A Young Genius Colin Levy gaga

Colin Levy is a talented young guy. If you see his site you will agree with me. You find here some photos, films, animations, tutorials and visual effects.

Look at this foretaste from Colin works.

„Did you know?” is a good compilation and it runs many important problems about our human world.


„In a way, this one film says more than any of my other movies, ever” - writes Colin. It’s true, but there are also good films of him.

The cloning is very popular subject. Colin has made his own version.
CLONING: Direct interaction


But how can you make it? Look our howto movie, it will help you.
Let’s see another interesting trick. How do we fire our finger without pain? Choose the „Magic Trick” video.



Of course a genius can fault sometimes. I don’t understand why is this film here.



The jokes aren’t funny. It is very calculable. „This movie is my longest short film” - writes Colin. Maybe it’s the problem.

And now one more extra. It is a fly trip in the garden with a spaceship.
Choose „Spaceship in Suburbia”.



What do you think? He is a skillful guy, isn’t he?

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Making storyboard by photos

Next time when I want to shoot a film I will make a storyboard with my own photos. I’ve never made this before. Well, what I’ve done so far is to try to draw it but since I can’t draw there’ve been many funny pictures in it.
There is a website where you can create your own photostrip and share it with your friends. It is called Comeeko. It is a good place where you can create storyboard by the help of your pictures. I’ve made a quick one. It was only a kind of experiment. Here it is:


I think looking for the right locations for your film is one of the most important things in filmmaking. Béla Tarr filmmaker said he must find the location first. Accordingly locations play a significant role in his films.
Here is a sequence from „Damnation”:


Look at Movie Locations Guide site if you are interested in which locations are in some well-known films.

Or here is the Filming Locations Browser on IMDB where you can browse by film titles or cities and countries.

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Let’s Destroy the Hollywood’s Family Image

If you are a great pioneer director and usually work with your own visions only why would you like to do a remake from one of your films? Could it be an inspiration thing or is it just the effect of the movie industry?
Would this remake have a new message at all?

Haneke remade his film Funny Games in America with Naomi Watts, Tim Roth and Michael Pitt.



The fans of Haneke ask: ‘What is the point in a shot for shooting remake?’
Some of them just cannot understand it and isn’t keen on these remakes. But some says: ‘If it is going to be a great success why not? At least he can do another version with a new script for the audiences in the US.’

But are these opinions the only ‘explanations’ of doing remakes? I don’t think so. The Funny Games’ story is so strong that we can consider it as a brand new film. It can be an interesting experiment to bring this unsettling family drama into the Hollywood scene where the family image is still essential. (Központi téma? Ezt nem értem.)

I’m very exciting in how it will work in the States. In fact this is a really funny game could only do a great director such as Michael Haneke.

I hope we will have fun.

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An Early Ultra-Low Budget Film by Rodriguez

I’m always interested in what kinds of films were made by famous directors when they were young. Bedhead by Robert Rodriguez is a very energetic and inventive 16 mm short film. It was made when he was 22. The crew was his large family.
You can watch his trademark style in this film: quick cuts, intense zooms, fast camera movements. And of course it’s very funny.



After this film he shot the first feature, El Mariachi in Spain for around $7000. It won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 1992. Check out its trailer:



Rodriguez had his diary of making and selling El Mariachi published as a book in 1995.
Titled: Rebel Without a Crew: or How a 23 year old filmmaker with $7,000 became a Hollywood player.
Rodriguez’s piece of advice is this: ‘spend money on making a film, not learning how to make a film. Do everything yourself, and get everyone to work for free.’

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Is Trier a Painter or an Ascetic?

The first film I’ve seen by Trier was Breaking the Waves (1996). I think this was the really first Dogme film disregarding the scenes which separate the story and the last scene of the film where the divine bells ring out. These parts of the scenes are very colourful and imaginative, but they are not long.
The same picturesque world can be found in a few of his earlier films like The Element of Crime (1984), Medea (1988), Europa (1991). Here is the Europa trailer:

His first official and only Dogme film was Idioterne (1998). We’ve tried to find
the same old picturesque world in the rest of his films in vain since then. Trier is like an ascetic who consciously gives up colourful things in life. The Five Obstructions (2003) is the most personal movie about the difficulties of his initial period as an artist. He tells in this film how hard it is to work with such demanding rules. This film was inspired by Jørgen Leth’s The Perfect Human (1967).
After that Dogville’s (2003) and Manderlay’s (2005) atmosphere is truly like Kaffka’s world. (Otherwise the title of Europa came from Kaffka’s novel, Amerika). Everything is isolated and bleak.
Here is the Manderlay trailer:


Trier said in signandsight.com: (17/11/2005)
„I look for boundaries which restrict my range of activity and aesthetic freedom. Then I can concentrate all my energy in this small space. It's very simple: when you're in a prison, you're in a better position to think about freedom.”

It's true but sometimes he suffers from depression. „Lars von Trier's depression could finish his filmmaking„ (CBC Arts Online)

But I'm waiting for the good old picturesque world...

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