Kat Candler is writer-director based in Austin Texas, Kat’s award winning films have screened at Sundance, the Los Angeles Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, SXSW, Slamdance.
IFP so sweetly asked me to do a few write-ups on “Making Short Films”. I’m certainly not the expert by any …
I mentioned the Biennale Cinema College grounds are a former insane asylum, right? Because we have all gone entirely bonkers. The schedule has been one of crushing deadlines on rewrites that have occupied much of our free time, budget analysis and re-analysis and production schedule fine-combing …
I figured why not start with a couple of masterpieces to get me in the right frame of mind. So, packing up to head off to the Venice Biennale College Cinema workshop to pitch my second feature, Memphis, I did the math for the long day of travel …
May 15th, 2011.
I am given a book by my favourite poet, Bob Hicok. In it there’s a poem about the 2007 Virginia Polytechnic Institute massacre – to date the deadliest shooting of innocent people by a single gunman in US history. This excerpt from the poem …
Video Village, Indie-Style
Not every director is suited for low-budget indie filmmaking, and that’s OK if you’re Terrence Malick or David Fincher. But chances are, you’re not…or not yet, anyway. I get a fair number of calls from biggish directors and producers who are having trouble raising money for their …
The clock reads 4:30 am. It’s dark outside. Must drag ass out of bed and try to look somewhat presentable for the 6:30 am crew call. Must also review scenes for the day and be prepared to answer the barrage of questions from the director and actors: “How do you …
Bennett Miller (writer/director, Moneyball, Capote) discusses Barry Lyndon and how the screenplay is only one facet of the spell that Kubrick’s film casts.
Bennett Miller (Director, Moneyball, Capote) explains how characters and their stories can transcend themselves and mean much more than what lies on the surface.
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