Letters About Filmmaking
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120 / Visual Storytelling (in Three Acts)
A step-by-step guide to the many choices a filmmaker or comics artist makes in telling a story.
• 8 minute read
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118 / The Storytelling Stick
Sticks, Twitches, Gifts and Touchstones — let me show you how these simple devices can make your stories rich with meaning.
• 3 minute read
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117 / Poor Miss Lonely Hearts
Let me tell you about The Golden Action — visual storytelling at its most creative and potent.
• 4 minute read
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116 / Making The Invisible Visible
I attempt to explain visual storytelling - with emojis! 🤯
• 5 minute read
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107 / Three! New! Things!
Two videos and a comic short story - all finished this week.
• 1 minute read
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096 / You Don't Have To Start At The Beginning
Spending time with Hayao Miyazaki has kickstarted my comics storytelling!
• 3 minute read
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063 / Eating Toilet Paper for Coronavirus
This week I made a satirical video for The New York Times about this new coronavirus thing.
• 2 minute read
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051 / Banksy And The King
A story about the time Banksy squared off against London’s greatest graffiti artist - and lost.
• 5 minute read
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047 / More Thoughts On Words And Pictures
From Tilly Walden to William Blake - some inspirational notes on telling stories with words and pictures.
• 4 minute read
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040 / More Of Your Questions, Answered
I answer your questions about how I made Jaron Lanier Fixes The Internet for The New York Times.
• 4 minute read
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031 / All Sorts of Things Become Possible
Some lessons in filmmaking from the set of my latest video project.
• 2 minute read
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030 / A New Film I'm Proud Of
A behind-the-scenes look at a new film I’ve made for The New York Times - plus some exciting news about a film I directed last year!
• 4 minute read
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025 / The Threshold Of Awareness
This diagram helps me tell visual stories that make the audience both think and feel. Here’s how to use it.
• 2 minute read
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020 / You're Weird
Exceed algorithmic description - make art the computer cannot categorise!
• 4 minute read
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019 / Five Miscellaneous Things
There’s a lot in this one! Poetry, filmmaking, graphic novels and visual storytelling - take your pick!
• 6 minute read
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018 / Planned Improv
Notes on the balance between preparation and improv in the creative process, while shooting a film for The New York Times.
• 4 minute read
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017 / Practicing Scales
Some practical advice on how filmmakers can build a daily practice habit that improves their craft.
• 6 minute read
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014 / Outsider's Luck
Do people who aren’t trying so hard have some kind of outsider’s advantage?
• 2 minute read
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013 / Three Thoughts on Visual Storytelling
On Spiderman Into The Spider-Verse, the nature of juxtaposition and writing screenplay dialogue.
• 4 minute read
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011 / Five Days
A day-by-day account of writing and designing a film for The New York Times.
• 5 minute read