Avoid Making Your Sets Look Like Sets; Plus, Are Intermissions Back?

Should filmmakers include intentional intermissions on long films? How do you properly film on a set, so it doesn’t look like a set? Is it possible to shoot your entire project using an iPhone?

In today’s episode, No Film School’s Charles Haine, GG Hawkins, and Jason Hellerman discuss:

Movie theaters adding intermissions to a Scorsese film without permission
The reason 3D movies in the 1950s used intermissions
Filmmakers creating different formats for different viewing options
Scenarios when filmmakers should plan for intermissions in their films
What GG’s first sound stage experience was like
How to make a set NOT look like a set
Everything we love about Apple’s recent products
How Apple shot their news event entirely on the iPhone 15

Memorable Quotes

“Since the invention of television, every filmmaker has had to think in multiple formats.” [16:14]
“Scorsese can do whatever the fuck he wants and if he says ‘no intermission,’ I will not drink liquid ahead of time.” [17:09]
“There’s a way to shoot with limited resources to still think big.” [25:12]
“A set wall will never look like a real wall no matter how hard you try.” [31:10]

Resources:

Learn to Shoot 35mm

Killers of the Flower Moon

An Apple event shot on the iPhone

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