by Film School | Oct 7, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #227 Art is Messy (The Evangelion Rant) Hideaki Anno has been making Evangelion for 26 years. 2021 saw the release of the final (?) film in his theatrical film re-make of the 1995 TV series. Ira . . . has become a bit obsessed with the series and...
by Film School | Oct 4, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #226 Schindler’s List (1993) The list is life. All around its margins lies the gulf. Unquestionably, it’s Spielberg’s most “grown-up” film. Even more than Saving Private Ryan–which is also very grown-up–this...
by Film School | Sep 30, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #225 Tips To Hook Your Audience How do you grab your audience? And then once you’ve got their attention, how do you KEEP it? Josh and Ira discuss how they keep in mind their audience’s attention-span, and the tools, tips, and tricks they use...
by Film School | Sep 27, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #224 Vertigo (1958) Only one is a wanderer; two together are always going somewhere . . . Hitch and Jimmy Stew are back together again with a tale of murder, mind-f*ckery, love, and obsession. All pretty much standard golden-era Hitchcock fare, but...
by Film School | Sep 23, 2021 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #223 Story Grid’s 6 Core Questions We ask these questions to do our weekly film breakdowns, so it seemed like a good idea to list them out and explain what each question means and is getting at. So, here you go (courtesy of storygrid.com): 1. What...
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