Sven Pape, ACE
June 11, 2022
This Guy Edits
The editing and post-production of David Fincher‘s Mank.
Netflix’s Mank was leading 2021 Oscars nominations with 10 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. First assistant editor Ben Insler opens up the editing timeline of the film and shares insights on the editing and workflow process.
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Ryan Hollinger
May 30, 2022
Ryan Hollinger (YouTube)
This show celebrates Ryan’s love for film, games, art and entertainment through personal retrospective analysis that aims to explore what made them so good.
Time stamps:
00:00: The Story & Characters
04:20: The Intense Filmmaking
08:37: The Panic Room Explained
12:27: Ending Spoilers
Sources:
“Home(land) Invasion: Poe, Panic Rooms, and 9/11”
John Kitterman
May 1, 2003
Wiley
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Andrew S. Baldwin
January 30, 2022
Supervoid Cinema (YouTube)
The Unmaking Of Movies. In-depth accounts of the ‘Greatest Movies Never Made’, Prominent ‘what ifs?’. Behind the scenes looks at canceled movies, lost projects, and the reasons why some projects went down in flames of development hell… Superman, Batman, Iron Man, Spider-Man, He-Man, Aliens, Hellboy, Robocop, and many more!
David Fincher has long been signed to produce a movie adaptation of Eric Powell‘s cult comic book: The Goon, published by Dark Horse, to be co-directed by Tim Miller and Jeff Fowler of Blur Studios with an original screenplay by Powell.
Video contains test animation for the David Fincher / Blur Studios / Dark Horse Entertainment produced film The Goon. Based on the Dark Horse Comic series by Eric Powell. Clancy Brown and Paul Giamatti provided the voices for this test. All artwork & footage belongs to its respective creators.
Cormac Donnelly
October 2021
Screenworks
This video essay examines the innovative use of sound recording and mixing in David Fincher’s Mank (2020). Whilst Mank received a limited theatrical release, the film is most widely available via the Netflix streaming platform. The essay takes as a starting point the rerecording and spatialisation of the soundtrack, with a focus on the home viewing experience. Donnelly argues that the re-recording process used on Mank’s soundtrack could potentially suggest a method by which films released into the domestic market could retain the reverberant sonic signature of cinematic exhibition. The published screenwork draws upon interviews with Fincher’s sound designer Ren Klyce, as well as the work of experimental composer, Alvin Lucier in order to better understand the experience of listening to Mank in our own rooms.
Watch the video essay and read the research statement
Read the original in-depth interview with Ren Klyce:
Gray Kotzé (Director of Photography)
November 7, 2021
In Depth Cine
After watching a few David Fincher films I realised that one way he presents a cinematic world which is an exaggerated version of real life is through the weather.
0:00: Introduction
0:50: Seven
4:08: Sponsored Message
5:06: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
7:48: The Social Network
9:00: Conclusion
Music:
Rhythm Scott – ‘Tribal Splash’
Dear Gravity – ‘Finish Remember Begin Again’
Doug Kauffman – ‘The River Brethren’
We Dream Of Eden – ‘After the Storm’
Ottom – ‘Quiet Street’
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Gray Kotzé (Director of Photography)
October 17, 2021
In Depth Cine
In this edition I’ll look at Jeff Cronenweth, who, to a large extent, is responsible for popularising a style of ‘dark cinematography’, through his work on movies such as Fight Club or The Social Network.
0:00: Introduction
1:03: Background
2:36: Philosophy
5:23: Sponsored Message
6:18: Gear
11:57: Conclusion
Music:
Liquid Memoirs – ‘Through The Portal’
Bosnow – ‘Bangkok Rain’
Liquid Memoirs – ‘Altered States’
Salt Of The Sound – ‘Awake My Soul’
Liquid Memoirs – ‘Hazy Evenings’
Ottom – ‘Raining In Kyoto’
Trevor Kowalski – ‘Katydid’
Source: Fight Club (American Cinematographer, November 1999)
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3 Things That Working With Jeff Cronenweth Taught Me About Cinematography
Gray Kotzé (Director of Photography)
June 19, 2020
In Depth Cine
Adam Tinius
September 20, 2021
Entertain The Elk (Patreon, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram)
In this video, I explore David Fincher‘s 2007 film Zodiac, and how yellow is secretly used to help tell the story.
MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO: Astral Projection, Astronomy, Unsolved Mystery – by White Bat Audio
Gray Kotzé (Director of Photography)
May 16, 2021
In Depth Cine
Darius Khondji is a cinematographer who is able to adapt images into almost any form to mimic the style of whichever director he works with, while subtly mixing in some of his own photographic traits. In this episode of cinematography style, I’ll break down the work of Khondji by examining his philosophy on photography as well as some of the gear which he uses to execute these ideas.
0:00: Introduction
1:23: Background
2:26: Philosophy
5:09: Gear
9:01: Conclusion
Music:
Liquid Memoirs – ‘Shimmer’
Eill – ‘The Horizon’
Isben Producer – ‘Dream’
The Cliff – ‘Terms Of Motion’
Norvik – ‘Walking The Universe’
Lalinea – ‘Will You Dance With Me’
Sources:
Conversations with Darius Khondji (American Cinematographer, November 2018)
Bedazzled (British Cinematographer, April 2020)
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March 23, 2021
BAFTA Guru (BAFTA)
Make Up and Hair design transforms characters, sometimes into new people, this is a fantastic opportunity to hear from this year’s nominees.
Speakers include:
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Chris Beachum
January 26, 2021
Gold Derby
2020 was certainly a tough year for everyone, but there were some bright spots for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. The composer duo won their first Emmy Award in September for “Watchmen.” Their band Nine Inch Nails was inducted (although virtually) into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November. And the end of the year brought the film releases of “Mank” for Netflix and “Soul” for Disney/Pixar, for which they composed the score of each.
In our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video above), Reznor says, “When I heard you say that about the list of accomplishments this past year, set against the backdrop of the brutality and relentlessness of the pandemic and politically what’s happening. As parents trying to keep our kids safe and sane and happy and some sense of normality, it has been a weird juxtaposition of accolades set against this year we’d all like to put in the rear-view mirror.”
Reznor and Ross won an Oscar for Best Original Score on their first feature film (“The Social Network,” 2010). They have teamed with that movie’s director, David Fincher, several times, including for “Mank,” the behind-the-scenes story of writer Herman J. Mankiewicz and his work on the classic 1941 film “Citizen Kane.” They have collaborated for the first time with Pixar chief Pete Docter on his animated feature “Soul,” about a jazz musician who wants to navigate his way back to his body from the afterlife.
On working with two such distinctive and varied directors, Reznor adds, “The similarities of Pete and David are that they’re both geniuses, different styles of genius, but they’re both the very best at what they do. Being around them is… that we thrive on that. We’re searching out excellence because we are inspired by it.”
The Fincher Analyst 