by Ross Tinney | Oct 3, 2019 | Film Industry - Behind the Scenes
(1254 words, 4 min read) The way I see it, talent casting is 75% of my role as director. TVC Director Simon McQuoid goes further; he reckons it is 90%. Here’s what Simon says on the matter. Obviously, it depends on what you’re making. But if I’ve cast the role well...
by Ross Tinney | Sep 25, 2019 | Film Industry - Behind the Scenes
(783 words, 3 min read) The very first time I saw a steal-o-matic, I thought, “Wow, this is awesome. What a great product. I so want to win this job.” So, what is a steal-o-matic? When an ad agency gets briefed from a client, they go away and come up...
by Ross Tinney | Sep 18, 2019 | Film Industry - Behind the Scenes
(1470 words – 5 min read) So, you have a script, a screenplay, an advertising agency storyboard, or written images, and now it is time to bring it life, to translate these words onto the screen. By creating a sequence of different kinds of shots—wide shots,...
by Ross Tinney | Jul 23, 2019 | Film Industry - Behind the Scenes
Whose script is this? (1538 words – 6 min read) If you are a director like me, then you are working with a script. It may be your own script, one that you’ve written as a short film where the germ of the idea came from your childhood. Or you may be...
by Ross Tinney | Jul 9, 2019 | Film Industry - Behind the Scenes
(2674 words – 10 min read) I once watched an interview with Steven Spielberg where he waxed lyrical about the notion of storyboarding and its importance. It was not only as a tool to realise his vision for himself, but also as a way to help explain to the rest...
