{"id":29627,"date":"2013-10-02T10:52:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T14:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=29627"},"modified":"2013-10-02T10:52:27","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T14:52:27","slug":"how-to-direct-like-steven-spielberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/how-to-direct-like-steven-spielberg\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Direct Like Steven Spielberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"pick-up-some-directing-tips-from-hollywood-legend-steven-spielberg-in-these-fascinating-film-commentaries\">Pick up some directing tips from Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg, in these fascinating film commentaries.<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/47105733?byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn more about the craft of filmmaking and directing you can do little worse than to learn from the best. In a <a title=\"Filmmaking Lessons from Spielberg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/filmmaking-lessons-from-steven-spielberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">previous post I highlighted some excellent resources<\/a> (like the video essay above) on director <strong>Steven Spielberg&#8217;s filmmaking style and instincts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Following up on that post, check out documentary (Filmumentary?) filmmaker and Spielberg super-fan, Jamie Benning, who has meticulously crafted these feature length fan-documentary-commentary-films for both <em>Jaws<\/em> and <em>Raiders of The Lost Ark <\/em>&#8211; two of Spielberg&#8217;s most popular and entertaining films. Watching these is both a lesson in how to craft a superior film commentary (if you ever get to record one yourself &#8211; take note!) but also a fantastic lesson in the <strong>directorial style and instincts of Spielberg<\/strong> himself.<\/p>\n<p>Filmmaking is team sport and it&#8217;s these kind of windows into the behind the scenes insights that reveal just how and when a director stamps his imprint on a film. Highly entertaining and informative viewing!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inside Jaws: A Filmuentary by Jamie Benning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/68400837?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Raiding The Lost Ark: A Filmumentary by Jamie Benning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/36011979?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you like Jamie&#8217;s work then you can <a title=\"Filmumentaries from Jamie Benning\" href=\"http:\/\/filmumentaries.com\/fullvideos\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">check out the other filmumentary currently available<\/a> &#8211; <em>Star Wars Begins: The Complete Filmumentary<\/em> on his site. If you really enjoy the films, consider donating to the charity Ambitious About Autism, to whom Jamie is generously giving any income to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out these awesome film commentary videos &#8211; and pick up a few filmmaking tips for Steven Spielberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[715,79,78,39,583],"tags":[1994,857,5380,51,96,1828,5376,472],"class_list":["post-class-post-29627","post-class-post","post-class-type-post","post-class-status-publish","post-class-format-standard","post-class-hentry","post-class-category-industry","post-class-category-inspiration","post-class-category-roundups","post-class-category-video-editing","post-class-category-video-production-2","post-class-tag-fan-film","post-class-tag-industry-2","post-class-tag-inspiration","post-class-tag-post-production","post-class-tag-roundup","post-class-tag-spielberg","post-class-tag-video-editing","post-class-tag-video-production"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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