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'Chiseltown' is an intensely personal story, although it has nothing to do with me personally, as odd as that may sound. It's about a fictional filmmaker and a movie, from the first phone call to the last. That's how movies are made. I suppose it's not so different in other walks of life...

Another preview of sorts, the Table of Contents. Full 10-page preview at Lulu http://www.lulu.com/shop/alan-von-altendorf/film-school-in-one-lesson/paperback/product-23232675.html...

Maybe it's a good idea to give a preview? - actual size 6" x 9" trade paperback, with 61 illustrations Page 1 starts the section on film form, essential stuff like continuity, moving shots, POV shots, match dissolve, contradiction...

Published today, half-price at Lulu, retail distribution pending. http://www.lulu.com/shop/alan-von-altendorf/film-school-in-one-lesson/paperback/product-23232675.html...

Maybe finished in a couple weeks, stay tuned. (update - see below)

Bart, to clarify and agree, multiple cameras ("iso") are swell for covering certain kinds of live events like music and dance, sitcoms of course. In 1990, one of my shows got noticed by UK Producer magazine because previously everyone was using a remote control room and doing hot switch of...

Using multiple cameras has suddenly become a popular thing to do, and it's disastrous. Instead of getting one beautifully staged, well-shot take of something, you're getting 2 or 3 camera angles of the same thing -- all mediocre -- because the staging cannot be as good as it should be, since you...

MARLON BRANDO I think an actor like Brando can give you certain moments that have nothing to do with any director, have nothing to do with any script, have nothing to do with anything aside from his own talent. When you work with Marlon, you have only one job: release him, get him moving, get...

The reason not to watch other people's work is to avoid being influenced by them, but that's just me. I did watch a lot of classics, before I started making films. About Casablanca: With the deadline [for the start of CASABLANCA, 1942] creeping up on me and with Mike Curtiz asking when was he...

"Wolf DeVoon" is the pen name of Alan von Altendorf recently completed detective novels: (film rights available) The Tar Pit http://www.lulu.com/shop/wolf-devoon/the-tar-pit/paperback/product-23100837.html A Portrait of Valor...

(continued from Part 1) http://www.studentfilmmakers.com/for...recting-part-1 The deep truth of filmmaking is awful. We shoot out-of-sequence. That means each scene must be alive in the here-and-now PLUS make sense when it's joined to something shot on another day or another week, miles from...

Dave Pauwels was kind enough to ask about my experiences as a director. I don't see much difference between film and tape, analog or digital, drama, comedy, or documentary, so I'll talk about them generally as "filmed entertainment," a traditional term that distinguishes movies from theater. I...