There are three books I recommend anybody read, if they want to get into making films or other narrative media. It doesn’t matter if you want to write, direct, or edit – all three of these disciplines are aspects of a larger whole: cinematic storytelling. Knowing something about what each of your collaborators are doing…
Category: The Work of Art
Essays dealing specifically with the business of creativity.
Cutting Great Video Game Trailers
In this video, Jonas Tyroller and professional trailer editor Derek Lieu (you know him from his trailers for Firewatch, Subnautica, Spelunky 2, and a bunch more) spend 45 minutes going through video game trailers and breaking down what does and doesn’t work. I can’t recommend this highly enough if you’re going to be cutting a…
The Parking Lot Pitch
Critical consideration whenever you’re making something.
What do Artists Do?
This is the most accurate description I’ve yet seen of an artist’s job: Martha Graham’s advice to Agnes de Mille, a fellow choreographer. (As excerpted from Anges’ book “Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham”)
Edward Newton 