Paul Thomas Anderson: Four Basics
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2015
- There are a handful of filmmakers whose craft is a cut above the rest. Paul Thomas Anderson has "it." This video essay breaks PTA's style down into four basic areas. Although there are a ton of elements that go into his creative process from start to finish that aren't outlined here, you can get a lot of mileage from following the following rules:
1.) Move the camera!
2.) Incorporate light and color into your production design
3.) Write and shoot for characters. The performers will be drawn to work that gives them meaty scripts to work from.
4.) Include sound and score into your process from the onset.
This video is intended for educational purposes only, and the creator holds no copyright on any of the material referenced in the essay. Thanks for watching!
A link to the PTA commentary on Max Ophuls (1930's): • Paul Thomas Anderson o... - Фільми й анімація
One of the top movies of the last several years is imho hands down the Master, it really felt like a real movie, not a "movie-in-pretense" or any "undercooked" picture. Felt like a novel-in-the-shape-of-a-movie. Also liked Inherent Vice.
I loved The Master and all of PTAs other works but even after 3 viewings, Inherent Vice eludes me. I think it’s the abundance scenes with long, drawn-out, quiet dialogue and that I haven’t read the book. Should I go back for round 4?
Agree. The Master is my top film of this decade.
@D T - might be a good idea if you read the book then do round 4.
D T its supposed to evoke a feeling. Maybe you havent felt the feeling of slowly losing your life and morals to marijuana and pills while the world moved on eithout you. Inherant Vice is a dark movie in my opinion. Its an examination of the death of the hippie
The Master is my top film of this decade. Requires multiple views. Its the only modern film that compares with Kubricks best works.
Joaquin Shang what’s your top ten?
@@randywhite3947 And yet it was not nominated for the best film.
@@adityachaurasia2532 not any of Anderson's films.
What’s your top ten?
This is a brilliant analysis of why Paul Thomas Anderson is a great filmmaker. Well done!
You should do more of these. Thanks for the hardwork!
Nice. Thanks for putting this together.
WHY did you CHANGE There Will Be Blood's score during 5:01 when you're pointing out how incredible the score is?!?!! that specific song isn't used at that specific moment. c'mon man. what are you doing?
This bother me a lot too. It took me out of the video.
Awesome stuff! Looking forward to more.
This is fabulous! Informative and entertaining :)
Great video! Thanks Lanny!
P.T.A., my filmic savior..
You need to make some more videos! That was awesome!
Great PTA breakdown
do more of this vids man! great job :)
this is great, im actually doing an essay on him for film class so this helps.
make more about filmmakers. This is beautifully done. Im gonna subscribe to see what comes next. great job
very very interested. Dope.
Awesome as man!!
thank you for making this...more analysis please
Great stuff! Thanks 👍
Good video! Although I can assure you Bob Elswit isn't opping his own steadicam shots. ;)
Thanks for sharing man!!
Great video!
Great video!! Could you please add the link to the talk by pt Anderson that you have at the beginning of the video...
Very awesome man. You planning to do more videos about film?
Great job men. Do you have any web / blog / something where we can find more about your vids - analysis - info? Thx again. Sucribed.
whats the song that plays in the background at the start and finish? thanks
Great job, +Lanny Boyer, I'm subscribing.
Thanks, Tony. I've got some work to do!
i like the way you cut
what's the song that starts around 2:30?
Does anyone know the author quintessential of PTA? I absolutely adore the way he writes. He puts so much thought and care into everything in his stories. But I've seen all of his films and I need more! Any books or authors that are similar to PTA and his work would be highly appreciated. (And yes, I've already read "Inherent Vice" and "Oil!") BTW your breakdown is perfect.
***** I do like me some Kaufman. Thanks!
Robert Altman is arguably his most direct influence (Short Cuts, The Long Goodbye and so on). Also Werner Herzog for his attention to detail (Fitzcarraldo). Others I could name, but know of them you probably already would.
And I Oh yeah, I remember hearing about how Altman is PTA's role model. I'll have to check them out. Thank you!
Great Video
Well made, rivals Ralph Sepe. Tell me when you do more!
Great video! Just started getting into his movies recently. Saw Magnolia a couple years ago, and watched Inherent Vice today. Both are great films. I think it would be interesting and funny if PTA got Hugo Weaving to work on one of PTA's films, especially considering the "Mr.Anderson, Welcome Back" line from Matrix 2 xD.
what is the song in the end?
Number 1 basic of PTA would be his characters. You can't even argue otherwisem
these four elements are def. present in most of his filmography, and he is great at all these things, but i think i take some issue with thesis that doing all these will automatically make a film great.
like, PTA does great moving camera stuff & needle drops, but he does other stuff more and more as he makes films. one of the most rivetting sequences he's done (the processing scene in the master) is almost entirely still-frame & musicless. or the confrontation bertween Sandler & Hoffman at the end of PDL, is a still two-shot with no music.
this isnt to give you shit mind you, but i think it's a little more accurate to say that PTA (and other giants) are great bc they understand moments that need music & movement, & moments to just siddown & let the actors read the script (which are increasingly original, funny, poetic, moving)
Song at 0:43?!? Pleaaaase
what is the track at 2:30?
Cohen Bros next please
He's the new Kubrick
he's better
not better, but pretty masterful indeed.
P.T. has two or three levels of communication. Sweet! Kubrick has 5 or more.
Who, Fincher?
David Fincher has directed Se7en, Fight Club, The Social Network, Zodiac, and Gone Girl.
Paul Thomas Anderson is underrated and he should direct and write films that are big budgeted and he is a director that should be hailed the same as Scorsese and Kubrick but people don't realize that because they see him as the level of Werner Herzog and the coen brothers type
he should also try and push himself more into genres that are challenging
he worked in all sorts of genres like Western,romance,comedy, psychological,drama,crime etc. but he should try horror,thriller,slasher. I mean Paul Thomas Anderson could make horror to a new direction al
@RicardoMadrid He's among the masters. He joins them in ranks. Scorsese has some hits or miss but PTA's roster is filled with masterpieces. You're what the hip hop community calls an "oldhead". Just because it's old, it doesn't mean it's better. PTA is a master, better than Scorsese when it comes to storytelling and rivals Kubrick. You just sound salty and pretentious.
I honestly thought you were the narrator in Magnolia for a second 🤦♂️😂. You sound alike
The opening score, which one is it
anyone know?
I'm a huge fan of PTA, but jesus fuck this is the most masturbatory thing I've ever seen regarding a director, my god.
Check out Fincher And The Other Way Is Wrong. That's an excellent essay to get off on.. ;)
+Lanny Boyer no, thats actually a bit informative. this is simply splooge
+buffery333 Agreed
Completely disagree. BOTH are extremely informative.
Fuck you, but yeah you're right
Break the Internet Lanny Boyer
Whats the first song from?
+Lanny Boyer Thanks man awesome work on the video too
Under the Skin
The Master
The Lighthouse
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wolf of Wall Street
Blade Runner 2049
Birdman
Whiplash
Annihilation
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Some of the best of the decade imo :)
Love how you talk about adam Sandler's character for half the video but don't mention him on the acting list 😂 Great video btw find myself back here often
I FEEL DIRTY.
Probably my favorite Paul Thomas Anderson: Four Basics Remix so far, but it needs more Snoop Dogg in it.
Will you be posting more film video essays on this channel?
"If you wanna be like PTA you better : ............" what comes next can be perfectly applied to Spanish genius Pedro Almodovar. He's among the Great Ones.......Do you agree?
Haha Robert Elswit definitely does not operate the tracking shots, that's what steadicam operators are for. Dolly tracking yes, but even then he's operating the camera, not the dolly itself.
Lanny Boyer But you’re definitely right, a very physical job nonetheless. Solid work on the video.
Score is not the same thing as the soundtrack bruh
Honestly, your video isn't bad. You have a good eye for movies and does a great job at editing. But, it seems so much to me as a copy of Tony Zhou's Every Frame a Painting ("Hi, my name is Lanny...") and adds so little to what every post about PTA on the internet says, that I kinda got bored.
Anyway, do not stop with your work, youtube really needs good people doing video essays on such important films/filmmakers, just try to do something more unique and besides from copying from others, learn from what they've done and do your best to keep on. I'm just trying to be helpful here, hope that doesn't offend you, good luck!
Lanny Boyer I look forward to more videos!
People are quick to name Tarantino the greatest director of our generation, but then they clearly have not seen all of PTA's work, and kubrick is still better than both of them.
Kubrick's not of this generation however
Bingding Memedream misspoke, didn't mean generation, meant since the age of film, i.e. all time.
DZSignal Ahh I see, Yeah, Tarantio is certainly great but not as much as others that are sometimes overlooked
Bingding Memedream i just get mad when i meet people who think they know a lot about film just because they've seen pulp fiction lol
Lanny Boyer very true! i know seeing pulp fiction early as a teen definitely influenced my tastes later, but i mean i've met people who think kill bill or jackie brown is obscure and it's just headaches... lol
Lanny, when you are saying "the best filmmakers on the planet", you are really speaking about USA, aren't you? (Anyway, PTA is in this group).
No love for Inherent Vice?
More lanny
“aspect ratio like the back of his hand?” 1:45
LANNY . I WONT YOUR MOVIE!
Great video, but I think you omit one of his greatest obsessions, characters working for purpose in their lives. Check this video by Jack's Movie Reviews out: ua-cam.com/video/srFr86htJc4/v-deo.html
Too much tracking and panning, too dizzying
NIce try, but very amateur, naive try. You just say things like a fan boy with no objectivity (except for the camera work, but that goes nowhere). And then you just say a list of great actors. That doesn't mean anything. For what's worth great actors like Frances McDormand, John Voigt, Anthony Hopkins, or John Turturro have worked with Michael Bay. But Reynolds also worked with Uwe Boll, so what's the deal with that.
Too bad he fell off starting with “The Master”
David Lynch dont give a fuck about cinema lmao