What makes him so great is he understands all aspects of film making. He is a director DOP Keygrip gaffer props master casting director set designer at heart.... He’s done it all over the years honing his craft. So he gets the big picture. So he hires right. He is able to give clear and decisive information to those people working for him. Thus he can concentrate more on the subtleties that contribute to a great film. He is great because he is clear and concise and knows he has a great team behind him. The secret to his success is he truly realizes he is the sum of his parts. And it takes more than Steven to make a film great. If this guy thanks you in a speech he means it.
but he's never been a DP, a Key Grip, a Gaffer, or a Set Designer. he hasn't done it all. since Amblin' he's always been only a director. he learned about what these positions did during Film School and his work in TV but that's it. he talks about this at length. he's not like Fincher who's done every position in the film industry.
His technique of restricting us to show what we want know, and meanwhile he takes us through a few seconds for the imagination to build up. He knows imagination is powerful than reality. Spielberg❤️
I watched this video before seeing Fabelmans. When I watched the Fabelmans, I was astonished to find myself counting the amount of point of thoughts like counting the number of fish in a sea.
Please analysis how Spielberg directing complicated action sequences visually, like flying wing scene in Raiders and tank fights scene in Crusade, thanks.
I can't wrap my head around that shot from your short The Pirate Captain Toledano! It feels so Spielbergian I would have bet money that it was from "Hook" or some other Spielberg movie that I've not seen yet.
This is GREAT!!! I've really been studying Spielberg lately and I hadn't noticed this. Fantastic insight. Also subscribing to your channel. AWESOME stuff.
One of the most complex things when you start transforming your script into a movie is the choice of eyes lines. It is one of those things that when you come home with the footage and you feel like saying: Holy shit! That's no good. A millimeter to the right or more to the left can ruin all meaning.
Thanks for the excellent video. It shows that, regardless of the character or the type of story being told, one of the most important thing a filmmaker needs is Empathy.
Wow, lots of useful information on this channel. Thanks StudioBinder! I'm also trying out your software and it's really clean and easy to use. Must have for any independent filmmaker projects.
though I enjoyed this video but a little to add to it. at 2:40 , Indiana jones eyes move in the direction of action, (the basket carried away from right to left) his eyes move from left to right, he has seen the visual but the call for help is the conformation for the action .
An interesting point. An apologist would suggest this: Although we have two eyes, one is always 'dominant'. If Brody's left eye is dominant, and this guy is looking at his right eye, the shot still works... sort of... But really, it's an awkward composite shot that's meant to elicit the 'feel' of a POV shot - an early indicator of Spielberg's preference for showing an image that expresses an emotional perspective, rather than just a literal perspective. Good catch!
2:04 you are very wrong my dear friend. THAT IS HITCHCOCK 101. 2:20 ---- so many Hitchcock films show POV that mimics POVs, but they are not looking..... Hitchcock used both the "pov sandwich" as you call it (and I do it in my own films as well), but he also loved showing the character's imagination, disguised as a POV.
The POV is not literally (figuratively) through the character's eyes, the subjective camera is literally (figuratively) through the character's eyes. Cinema 101.
Not a good video. It only bothers you because YOU WOULD do a POV instead of a close up. There is no such thing as "point of thought". It is called a close up. I watched this video as it poped up on the front for some reason. But I'm telling you if you don't know what angle do you want to use or what do you want to show to the audience, then a cr*p video like this ain't gonna help. Spielberg is a good director but this video does not explain anything. It tells false things. A directing style contains various trademarks of a director. Not that someone uses close ups. In fact what this video is talking about is not even a trademark of Spielberg's. A trademark is that he uses mirror shots, he shows silhouettes. These are trademarks. These are in his every single movie. Not everyone does these things. That's why it is a trademark. But everyone uses close ups. Everyone. Nolan's biggest trademark is playing with time. He does it in every single movie. Not everyone does that. The worst video I've ever seen. + This guy calls himself a director and writer? For real? First of all to be a director you need to direct a movie that gets into a cinema. If you put it on youtube or anything like that it won't make you a director. Noone gives a f*ck about that you recorded some sh*t. Like if you own a car and if you even go out to the tracks and you drive some laps it won't make you a racer. You will not get into a race. So you can't call yourself a racer/pilot. That's why you can't call yourself a director or writer. You have some short and feature titles under your name on imdb, all of them trash, all of them was financed by yourself, none of them were in a single cinema. I'm not even talking about getting a distributor or anything like that to get into hundreds of cinemas. No. I talk about just a single cinema. This is just pathetic man. Like well known people that direct commercials, music videos and shorts do not call themselves director. If it comes up they say they directed a short, a commercial. They don't call themselves a director. You ain't a Shane Black who's a really bad director but he is one atleast.
I actually thought this sandwich thing, as you call it, was standard practice - I use it in my own work - but now you mention it you're right, others don't. Must have picked it up from Spielberg whom I grew up worshipping, watching his films more times than I dare say for embarrassment ('Get a life!' some will cry). If you're going to be unduly influenced by someone, make it a great filmmaker like Spielberg.
When you watch one particular filmmaker's work a lot, a lot of that filmmaker's instinct will bleed into yours and influence how you make movies. Watch Spielberg's idols. He does A LOT of what they did, but I think a good amount of it is unconscious. Not only does he do what they did, he BUILDS on their work just as this video shows how he built upon Hitchcock's work or more specifically, one of his techniques.
StudioBinder It drives me nuts every time I watch Poltergeist and it says the director of the movie is Tobe Hooper when there’s so many of Spielberg’s techniques (POV, emotion, thoughts, one long take, wide shot, etc.) in it, it’s clearly a Spielberg movie.
Ironic considering Spielberg is very much a combination of Hitchcock AND the French New Wave. If you watch the 400 Blows, its very reminiscent of the way Spielberg focuses on the pov of children in E.T.
So I know Sir Steven here has an amazing eye for movies. Literally 20 min ago I was thinking about how movies are almost the same and can be predictable nowadays. I myself thought if I were a director what would I do? Well, I’m a person who wears my heart on my sleeve proudly. Putting that into the equation I thought... hmmm I would want my audience to feel and be the characters. I then thought of Steven and wondered how the hell he made damn good movies like what made his movies so unique and different from all the others. I knew nothing about his style of directing. Watched 3 min of this video and was surprised he thought the same way. I don’t know why I shared this but I thought it was cool. 🤓
I think this video has missed a subtly of Spielberg's film making and editing. Spielberg's isn't actually using a Point of Thought. Spielberg is using something subtler. Each different shot just shows each characters different facial expression. This gives us their emotions. Spielberg's real brilliance was in his ability to tell stories. Showing different facial expressions, is a standard film making method. I don't think it was invented by Spielberg
What makes him so great is he understands all aspects of film making. He is a director DOP Keygrip gaffer props master casting director set designer at heart.... He’s done it all over the years honing his craft. So he gets the big picture. So he hires right. He is able to give clear and decisive information to those people working for him. Thus he can concentrate more on the subtleties that contribute to a great film. He is great because he is clear and concise and knows he has a great team behind him. The secret to his success is he truly realizes he is the sum of his parts. And it takes more than Steven to make a film great. If this guy thanks you in a speech he means it.
Preach, brother!
but he's never been a DP, a Key Grip, a Gaffer, or a Set Designer. he hasn't done it all. since Amblin' he's always been only a director. he learned about what these positions did during Film School and his work in TV but that's it. he talks about this at length. he's not like Fincher who's done every position in the film industry.
@@watchedbyadrien I thought Spielberg never went to film school?
His technique of restricting us to show what we want know, and meanwhile he takes us through a few seconds for the imagination to build up. He knows imagination is powerful than reality. Spielberg❤️
His technique is to spoonfeed the audience ridiculous pap that doesn't challenge them at all. He is a failed filmmaker who made a lot of money.
“Point of thought”... It makes perfect sense
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Spielberg makes watching his movies very exciting. I miss the days when he was in his prime. He's very special.
I think once he stuck with his DP after Schindler’s list his films have changed. I preferred the time before
I don’t know what I’m more amazed by, you figuring out Spielberg’s technique or your facial hair
Great work... Steven Spielberg is a genius.He's my childhood hero.Thanks...
I watched this video before seeing Fabelmans. When I watched the Fabelmans, I was astonished to find myself counting the amount of point of thoughts like counting the number of fish in a sea.
Great video! Thanks! Spielberg's movies didn't get old!
Glad you like it! What's your favorite Spielberg movie?
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This was super helpful and thought provoking! Thank you so much! 😄
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Please analysis how Spielberg directing complicated action sequences visually, like flying wing scene in Raiders and tank fights scene in Crusade, thanks.
That's a great idea; I've just passed it along to the team. :)
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I can't wrap my head around that shot from your short The Pirate Captain Toledano! It feels so Spielbergian I would have bet money that it was from "Hook" or some other Spielberg movie that I've not seen yet.
Whoa!!!! This is brilliant! The scene with all the baskets in the crowded marketplace makes so much sense!! That's GENIUS!!!!
This is GREAT!!! I've really been studying Spielberg lately and I hadn't noticed this. Fantastic insight.
Also subscribing to your channel. AWESOME stuff.
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Point of Thought...
I never would have thought of that...
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AFTER WATCHING THIS. I KNOW HOW YOUR MUSTACHE THINKS.
I'm jealous! I have no idea how my mustache thinks! It certainly has a mind of its own when the weather turns humid.
Guy, you are damn funny, can't stop laughing after reading your post and went to watch the mustache
One of the most complex things when you start transforming your script into a movie is the choice of eyes lines. It is one of those things that when you come home with the footage and you feel like saying: Holy shit! That's no good. A millimeter to the right or more to the left can ruin all meaning.
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Thanks for the excellent video. It shows that, regardless of the character or the type of story being told, one of the most important thing a filmmaker needs is Empathy.
I loved all Steven Spielberg movies
Even "1941"?
Wow, lots of useful information on this channel. Thanks StudioBinder! I'm also trying out your software and it's really clean and easy to use. Must have for any independent filmmaker projects.
This channel is PURE GOLD.
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i come back to this video far too often
Geez, I'm kind of embarrassed to say it, but I got teary eyed just seeing the climax of ET at the end of the video. Such a magical film.
Wow. One of your best videos so far. Great wrok.
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Good work buddy
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Super awesome analysis
Awesome, glad you liked it. We've got more in the works. Who are some other directors or films that you'd like to see us analyze?
Thanks man.... Nice points and well explained
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Thanks bud - what other kinds of stuff are you looking for? We're always brainstorming our next series!
0:12...yeah happens to me too...but that's when you know it's great...you just get lost in it...
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though I enjoyed this video but a little to add to it. at 2:40 , Indiana jones eyes move in the direction of action, (the basket carried away from right to left) his eyes move from left to right, he has seen the visual but the call for help is the conformation for the action .
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THat was a very nice point. Thanks
Do a directing style on John Singleton
Thanks !
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How can we watch any of your movies? Can’t find anything in the description. Would love to see how the author applied the techniques.
Brilliant
Can you post links to your films so we can see how you applied the technique?
The short I mention in the video, "The Pirate Captain Toledano", is available on Amazon Prime: amzn.to/2KMqksH
A must-watch for filmmakers :-)
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Point of thought ❤️
Emotional - close up
Threatened - high angle
I just noticed that 1:48 isn’t a POV. Look at where the guy talking to him is looking
An interesting point. An apologist would suggest this: Although we have two eyes, one is always 'dominant'. If Brody's left eye is dominant, and this guy is looking at his right eye, the shot still works... sort of... But really, it's an awkward composite shot that's meant to elicit the 'feel' of a POV shot - an early indicator of Spielberg's preference for showing an image that expresses an emotional perspective, rather than just a literal perspective. Good catch!
The fact that you say he his using dominance between the eyes is very interesting. Thanks
2:04 you are very wrong my dear friend. THAT IS HITCHCOCK 101. 2:20 ---- so many Hitchcock films show POV that mimics POVs, but they are not looking..... Hitchcock used both the "pov sandwich" as you call it (and I do it in my own films as well), but he also loved showing the character's imagination, disguised as a POV.
LOVE P.O.T.
I see what you did there
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World's Greatest directors all time
1) Steven Spielberg
2) Peter Jackson
3)James Cameron
not really...
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I feel like you know what you're talking about because of that hat
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Oh right. :P
Stanley Kubrick??
Kubrick lulled audiences with safe circles, then gave them one that killed them.
3:45 anyone see anabella???
The POV is not literally (figuratively) through the character's eyes, the subjective camera is literally (figuratively) through the character's eyes. Cinema 101.
Semantics is not cinema 101
That "style" must be some kind of crime. (I'm not referring to Spielberg but to the guy with the icky hat and over-the-top beard.)
genius thoughts ..how to understand what they presented
Glad we could help!
I completely disagree with chase scene in the market, how is not a pov?
because he didn't actually see the basket, the basket is totally somewhere else, he heard the screaming, so it's not a p.o.v
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He almost looks like Martin Scorsese
ugh - why do they not show the names of those who are talking on their videos ??
Lose the hat and definitely lose the stache. Otherwise, all good!
The alien story was stolen from indian director..he made it first but was stolen by an American
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Not a good video. It only bothers you because YOU WOULD do a POV instead of a close up.
There is no such thing as "point of thought". It is called a close up.
I watched this video as it poped up on the front for some reason.
But I'm telling you if you don't know what angle do you want to use or what do you want to show to the audience, then a cr*p video like this ain't gonna help.
Spielberg is a good director but this video does not explain anything. It tells false things.
A directing style contains various trademarks of a director. Not that someone uses close ups.
In fact what this video is talking about is not even a trademark of Spielberg's.
A trademark is that he uses mirror shots, he shows silhouettes. These are trademarks. These are in his every single movie. Not everyone does these things. That's why it is a trademark. But everyone uses close ups. Everyone.
Nolan's biggest trademark is playing with time. He does it in every single movie. Not everyone does that.
The worst video I've ever seen. + This guy calls himself a director and writer? For real?
First of all to be a director you need to direct a movie that gets into a cinema. If you put it on youtube or anything like that it won't make you a director. Noone gives a f*ck about that you recorded some sh*t.
Like if you own a car and if you even go out to the tracks and you drive some laps it won't make you a racer. You will not get into a race. So you can't call yourself a racer/pilot.
That's why you can't call yourself a director or writer. You have some short and feature titles under your name on imdb, all of them trash, all of them was financed by yourself, none of them were in a single cinema. I'm not even talking about getting a distributor or anything like that to get into hundreds of cinemas. No. I talk about just a single cinema. This is just pathetic man. Like well known people that direct commercials, music videos and shorts do not call themselves director. If it comes up they say they directed a short, a commercial. They don't call themselves a director.
You ain't a Shane Black who's a really bad director but he is one atleast.
Watch this video again. I think you got distracted and missed some key points. Perhaps it was the mustache?
tell us how you really feel...
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Spielberg's "ET" is illegally stolen from SATYAJIT RAY's great story BANKU BABUR BANDHU.
That's a fake mustache beard
Spielberg is a lousy director.
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I actually thought this sandwich thing, as you call it, was standard practice - I use it in my own work - but now you mention it you're right, others don't. Must have picked it up from Spielberg whom I grew up worshipping, watching his films more times than I dare say for embarrassment ('Get a life!' some will cry). If you're going to be unduly influenced by someone, make it a great filmmaker like Spielberg.
Yes! Who better than Spielberg? 😉
When you watch one particular filmmaker's work a lot, a lot of that filmmaker's instinct will bleed into yours and influence how you make movies. Watch Spielberg's idols. He does A LOT of what they did, but I think a good amount of it is unconscious. Not only does he do what they did, he BUILDS on their work just as this video shows how he built upon Hitchcock's work or more specifically, one of his techniques.
“There is no good influence.”
-Oscar Wilde
Focus on your own thing.
Spielberg's dolly shots are always epic. So much depth in his shots. Close Encounters has many moments like the Tanker scene in the desert.
What’s your favorite Spielberg “point of thought” shot? Let us know!
StudioBinder It drives me nuts every time I watch Poltergeist and it says the director of the movie is Tobe Hooper when there’s so many of Spielberg’s techniques (POV, emotion, thoughts, one long take, wide shot, etc.) in it, it’s clearly a Spielberg movie.
A few Doc and Marty scenes come to mind...
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Ironic considering Spielberg is very much a combination of Hitchcock AND the French New Wave. If you watch the 400 Blows, its very reminiscent of the way Spielberg focuses on the pov of children in E.T.
So I know Sir Steven here has an amazing eye for movies. Literally 20 min ago I was thinking about how movies are almost the same and can be predictable nowadays. I myself thought if I were a director what would I do? Well, I’m a person who wears my heart on my sleeve proudly. Putting that into the equation I thought... hmmm I would want my audience to feel and be the characters. I then thought of Steven and wondered how the hell he made damn good movies like what made his movies so unique and different from all the others. I knew nothing about his style of directing. Watched 3 min of this video and was surprised he thought the same way.
I don’t know why I shared this but I thought it was cool. 🤓
i guess you should go and make movies then
Great video! Thank you! We need more of these!
Guillaume Le Moal We got you covered!
We have a lot more in the works, stay tuned!
Jaws, Raiders, 1941 are pure Spielberg, others are stretch for him.
His ET copied from (the idea and very similar plot)satyajeet Rey's The alien which was unreleased movie of him
This is probably the best filmmmaking channel youtube ngl
I think Spielberg sort of lost his touch around the time "Warhorse" came out. Haven't seen anything too impressive from him since before that
He makes masterpieces but James Cameron wins hearts
This was so good!
Glad you liked it! What was your favorite part? 😃
I think this video has missed a subtly of Spielberg's film making and editing. Spielberg's isn't actually using a Point of Thought. Spielberg is using something subtler. Each different shot just shows each characters different facial expression. This gives us their emotions. Spielberg's real brilliance was in his ability to tell stories. Showing different facial expressions, is a standard film making method. I don't think it was invented by Spielberg
The emphasis is on when and how he shows the character’s emotions. No, this has not been the standard in all films. It’s just hasn’t. Should be!
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Is that pirate in the last movie mentioned Geoffrey Rush, it looks very much like him :)
Ha! No - the actor is Stephen DeCordova, and he's excellent.