Monday, April 23, 2012

Behind the Scenes - Part 3: Director Jon Croft

Here is the third installment of the Behind the Scenes video series for my first short film "Death Do Us Part".  This episode is about me, the director.  It has a couple of questions I got asked during production of the film last year.



There will be more questions I answer in the future about the film and about my philosophy of filmmaking.  In time I am hoping to have an 'interview series' with numerous questions I need to answer about being a filmmaker and why I am a filmmaker.  These are things I need to do for myself in order to help define what kind of a filmmaker I am and to help me speak more articulately about these sometimes complicated decisions behind filmmaking- not to mention the difficult technical decisions that take place during production and afterwards.  Either way, there is more coming in the next few weeks.

Enjoy and spread around!

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Do My Favorite Directors Know Its The End Of The World?


...Because there are so many upcoming movies and incredible projects by some of my favorite directors that it makes me think that they are making their best and greatest films now- as though there will be no tomorrow!  What can I say- I can't wait to see these films!!  All of these are going to be must-watch cinema but a few of these I am most in love with.  My most highly anticipated are Elysium, Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises, Avengers, Looper, Pacific Rim, The Cabin in the Woods, Django Unchained, The Hobbit, but... 
The Most Greatly Anticipated is... 
PROMETHEUS.  

This film, made by the director who made my favorite film "Blade Runner" is returning to what made him a great director, sci-fi.  Especially the fact that directors are returning to practical effects has me so stoked!  As it comes to the trailers... I think these two trailers may also be some of the best trailers ever made.  I saw it on the big screen and my heart was audibly thumping.  I cannot wait to see that film!

From the 'Good' to 'Best'... I'll show you some of the trailers or a link to some of the latest information on these films.  I always like to leave the best for last but I got two amazing Prometheus trailers on here!  So, enjoy!


The Good:

Moonrise Kingdom by Wes Anderson
  


Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Timur Bekmambetov
  


Total Recall by Len Wiseman



Machete Kills by Robert Rodriguez 


Gravity by Alfonso Cuaron 

World War Z by Marc Forrester 

Oz: The Great and Powerful by Sam Raimi 

Neuromancer by Vincenzo Natali 

Trance by Danny Boyle 

Cloud Atlas by the Wachowski siblings 


The Better:

The Avengers by Joss Whedon 

The Cabin in the Woods Produced by Joss Whedon 

Looper by Rian Johnson 

The Dark Knight Rises by Christopher Nolan 

The Hobbit by Peter Jackson 


Skyfall by Sam Mendez 



Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino 



Elysium by Neill Blomkamp 

Pacific Rim by Guillermo Del Toro 



The BEST:

Prometheus by Ridley Scott 

and the super amazing Extended 2nd trailer that I saw in the theater!


I think these trailers for Prometheus are amazing works of art... they are the best trailers I've seen in a long time!  Ahhhh good times!  Theres gonna be some crazy apocalyptic movie watchin for the next year or so!!  Oh well, I guess if it is "the end times" all I can say is... "It's the end of the world as we know it... and I feel fine."


Friday, April 6, 2012

Behind the Scenes - Part 2: Meet the Crew

The second installment of the Behind the Scenes episodes for my short film "Death Do Us Part" coming out soon in 2012!  This one features our wonderful crew!!


The particular crew featured in this episode...

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Rebecca Croft - Screenwriter, Editor, Producer, Wife (uncredited)
Wheat - Cinematographer
Taylor Girard - BTS Video, Best Boy Lighting (I just squeaked it in there)
John Jones - Gaffer
Trevor Spak - Assistant Camera, Boom Pole Operator
Mici Falvo - Production Manager, Three-Ring Circus Conductor
Antonio Moncada - Production Sound, Awesome Guy
Marcus Koch - SFX Make-up, Backup Three-Ring Circus Conductor
Tom Ingham - Assistant Director, Guy with Coffee

(some of these are not real credits)
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Enjoy & spread it around folks!