{"id":37393,"date":"2014-03-21T13:39:11","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T17:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=37393"},"modified":"2014-03-21T13:41:03","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T17:41:03","slug":"filmmaking-masterclass-from-paul-thomas-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/filmmaking-masterclass-from-paul-thomas-anderson\/","title":{"rendered":"Filmmaking Masterclass From Paul Thomas Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"learn-about-filmmaking-in-these-great-masterclasses-from-hollywood-heavyweight-paul-thomas-anderson\">Learn about filmmaking in these great masterclasses from Hollywood heavyweight Paul Thomas Anderson.<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/56335284?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not familiar with director <a title=\"Paul Thomas Anderson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000759\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Paul Thomas Anderson&#8217;s<\/a> work, then the video essay above for <em>Sight and Sound<\/em> by Kevin B Lee will walk you through <strong>five of his works via his penchant for extensive steadicam shots<\/strong>. For some really helpful stills from the video check out <a title=\"Paul Thomas Anderson 5 Steadicam Shots\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mentorless.com\/2012\/11\/18\/must-watch-paul-thomas-andersons-work-through-5-steadicam-shots\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">this page on Mentorless.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can<strong>\u00a0hear the best of Paul Thomas Anderson&#8217;s filmmaking advice<\/strong>\u00a0in these two commentary track collections from\u00a0<a title=\"Film School Through Commentaries\" href=\"http:\/\/filmschoolthrucommentaries.wordpress.com\/commentaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Film School Through Commentaries<\/a>.\u00a0<strong>Paul Thomas Anderson is a fan of commentary tracks<\/strong>\u00a0himself, and once said &#8220;<em>You can learn more from John Sturges&#8217; audio track on the\u00a0Bad Day At Black Rock laserdisc, than you can from 20 years of filmschool.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can check out what he&#8217;s talking about in\u00a0<a title=\"Paul Thomas Anderson on John Sturges\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/learning-from-filmmakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">this previous post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pCHeQc8Y08s\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LKZaMT7QeyI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"paul-thomas-anderson-on-the-master\">Paul Thomas Anderson on The Master<\/h3>\n<p>In another great find from<a title=\"PTA on Mentorless\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mentorless.com\/2013\/03\/11\/video-paul-thomas-anderson-about-the-masters-writing-and-directing-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">\u00a0Mentorless.com<\/a>, John Horn from the\u00a0<strong>LA Times interviews Paul Thomas Anderson about his latest film<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>The Master<\/em>, featuring the late great Philip Seymour Hoffman. In this final video\u00a0<em>The Master<\/em>&#8216;s editor, production designers and costume designer discuss what it&#8217;s like to work with PTA as a director and offer plenty of insights on the collaborative process of filmmaking.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re still hungry for more then I would also highly recommend the\u00a0<a title=\"Making of Magnolia\" href=\"http:\/\/jonnyelwyn.co.uk\/film-and-video-editing\/dvd-extras-for-editors\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">90 minute making of documentary from the set of\u00a0<em>Magnolia<\/em><\/a>, which provides\u00a0<strong>an exceptionally intimate window into Anderson&#8217;s directing method<\/strong>\u00a0and personal journey.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5t62XADK0w4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about filmmaking in these great masterclasses from Hollywood heavyweight Paul Thomas Anderson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":37909,"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":[715,79,78,583],"tags":[810,1473,2466,849,2468,2432,2465,1668,2467],"class_list":["post-class-post-37393","post-class-post","post-class-type-post","post-class-status-publish","post-class-format-standard","post-class-has-post-thumbnail","post-class-hentry","post-class-category-industry","post-class-category-inspiration","post-class-category-roundups","post-class-category-video-production-2","post-class-tag-behind-the-scenes","post-class-tag-directing","post-class-tag-film-directing","post-class-tag-film-director","post-class-tag-magnolia","post-class-tag-making-of","post-class-tag-paul-thomas-anderson","post-class-tag-steadicam","post-class-tag-the-master"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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