This is a great video and the article introduces a vivid point without overstating (but I will) that what you don't do is tell a story without seriously thinking the damn thing through. This isn't novel, what Fincher is doing. A plan of attack is at the heart of masterful filmmaking since it became an artform and I believe part of the reason we can be astounded today is that tech and industrial reliance on efficiency has made it easier to tell a story without crafting one. And I'm not relegating his achievement when I say he's doing the job. Rather that a greater margin of directors propel his talent forward when they hardly can. I believe it helps to appreciate really great directors as obsessive with the rest longing to earn that right. That last comment, likely the most telling, says it all. He knows you want to watch, he knows you need to know and he's going to play with you. That's a pretty cool place to be.
This is a great video and the article introduces a vivid point without overstating (but I will) that what you don't do is tell a story without seriously thinking the damn thing through. This isn't novel, what Fincher is doing. A plan of attack is at the heart of masterful filmmaking since it became an art form and I believe part of the reason we can be astounded today is that tech has made it easier to tell a story without crafting one. And I'm not relegating his achievements by saying the man seems to be doing his job. Rather I'm implying a larger margin hardly are. I believe it helps to appreciate really great directors as obsessive. That last comment, likely the most telling, says it all. He knows you want to watch, he knows you need to know and he's going to play with you.
I just finished sharing this with my folks at school as thesis productions are hitting their stride. Since the video uses itself as an example, it re-contextualizes the basics we learn in narrative but for ENG work that supports BTS and on-set vignettes, pitch videos and other campaign or promo footage. Since we're just getting off the ground in learning how to provide added-value content for our shorts, understanding how these tips - which also work in narrative - can be applied in this instructional space reminds us and organizes for us some great strategies that can also be used to tell the story about the story. Thank you.