Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Filmmaking with todays technology




Here are two pictures I really like. They are semi related to what I am about to write though.

I am really into watching movies and making them myself. I've been to a student film festival the other day and I enjoyed watching a lot of the projects. Yet I thought that a lot of the shorts I've watched looked really good but in terms of story telling they really sucked.

I find that with the new DSLR cameras and other technology it became really easy to make a movie look good. Furthermore, I think that a lot of people started to neglect the stories of their films and that they are just trying to make them look pretty. For me the whole creative part of film making is slowly turning into something more technical. Something you would need a technician for rather than a creative mind.

Don't get me wrong. I still think there are some really great films out there. I just find that that a lot of new films have a really bad story or a story that has been seen a million times before. I am mostly referring to newly produced short films.

What are your opinions on this?
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15 comments:

  1. Adam23 February 2011 at 22:12

    Good movies with great cinematography and a good story are still being produced. Check out Black Swan or 127 Hours.

    In a movie you need it both; the technician and the creative mind.

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  2. PekkaK23 February 2011 at 22:14

    Like the first picture very much. Reminds me a bit of Inception :)

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  3. Igneel2123 February 2011 at 22:17

    the circular shot its awesome! i love it

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  4. Anonymous23 February 2011 at 22:25

    Baller pictures. I like them a lot.

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  5. Harald23 February 2011 at 22:26

    @adam: i was mostly talking about short films. sorry if that wasn't clear.

    btw. I thought Black Swan was a fantastic movie!

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  6. Thuganomics23 February 2011 at 23:33

    it could be we have actually started to run out of ideas

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  7. ed24 February 2011 at 01:36

    sounds like gaming industry, better graphics, yet not necessarily better gameplay

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  8. d0t24 February 2011 at 02:12

    Good cinematography adds to the flow of the movie

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  9. Every Day24 February 2011 at 02:17

    Hate amera shaking. That is all.

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  10. Anonymous.24 February 2011 at 03:14

    That top picture is unreal.

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  11. level85nerd24 February 2011 at 03:35

    The first one is now my wallpaper

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  12. parasites24 February 2011 at 08:34

    Yes, I completely agree. Movies are becoming WAY too generic. Most of the Americanized movies have such terrible dialogue it's actually funny.


    Oh btw nice pictures, too.

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  13. Unknown24 February 2011 at 10:25

    I agree. With new technology it is difficult to find people focusing on the story, which is the core for any film. However, there are those rare exceptions that still focus upon the fundamentals. Great pictures by the way. Thanks for posting!

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  14. wolvz24 February 2011 at 11:12

    very nice pics dude, loved them. :)

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  15. ebm9324 February 2011 at 13:34

    haha the tank was a bit exaggerated i think.

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