Author: Ted Hope

What Is The Great Hope For The Future Of Cinema?

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date July 11, 2012
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Or for that matter, what do you think can really change and move things forward in both the near and distant future? If we could ask five key people what they saw on our various horizons, what would they show us? Who should we ask? One of the great things about being pointed in a direction, is that it is almost a path. Could we have walked down that road when Francis Ford Coppola predicted YouTube in 1991:

It is not easy to just boil down to one specific all the various change that is swarming over us at this point. I see major shifts coming in so many different aspects of cinema: discovery, consideration, value/return, participation, collaboration, transitioning, immersion, and many others.

Tags film length, Francis Ford Coppola, innovation, New Models, short films, transmedia, video, YouTube

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Film Production Methods: The “Better” Way Vs. The Easy Way (In 15 Steps)

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date July 10, 2012
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Two years ago I wrote a blog post “Ten Things We Should All Do On Our Productions“. I would like to do a sequel to that post and would love your suggestions as to what those things now should be. I do think the old list fully applies, but I am confident we can add to it.

One of the ten things that was on that list was doing things the “better” way vs. the “easy” way. We so love completing tasks we often cave into just getting things done. But if we all worked together to lift the bar higher, no one would tolerate many of the practices that are currently considered “acceptable”. So why not work together to raise the bar higher? How about I start with a list of:

15 Things We Can All Do On Our Film Productions That Would Make Life & Art Better, Safer, & More Satisfying.

Tags indie film, producing

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True Love Means Sticking Together

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date July 7, 2012

When you find someone to share your life with you are not about to let outside forces to separate you.

“Oktapodi” is an Oscar-nominated short from 2007 that captures this quite well.

Tags animation, love, Okatpodi, short films

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How COLLABORATOR Happened & Why The Actors Did It

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date July 5, 2012

If you couldn’t make it to the IFC Center in NYC on June 18th, you missed having Hal Hartley moderate a Q&A session with Martin Donovan, David Morse, Melissa Auf der Meur, and myself on how Martin wrote, directed, and got his debut feature made.

Ah, but no worries, the glory that is the internet brings the past back to you for your eternal enjoyment. COLLABORATOR is currently available on VOD and will return to the IFC Center tomorrow July 6th, and then the Egyptian in LA on July 20th. Please check it out.

Certain highlights to check out:

Hal Hartley & Martin Donvan on “What is directing”
approximately 1745- 2250

David Morse, Hal Hartley, Martin Donovan, and me (Ted Hope): “What makes a director someone an actor (or producer) wants to work with”
approx 25:00 – 31:00

For more of Martin’s secrets, check out his interview with Marshall Fine here.

Tags Acting, casting, Collaborator, David Morse, directing, Hal Hartley, Marshall Fine, Martin Donovan, Melissa Auf der Meur

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Love What You Do (Waves Of Gratitude)

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date July 4, 2012
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Mickey Smith’s “Dark Side Of The Lens” captures a passion for a life worth living, or scraping as the case may be. A cool wave of water washing over the pleasure of using your labor towards creative ends. As we chisel and nail let’s not forget that the real reward is the doing.

DARK SIDE OF THE LENS from Astray Films on Vimeo.

Tags Dark Side Of The Lens, essay films, love what you do, LWYD, Mickey Smith, short films, surfing

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Without Them, Cinema Would Still Be A Boring Place

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date July 1, 2012

Roger Corman and John Waters may well be the two people most responsible for cinema a gloriously odd and twisted place. It becomes more challenging than ever to create work that is outside of my mind — we all regurgitate the work that comes before us, but these two have developed far more than their share of wonderfully WTF moments. I wish I could have been there to hear them speak with each other about LSD, Jack Nicholson, Fellini,and all things movie. But hey, YouTube delivers us there without the hassle of travel.

Tags independent film, John Waters, Provincetown Film Festival, Roger Corman

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Refuse Any Image That Could Have A Rational Meaning Or Any Memory Or Culture

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date June 30, 2012
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Luis Buñuel on his rules with Salvador Dali on the short Un Chien Andalou: “Refuse any image that could have a rational meaning or any memory or culture”

via www.culturalweekly.com

And here’s the short if for some strange reason you have not yet had the pleasure of experiencing it yourself:

Tags luis bunuel, Salvador Dali, Un Chien Andalou

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