{"id":24526,"date":"2013-05-27T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T14:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=24526"},"modified":"2013-05-27T10:09:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T14:09:23","slug":"learning-from-filmmaking-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/learning-from-filmmaking-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Inspiration: Learning from Filmmaking Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"all-filmmakers-are-students-of-the-craft-discover-these-valuable-lessons-from-filmmaking-legends\">All filmmakers are students of the craft. Discover these valuable lessons from filmmaking legends.<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24672\" title=\"Creative Inspiration\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/creative-inspiration2.jpg\" alt=\"Creative Inspiration\" width=\"490\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/creative-inspiration2.jpg 490w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/creative-inspiration2.jpg?resize=300,31 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/creative-inspiration2.jpg?resize=277,28 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/creative-inspiration2.jpg?resize=359,37 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/creative-inspiration2.jpg?resize=150,15 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>If you&#8217;re creative and technical &#8211; you&#8217;re unstoppable.<br \/>\n<\/em><em style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">&#8211; Robert Rodriguez<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">In this &#8216;original and best&#8217; (hence the VHS quality!) 10 minute filmschool, <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">director Robert Rodriguez outlines his philosophy for making movies<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">, especially your first films. The less stuff you have the better, the worse your equipment the better, the less money you have the better, the more mistakes you make the better and oh, make sure you throw away your tripod.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W-YpfievjSk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"490\" height=\"368\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"martin-scorcese-on-reading-the-language-of-cinema\">Martin Scorcese on Reading The Language of Cinema<\/h3>\n<p>In this\u00a0Jefferson lecture from the National Endownment for the Humanities director <strong>Martin Scorcese delivers a lecture entitled &#8216;<em>The Persistence of Vision: Reading the Language of Cinema<\/em>&#8216;.<\/strong> Its a great ode to the magic and power of cinema and it&#8217;s lasting legacy in the lives and imagination of those who love it as much as Scorcese does. An inspiring hour with a master filmmaker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neh.gov\/about\/awards\/jefferson-lecture\/2013-jefferson-lecture-live-stream\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24527 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-shot-2013-05-25-at-10.14.30.png\" alt=\"Martin Scorcese on Cinema\" width=\"503\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-shot-2013-05-25-at-10.14.30.png 629w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-shot-2013-05-25-at-10.14.30.png?resize=300,166 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-shot-2013-05-25-at-10.14.30.png?resize=270,150 270w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-shot-2013-05-25-at-10.14.30.png?resize=277,154 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-shot-2013-05-25-at-10.14.30.png?resize=359,199 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-shot-2013-05-25-at-10.14.30.png?resize=543,301 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-shot-2013-05-25-at-10.14.30.png?resize=560,311 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Screen-shot-2013-05-25-at-10.14.30.png?resize=150,83 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Scorcese lecture on Cinema\" href=\"http:\/\/www.neh.gov\/about\/awards\/jefferson-lecture\/2013-jefferson-lecture-live-stream\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">You can watch the full lecture here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"masters-on-cinematography\">Masters on Cinematography<\/h3>\n<p>In this\u00a0fantastic\u00a0two part interview from The Craft Truck &#8211; <strong>Gordon Willis talks about his career, the craft, shooting <em>The Godfather<\/em> and much more.<\/strong> Gordon Willis was director of photography on <em>The Godfather Trilogy<\/em>, <em>Annie Hall<\/em>, <em>Manhattan<\/em> and many other great movies. A great lesson in cinema.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GyzIrrMccNY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"490\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7aCa74qTzOI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"490\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"masters-on-film-editing\">Master&#8217;s on Film Editing<\/h3>\n<p>Orson Welles packs plenty of food for thought into under two short minutes in this clip on the craft of film editing. <strong>Watching it will make you proud to be an editor!<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5GdYMEvbje8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"490\" height=\"368\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Double dose of Hitchcock: For a more robust analysis of what editing really is, you can&#8217;t do much better than these 7 minutes from the master filmmaker.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NG0V7EVFZt4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"490\" height=\"368\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this post we share some useful lessons from some of the biggest filmmaking legends in history. 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