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Video Production That Makes Use of Improvisation: Team Collaboration and Direction Basics

Video Production That Makes Use of Improvisatio...

Landis is a hands-on director who trusts actors' improvisation and energy. Working with SNL-connected Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, he translated the theatrical exhilaration of music and laughter blending together...

Video Production That Makes Use of Improvisatio...

Landis is a hands-on director who trusts actors' improvisation and energy. Working with SNL-connected Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, he translated the theatrical exhilaration of music and laughter blending together...

Blending Horror and Comedy: Directing Across Genres

Blending Horror and Comedy: Directing Across Ge...

An American Werewolf in London (1981) is a horror film set in London that combines the terror of a young man tormented by his transformation into a beast with black...

Blending Horror and Comedy: Directing Across Ge...

An American Werewolf in London (1981) is a horror film set in London that combines the terror of a young man tormented by his transformation into a beast with black...

Director John Landis's Career and the Entertainment Revolution of the 1980s

Director John Landis's Career and the Entertain...

John Landis, born in 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, developed a passion for cinema as a child. He entered the industry in his late teens, working as a messenger at 20th...

Director John Landis's Career and the Entertain...

John Landis, born in 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, developed a passion for cinema as a child. He entered the industry in his late teens, working as a messenger at 20th...

John McTiernan's Film Direction: Applying Action Structure to Video Production

John McTiernan's Film Direction: Applying Actio...

John McTiernan's greatest achievement in cinema is his contribution to improving and advancing the action-film genre. His major works are regarded as emblematic of the 'golden age of Hollywood action...

John McTiernan's Film Direction: Applying Actio...

John McTiernan's greatest achievement in cinema is his contribution to improving and advancing the action-film genre. His major works are regarded as emblematic of the 'golden age of Hollywood action...

McTiernan's Directing Techniques: Combining Classical Craftsmanship with Innovation

McTiernan's Directing Techniques: Combining Cla...

The most important defining element of John McTiernan's films is constantly dynamic camera work. Believing that the audience's gaze moves with the camera, he excelled at deliberately moving it to...

McTiernan's Directing Techniques: Combining Cla...

The most important defining element of John McTiernan's films is constantly dynamic camera work. Believing that the audience's gaze moves with the camera, he excelled at deliberately moving it to...

McTiernan's Action Direction: Applying Editing and Spatial Design to Video Production

McTiernan's Action Direction: Applying Editing ...

<p>Released in 1988, Die Hard is inscribed in film history as a revolutionary action movie. Made for $28 million and earning more than $140 million worldwide, its greatest innovation was...

McTiernan's Action Direction: Applying Editing ...

<p>Released in 1988, Die Hard is inscribed in film history as a revolutionary action movie. Made for $28 million and earning more than $140 million worldwide, its greatest innovation was...