For those who went to the "theatre du soleil", and saw "le dernier caravanserial" they'll be happy to know that the film is on post, check on the web site... It was my best theatre experience, geat stories, minimalistic, amazing, and humanist, creative,...
that said... there is a big problem of connection with the digital look of scenes in the film, more than 10 sfx offices worked on it, and didn't look to repect the same visual line and style... the result is mixed between what the director wanted and...
blue screen lighting unrespected gives avarage results on post, i'm realy suprised by the way they used it... the film '1930's mood and texture can't be the only reason or excuse of it... second note, the black balance had (mostly) never been re-ajusted...
"hallFor cavernous interiors such as this museum-like hall in Totenkopf's lair, Adkins had to not only imagine the lighting that should fall on the actors, but also work with CG lighting artists to design the look of the scene. You don't exactly know...
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow was launched a decade ago as a question in a film student's mind: how can one make a film with little money, a small crew and out-of-this-world ideas? Using his knowledge of traditional cel-animation techniques, Kerry...
an article, in french for those who understand it... i moslty agree with it... DIMANCHE 13 NOVEMBRE L'architecte d'Hitler Docu-fiction sur Albert Speer. L'architecture sert-elle, comme la géographie, à la guerre ? Speer et Hitler, l'architecte du diable....
Anthem is a film that explores the fundamental question, "What does the Constitution of The United States say?"Anthem presents a personal vision of the Constitution, and how a single comment, "I'm moving to France," can come to stand for the greater dream...
