As a director, this has got to be my favorite interview with filmmakers I've ever listened to. I learned so much from all three of these guys. Was literally taking notes! Thank you for this valuable resource!

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I wish I could ask these guys some questions......absolutely LOVED ANDOR, my most fave live action of ALL SW ......how about the use of Hexagons, heptagons (7 sided) and Octagons? All throughout the show....

Available to enter, and win prizes, from Australia?

I'm excited to give this a try!

Awesome! I think I’ll give this a go!

Lets go..another year another shot to have some fun..

will there be submission confirmation this year? I submitted mine last year but never heard anything back or saw it on the Instagram feed.

This is great. Thx.

It doesn't say WHERE to post your submission? Can it be anywhere? E.g Instagram/KZbin etc? How do we notify YOU (Shotdeck) of our entry?

Dammit! I would totally have given this a go, but I'll have no time! Next year, I guess. Not that I would have won, but I would have enjoyed the challenge. Good luck to the rest of you!!

Wow wow wow....wow. They're back with the biggest contest for filmmakers. 😶

Pretty sure the Mike Yanagita scene in Fargo existed to remind Marge that people lie, especially in the big city, thus inspiring her to visit Jerry Lundegaard a second time.

Great interview, love that show, looking forward to Alien.

I just came across this video and really enjoyed getting a chance to hear from a few of the brilliant minds behind Andor. I've been obsessed with the show since it came out, and recently bought the Season 1 4K blu-ray. I've concluded that one of the reasons I love the show so much is it takes us so far into the dark underbelly of the Star Wars world - far more detail than anything that has come before. It's more like one of the SW Extended Universe novels which were better at creating Star Wars immersion than the movies or shows. When Blade Runner 2049 came out in 2017, I loved the gritty, brutal world-building in that movie, but I craved more and never got it. That is, until Andor season 1 dropped. This is the deep-dive into the BR-2049 dystopia that Denis Villeneuve didn't have time to give us. Thrilled to know many of the same people are working on Andor Season 2.

What an inspiring conversation. A group of dudes who are really excellent at and passionate about their craft.

only 2 year olds watch such garbage

Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed it even though I'm not versed on many of the technical terms. When they were comparing the 2001 vs the Barbie opening they mentioned using the same "plates" as Kubrick. Could someone explain what the term plates refers to? thanks in advance!

He probably says that because he can only get a good 6 takes out of steadicam operaters. .

This was really good and insightful. Thanks to everyone involved! And more of this pls!

So Kinefinity has this film on their site saying it was shot with their camera but he’s talking about Alexa 65

That is the ART of filmmaking - 48 ish mins

Mentioning unreal engine got me really hyped 👀😂

Finally

“Lawrence Of Arabia” was shot spherically (Super Panavision 70) and has an aspect ratio of 2.20:1. “Ben-Hur” was shot with anamorphic lenses (Ultra Panavision 70), giving it an aspect ratio of 2.76.1.

These videos are so inspiring. Genuinely excellent insights.

When real sunlight isn't possible. Idk how many people know this, but Sun photons come in parallel. (Or basically parallel) I think that is the trick. It may take a huge wall of leds to get that parallel look. If you really think about it. The sun has a massive volume that is like a million times bigger than Earth. We only received an Earth sized wall of photons from the sun as it travels from the surface of the sun to the surface of earth. The rest just travels on into space. That's also how we detect exo planets. It blocks that light. During golden hour, photons are traveling sideways, amd the blue atmosphere isn't completely lit up like it is at high noon. Think of a wall of nukes constantly going off in the far distance. I'm just a graphic artist, but I've thought about this sunlight problem for a while. I believe it is possible to emulate better. Minus a real wall of nukes from space 😆

Love this concept

Also I have honestly never understood the need for 2nd unit! The amount of time the main unit director has had to come over to take control or we have to wait until they get the 'executive' decision from the 'top' before we can move on. Or reshoots because the style that the 2nd unit shot is way different from what the director envisioned.

I have worked in the movie industry for over 30 years and I agree totally with what Gareth said regarding they go about making movies completely wrong nowadays. They still use methods they were using 50 years ago!!! They waste SOOOOOOOOO much money doing countless shots because there are too many chiefs with too many ideas and also a lot of the time, don't really know what they are doing. Lets put 5 cameras on a scene and shoot it from all angles, loads of takes and then hopefully make it work in the edit! I still bang my head against a (virtual) brick wall!!

I’m surprised you didn’t put Gregs name in the title of this video. That’s probably why it isn’t getting as much engagement as it could

2.20:1 is the best, sad Joker didn't get released in that aspect ratio. It might be my favourite.

this "short talk" is almost as long as he movie. :) wow

trying to square the director Gareth was one (1) month ago during this terrific interview talking passionately about keeping things simple and within reasonable budgets & how exciting that is as a writer/director against the alternative big budget films... to today - one month (1) later - where he's apparently taking over the Jurassic franchise - a franchise that ran up a budget of 380 million on their last effort just two years ago. like, what? lying > creative control

I've always loved the theater experience, but I didn't realize how fiercely protective I was of it until the pandemic. I'm pretty sure I was as pissed as the filmmakers when WB decided to stream their whole slate (even Dune for christ's sake!). Glad Joseph and co were able to keep Top Gun in the theater where it should have always been, and the audience proved them right.

I'm sure they were quite relieved to hear how much the fandom loved Andor...and for all the reasons these guys worked so hard to achieve. The costumes and sets were bang on. I don't remember what YT channel it was, but they made the statement along the lines of, "These guys are supposedly not necessarily Star Wars fans, but they clearly respect it". Everyone was mesmerized by the set dressing alone. It was always worth going through each set piece and just pausing it to get a good look.

Gereth talking about AI in the end and we just got SORA.oh well. guy has a good sense

Can't wait to see it on Android

ooh come on... release it for android too... gosh why do apple have every single good apps in its store... we android users don't even get a chance to use it... i know sorting for apple is easy, but hey, there are thrice many android users than apple... or just release it for android tablets

Downloaded as soon as I got the email. The app is sleek and smooth I love it!

Installed and logged in. Cannot wait to test drive it.

Watching this, the entire time, what kept coming to mind was an old quote from George Bernard Shaw: "People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it."

loved the entire convo, esp the ending and takeaways

It’s so cool to see DP’s excited about 1.43:1. I saw Dune in IMAX 1.43 and it was the first time since the Dark Knight IMAX that I was floored by visuals coming out of a movie. Those full height scenes were just so immersive in a way 3D was never able to accomplish.

29:50 So glad someone has pointed it out. Deciding whether or not to storyboard a scene is important, because it's an extra step that has to fit the production you're doing.

This was such a great interview. Thank you for posting this!! So many ideas and inspiring messages!

So glad this film and these artists got to have their voices heard!

Could you pleas get the Oppenheimer Crew to talk to you

can you get the Napoleon Crew to talk to you pls

That wide of the car they talk about around 48mins, my mind was blown. OMG. The genius that went into this movie. Just...wow.