October: The End of a Revolution

March 14, 2011, 07:06 AM

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2011/cteq/october-th...

In 1926, the October Revolution Jubilee Committee pulled Sergei Eisenstein, Grigorii Aleksandrov, and cameraman Eduard Tisse away from Generalnaia Liniia (The General Line, eventually completed in 1929) to begin work on a new film. Commissioned along with Vsevolod Pudovkin’s Konets Sankt-Peterburga (The End of St. Petersburg, 1927), Boris Barnet’s Moskva v Oktiabre (Moscow in October, 1927), and Esfir Shub’s Velikii put (The Great Way, 1927), Oktyabr (October) was slated to premiere at the...

Alexander Nevsky

March 14, 2011, 07:04 AM

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2011/cteq/alexander-...

Aleksandr Nevskiy (Alexander Nevsky) is not central to Eisenstein’s theory of montage and is not considered to be one of his most important works, at least critically. Yet the film exhibits a powerful folkloric spirit in its single-minded, patriotic call to unity in resisting German invasion. Alexander Nevsky is widely celebrated for its astounding 30-minute "Battle on the Ice" sequence that influenced a generation of filmmakers in constructing historical battles.

Watching you watch THERE WILL BE BLOOD

February 17, 2011, 09:11 AM

http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/?p=12417

Today’s entry is our first guest blog. It follows naturally from the last entry on how our eyes scan and sample images. Tim Smith is a psychological researcher particularly interested in how movie viewers watch. You can follow his work on his blog Continuity Boy and his research site.

Persistence

January 27, 2011, 04:20 PM

http://icutfilm.com/post/2959590058/persistence

I read this great quote. I think it pertains to Post Production, and filmmaking in general, pretty well. "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are...

Two Thumbs, Two Dimensions Response to Ebert/murch

January 26, 2011, 06:02 PM

http://www.slate.com/id/2282376/pagenum/all/#p2

As far as Roger Ebert is concerned, the discussion about 3-D is over. "The notion that we are asked to pay a premium to witness an inferior and inherently brain-confusing image is outrageous," he wrote in his blog Sunday. "The case is closed." PRINTDISCUSSE-MAILRSSRECOMMEND...REPRINTSSINGLE PAGE FacebookDiggRedditStumbleUponCLOSE If that means Ebert will stop complaining about the medium, so much the better. For years now, the venerable critic has been griping that 3-D cinema is dim...

Walter Murch Reaches Out to Ebert about 3D

January 24, 2011, 04:33 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=5421

Walter Murch is about as close as we in post-production will come to a rock star/Renaissance man. He’s a picture editor, sound editor, writer, technologist and thinker. He’s now somewhat of an anti-3Der and he lays out his case in a letter to film critic Roger Ebert. Here’s a tease:

Why 3D doesn't Work A letter from Murch to Eb

January 24, 2011, 10:14 AM

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2011/01/post_4.htm...

I received a letter that ends, as far as I am concerned, the discussion about 3D. It doesn't work with our brains and it never will. The notion that we are asked to pay a premium to witness an inferior and inherently brain-confusing image is outrageous. The case is closed. This letter is from Walter Murch, seen at left, the most respected film editor and sound designer in the modern cinema. As a editor, he must be intimately expert with how an image interacts with the audience's eyes. He...

Editing is Not invisible (but it is magic)

January 24, 2011, 09:38 AM

http://ronsussmanedits.blogspot.com/2011/01/editin...

Ron Sussman posted this video about Editing by Karen Pearlman.

Good Editing is NOT Invisible

January 17, 2011, 10:02 AM

http://www.mikejones.tv/journal/2011/1/17/good-edi...

Good Editing is NOT Invisible

January 17, 2011, 09:35 AM

https://www.aotg.com/good-editing-is-not-invisible-2/

Karen Pearlman talks about how Good Editing is NOT invisible.