“Nobody makes the films they want to make; they make the films they’re able to make” Altman, as cited in Sawhill, 1994, p.47 Robert Altman’s 1992 film, The Player, presents a “brilliant dark comedy about the death of American film-making” (Zuckoff, 2009, p.404) and the world of film in Hollywood. Based on Michael Tolkin’s novelContinue reading “Making Movies can be Murder – The true nature of Hollywood in ‘The Player’”
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Monologue Recap – Performing for the camera for the first time
“Talent works only in the first film. But in the second film, an actor needs to show how much he knows about the craft. And that comes through training” – Nawazuddin Siddiqui As part of Assessment 1 for the Screen Acting Module my peers and I were required to source a 1-minute monologue from aContinue reading “Monologue Recap – Performing for the camera for the first time”
Why hasn’t he called me yet? – ‘He’s just not that into you’
GIGI: “Maybe his grandma died or maybe he lost my number or is out of town or got hit by a cab…” ALEX: “Or Maybe he is not interested in seeing you again.” He’s Just Not That Into You, 2009. Set in Baltimore, Ken Kwapis’s film, He’s Just Not That Into You (2009), follows theContinue reading “Why hasn’t he called me yet? – ‘He’s just not that into you’”
‘In the Mood for Love’
Mise-en-scene and the arrangement of its elements determine both the nature of the view presented and the way in which the audience is invited to see it. Elements of lighting, costume, décor, props and actors and their relationship with the camera through framing and camera movement, govern our access to the action and determines ourContinue reading “‘In the Mood for Love’”
Annie & Acting 