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The Art of the Filmmaker: The Practical Aesthetics of the Screen

The Art of the Filmmaker: The Practical Aesthetics of the Screen

Explores the filmmaker's intention and method, their creation and capture of the fiction on the screen as a designed address to the audience.

2023

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Rock n’ Heavy

The Beach Boys and the Boy from South London

To get around or not to get around, that is the question

3d ago

The Beach Boys band members posing with a blue background.

3d ago

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Babel

Is There a Right Way to Shoot and Edit a Scene in Cinema?

Key factors to consider in cinematic storytelling

5d ago

Casually dressed group of young people walking in a casino.

5d ago

Published in

Babel

My Three Lessons from Director John Schlesinger

Screen and audience. A director’s practicality. A master’s diligence.

May 6

A man (Alan Bates as Guy Burgess) walks under an umbrella.

May 6

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Zenite

The Gift of the International Class

To the student — and the teacher…

Apr 11

A globe suspended over the palm of a hand

Apr 11

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Babel

Cinema: Refreshing the Viewer’s Visual Palate

The articulation of the mutable screen

Mar 21

View of an arm through a keyhole

Mar 21

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Babel

Cinema: Technical Flaws Reconstrued as Style

From mistake to idiom, from fault to utility

Mar 1

Lens flare as car draws up in neighborhood at night

Mar 1

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Babel

Cinema: Filmed Screenplay or Film?

Is there a difference?

Feb 14

A man and woman stand together in front of a textured wall, engaged in conversation.

Feb 14

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Engage

My Oval Window in Manhattan

A window, a coincidence, a destiny

Dec 17, 2024

An aerial view of Manhatan on a sunny day.

Dec 17, 2024

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Engage

My Mentor as Ghost—Ghost as My Mentor

When we recognize the lasting presence of the ones who matter

Dec 3, 2024

A man walking, seen from behind.

Dec 3, 2024

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Engage

How I Came to Write My 420,000 Word Novel

When the inner pressure to write overcomes the resistance to writing

Nov 20, 2024

A close-up picture of a book.

Nov 20, 2024

Peter Markham

Peter Markham

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Author, consultant, former AFI Con Directing Head. Sundance Collab Advisor-in-Residence Book THE ART OF THE FILMMAKER (OUP) https://linktr.ee/filmdirectingclass

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