Five keys to creating authentic, distinctive work, whether you are a student, professional or simply love making films on your own
For Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out, three professors at the renowned University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television interviewed fifteen outstanding filmmakers, then distilled their insights into the "Five I's" of creativity. Learn how to:
. Uncover your unique creative voice (Introspection)
. Work from real-life observations and experience (Inquiry)
. Draw on your nonconscious wells of creativity (Intuition)
. Strengthen your creative collaborations (Interaction)
. Communicate at the deepest level with your audience (Impact)
This comprehensive approach provides practical exercises that will enrich and transform your work, whether you are looking for a story idea, lighting a set, editing a scene or selecting a music cue.
The participating filmmakers, who have collectively won or been nominated for 39 Oscars and 27 Emmys, are:
Anthony Minghella, writer-director (The English Patient); Kimberly Peirce, writer-director (Boys Don't Cry); John Lasseter, writer-director-producer (Toy Story); John Wells, writer-producer (ER); Hanif Kureishi, writer (My Beautiful Laundrette); Pamela Douglas, writer (Between Mother and Daughter); Renee Tajima-Peña, director-producer (My America...or, Honk If You Love Buddha); Ismail Merchant, producer (The Remains of the Day); Jeannine Oppewall, production designer (L.A. Confidential); Conrad L. Hall, cinematographer (American Beauty); Kathy Baker, actor (Picket Fences); Walter Murch, sound designer-editor (Apocalypse Now); Lisa Fruchtman, editor (The Right Stuff); Kate Amend, editor (Into the Arms of Strangers); and James Newton Howard, composer (The Sixth Sense).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Filmmakers
one introspection
A Mysterious Predisposition: Discovering Your Creative Field
Finding the Resonance: Choosing the Stories You Want to Tell
A Private World: Drawing on Personal Memories
two inquiry
Breadth of Knowledge: A Preparation in the Liberal Arts
Getting Out of the Car: Observation of the World
Doing the Homework: Researching a Film
three intuition
Open-closedness: The Link Between Intellect and Intuition
The Dreamer: Connecting to the Nonconscious Mind
Time at the Desk and Time Running in the Forest: Enticing Your Intuition
four interaction
Plenty of Rope: The Fluid Collaboration
Arguments Worth Having: Responding to Creative Differences
Everyone Is Telling the Story: Establishing a Creative Environment
five impact
The Undercurrent: Finding the Soul of the Film
Fresh Eyes: The Power of the Audience
Taking Responsibility: Owning the Images We Create
six workouts
Endnotes
Selected Filmographies
Suggested Reading
Embedded Values Questionnaire
Index
