Danny
06-May-2006, 02:03 AM
i think this topic goes out to all the amatuer/ full time directors, writers, producers (snigger) ,and whatever who are or whant to get into the film industry, hollywood OR indie, so heres the topic.
what are the films that you think changed the way you wrote completely or inspired you to becmoe a director or simply made you notice certain cinematic techniques in new ways?.
to start off heres mine.
1:dawn of the dead, one of my all time favourite films, its got plenty of social commentary from the time period and one catchy electro soundtrack,lol. dont know why but when the cameraman at the start says "were not needed anymore" it really stuck with me and i dont know why...:shifty:
2:reservoir dogs, not tarantinos best film (english mother****er, do you speak it?) but i first saw this when i began to actually get into filming rather than just writeing and it really got me into the whole film studenty thing of trying to read the "symbolism and connotations" in everything, regardless if there was meaning or not.
3:haggard, little to no budget but still as funny as any hollywood teen grossout comedy l.a chruns out each summer.
4:the lord of the rings the fellowship of the ring, easily my favourite of the trilogy and one of the only times i have seen cgi implemented in a tasteful way not just to "wow" the audience, and im a really 'anti-cg' kind of guy.
5:jurassic park, the first film i ever saw so naturally its gonna stick with me but i remember watching it and thinking "i want steven speilburgs job" that was years ago but i remember it like it was yesterday.....a blurry yesterday granted, but yesterday none-the-less.
6:vampires vs zombies, the first and only time ive said with geniune honesty "jesus christ i could do better than that", in fact i doubt anyone on this ofurm couldnt, if this were zombie nation however thatd be a different story:lol: .
7:peeping tom, the first film i saw in film studies that was something id NEVER watch in my social time but i thought it was allright and learnt some interesting stuff during the few lessons on it.
8:jackass the movie, i was told time and again by freinds and family that i was "livin' in a bloody fairyworld" for wanting to be a director,this film inspired me though made with hardly any cash and it did what i wanted my films to do, be entertaining not money makers ,cus one thing about british and aussie directors, we aint in it for the money man!,and so here i am a year on with three short films ,one horror two comedy, under my belt (being so poor i had to write direct and star in em kevin smith style:cool: ) and the freinds that laughed at me for following a dream now work at comet. funkers.
9: hellboy, rekindled my love of comic books and even the shortest of my films has been in an almost completely different style to my earlier works, cheers mr del toro.
10:finally we have the matrix, the first film i saw that really left me going "...huh?" ,and i can guess what happens in each film i see during i see it for the first time ,so this was a rare thing and i think its stuck with me and influenced the way i write as well as direct.
11: the wicker man, trust me when people call it good you think its artsy student ****....it is but it still rocks though and christopher ..... whatever his sruname is was great as lord summerisle.
12:cky- landspeed, just makes you wanna run out with your mini-dv and grab a shopping cart.
13:evil dead , purely because i know tend to add the word "groovy" at least once in a ny films i do with combat and comedy in them.
14:transformers the movie , everyone has a flick they watched as a kid so much there parents hid the tape or destroyed it this was mine....sniff...whyd you hafta die optimus......
15:trailer park boys, its just something a little out of the ordinary and the way it plays out is damn funny and cheap to film, very cool.
16: the blair witch project, the holy grail of an indie director cheap to make, entertaining and highly sucessful, though with a sequel worse than jedi to menace. *shudders*.
17: just thought id add "the conversation" cant believe none else said it meself...
what are the films that you think changed the way you wrote completely or inspired you to becmoe a director or simply made you notice certain cinematic techniques in new ways?.
to start off heres mine.
1:dawn of the dead, one of my all time favourite films, its got plenty of social commentary from the time period and one catchy electro soundtrack,lol. dont know why but when the cameraman at the start says "were not needed anymore" it really stuck with me and i dont know why...:shifty:
2:reservoir dogs, not tarantinos best film (english mother****er, do you speak it?) but i first saw this when i began to actually get into filming rather than just writeing and it really got me into the whole film studenty thing of trying to read the "symbolism and connotations" in everything, regardless if there was meaning or not.
3:haggard, little to no budget but still as funny as any hollywood teen grossout comedy l.a chruns out each summer.
4:the lord of the rings the fellowship of the ring, easily my favourite of the trilogy and one of the only times i have seen cgi implemented in a tasteful way not just to "wow" the audience, and im a really 'anti-cg' kind of guy.
5:jurassic park, the first film i ever saw so naturally its gonna stick with me but i remember watching it and thinking "i want steven speilburgs job" that was years ago but i remember it like it was yesterday.....a blurry yesterday granted, but yesterday none-the-less.
6:vampires vs zombies, the first and only time ive said with geniune honesty "jesus christ i could do better than that", in fact i doubt anyone on this ofurm couldnt, if this were zombie nation however thatd be a different story:lol: .
7:peeping tom, the first film i saw in film studies that was something id NEVER watch in my social time but i thought it was allright and learnt some interesting stuff during the few lessons on it.
8:jackass the movie, i was told time and again by freinds and family that i was "livin' in a bloody fairyworld" for wanting to be a director,this film inspired me though made with hardly any cash and it did what i wanted my films to do, be entertaining not money makers ,cus one thing about british and aussie directors, we aint in it for the money man!,and so here i am a year on with three short films ,one horror two comedy, under my belt (being so poor i had to write direct and star in em kevin smith style:cool: ) and the freinds that laughed at me for following a dream now work at comet. funkers.
9: hellboy, rekindled my love of comic books and even the shortest of my films has been in an almost completely different style to my earlier works, cheers mr del toro.
10:finally we have the matrix, the first film i saw that really left me going "...huh?" ,and i can guess what happens in each film i see during i see it for the first time ,so this was a rare thing and i think its stuck with me and influenced the way i write as well as direct.
11: the wicker man, trust me when people call it good you think its artsy student ****....it is but it still rocks though and christopher ..... whatever his sruname is was great as lord summerisle.
12:cky- landspeed, just makes you wanna run out with your mini-dv and grab a shopping cart.
13:evil dead , purely because i know tend to add the word "groovy" at least once in a ny films i do with combat and comedy in them.
14:transformers the movie , everyone has a flick they watched as a kid so much there parents hid the tape or destroyed it this was mine....sniff...whyd you hafta die optimus......
15:trailer park boys, its just something a little out of the ordinary and the way it plays out is damn funny and cheap to film, very cool.
16: the blair witch project, the holy grail of an indie director cheap to make, entertaining and highly sucessful, though with a sequel worse than jedi to menace. *shudders*.
17: just thought id add "the conversation" cant believe none else said it meself...