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Written by James Plumb
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Monday, 22 December 2008 |
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Gareth Evans directed his first feature, Footsteps, in 2006. Achieving success at a number of festivals and receiving critical acclaim, Gareth went on to make a documentary on martial arts in Indonesia. While shooting this, he was inspired to make his very own martial arts film, Merantau, and we spoke to him while he was knee-deep in pre-production. |
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Written by Craig Clark
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
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Following the successful experience of making his first feature The Boy with a Thorn in his Side in 2005, Mark Jeavons has shot his follow-up feature Whatever Happened to Pete Blaggit? on 16mm. Mark talks to Film Shed about raising a budget, getting name actors on-board and explains why shooting on film needn't be a daunting experience.
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Written by Steve Pierce
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Monday, 12 February 2007 |
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A staple of both British and American television series, the Detective genre is used far less frequently in film. Two notable critical and commercial successes are Chinatown by Robert Towne and Brick by Rian Johnson. This article examines these scripts, and how the three-act structure and Truby's more advanced techniques can be used to plot a detective film.
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