I love how Tarantino says "40mm, 50mm. Fuck all that shit" and then Sidney Lumet says "Learn those lenses. To hell with the zoom lense!" Just goes to show that there are so many different techniques and processes to filmmaking.
lol I get what you're saying but 40mm and 50mm are so close that in early stages you don't need to know the difference I think is what Quentin was saying...and those aren't close to what a zoom this is or what a zoom lens does, which would be what Lumet was saying to an extent as well (cause a zoom lense isn't standard for shooting).
As much of a meme as it is, Herzog's 'read, read, read' advice is actually very good. So often I've worked with technically talented filmmakers, all of whom know so much about camera, lighting, the equipment etc. but beyond being able to know how to make a shot look 'cool' or like X or Y's films, they know little about the emotion and storytelling in filmmaking. Often the work, while pretty, suffers as a result. Honestly, I'd say even if you're a cinematographer it's worth reading books on art theory, articles where critics write about famous paintings etc. You gain so much insight into imagery and colour.
@@southlondon86 you can not have poor directing with a good script, especially if you've written it at the first place. A script is the seed to the creation of a Film, it's what sets the vision. Maybe you'll mess up in the quality, the camera will be poorly handled at times because you are not as experienced.... But with a script good enough, all those gaps will be filled. There's a French Short film that relies on Editing, you can almost say it has no physical, set direction. It is storytelling through pictures, it's not even a motion picture. But at a point, you forget that it's not because it just has that great of a script written for it.
Lumet: “you’ll never be a director until you put your eye into that finder” Hitchcock (famously): “I’ve never looked into an eyepiece my whole life” Anything is possible
herzog once said that if he had his own film school he wouldn't talk about the typical staff that film professors talk like analyzing other people's work but go straight for the gutter and Live the adventure of movie making
He's awesome. He's teaching film school in L.A., or at least he was a few years ago. If you find the info on it, his prerequisites & course is really cool
It's fascinating to see all these different filmmakers, with their own unique styles and varying genres of choice, giving advices and perspectives that all add up to the similar themes and ideas. It just goes to show that the best of filmmakers are driven by the same passions and ideals.
That Orson Welles bit is so sad. One of the greatest film directors of all time (Arguably THE best) whose career was run into the ground because the studio butchered his second film, cutting out 45 minutes, changing the ending and burning (Yes BURNING) the original version - which led to a flop. For the rest of Welles career he was desperate for funding to make films, therefore doing ads like shown here. Very sad. He likely would have made ten or more films had they not ruined him.
Orson Welles is truly one-of-a-kind. He took on the Establishment via Citizen Kane, and paid dearly for that at the Oscars - only "Mank" got recognized for the Screenplay, but CK walked out with NO awards, and that was Hollywood's way of "putting Welles in his place". Welles didn't give up or even conform; but it was most difficult to get financing for future projects. Welles was a cinematic genius who never got his just due...:-(
Francis Ford Coppola( FFC) made TWO films that were technically "cancelled" by the studios: The Godfather( he was "fired" FOUR times!) and Apocalypse Now( the Philippine Gov't was fighting an insurgent war and repossessed the helicopters unannounced, and the studio cancelled the film but the word did not get to FFC and crew due to a typhoon. When the studio found out that FFC and Co. was still rebuilding sets with virtually no money, all sweat, the studio just bided their time. Lead actor has heart attack, Harvey Keitel gets fired, a zillion things went wrong but FFC moved forward. FFC was born to make great movies.
fellini went well into the spiritual realm that takes place in making a film. the deep, abstract challenges, the voices in your head. the battle at its deepest place. well said, not even in his first language.
TARANTINO I have to admit really gives me the courage to go out and do my first film..I've always believed I was to suppose to make movie..although I've been in the music business for awhile..but always had a passion for the cinema..so I've started doing that preparing myself to make a movie. I can write and this I know..so I'am not old but not in my twenties..but its the right time for this next venture..
One word: STORYTELLING! I like comedies. Not only because I just like to laugh, but your special effects don't often need to be stellar because , hey, it's comedy, right? In fact, comedies often benefit from stupid, inaccurate shots.
Because of Herzog I’ve stated to read every single day since my last birthday. Been inspired many times since and feel my intellect has increased. In just over 2 months I’ve read 7 books and half way through my 8th. A small milestone but I’m going to continue
Tarantino: Don't worry about technical shit, just show up with real passion. Lumet: Don't worry about caring about the material. Learn the basic technical shit. All of this amounts to the same thing - which is that if you really want to do something you should find a way. Believe in yourself but don't be deluded. None of these guys can really tell you how to avoid failure because they didn't fail. They can only tell you the particular obstacles they thought MIGHT stop them on the way up. The truth is there's two ways to fail: 1) give up; 2) pretend you don't have anything to learn.
Thank you for putting this together. Incredibly inspiring for anyone fitting Tarantino's description of the love for cinema conquers anything . Very inspired to not stop asking Guillermo to produce my films, and of course keep using my minimum wage to fund my own shit while I'm at it.
At the moment I'm going to a film school with pretentious Middle class kids who look down on me for not knowing everything straight away. But I love cinema, I love storytelling, I love being creative I want to make art that people can watch and enjoy. They're not going to stop me. Keep doing you!!! Your love of being creative will reign supreme
The Orson bit at the end, was obviously a commercial for Japanese TV. A train station in Tokyo - Ebisu station uses the zither music to "The Third Man" as their 'station music', the tune that plays when the trains are coming in.
John Carpenter's advice at 2:00 is pretty good. 1.Get a digital camera 2.Start making movies 3.Make it great... Hmm that one's taking me awhile, let me listen to more advice haha
Read read and read I like that advice that's what people haven't done lately no wonder why there's too many comic book films and remakes of the same stories over and over again.
Orson Welles is the most influential film maker on that list. Pretty much writing the book on cinematography and having made what many believe to be the greatest film ever made. He more than likely influenced everyone else on that list in one way or another. And his advice was to drink whiskey. Word.
+PinkFloydrulez Not really. $20,000 is definitely at the upper limit, but assuming you don't have any financial obligations like rent or utilities (of course that's a big assumption) you can earn $10,000 in six months just working at Wal-Mart, if you are full-time. Or get two jobs. Point is, if you really want it to happen, do what you have to do to make it happen.
Great compilation. It was especially satisfying hearing the words of the "titans" covering a few generations. Seems the basic message hasn't changed much, only the technology and ability to actually create something these days. Just glad I'm still alive to take advantage of how easy it is for one to write, film and edit a movie.
To Quentin Tarantino, It depends on what school you go to. Mine is Sunshine College. It is open-minded and they don't send quizzes and tests all the time. Instead, they teach you an enhancing education. English can enhance your script writing skills, history can improve the accuracy of biography and period films, science... If your school was bad, that's when you drop out.
Ironically great how even legends differ on how it should be and that also says about the essence of filmmaking - You have to be you to make the best work !
*My Advice is:* Try to reproduce the scenes that you like, a dinner table scene, a dialogue film, doesn't matter, just do it, and fuck it the set, focus on the camera positions and lights, you will learn a lot. Also, you can watch a movie and think: i dont like this, i can do it difference. Well, then do it,write what you would do different in that scene of movie. Of Course you can do your own movies, but make the famous scenes first to learn the basics and what you would like and dislike in a movie etc *Good Luck*
Bro, watch the rest of the clip. He says that his advice is to not care what people think. Don’t pick and choose shit because you want to join the M Night hate bandwagon.
I have never even thought about being director but after watching it I get a desire to try it but I always had an imagination and used to think up video clips for my favourite music
What is a movie wityout a good soundtrack? There are a lots of movies with bad and terrible soundtracks. Even Disney want her new movies giving the best soundtracks by the best composer of this time. here is a quote about Disney and the movies. ----------------------- 2014 Disney Films Disney has approached her about composing film scores, Joe Illick added. And, unlike some accomplished young musicians, she doesn’t just play the notes correctly, but reaches down into the heart of a piece of music, he said. “She plays someone else’s music as if she were creating it,” Illick said. And she has been composing her own pieces for years. “The ideas she has are totally original,” he said. “Most of us compose by mimicking and altering (works that already exist), but she comes out with a new kind of idea that no one has had before.” Bear’s compositions often are a mixture of classical and jazz styles, he said, ------------------------------- Watch the playlist of Movie Soundtracks composed by Emily Bear
I LOVE that you brought this up. Not just Ed Wood but so many other filmmakers have prbly the same amount of passion for filmmaking that Tarantino does. But i feel more important than being passionate is being critical of what you are making.
I love how Tarantino says "40mm, 50mm. Fuck all that shit" and then Sidney Lumet says "Learn those lenses. To hell with the zoom lense!" Just goes to show that there are so many different techniques and processes to filmmaking.
And sensibilities:-)
I assume both are right in some sense. But yeah, funny.
lol I get what you're saying but 40mm and 50mm are so close that in early stages you don't need to know the difference I think is what Quentin was saying...and those aren't close to what a zoom this is or what a zoom lens does, which would be what Lumet was saying to an extent as well (cause a zoom lense isn't standard for shooting).
So many different techniques and processes in acting too...
Lumet's advice is honestly contradictory to all the other directors' advice in this video
Nothing like getting advice from some wild Coppola you found in the jungle
😂😂😂😂
Gone native
Best advice of all
LOL
I guess he was shooting apocalypse now 😂😂😂😂😂
"If you truly love cinema, with enough passion, then you can't help but make a good movie."
That line by Quentin Tarantino really touched my heart ❤
Advice for young filmmakers: If you're interviewing Fellini, don't zoom into his knee...
+SamJamwich1 i laughed my head off
That guy was getting too inspired.
plot twist: the interviewer was Eric Rohmer
As much of a meme as it is, Herzog's 'read, read, read' advice is actually very good. So often I've worked with technically talented filmmakers, all of whom know so much about camera, lighting, the equipment etc. but beyond being able to know how to make a shot look 'cool' or like X or Y's films, they know little about the emotion and storytelling in filmmaking. Often the work, while pretty, suffers as a result. Honestly, I'd say even if you're a cinematographer it's worth reading books on art theory, articles where critics write about famous paintings etc. You gain so much insight into imagery and colour.
Composition is the word.
They all carry a supportive tone.
Agreed...
Welles whisky might be a risky advice tho hahaah
PTA's advice is very inspirational. Not just for films but for life as well.
Alfred Hitchcock was once asked, What are three prerequisites for making a good film? And he answered, The script, the script, and the script.
haha true
You can have a good script but with a poor director you won’t have a good film.
It's just the anglo-saxon paradigm of making a movie, bullshit.
@@southlondon86 you can not have poor directing with a good script, especially if you've written it at the first place.
A script is the seed to the creation of a Film, it's what sets the vision.
Maybe you'll mess up in the quality, the camera will be poorly handled at times because you are not as experienced....
But with a script good enough, all those gaps will be filled.
There's a French Short film that relies on Editing, you can almost say it has no physical, set direction. It is storytelling through pictures, it's not even a motion picture. But at a point, you forget that it's not because it just has that great of a script written for it.
Torture the woman
Lumet: “you’ll never be a director until you put your eye into that finder”
Hitchcock (famously): “I’ve never looked into an eyepiece my whole life”
Anything is possible
Paul Thomas Anderson's advice is amazing about the fear part, you do get your heart broken, but that's just the learning process. "Don't give a fuck"
herzog once said that if he had his own film school he wouldn't talk about
the typical staff that film professors talk
like analyzing other people's work but go straight for the gutter and Live the adventure of movie making
He's awesome. He's teaching film school in L.A., or at least he was a few years ago. If you find the info on it, his prerequisites & course is really cool
It's fascinating to see all these different filmmakers, with their own unique styles and varying genres of choice, giving advices and perspectives that all add up to the similar themes and ideas. It just goes to show that the best of filmmakers are driven by the same passions and ideals.
That Orson Welles bit is so sad. One of the greatest film directors of all time (Arguably THE best) whose career was run into the ground because the studio butchered his second film, cutting out 45 minutes, changing the ending and burning (Yes BURNING) the original version - which led to a flop. For the rest of Welles career he was desperate for funding to make films, therefore doing ads like shown here. Very sad. He likely would have made ten or more films had they not ruined him.
Orson Welles is truly one-of-a-kind. He took on the Establishment via Citizen Kane, and paid dearly for that at the Oscars - only "Mank" got recognized for the Screenplay, but CK walked out with NO awards, and that was Hollywood's way of "putting Welles in his place". Welles didn't give up or even conform; but it was most difficult to get financing for future projects. Welles was a cinematic genius who never got his just due...:-(
Del Toro fucking nailed it
5x5
Your sister's cousin
this here's yer ma and yer sistr
Coppola's the man. So down to earth and even a little insecure....in the midst of directing one of the best films ever
Francis Ford Coppola( FFC) made TWO films that were technically "cancelled" by the studios: The Godfather( he was "fired" FOUR times!) and Apocalypse Now( the Philippine Gov't was fighting an insurgent war and repossessed the helicopters unannounced, and the studio cancelled the film but the word did not get to FFC and crew due to a typhoon. When the studio found out that FFC and Co. was still rebuilding sets with virtually no money, all sweat, the studio just bided their time. Lead actor has heart attack, Harvey Keitel gets fired, a zillion things went wrong but FFC moved forward. FFC was born to make great movies.
fellini went well into the spiritual realm that takes place in making a film. the deep, abstract challenges, the voices in your head. the battle at its deepest place. well said, not even in his first language.
I'm learning philosophy (terry) I'm reading (werner) I'm loving cinema (Quentin) I just need to practice
And drink G & G, Nika wine
@@scattjax3908 hahahaha
Orson Welles gave the best advice. :)
+atanu patwary with that sultry voice: "perfection"
...
Orson nailed it
5:15 Cameraman planning to rob Fellini
this deserves more likes.
The video or my comment?
both
hilarious
TARANTINO I have to admit really gives me the courage to go out and do my first film..I've always believed I was to suppose to make movie..although I've been in the music business for awhile..but always had a passion for the cinema..so I've started doing that preparing myself to make a movie. I can write and this I know..so I'am not old but not in my twenties..but its the right time for this next venture..
Royal George how did it go?
News?
I love you, Tarantino.
I've come to the point where I watch this almost every goddamn day. Thank you so much for posting this source of inspiration!
great to hear :) keep the faith!
The bit by del Toro is the best one.
Absolutely inspiring.
Suntory time for Orson Welles !!
"don't take media studies"
Well shit. I just started in a Mediaclass
Learn it anyway, dude. Better to know something and not need it, than to need something and not know it.
Christian Slater???
Just don't take it too seriously.
Good job!
shit im already a plumber. started working in film. im set. either way
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How’s it going ?
Thank you for putting this together!!
+Cameron Rose :)
+GAabriel Antunes so inspiring and you inspired me by putting this together. Really than you so much man!!
This young film student from NYC needs your advice to be a amazing cinematographer!
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One word: STORYTELLING! I like comedies. Not only because I just like to laugh, but your special effects don't often need to be stellar because , hey, it's comedy, right? In fact, comedies often benefit from stupid, inaccurate shots.
this is the best thing ive ever watched
the guy that interviewed paul thomas anderson actually also does the voice for zaheer in the legend of korra. fun fact! good day!
Damn, Guillermo Del Toro's so fucking on point. Great guy
Because of Herzog I’ve stated to read every single day since my last birthday. Been inspired many times since and feel my intellect has increased. In just over 2 months I’ve read 7 books and half way through my 8th. A small milestone but I’m going to continue
orson welles convinced me the most.. im sold..
I like zoom lenses. I just watched John Woo's The Killer, yesterday. I LOVE zoom lenses.
Tarantino: Don't worry about technical shit, just show up with real passion. Lumet: Don't worry about caring about the material. Learn the basic technical shit.
All of this amounts to the same thing - which is that if you really want to do something you should find a way. Believe in yourself but don't be deluded. None of these guys can really tell you how to avoid failure because they didn't fail. They can only tell you the particular obstacles they thought MIGHT stop them on the way up. The truth is there's two ways to fail: 1) give up; 2) pretend you don't have anything to learn.
Huge props to Del Toro for acknowleging video games as a new art form.
I love Orson
I will pray for America. Please pray for me.
God Bless you.
Thank you for putting this together. Incredibly inspiring for anyone fitting Tarantino's description of the love for cinema conquers anything . Very inspired to not stop asking Guillermo to produce my films, and of course keep using my minimum wage to fund my own shit while I'm at it.
+Diego Miranda hahah awsome man! let's all spam del toro now!
+Diego Miranda Right. If Guillermo refuses, make your film & make that fat bastard regret it haha. I say that lovingly of course, I love that guy.
At the moment I'm going to a film school with pretentious Middle class kids who look down on me for not knowing everything straight away. But I love cinema, I love storytelling, I love being creative I want to make art that people can watch and enjoy. They're not going to stop me. Keep doing you!!! Your love of being creative will reign supreme
"Fuck all that shit" quentin says with nobility
Thank you for uploading this :) It's very inspiring
I love the Orson Welles ad at the end :D
glad you liked it ! :)
Reminiscent of Bill Murray's character in lost in translation.
I think Tommy Wiseau really took these pieces of advice to heart!
I have never met John Landis, but I do trust him with my life.
TheSMLIFfilms hahahahaha
The Orson bit at the end, was obviously a commercial for Japanese TV. A train station in Tokyo - Ebisu station uses the zither music to "The Third Man" as their 'station music', the tune that plays when the trains are coming in.
The best advice 'till the end. Don't waste 15 minutes from your time, just listen to The Orson Wells 14:55
good advice for filmmaking and life too, great.
John Carpenter's advice at 2:00 is pretty good. 1.Get a digital camera 2.Start making movies 3.Make it great... Hmm that one's taking me awhile, let me listen to more advice haha
Thank you for uploading this video!!!
Thank you GAabriel Antunes for this wonderfully useful compilation great directors.
I've decided I love Guillermo Del Torro as a person now as well as a director.
Would love to hear Alejandro Jodorowsky's advice.
Landon Echeverio Don't sleep for one week, take LSD and then make a movie.
Read read and read I like that advice that's what people haven't done lately no wonder why there's too many comic book films and remakes of the same stories over and over again.
Orson Welles is the most influential film maker on that list. Pretty much writing the book on cinematography and having made what many believe to be the greatest film ever made. He more than likely influenced everyone else on that list in one way or another. And his advice was to drink whiskey. Word.
Orson Welles never got his due while he was alive. I have him in my top Ten Directors all-time!
coppola is looking like an indian guru who lives in the monsoon jungle with his followers.
Wow, most of my favorites right here. Sergio Leone and Ingmar Bergman input would have been stellar.
This made makes me as a film school student tear up
READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ!
rahul tiwari Not necessarily. not all librarians and scholars want to make films. Reading is one of the best things you can do as a filmmaker.
+dunstanofgreen I'm going to follow Orson Welles advice then.
Herzog has walked the walk, talked the talk, Fitzcarraldo lives on forever!
Coppola inspired me the most
F***... I need to get me some G&G Whiskey...
"work half a year earn 10-20 thousand dollars" HERZOG PLS
+PinkFloydrulez Yeah, his perception of the average income is way off.
+PinkFloydrulez Not really. $20,000 is definitely at the upper limit, but assuming you don't have any financial obligations like rent or utilities (of course that's a big assumption) you can earn $10,000 in six months just working at Wal-Mart, if you are full-time. Or get two jobs. Point is, if you really want it to happen, do what you have to do to make it happen.
I'd say Werner was exactly right. The average income is between $20,000.00 - 40,000.00
Yes and the earner sees half of that at best after taxes and bills.
Well it depends where you live, I'm from Mexico, and the average over here is waaayy lower than that
Terry Gilliam gave such great advice about how a creator should have thoughts
Everyone: Love the craft, passion, never give up!
Orson Welles *GNG*
Wow. Tarantino got me choked up.
GO FOR IT! That's the best advice
Great compilation. It was especially satisfying hearing the words of the "titans" covering a few generations. Seems the basic message hasn't changed much, only the technology and ability to actually create something these days. Just glad I'm still alive to take advantage of how easy it is for one to write, film and edit a movie.
This video is worth $100,000,000. Plus!!! WOW!!!
oh shit, i didn't even recognize coppola. sick beard, cool guy
And cool tits :)
All great advice for any field, but Herzog's really spoke to me
To Quentin Tarantino,
It depends on what school you go to. Mine is Sunshine College. It is open-minded and they don't send quizzes and tests all the time. Instead, they teach you an enhancing education. English can enhance your script writing skills, history can improve the accuracy of biography and period films, science... If your school was bad, that's when you drop out.
Thanks for sharing Gabriel, this is a truly excellent montage.
thanks :)
Ironically great how even legends differ on how it should be and that also says about the essence of filmmaking - You have to be you to make the best work !
Pretty inspiring! Ford Coppola is living the life lol
thank you, orson
Of all the advice given, Orson Welles' is the best!
Thank you for this compilation!
Thanks for watching it :)
This advice is so young.
Best advice of all (and best director of all): Kurosawa. Ironically, not on this list.
Orson Welles would like to know your location...j.k both masters
Great selected parts of interviews man!!!! still very relevant
I love film and love teaching young people about guerrilla filmmaking too.
I keep coming back to this for motivation and affirmation. Thank you for sharing.
Guillermo is the man
Have something to say! I agree. Have no fears... be pushy... be...
Love this video, way more inspiring than I was expecting.
thanx for the upload means a lot
:)
*My Advice is:*
Try to reproduce the scenes that you like, a dinner table scene, a dialogue film, doesn't matter, just do it, and fuck it the set, focus on the camera positions and lights, you will learn a lot.
Also, you can watch a movie and think: i dont like this, i can do it difference. Well, then do it,write what you would do different in that scene of movie.
Of Course you can do your own movies, but make the famous scenes first to learn the basics and what you would like and dislike in a movie etc
*Good Luck*
Where is that Francis Ford Coppola interview from? Deep insight right there & the guy that follows. True substance to their advice.
3:54 somebody should've shown this to M. Night Shamalan
Bro, watch the rest of the clip. He says that his advice is to not care what people think. Don’t pick and choose shit because you want to join the M Night hate bandwagon.
So much wisdom in Del Toro's 4 minutes or so.
Terry said it.
Nowadays everybody want to express without an actual real need for it. Greed.
I love that coppola interview.
I have never even thought about being director but after watching it I get a desire to try it
but I always had an imagination and used to think up video clips for my favourite music
Guillermo Del Toro was right on spot
it would have been good to get some clips from Robert Rodriguez & Kevin Smith
The scrip,the script and the script.
"There is no point in making movies if your imitating other people" Best advice
I like John Carpenter's advice I would like to know how do screenwrite that's my question.
Love the wild Coppola in the jungle lol
I don't like Del Toro's movies that much, but that is some damn great advice.
What is a movie wityout a good soundtrack?
There are a lots of movies with bad and terrible soundtracks. Even Disney want her new movies giving the best soundtracks by the best composer of this time.
here is a quote about Disney and the movies.
-----------------------
2014 Disney Films
Disney has approached her about composing film scores, Joe Illick added.
And, unlike some accomplished young musicians, she doesn’t just play the notes correctly, but reaches down into the heart of a piece of music, he said. “She plays someone else’s music as if she were creating it,” Illick said.
And she has been composing her own pieces for years. “The ideas she has are totally original,” he said. “Most of us compose by mimicking and altering (works that already exist), but she comes out with a new kind of idea that no one has had before.”
Bear’s compositions often are a mixture of classical and jazz styles, he said,
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Watch the playlist of
Movie Soundtracks composed by Emily Bear
Tarantino : If you really love cinema with true passion, you can't help but make a good movie.
Uh... Ed Wood?
+sinan166 His films lasted and are still being talked about and watched to this day though so...still counts for something right?
I LOVE that you brought this up. Not just Ed Wood but so many other filmmakers have prbly the same amount of passion for filmmaking that Tarantino does. But i feel more important than being passionate is being critical of what you are making.
Mark Borchardt is another example!
+sinan166 Good point. That passion must include always wanting to learn & the ability to keep improving.
sinan166 If Ed Wood were immortal, he'd make his masterpiece someday.