Without tension in your story, your audience will doom scroll while your film plays in the background.

Arthur Anderson – Second Unit Director and Producer for Mission Impossible, Paycheck, and Windtalkers – shares how the films he's worked on carry tension from the opening scene to the credits. 

Listen to become a practical filmmaker.

Key points:
1:17 - How did you get started
3:40 - What do you remember about the first set
5:26 - Advice for starting out
8:44 - Transition from feature films to TV
11:09- What it's like being an action writer
13:40 - Secret to storytelling
16:02 - Keep a positive focus
16:49 - Second unit directing, what's involved
20:08 - How much creative leeway do you get
20:57 - Working with JJ Abrams
23:04 - Windtalkers production
29:09 - How does your philosophy of life impact your filmmaking
31:55 - Leaving Hollywood
33:58 - What's your current project
35:14 - Have an intention when you wake up

Links:
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My Prayer Warrior

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