drone pilot
by sam regan-edwards “In fact, at several points I could not tell if I was watching cartoon animation or live action, such are the powers of its animation to simulate live action, to hyperconform to it, seducing it, making it enter the realm of metamorphosis despite itself, even as it simulates and seduces American cartoon […]
by gene dolders August 18th 2020, for my 40th birthday, I turned up to Moss Lane on the back roads of Formby in the North West of England to start filming my first short film Death Is The Keeper of Secrets. Which initially was shot under the title of My China Lake. Robert Harmon, who […]
by theo regan-edwards Winner of the Brit School award for World Cinema: “Smiling Migrant”
by guy pearson So, you’ve just wrapped a feature film that took 33 days to shoot over several years, all on a budget of precisely zero pounds and with a crew of one—I was trying to practically be a one-person film crew. After a thorough self-critique that felt more intense than trying to find a […]
drone shorts If you would like to commission Steven do some filming you can contact him at Droneunknow@outlook.com
by sam regan-edwards ‘Speculations on the Animatic Oberzan’ is a video essay on the films of Zachary Oberzan, situating his achievements within post-structuralist and deconstructionist theory. As Oberzan’s first film is a one-man adaptation of Rambo: First Blood and his most recent work is a shot-for-shot remake of Close Up, his films work as much […]
by anna jane begley In an era of dimly-lit Disney remakes and franchised animations, Flow crashes onto our screens like a tsunami. Following a group of unlikely animal friends on a nautical adventure after a natural disaster, the Latvian Oscar-winner may seem like your usual family-friendly fairytale, but it’s really something more sophisticated than anything […]
by gene dolders A Fistful of Dollars (1964)Director: Sergio LeonePlot: A wandering gunfighter (Clint Eastwood) plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.Trivia: The company who financed this movie had to profit share with Akira Kurosawa as the plot was blatantly taken from YoJimbo. For a Few […]
by gene dolders The Bird With The Crystal Plumage – 1970Director: Dario ArgentoPlot: Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante) whilst on holiday in Italy, witnesses an attempted murder in an art gallery. He soon finds himself being hunted by the same killer.Trivia: A character is shown dialing “113” at a pay phone. Italy has multiple emergency numbers, […]
by gene dolders The Omega Man – 1971Director: Boris SagalPlot: Dr Robert Neville (Charlton Heston) has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants led by Matthias (Anthony Zerbe) blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him.Trivia: The writers came up […]