Connecting with other actors means listening and listening while performing allows you to act better. You don’t wait for the moment to say your line, you act together with the other actors, otherwise you don’t tell stories, you tell pieces of individual life and...

What is editing? Editing is rhythm, it is narration, it is reviewing everything that has been shot and putting it together to create the world. Before editing, the world that was conceived by the writer who wrote the film and that was also coveted by those who shot...

A director shouldn’t edit his own works, because somehow the product can be corrupted by how the shooting went and how it should have been. Sometimes these two realities can overlap and other times there are clear differences. If the director starts editing on his...

The editor gives the rhythm to the story and puts it in order, they create characters respecting the rhythm with which an audience should respond to the story. It is essentially narrative work, so those who approach editing must take into account that they work...

The screenwriter writes a story that is then passed on to a director who somehow translates what is on paper into something that will then be truly palpable when an audience sits down at a cinema. Obviously the screenwriter has an image which he formed whilst...

The division into three acts has some basic passages that are compulsory, almost as if the setup should happen after a few minutes and that there is a turning point between one act and another. These passages help the viewer and the dramaturgy towards the next...

A script begins with an idea, a sudden spark or a slow burning idea that comes from the writer. This spark is transformed into a subject that should be no longer than three or four pages long. Once the subject is finished, there are various schools of thought. Some...

A screenwriter must have a passion for stories, they must love telling stories. Stories are made of men, women, of their experiences and adventures, of their obstacles and how an event can complicate their lives. A screenwriter must have a passion for reading and a...

Usually many directors prefer to contact actors for a read through, then they proceed with other sessions, other rehearsals like when working in the theatre before going to the prepared film set. There are certain elements that an actor must know and will expect...

In the eyes of the director, the subjective is an invisible gaze in which the actor doesn’t participate. The actor looks at something and we can identify with his gaze by following him through the camera. On the other hand, when the gaze is glacial, stationary,...

The first step when making a film is the writing, a precise synthetic idea of ​​a few lines that is the fulcrum, the heart of what you want to tell. Then a story is written, a script, scene by scene detailed with camera movements, with movements of the actors,...

Advice consisting in two phases. The first is that if you like cinema you should immerse yourself in it. And all its multitudes. Good! Experiment! Step forward! There are many so many aspects to consider, from the scenography to the script, the direction, the...