Wednesday, February 20, 2008

there will be blood

Robert Elswit came by an talked tonite at my school. He shot all these great films like Boogie Nights, Good Night and Good Luck, Syriana, Punch Drunk Love and There Will be Blood.
He taught me that:
1) you are only as good as your questions
2) the better you know the space the better your composition and/or adapt according to location
3) body language is more important than dialogue so shoot wide

pretty rad. i feel really lucky to be in this program

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Damn you got to meet the great Elswit. He needs to come to my school.

esther said...

i just read an article on him and all his work with pt anderson. how lucky you are! =)