Director Commentary – Movie-A-Day Challenge https://movieadaychallenge.com My quest to watch one movie every day in 2019. Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:44:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://i0.wp.com/movieadaychallenge.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-Site-Icon.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Director Commentary – Movie-A-Day Challenge https://movieadaychallenge.com 32 32 172521826 The Making of Not Alone in Here https://movieadaychallenge.com/the-making-of-not-alone-in-here/ Tue, 26 May 2020 06:46:56 +0000 http://movieadaychallenge.com/?p=2447

The ponysmasher YouTube channel is owned by David F. Sandberg, director of Shazam!, Lights Out, and Annabelle Creation.

I found his YouTube channel because of a video he made titled, “The Problem Solving of Filmmaking” which explains problems that he encountered while making Shazam!. What I did not realize at the time was that he was also into making simple short films with his wife and posting them to YouTube.

Before you watch this making-of video, please watch the full short film. Trust me you will be amazed and inspired.

]]> 2447 The Problem Solving of Filmmaking https://movieadaychallenge.com/the-problem-solving-of-filmmaking/ Sun, 24 May 2020 06:49:00 +0000 http://movieadaychallenge.com/?p=2455

This is a great video to help demonstrate how hard and rewarding it can be to make a movie. A lot of times things that you may not like about a movie are not intentional and the director may not like it either. Other times obstacles can create happy accidents that improve a film in ways unforseen.

David F. Sandberg created this great 5 min video breaking down one scene in Shazam! and the problems presented to him during the shoot. I first saw this awhile back but I am just now getting around to posting about it.

]]> 2455 Rogue One: Watch-Along and Q&A w/Writers Gary Whitta and Chris Weitz https://movieadaychallenge.com/rogue-one-watch-along-and-qa-w-writers-gary-whitta-and-chris-weitz/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 15:42:32 +0000 https://movieadaychallenge.com/?p=2239

IGN’s Watch From Home (WFH) series did a watch along with the writers of Rouge One, Gary Whitta and Chris Weitz.

These watch along’s are really becoming fun and I hope IGN and others continue to record these. It’s bringing back one of the best things about DVD’s (commentary tracks) to an audience that is moving exclusively to streaming where these features are usually not available.

Now I just need Plex to enable this to work in Plex for me. Hint, hint. Also, if you are not following Gary Whitta on Twitter he’s worth following.

]]> 2239 Zack Snyders Batman V Superman Directors Commentary https://movieadaychallenge.com/zack-snyders-batman-v-superman-directors-commentary/ Thu, 02 Apr 2020 15:13:00 +0000 https://movieadaychallenge.com/?p=2205

So technically it’s not a video essay but its close enough and this is so freaking cool!

Zach Snyder went into his home theater and live streamed a directors commentary for BvS. I am not a huge fan of BvS but with more distance I have come to appreciate what Zach was trying to do. So while the whole DCEU approach did not work for me I can respect the love, care and craft.

It took me a second to sync up with Zach but it worked. I still need to go back and finish it but hey it is 3 hours long!!

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