{"id":21617,"date":"2013-04-12T11:27:06","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T15:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=21617"},"modified":"2013-04-17T14:28:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T18:28:19","slug":"learning-from-filmmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/learning-from-filmmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Learn From Famous Filmmakers – Listen To Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best way to learn from famous filmmakers is to listen to them – DVD commentaries are your film school on demand.<\/h2>\n

\"Creative<\/p>\n

DVD filmmaker commentaries offer you an incredible opportunity to learn from some of the best filmmakers who have ever lived<\/strong>, and even ones who are now dead, about the art and craft of great filmmaking. Personally I’m a big fan of DVD extras (here’s my best suggestions for film editors<\/a>) and thanks to dedicated curators like Filmschool Thru Commentaries<\/a> and Film School Reject’s Commentary-Commentary<\/a> you can digest all the best filmmaking wisdom a filmmaker may have poured forth across all their DVD commentaries in one or two succinct video lessons. Here’s a quick round up of some of the best.<\/p>\n

\"Learning<\/p>\n

Filmschool The Paul Thomas Anderson Way<\/h3>\n

If Paul Thomas Anderson is telling the truth<\/a> then checking out these two videos might save you two decades of filmschool education<\/strong> as you listen in to what director John Sturges has to say about great filmmaking:<\/p>\n