John P. Hess
July 30th, 2017
Filmmaker IQ
Not only do Title Sequences tell you the name of the film and the stars, they can also set the tone and mood and put you in the right frame of mind to experience the film or TV show to come. Explore the history of the title sequence and how they’ve evolved along with business of filmmaking over the past century.
A Video Essay by Conor Bateman
Conor Bateman observes how analogue and digital, real and constructed, bleed into a paranoid, video-game vision of 1970s San Francisco in David Fincher’s classic crime procedural, Zodiac.
Commissioned by Open City Inc, publisher of RealTime 2017, ©RealTime
Interiors is an online film and architecture journal, published by Mehruss Jon Ahi and Armen Karaoghlanian, that analyses and diagrams films in terms of space.
A Pair of Artists Use Architecture to Study Film
The founders of “Interiors,” a journal dedicated to film and architecture, diagram scenes from movies such as “Fight Club,” “Psycho,” and more.
Colin Warren-Hicks
January 30, 2014
Metropolis
If cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame, David Fincher is an artist who is very much concerned about all four corners of his canvas.
by INTERIORS Journal
June 3, 2013
ArchDaily
“Their positioning throughout the scene provides us with an understanding of how David Fincher uses space within the film, and in doing so, how he also maintains the architectural integrity of the film.”
Mehruss Jon Ahi and Armen Karaoghlanian
2012-01
Interiors
“The vastness of the desert around them emphasizes the fact that the handcuffed John Doe is captured; a lack of freedom despite the free space around him.”
Mehruss Jon Ahi and Armen Karaoghlanian
2013-01
Interiors
“David Fincher switches from a subjective perspective onto an objective perspective after the reveal has been made.”
Mehruss Jon Ahi and Armen Karaoghlanian
2014-01
Interiors
The very talented and charming Carrie Coon (don’t miss her superb performances on “The Leftovers” and the 3rd season of “Fargo) offers some insights into her experience working for the first time in a film. A David Fincher film.
From minute 28:28 to 33:52:
Conversations with Carrie Coon of FARGO
SAG-AFTRA Foundation
Published on May 12, 2017
YouTube
Q&A with Carrie Coon of FARGO. Moderated by Jarett Wieselman, BuzzFeed.
From minute 21:31 to 29:51:
Carrie Coon’s Amazing Five Years
Little Gold Men (Vanity Fair)
August 10, 2017
Overcast
Podcast: 53:57
Emmy-nominated actress Carrie Coon stops by to talk Leftovers, Fargo, and what’s next.
Lessons from the Screenplay
Published on Jun 15, 2017
YouTube
Despite the dark and gruesome subject matters of True Detective and Se7en, the character arcs of the main characters tell a story of profound optimism.
Amazon.com:
K.M. Weiland – Creating Character Arcs
The Masterful Author’s Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development
– Helping Writers Become Authors Book 7
– PenForASword Publishing (2016)
Every Frame a Painting (Tony Zhou) – David Fincher. And the Other Way is Wrong
Patrick (H) Willems – David Fincher & the Craft of Music Videos (video essay)
The Film Guy – How to Direct like David Fincher. Visual Style Breakdown
The Film Guy – Gone Girl – Painting a Murderer
De Filmkrant – What’s in the Box? David Fincher’s Fridges
Ludic Scribbler – Fincher’s Necrophilia
ScreenCrush – You Think You Know Movies. David Fincher
kaptainkristian – David Fincher. Invisible Details
CineFix – Se7en’s “Box Scene” – Art of the Scene
Lessons from the Screenplay – The Social Network. Sorkin, Structure, and Collaboration
Lessons from the Screenplay – Gone Girl. Don’t Underestimate the Screenwriter
More a full-on documentary series than an essay:
Raccord – The Directors Series. David Fincher [2.1]
Raccord – The Directors Series. David Fincher [2.2]
Raccord – The Directors Series. David Fincher [2.3]
Raccord – The Directors Series. David Fincher [2.4]
Raccord – The Directors Series. David Fincher [2.5]
And probably the best one:
Cameron Carpenter – WHY IS CINEMA, analyzing a master. David fincher and mouths (video essay)
Tell me in the comments if I’ve missed any so I can add them to the list.
ALIEN 3 Filming Decimated Bishop BTS ADI
studioADI
Published on May 13, 2017
YouTube
ALIEN 3 celebrates its 25th anniversary this month, and to celebrate we present this gem from deep within the VHS vault–footage from the prep and rehearsals of the Bishop puppet shoot complete with direction from David Fincher. Despite the aged quality of the video, it’s still an interesting watch demonstrating the collaboration between director and effects crew on set.
ALIEN 3 Alien BTS 25th Anniversary
studioADI
Published on May 18, 2017
YouTube
As the 25th Anniversary of ALIEN 3 approaches, we could not ignore our contribution to the film’s title character: the Alien itself. Through the miracle of VHS and exclusive photographs, ADI takes you back to that year of hard work at Pinewood Studios. Enjoy the retrospective!
(May 27, 2017)
Cinephilia & Beyond
Slightly more than 22 years ago, David Fincher, a talented filmmaker who made music videos and commercials and was left by his directorial stint on his first feature Alien 3 so disillusioned and bitter he felt “he’d rather die of colon cancer than do another movie,” stumbled upon a script that would renew his faith in the filmmaking business. This particular piece was written by Andrew Kevin Walker, and was deemed too dark and bleak to succeed. The story was largely shaped by Walker’s experience of living in New York City for a couple of years, where he felt alienated, lonely and unhappy. Desperately trying to get his story made, Walker agreed to rewrite the screenplay on the demand of director Jeremiah Chechik (Christmas Vacation), and it was this altered version that should have ended up in Fincher’s hands. But the studio made a mistake, delivering Walker’s original piece to Fincher, who was immediately intrigued and, even when the mistake was explained, chose to insist on the utter darkness Walker envisioned. By mere happenstance, therefore, Se7en found its director and made the first, crucial step on its way to cinematic immortality. […]
The Fincher Analyst 