After over 30 years in the business, and with 100 Hollywood films under his belt, producer Ashok Amritraj has seen it all; from the highs of RAISING HELEN to the lows of BATTLEFIELD EARTH. Here,…
With two acclaimed scripts under his belt, BRICK and THE BROTHERS BLOOM, Rian Johnson explains why he won’t let his soaring status change his very personal writing style and reveals his unique remedy for writer’s…
Scriptwriters and cinematographers don’t seem obvious bedfellows; after all, writers write then directors take over and visualise the ideas that the writer has committed to paper.…
The visual success of any film surely depends on the bond between director and DoP. Together, celebrated cinematographer César Charlone and movieScope’s Adam Thursby examine why this dynamic is so important-and how it is changing.…
In 2010, urban thriller HEARTLESS became the first British production to get a simultaneous multi-platform release. Shot digitally to accommodate a variety of exhibition platforms, DoP Matt Gray and director Philip Ridley reveal how the…
Young DoP Rain Li explains how her relationship with cinematographer-turned-director Christopher Doyle is crucial to her career.…
Donall McCusker, producer of Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar Winning drama, THE HURT LOCKER reveals why filmmaking can be a war zone.…
“I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.” It’s taken 60 years, but the movies have delivered a $2bn riposte to Norma Desmond’s famous put down in SUNSET BOULEVARD. The pictures have been getting much…
