by Film School | Mar 28, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #390 White Lies A small lie. A sentence I didn’t actually write, or a shot I didn’t really shoot that I pass off as my own. Or I didn’t actually do something the way I said I did. How big of a deal are these kinds of lies or omissions?...
by Film School | Mar 25, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #389 The Lady Vanishes (1938) Nuns don’t wear high heels… A woman has disappeared into thin air, on a train no less. But when Iris Henderson reports it, nobody believes her. In fact, nobody on the train even knows who she’s talking...
by Film School | Mar 21, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #388 Good vs. Great What’s the difference between good…and great? Think about how each of those words makes you feel. The contrast is pretty dramatic, isn’t it? Like, MILES different, not inches. So, if the difference between good and...
by Film School | Mar 18, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #387 Young and Innocent (1937) Oh Robert, if only things would turn out all right… A woman’s body washes ashore. A young man is seen fleeing from the sight of it. But…did he do it? That’s the question the local constable’s...
by Film School | Mar 14, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #386 You Need A Shock-Proof Sh*t Detector Ernest Hemingway famously once said: “The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector.” We all must be able to distinguish between good storytelling and bad...
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