Filmmaker and entrepreneur making films and studying cinema.
Mar 30, 2025
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5 min read
Also: an example of the establishing shot from "Game of Thrones", an update on the short film I'm writing and the end of film school is almost here.
Mar 23, 2025
Also: a high-angle shot (HA) example from "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and "The Shawshank Redemption", testing my camera codecs to understand the technology.
Mar 16, 2025
Also: a point of view (POV) example "Terminator 2: Judgement Day", the school’s short film is being edited in DaVinci Resolve, keeping busy by practicing more and more.
Mar 9, 2025
Also: an insert POV shot example from "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", a bunch of lessons on the business of making movies.
Mar 2, 2025
6 min read
Also: James Cameron on how to choose a lens to tell the story, 2 lessons learned after filming the school's 10-min short.
Feb 23, 2025
7 min read
Also: a low-angle example from "2001: A Space Odyssey", shooting a short-film at film school this very moment, watched 2 movies this week
Feb 16, 2025
Also: an OTS example from "No Country for Old Men", film school's film project to start next week and a nano film for practice in the pipeline
Feb 9, 2025
Also: a clean single shot example from "Melancholia", a 10-minute short film started with film school, and I broke my foot...thank you life!
Feb 2, 2025
Also: a crowd shot example from "Hot Fuzz", shooting a 10-min film at school, learnt a ton by completing a nano film by myself
Jan 26, 2025
8 min read
Also: a dirty single shot example from "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark", working on nano, micro and short stories
Jan 19, 2025
4 min read
Also: a two-shot example from "At Eternity’s Gate", working on a nano solo film (my 5th) to keep practicing following Robert Rodriguez's approach.
Jan 12, 2025
Also: a clean single shot example from All Quiet On The Western Front, writing for film school and practicing filmmaking inspired by the masters.
Jan 5, 2025
Also: an extreme closeup example from "Little Miss Sunshine", keeping busy with working on several short and longer stories.
Dec 29, 2024
Also: a closeup example from "The Grand Budapest Hotel", great lessons in exposure while filming a micro film as a film school assignment.
Dec 22, 2024
Also: an analogous color scheme example from "Ghost in the Shell", working on recreating a scene from "Men" (2022) and writing a script for film school.
Dec 15, 2024
Also: a medium closeup example from "The Shining", practicing with lights at film school, a lot of writing and a lot of tests and rehearsal coming up.
Dec 8, 2024
Also: a medium shot example from the film "Her", practicing with a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema, writing a new story for film school.
Dec 1, 2024
Also: an example of the monochromatic color scheme (A.I. - Artificial Intelligence) and lots of homework from film school.
Nov 24, 2024
Also: medium full shot example from The Favourite and a short journal update.
Nov 16, 2024
Also: Eyes Wide Shut (color scheme example), Mamet on starting with chaos and restoring order and a journal update.
Nov 10, 2024
Also: two winning genres according to Nolan, Moonrise Kingdom (full shot example), a journal entry with lots of stuff that is happening in my life
Nov 3, 2024
Also: Robert Rodriguez on watching the movie in your head before shooting, the meaning of the wide shot, my nano solo film is done and dusted.
Oct 27, 2024
Also: do things the least interesting way, the master shot, the start of film school is delayed and working on films.
Oct 20, 2024
Also: A refresher on how to build a good hook, the establishing shot and an update on my micro film "Lupo - The Cleaner".
Oct 13, 2024
Also: I'm starting making nano films soon, an example of the extreme closeup and a journal entry update.