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What Would Stanley Kubrick Think About the MōVi?

04.9.13 @ 12:22PM Tags : kubrick, MōVI, nab, nab2013, stanleykubrick, steadicam

Reading through the comments on our post about the innovative new camera stabilizer MōVi, I was reminded of something I saw recently at LACMA’s amazing Stanley Kubrick exhibit. It is a 1976 letter from producer Jan Harlan to Kubrick himself, in which Harlan talks about a new device he’d just discovered: the Steadicam. More »

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Watch a Video Analysis of the Signature Shots of Kubrick, Tarantino, and Wes Anderson

09.3.12 @ 11:30AM Tags : edit, editing, kubrick, mashup, quentintarantino, tarantino, video, wesanderson

It’s no secret that many directors have “signature shots,” or shots that they tend to use (or even overuse) in their films. Vimeo user kogonada has edited together three brilliant mashups of some of the signature shots of Stanley Kubrick, Quentin Tarantino, and Wes Anderson. As a community of filmmakers, I think we can all agree there is something to be learned from how the greats make use of these shots. Hit the jump for the first video, which shows Kubrick’s use of the One-Point Perspective: More »

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Kubrick Speaks: His Evolution into a Filmmaker and the Importance of Problem-solving

06.14.12 @ 6:02PM Tags : advice, career, interview, kubrick, problemsolving, stanleykubrick

Following in the footsteps of our recent post on advice for recent grads pursuing creative careers, I found this rare audio interview with Stanley Kubrick complementary.  Kubrick, as you may or may not know, did not go to college, and was largely self-taught when it came to filmmaking.  Over the course of several conversations with writer Jeremy Bernstein of the New Yorker, Kubrick outlines his own beginnings, and how certain experiences, such as teaching himself photography and honing general problem-solving skills, proved crucial to his development as a filmmaker: More »