How Denis Villeneuve Directs a Film (Filmmaking / Directing Advice)

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  • Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
  • In today’s video we feature Denis Villeneuve and his best filmmaking and directing advice!
    Denis Villeneuve is a French Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is a four-time recipient of the Canadian Screen Award (formerly Genie Award) for Best Direction, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2009, Incendies in 2011 and Enemy in 2013. Internationally, he is known for directing several critically acclaimed films, including the thrillers Prisoners (2013) and Sicario (2015), as well as the science fiction films Arrival (2016) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017).
    His next film, Dune (2021), based on Frank Herbert's novel of the same name is scheduled to be released on October 1, 2021
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    TIMESTAMPS⏰
    00:00 Intro
    00:37 Prep then Improvise
    02:14 Overcome failures by acceptance
    05:00 Maintain your Identity
    06:07 Create tension with realism
    08:30 Qualities of a great DP
    09:47 Seek stronger people
    11:20 Accept that you don’t know everything
    12:52 Film real environments
    14:40 Listen to better ideas
    17:01 Strive to create poetry
    SOURCES ✔
    Denis Villeneuve DP30 Interview
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    • DP/30: Sicario, Denis ...
    • DP/30 @ TIFF '13: Pris...
    Denis Villeneuve on Directing Bladerunner 2049
    • Denis Villeneuve on Di...
    DUNE Movie - Denis Villeneuve Interview | Shanghai International Film Festival
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    Blade Runner 2049 | Denis Villeneuve | Talks at Google
    • Blade Runner 2049 | De...
    'Prisoners' director Denis Villeneuve in Studio Q
    • 'Prisoners' director D...
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  • @AlterCineYT
    @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +149

    Who else is excited for Dune? :)

    • @visualsforyou7120
      @visualsforyou7120 3 роки тому +11

      It's been my most anticipated movie for months. It's kind of painful having to wait.

    • @oniriscope
      @oniriscope 3 роки тому +6

      I sincerely hope we’ll be able to experience it this year...

    • @AllThingsFilm1
      @AllThingsFilm1 3 роки тому +6

      I love Villeneuve's work. I think Blade Runner 2049 is another masterpiece. So, I am very excited for "Dune".

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +1

      @@oniriscope Very likely with limitations at least!

    • @Zaz5y
      @Zaz5y 3 роки тому +2

      @@AllThingsFilm1 Blade Runner 2049 is honestly in my top 3 favorite films of all time. It’s really a modern masterpiece.

  • @proteekbasu5691
    @proteekbasu5691 3 роки тому +190

    This guy is so talented, he's not the next Cameron or Nolan, he's the first Villeneuve

    • @lilmilontiktok
      @lilmilontiktok 2 роки тому +9

      Hes better

    • @redgoatfbi1554
      @redgoatfbi1554 Рік тому +1

      yea man, he rose to their levels & is a unique

    • @hekikoka5792
      @hekikoka5792 10 місяців тому +2

      James Cameron isn’t even in the same league as him!

    • @nobad6843
      @nobad6843 5 місяців тому +1

      Hes better than nolan, his films are much more vivid…and cameron is different

    • @yup9451
      @yup9451 28 днів тому

      Nolan is best still for insanely big ideas and I've been his biggest fan for years, but damn...
      Denis has become my new fav director since Prisoners/ Sicario.
      Denis is the better director when it comes to its films' humanity. The feelings you get from his films are unbelievable.
      Nolan is not that much of a personal/ emotional director. His films feel a bit distanced.
      Perfect example is TDK vs The Batman. The latter is such a character piece, it's emotion, it's amazing. TDK are masterpieces in a different way

  • @dem1456
    @dem1456 3 роки тому +122

    Villeneuve + Deakins + Zimmer = ✨

    • @zamirstuff
      @zamirstuff 2 роки тому +10

      I will always mourn Jóhannsson :'(

    • @jessica5497
      @jessica5497 2 роки тому

      @@zamirstuff 🤍🤍🤍

  • @luisacosta4393
    @luisacosta4393 2 роки тому +22

    I love how highly he speaks about Deakins. A director can’t make his vision come true, if you don’t have a person that can tell a story through a camera.

  • @omarahmad3700
    @omarahmad3700 3 роки тому +10

    “...the poetic aspect of tension is coming from the absence of something...” - Denis Villeneuve

  • @dfreez
    @dfreez 3 роки тому +31

    This will be the director of the century for me. I aspire to be as confident in my ideas and ideologies as him.
    Great documentary. Very well put together

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +2

      Thank you! Glad you enjoyed this

  • @adityaparmar6433
    @adityaparmar6433 3 роки тому +62

    Can't wait for dune.. This guy has the best rate in sci fi along with tarkovsky and Nolan

  • @SlugfestWizard
    @SlugfestWizard Рік тому +5

    Villeneuve...so well spoken as a director.

  • @DelightLovesMovies
    @DelightLovesMovies 3 роки тому +32

    I love Denis Villeneuve and his films. I can listen to him talk about it all day.

  • @manuelmessner7908
    @manuelmessner7908 Рік тому +3

    "i love people that are stronger than me"
    and i love to listen to people that are smarter than me
    Thanks for this great video

  • @JayJoel97
    @JayJoel97 9 місяців тому +2

    Denis Villeneuve is incredible - how in the world does he turn these fantastic movies around so quickly?? Prisoners (2013), Enemy (2013), Sicario (2015), Arrival (2016), Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 👏 👏

  • @trediaz4012
    @trediaz4012 3 роки тому +20

    A true artist. Gifted beyond my imagination.

  • @travisspazz1624
    @travisspazz1624 3 роки тому +73

    The best director for like 12 years now! Not a single miss!!

    • @isaackmojica8302
      @isaackmojica8302 3 роки тому +4

      paul thomas anderson for me

    • @mathieuregniez769
      @mathieuregniez769 3 роки тому +3

      Hum...Incendies, Polytechnique and Blade Runner 2049 ? And best director really ? I mean, ther are Robert Reggers, Ari Aster, Bong Joon-Ho or Damien Chazelle who are faaar better than him. Villeneuve is a yes man, a good one but a yes man

    • @isaackmojica8302
      @isaackmojica8302 3 роки тому +1

      @@mathieuregniez769 Roger eggers is my favorite of that list

    • @mathieuregniez769
      @mathieuregniez769 3 роки тому +1

      @@isaackmojica8302 The Lighthouse😍😍😍

    • @JuanHernandez-ze3si
      @JuanHernandez-ze3si 3 роки тому +10

      @@mathieuregniez769 All the director you mentioned are great and all but their films a lot of the time requires the viewers to be a fan of film in general, with a higher understanding of the medium. What's great about Denis Villeneuve is that he can make films that will be engaged and be enjoyed by both avid film viewers as well as average cinema-goers. With the exception of "ENEMY" which is not really embraced by the latter.

  • @jobsmine
    @jobsmine 2 роки тому +22

    I think Denis is by far one of the best directors of this present time. He's even better than Nolan as a director but his scripts are written in very few words compared to Nolan. Nolan on the other hand might have better story writings but he suffers from over exposition and thus isn’t a flushed-out director as Denis. The two are phenomenal actors with each having a unique advantage and choices over the other. Nolan is good at making blockbuster films with a bit faster editing with close-up shots. If you take notice Nolan never ever shoots a wide scene. Denis on the other hand does a wide shot. This is why Denis will probably be ranked a bit higher than Nolan in terms of directing, and his movies are more likely to win Oscars than Nolan. Warner Bros are really lucky to have them as their future partner. Too bad Nolan went to Universal now tho.

    • @spyral00
      @spyral00 2 роки тому +6

      I feel like Nolan has something a bit immature showing up in his films. There's always a childish, unfinished quality to them, behind all the fantastic, ambitious writing and directing. DV, on the other hand, seems always more mature and like his movies are talking to full-grown adults, while harboring an equal amount of creativity and ambition than Nolan's films. In the end, I like both of them, but I have a slight preference for DV's work.

    • @jobsmine
      @jobsmine 2 роки тому

      @@spyral00 couldn’t agree more.

    • @animeking1853
      @animeking1853 5 місяців тому

      ​@@spyral00there is no comparison between Nolan and DV. Nolan can't make movie like blade runner and DV can't make movie like inception

    • @spyral00
      @spyral00 5 місяців тому

      @@animeking1853 I don't like Nolan... is not what I said at all. I'm glad he exists and is able to make movies. The prestige is one of my favorite films. As for comparing them, well, I just did, so yes it's possible.

  • @AllThingsFilm1
    @AllThingsFilm1 3 роки тому +36

    I love these interviews with Directors. There is so much to learn from and be inspired by them.

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +4

      Definitely :) glad you enjoyed this

  • @pierrezapata90
    @pierrezapata90 3 роки тому +22

    Absolutely ecstatic for Dune! Been waiting this whole pandemic hah

  • @emasubba3104
    @emasubba3104 2 роки тому +7

    Watching Villeneuve talk about cinema is beautiful, he talks with so much passion and zeal about his work.. I feel its a privilege to get to enjoy movies created by him.

  • @robertobuatti7226
    @robertobuatti7226 3 роки тому +36

    Very inspirational and insightful words from a fantastic Filmmaker. I could listen to him all day on the process of Filmmaking and the magic of cinema.

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +5

      Glad you enjoyed this!

    • @robertobuatti7226
      @robertobuatti7226 3 роки тому +2

      @@AlterCineYT Oh yes definitely, thank you for the video absolutely loved it.

  • @oniriscope
    @oniriscope 3 роки тому +22

    Denis Villeneuve is clearly a visionary Director! From his approach to filmmaking to the feeling after experiencing his films is almost as if he prints in others a part of his identity.
    His films are haunting!
    I still think to ENEMY ending.
    His filmography has the same kind of aura as of Andreï Tarkovski!
    Thanks a ton for sharing these lesson without quoting or changing the original discourse.

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +3

      He is an incredible genius. We'll always strive to deliver their original message. Glad to enjoyed!

    • @joaovitor9673
      @joaovitor9673 3 роки тому

      I dont see nothing of Tarkovsky on his work, i think Nuri Bilge Ceylan works resemble more of that Andrei Tarkovsky.

    • @oniriscope
      @oniriscope 3 роки тому +1

      @@joaovitor9673 hmm... interesting.
      I find Villeneuve movies to be very intimate and it makes even more sense watching this AlterCine lesson/Edit (he does it “his way”).
      Film sometimes ends up being a very subjective thing and that’s exactly the beauty of cinema in my opinion, as long as we feel something that’s what matters.

  • @ashwinkusuma320
    @ashwinkusuma320 3 роки тому +10

    i just finished making my first film... its been a lifelong dream to make a movie.... this video has given great great joy!! thank you so much for this!!

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому

      Congrats on your first film! I hope it went well and glad you enjoyed this one!

    • @SightForMemories
      @SightForMemories Рік тому

      Remember form and presence... and also a slither of good luck :)

  • @PeloquinDavid
    @PeloquinDavid 3 роки тому +13

    I really enjoyed this. I've now seen most of Villeneuve's films and what I most appreciate is his ability to inflict complex emotional gut punches upon the audience while also challenging your brain to figure out what's happening. It's the particular balance/mix of those two things that's his trademark, I think.
    Dune will be a challenge for me in this regard, however, because I already know the story very well and won't likely have too many mysteries to figure out in the film. I still want/expect to have my gut wrenched in unexpected ways, mind you... and some unexpected "pretty pictures" / "eye candy" would be nice too!

  • @malicsgabor
    @malicsgabor 3 роки тому +8

    Best of his generation.

  • @erikschwartz1214
    @erikschwartz1214 2 роки тому +4

    Arrival is a Dune prequel. The aliens are guild navigators on No-Ships

  • @Angels-3xist
    @Angels-3xist 3 роки тому +9

    I once heard that life is creation and creation is the easiest and most immediate response to death. The layers of creation he expresses his passion over each have their own individual form of life in their process and he appreciates every single one of them such as the visual and freeform simplicity within storyboarding or the complex social collaboration in working with teams and sets. I suppose one of the difficulties is learning how to appreciate the more abstract forms that the creation lives through, such as arguing with a producer. That must be part of how the life takes shape, too... I guess it’s whether it really is helping the life of the creation or stifling it that becomes the issue.

  • @FordFrames
    @FordFrames 3 роки тому +6

    my favorite director!!

  • @selectyourchoice1321
    @selectyourchoice1321 3 роки тому +3

    He is one of my favourite director.

  • @stagename2
    @stagename2 2 роки тому +1

    His explication of tension is invaluable

  • @mupicap7927
    @mupicap7927 3 роки тому +3

    He always using one character POV, really focus on the character

  • @bookeblade
    @bookeblade 3 роки тому +2

    My favorite director working today,” master

  • @thejacobbunn
    @thejacobbunn 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks so much for getting an interview with him. I really enjoy his insights especially after watching and growing from his movies!

  • @filmsbydiek7316
    @filmsbydiek7316 3 роки тому +7

    So good. Great to compile all of this wisdom and inspiration from perhaps the greatest working director today. Thank you!

  • @mireillelebeau2513
    @mireillelebeau2513 2 роки тому

    I learn so much Thanks for this interview

  • @Artat4k
    @Artat4k 2 роки тому

    Thank you for doing this video

  • @vinceduque7115
    @vinceduque7115 Рік тому +1

    Just saw Sicario again on the big screen in Paris - so brilliant I wanted to get to know Denis as a filmmaker - thanks for this. What a great video. Merci beaucoup.

  • @secretsofdune
    @secretsofdune 3 роки тому +4

    Great video. Very well put together. Well done!

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +1

      Thank you! Dune ❤️❤️❤️

  • @MikePhilbin1966
    @MikePhilbin1966 Рік тому +1

    Sounds like a great guy to work with. :)

  • @Jimbrosss
    @Jimbrosss 3 роки тому +3

    thx for making a video of my favorite director!

  • @yashark1893
    @yashark1893 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you for creating these inspirational videos. So much to learn.

  • @SnoopyDoofie
    @SnoopyDoofie 2 роки тому +3

    Liberating a director by letting them do it as they see fit is the way to make a great film. But letting a music composer write the score without ever seeing the film makes an even greater film.

  • @D3cker1
    @D3cker1 2 роки тому +1

    "I have more control by delegating to other people" 😄😄

  • @maniravandi5983
    @maniravandi5983 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome

  • @DelightLovesMovies
    @DelightLovesMovies 3 роки тому +4

    Thanks for sharing AlterCine.

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +1

      No problem, glad you enjoyed this!

  • @giambronefilms1668
    @giambronefilms1668 3 роки тому +4

    I liked Blade Runner 2049 significantly better than the original. I saw BR in the theater a couple years back when they re-released, and it did not hold up as I had expected it. I just was not engaged at all.

  • @hauntedhose
    @hauntedhose 3 роки тому +3

    Just found this channel...love it!
    I’d love to see a retrospect on S. Craig Zahler 👈

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому +1

      Glad you're enjoying our channel! Thanks for the suggestion, we'll look into Craig :)

    • @hauntedhose
      @hauntedhose 3 роки тому

      @@AlterCineYT Zahler has a very stylized depiction of violence or bursts of violence used very effectively...it has an effect that really affirms the danger presented on screen while reinforcing the narrative...I find this technique really commands the hero’s struggle and leaves us no choice, but to helplessly root for the protagonist....👍

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому

      @@hauntedhose Awesome insight! Very well and concisely said. Sounds a bit like Villeneuve!

  • @marcus_ohreallyus
    @marcus_ohreallyus 3 роки тому +2

    A modern master

  • @brickstyles8345
    @brickstyles8345 Рік тому +1

    0:20 did he direct this shot too. it's like the last confrontation bn Emily Blunt's Character and Alejandro lol

  • @christianhodgson5201
    @christianhodgson5201 2 роки тому +1

    what is that handheld lens thing he and Deakins are always looking through?

    • @KenTWOu
      @KenTWOu 11 місяців тому +1

      Director's viewfinder allows them to frame shots without carrying entire camera around.

  • @jonathanmorrison9439
    @jonathanmorrison9439 3 роки тому +2

    He looks like Tom Ford in that suit but with more hairline

  • @alizhanseit5650
    @alizhanseit5650 3 роки тому

    💯👍🏼

  • @andrewhill5974
    @andrewhill5974 3 роки тому

    6:03 song?

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  3 роки тому

      That's a score from Blade Runner 2049!

    • @andrewhill5974
      @andrewhill5974 3 роки тому

      @@AlterCineYT i found it- Hans Zimmer "Mesa"

  • @skoomamuch356
    @skoomamuch356 3 роки тому +2

    why his movies are great?
    he plans ahead unlike JJ Abrams

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  • @3-y86
    @3-y86 2 роки тому

    Lol he said bring realism, WTF he used in every time unrealistic light. What the fuck he talking about. If there will be realism he never be used studio lights.

  • @Valkonnen
    @Valkonnen 9 місяців тому

    Dune was the most contrived and lackluster film I've seen in some time. NOTHING happens in the film and it looks like a Dior Ad from Vogue. I can't belive that people actually like it.