Posts Tagged ‘short film’
Damien Chazelle’s Short Film: Whiplash
Damien Chazelle’s Short Film: Whiplash Whiplash is a 2013 drama short film written and directed by Academy Award winning director Damien Chazelle. It depicts the relationship between an ambitious jazz drummer and an abusive bandleader. It is the short that the Oscar winning feature film is based on. If you want to listen to…
Read MoreDavid F. Sandberg’s Short Film: Lights Out
David F. Sandberg’s Short Film: Lights Out David’s story is the “lottery ticket” moment I speak about so often on the show. His journey in Hollywood is remarkable, inspiring and scary all at the same time. He created a short film called Lights Out. That short was seen by famed filmmaker and producer James Wan (Furious…
Read MorePedro Almodovar’s Short Film: Salome
Pedro Almodovar’s Short Film: Salome Pedro Almodovar’s Salome is a micro-budget indie film the auteur director made in 1978. It’s a fascinating watch. Enjoy. WATCH Filmtrepreneur’s Micro-Budget First Films Collection Christopher Nolan: Doodlebug & The Following Quentin Tarantino: My Best Friend’s Birthday Neill Blomkamp’s Micro-Budget First Film: Alive in Joburg The Coen Brothers’ Micro-Budget…
Read MoreTim Burton’s First Short Films: Vincent and Frankenweenie
Tim Burton’s Micro-Budget First Short Films: Vincent and Frankenweenie While at Disney in 1982, Burton made his first short, Vincent, a six-minute black-and-white stop motion film based on a poem written by the filmmaker, and depicting a young boy who fantasizes that he is his hero Vincent Price, with Price himself providing narration. The film…
Read MoreKrzysztof Kieslowski’s Short Film: Tramwaj
Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Short Film: Tramwaj Tramway (Polish: Tramwaj) is a 1966 short silent film by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski, produced while he was a student at the Łódź Film School. The film is included as an extra feature on the American and Artificial Eye Region 2 DVD releases of Kieslowski’s A Short Film About Love.…
Read MoreSteven Spielberg’s Micro-Budget Short Film: Amblin
Steven Spielberg’s Micro-Budget Short Film: Amblin Amblin’ is a short film made in 1968. It is the first completed film shot by Steven Spielberg on 35mm. The film is a short love story set during the hippie era of the late 1960s about a young man and woman who meet in the desert, attempt to…
Read MoreGeorge Lucas’ Micro-Budget Short Film: Freiheit
George Lucas’ Micro-Budget Short Film: Freiheit Freiheit (German for “freedom”) is a 1966 short film by George Lucas, made while he was a student at the University of Southern California’s film school. His third film, it was the first to contain a narrative. The film follows a student’s attempt to escape to freedom. This student…
Read MoreGeorge Lucas’ Micro-Budget Short Film: Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138
George Lucas’ Micro-Budget Short Film: Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB Electronic Labyrinth: THX-1138 4EB is a 1967 social science-fiction short film written and directed by George Lucas while he attended the University of Southern California’s film school. The short was reworked as the 1971 theatrical feature THX 1138. Lucas had had an idea for a…
Read MoreMartin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This
Martin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? is a 1963 short film that Martin Scorsese created while a student at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. It is a comedic piece…
Read MoreMartin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: The Big Shave
Martin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: The Big Shave The Big Shave is a 1967 six-minute short film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is also known as Viet ’67. Peter Bernuth stars as the recipient of the title shave, repeatedly shaving away hair, then skin, in an increasingly bloody and graphic bathroom scene. – Wikipedia Download…
Read MoreGuillermo Del Toro’s Micro-Budget Short Film: Geometria
Guillermo Del Toro’s Micro-Budget First Film: Geometria I had the pleasure of meeting Guillermo del Toro on multiple occasions through my journies in Los Angeles. He is by far one of the most down to earth film directors I’ve ever met. He is a certified cinematic genius. From the magical Pan’s Labyrinth to the Oscar-winning Shape of Water…
Read MoreTim Burton’s Short Film: Hansel and Gretel
Tim Burton’s Short Film: Hansel and Gretel For you obscure media fans, here is one of legendary filmmaker Tim Burton’s early efforts in collaboration with The Disney Channel that aired only once on Halloween night in 1983. This is Burton’s unique, twisted, Burtonesque version of the classic Grimm Fairy Tale featuring an all Asian cast.…
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