Marcel Proust can have his madeleines, I have food on film. I found myself thinking the other day about films where food is integral to the story and it made me hungry. So I have come up with a list
Blog Silence
Lesson Learned
In a post last week I mentioned my student, Andrew, was part of a team of four Columbia filmmakers participating in the National Film School Championships in San Diego. I saw Andrew Friday and he filled me in on the
Casting
A hallmark of the bad student film is bad casting choices. A 20-year-old student casts his 21-year-old roommate to play a 40-year-old father, and then he casts his 18-year-old girlfriend to play that character’s daughter. What you have on your
Up in Smoke- part 2
Our first thought was that we probably lost all the film we shot that day and will need to re-shoot- on our dime. Secondly, we needed to get another camera ASAP so we could finish the food shots; third, we
Up in Smoke- part 1
So we were shooting a 30-second commercial for Molly McButter. (You know it has BIG butter taste, without a bit of butter fat-says the jingle which the ad agency spent a mint on,) It was a nice spot- live action
Infamous
I saw a great film over the weekend. It is called Infamous and it is the other film about Truman Capote writing In Cold Blood. I like Capote and think Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener are very good, but
Connectivity
The wheel that my mouse runs on that gets the filmmaker101 house onto the internet is on the fritz (or I am out of cheese) so there will be no post until it is repaired. Stay Tuned. PeterH
Two Tims
This is Tim Curry from Rocky Horror. Sorry for the confusion. I have been admonished. This is Tim Burton, the film director- Batman, etc…. I know the difference between the two men, thank you. About 15 years ago I was
Keeper of the Kohn
Al Gore’s internet (or is it the Information Superhighway? The Interweb?) does a fantastic job connecting people who would otherwise not know each other. Hardly news, butI am still amazed by it. A friend of mine from the gym told
