You have to be able to carry that much in your mind.he made me learn to think of movies as a chain of images where you would fashion the entire chain of images. I learned Clockwork Orange…His notion was that if you really wanna become a filmmaker, you have to get that conversant. I learned 8 1/2 that way which is a very complex film. He’d say, “Ok, learn that movie!” – by learn that movie he meant you sit down with a bunch of pile of paper and pencils and write – shot for shot – the movie from memory. “What he used to make me memorize was the shots. This is also an approach many of the world’s strongest film schools actually favor in the classrooms (that is, if the professor is good) This has been done by virtually every filmmaker. Breaking down a commercial, music video, or a film is in no way a new way of studying the art of filmmaking – at least its editorial and visual aspects. Introducing a little idea I’ve based on how John McTiernan approached studying films outside of actually making them.
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