BEST Filmmaking Lessons From Oscar Winning Director Alfonso Cuaron

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  • Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
  • Today’s director’s insight features Alfonso Cuarón! Alfonso Cuarón is a Mexican film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. Cuaron is the first Mexico-born filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Director.
    Cuaron has received 11 Academy Award nominations, winning four including Best Director for Gravity (2013) and Roma (2018), Best Film Editing for Gravity, and Best Cinematography for Roma. His other notable films from a variety of genres include the family drama A Little Princess (1995), the romantic drama Great Expectations (1998), the coming of age road comedy film Y tu mamá también (2001), the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), and the science fiction dystopian thriller Children of Men (2006).
    He is also well known for his collaborations with one of the greatest cinematographers, “Chivo”, Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC.
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    TIMESTAMPS⏰
    00:00 Intro
    00:39 Every film is a lesson
    01:39 Embrace Accidents
    03:13 Purposeful one takes
    05:06 Build support groups
    07:02 Trust your instincts
    09:25 Don’t explain everything
    SOURCES ✔
    Alfonso Cuarón Interview
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    BAFTA Alfonso Cuarón Interview
    • Alfonso Cuarón on Grav...
    Alfonso Cuaron, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu and Guillermo del Toro - Interview on Charlie Rose
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  • @joseluisanaya5738
    @joseluisanaya5738 3 роки тому +24

    Still remember, up to this day, watching Cuaron directing a scene of “ROMA” (the student protest massacre scene) and everything happened: he embraced every accident since the shooting got stressfully de complicated and with 1500 extras everything was chaotic, the long shot/one take had a purpose, it covered everything in a single panning, he was supported by his whole crew even though the day was running out of time, he trusted his instincts, really remember watching him as a human computer thinking in a higher speed ahead of everyone and blocking his shots as well as being meticulously precise, and everything he learned in every film he let himself go through this movie in particular (having had directed blockbusters and multi-million dollar-budget films), and didn’t have enough explanations, not even in film, everything happened for a reason. 2-days of full work and truly learned a lot from him. He’s a genius master!!!

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +4

      Wow that's incredible and amazing that you got to see this, were you working on Roma?

    • @Organogolddulcegarci
      @Organogolddulcegarci 10 місяців тому

      ​@@AlterCineYTThese guys never reply:/

  • @yomiadejumo
    @yomiadejumo 3 роки тому +11

    One of the best to ever do it , Alfonso Cuaron is such an inspiration

  • @themothermarkos
    @themothermarkos 3 роки тому +11

    I watched Children of Men for the first time when I was 10 years old. Far too young to watch it, but it was the perfect time that in a way I never ever forgot that experience. The first real experience of a film I had where there was truthfulness and allowing mistakes to capture that electricity. The first time I saw the real power of long takes. It moved me so deeply and profoundly.

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +1

      Incredible that film was imbedded so deeply at a young age! You often hear that once you see an Alfonso Cuaron film, you never forget it - I guess it doesn't matter what age!

    • @user-zv7lm8uk7h
      @user-zv7lm8uk7h Рік тому

      Now go watch some BELA TARR like Werkmeister, and grow up...

  • @andrewrogers9808
    @andrewrogers9808 3 роки тому +24

    If possible would you consider doing a directors advice video on Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +9

      Yes we 100% will!! He was already on the list, likely within the next few videos!

    • @adanvargas2339
      @adanvargas2339 3 роки тому +1

      @@AlterCineYT Can’t wait!

  • @andang.9
    @andang.9 3 роки тому +8

    The single shot not for aesthetic reasons, it's not about the beauty but about the language.
    This whole idea that you want to portray the moment of truthfulness, and you want do it in real time which character and environment they have the same weight , or you clash one against the other.

  • @oniriscope
    @oniriscope 3 роки тому +6

    His movies are always a visceral experience!
    Where you can feel character’s humanities...their truthfulness, I think that’s what’s resonates with me the most!
    Thanks guys for sharing this inspiring peace of content.

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +1

      Yes! His movies definitely stand out in that regard, and having Chivo as his DP definitely enhances this experience. Glad you enjoyed this!

  • @soumendra00000000
    @soumendra00000000 3 роки тому +7

    beautiful words of wisdom..god bless, more power:)

  • @LucizenVisuals
    @LucizenVisuals 3 роки тому +7

    underated channel!

  • @fionakida
    @fionakida 3 роки тому +1

    Please do not stop making these - I watch them every time they drop all the way through, phenomenal!

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +1

      Thank you! So glad they are helpful :)

  • @kthx1138
    @kthx1138 11 місяців тому

    Film is a COMMUNICATION medium as well as an art form, communicating ideas and feelings, through the visual and the narrative, dialogue, sound-FX, music.

  • @sabojezles
    @sabojezles 3 роки тому +7

    I think Y Tu Mamá También is his most accomplished film just for the lack of heavy use of special effects, however I truly believe, from my own personal taste that Children of Men is his very best film.

    • @Ivosferatus
      @Ivosferatus Рік тому +2

      "Children of Men", "Roma" and "Y Tu Mamá También" are my favorite films from Cuarón.

    • @sabojezles
      @sabojezles Рік тому

      @@Ivosferatus I have yet to see his very first film, overall he has a very stable and balanced filmography.

  • @bakangjori7908
    @bakangjori7908 3 роки тому +2

    Love this.

  • @MrTagadagada21
    @MrTagadagada21 3 роки тому +2

    These are amazing please continue with more directors! 🙌🏽

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +1

      Will do :)

    • @MrTagadagada21
      @MrTagadagada21 3 роки тому +1

      @@AlterCineYT Thank you! It really helps to understand the craft of director more accurately. It makes it more relatable and approachable (:

  • @rakeshchandan007
    @rakeshchandan007 3 роки тому +2

    my fav

  • @drummer8491
    @drummer8491 3 роки тому +1

    I'm glad he didn't follow his instincts on Great Expectations cause it's one of my favorite movies.

  • @Tribrachidiumheraldicum
    @Tribrachidiumheraldicum 3 роки тому +1

    Maybe it wouldn't get as many views but a video on Nuri Bilge Ceylan would be awesome.

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks for the recco! We'll look into him

    • @Tribrachidiumheraldicum
      @Tribrachidiumheraldicum 3 роки тому +1

      @@AlterCineYT Winter Sleep, The Wild Pear Tree, and Once Upon a Time in Anatolia are the three films I'd love to hear him talk about, those are the three from the last decade where his style drastically changed.

  • @raychen5399
    @raychen5399 3 роки тому +1

    What is the music at 0:27?

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +1

      Deep Breath by Aleksey Chistilin
      (From Artlist)

    • @raychen5399
      @raychen5399 3 роки тому

      @@AlterCineYT thx!!!!!

  • @rendroaryo5387
    @rendroaryo5387 3 роки тому +1

    💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

  • @MikelGCinema
    @MikelGCinema 3 роки тому

    Hes absolutely right, Great Expectations sucked.

  • @Takemeout369
    @Takemeout369 Рік тому

    @AlterCineYT
    Thank you, Thanks a lot !!!