Filmography in Focus

By Ninjaboi Media

On the Filmography in Focus Podcast, we dive deep into the filmography of directors, franchises and genres to bring the themes and techniques used into focus. We can then track either the evolution of... more

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June 30, 2020 Filmography in Focus Schedule Update
Show Notes
TL;DL - I will be doing Filmography in Focus on an ad hoc basis so that I don't burn out my enjoyment for movies, and based on when we have films back in theaters that can seed my movie themes for each month. On hiatus until Chris Nolan's Tenet returns to theaters.
Credits
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FilmInFocusCast
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filmography-in-focus/id1500216245
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Irfwfus6kqxqnhizqokh6hgdnsa?
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5augWYdDvneiXRDzGwzMnF
A Ninjaboi Media Production
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinjaboiMedia
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ninjaboi333
Letterboxd: http://letterboxd.com/ninjaboi
Episode Music
The Curtain Rises by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5007-the-curtain-rises License:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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10min
May 31, 2020E4 Steven Spielberg (1968-1989)
Show Notes
Director: Steven Spielberg (Pre 1990)
Letterboxd List: https://letterboxd.com/ninjaboi/lists/
Films Referenced: Amblin, The Sugarland Express, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1941, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, ET The Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Color Purple, Empire of the Sun, Always, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Video Essays Referenced
Back to the Cinema - Rearview Mirror Shots in the films of Steven Spielberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d0Tr9xT1fk
Collative Learning - The Hidden Depths of Raiders of the Lost Ark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKFDWeYMPJk
Dark Corners Reviews - The Films that Made Indiana Jones - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqYU9v4Mq-Y
Entertain The Elk - Spielberg: How to Introduce Characters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQLJDxp2FEI
Every Frame a Painting - The Spielberg Oner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q4X2vDRfRk
Fandor - 3 Ways Spielberg Builds Nail Biting Suspense - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ5XB9eDVM4
Geoff Stone - Empire of the Sun How Spielberg Films Human Connection - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDw2oqsz31M
Films&Stuff - Indiana Jones The Fundamentals of Action - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSmS69qf_9Q
IMDb - A Guide to Steven Spileberg Films | Director’s Trademarks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-C01T0kw74
Le Movie Geek - Steven Spielberg in 6 Minutes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq9qRjVFm4c
Make Stuff - Creative Hooks: How Spielberg Does Action - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKnh73CpwKc
Now You See It - The Dolly Zoom: More Than a Cheap Trick - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5JBlwlnJX0
Patrick H Willems - Steven Spielberg and the Horror Inside Blockbusters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWqyNE6ok14
Sher J - How Reflection Tells the Story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Hjj0m6BYU
Steven Benedict - Steven Spielberg’s techniques and themes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uCBYFHRHU0&
Studio Binder - Steven Spielberg Directing Style Explained (Point of Thought) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XjJMFD-Vz8
The Discarded Image - Jaws How Spielberg Creates Suspense on the Beach - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Tq91Sq-94
The Take - You Know It’s Steven Spielberg If… - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAE0BtSTUy8
Next Month's Theme: Vietnam War Films
Leterboxd Link: https://letterboxd.com/ninjaboi/list/fif5-vietnam-war-june-2020/
Credits
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FilmInFocusCast
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filmography-in-focus/id1500216245
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Irfwfus6kqxqnhizqokh6hgdnsa?
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5augWYdDvneiXRDzGwzMnF
A Ninjaboi Media Production
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinjaboiMedia
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ninjaboi333
Letterboxd: http://letterboxd.com/ninjaboi
Episode Music
The Curtain Rises by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5007-the-curtain-rises License:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Find out more at https://filmography-in-focus.pinecast.co
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49min
May 07, 2020E3 David Fincher
Show Notes
Director: David Fincher
Letterboxd List:
Films Referenced
Se7en
The Game
Fight Club
Panic Room
Zodiac
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Social Network
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Gone Girl
Select Music Videos
Video Essays Referenced
A Matter of Film - Se7en Why Less is More
Art of the Title - David Fincher a Film Title Retrospective
Criticole - Fincher’s Movement
The Discarded Image - How David Fincher Uses Pop Music
Every Frame a Painting - David Fincher - And the Other Way is Wrong
Film Radar - Fight Club The Beauty of Sound Design
Film Radar - How David Fincher Became a Filmmaker
Film Understood - Gone Girl: The Epitome of David Fincher
Flick Fanatics - David Fincher
Indie Film Hustle - David Fincher - The Bleeding Edge (The Director Series)
Kaptainkristian - David Fincher - Invisible Details
The Lookout - The Colors of David Fincher and Bong Joon-Ho
MixCinema - Every Fridges Scenes from David Finchers Films
Mr Nerdista - The Game - David Fincher and the Lonely Protagonist
Nerdwriter1 - How David Fincher Hijacks Your Eyes
Patrick H Williams - David Fincher & The Craft of Music Videos
Slate - David Fincher Sees the World in Two Colors: Yellow and Blue
The Seventh Art - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Video Essay
StudioBinder - Why is David Fincher a Genius - Directing Styles Explained
Trash Theory - Tyler Durden is Whoever You Want Him to Be
Tyler Mowery - Cinematography Analysis - Zodiac
Tyler Mowery - Zodiac - Attaching an Audience To A Character’s Obsession
Tyler Mowery - Case Study - David Fincher & The Social Network
Next Month's Theme: Steven Spielberg Pre-1990 - Letterboxd Link: https://letterboxd.com/ninjaboi/list/filmography-in-focus-stephen-spielberg-pre/
Credits
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FilmInFocusCast
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filmography-in-focus/id1500216245
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Irfwfus6kqxqnhizqokh6hgdnsa?
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5augWYdDvneiXRDzGwzMnF
A Ninjaboi Media Production
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinjaboiMedia
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ninjaboi333
Letterboxd: http://letterboxd.com/ninjaboi
Episode Music
The Curtain Rises by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5007-the-curtain-rises License:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Find out more at https://filmography-in-focus.pinecast.co
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36min
March 27, 2020E2 Bong Joon-Ho
Show Notes
Director: Bong Joon-Ho
Letterboxd List: https://letterboxd.com/ninjaboi/list/filmography-in-focus-bong-joon-ho-episode/
Films Referenced
Barking Dogs Never Bite
Memories of Murder
The Host
Mother
Snowpiercer
Okja
Parasite
Video Essays Referenced
Accented Cinema - Parasite: Mastering the Basics of Cinema
Akshay Pradeep - Bong Joon-ho - Suspense in Sound
Birth.Death.Movies - Bong Joon-ho's Visual Techniques
Birth.Death.Movies - Bong Joon-ho Discusses PARASITE, Genre Filmmaking And The Greatness Of ZODIAC
CineFix - Snowpiercer - What's the Difference?
Criswell - Memories of a Murderer/Zodiac - Perspectives & Perception
Every Frame a Painting - Mother (2009) - The Telephoto Profile Shot
Every Frame a Painting - Snowpiercer - Left or Right
Every Frame a Painting - Memories of Murder (2003) - Ensemble Staging
Fandor - A Girl and Her Monster: The Monster Films of Bong-Joon Ho
Film Radar - Exploring Visual Language and Symbolism in "Parasite"
Flick Fanatics - Why Parasite is a masterpiece
Just Write - How Parasite (And Every Bong Joon-ho Film) Critiques Class
Kubrickscube - The Rhythm & Balance of 'Parasite'
Little White Lies - A Beginner’s Guide to Bong Joon-ho
The Lookout - [The Politics of Parasite]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_fOMQqC_zM)
The Lookout - The Colors of David Fincher & Bong Joon-ho
Mandarin Cat Visuals - Boon Joon Ho's Slapstick
Nerdwriter - Snowpiercer: The Artist As Historian
Nerdwriter - Parasite's Perfect Montage
Nicholas Smith - Bong Joon-ho and the Globalization of South Korean Cinema
Renegade Cut - America Is the Monster - The Host
Rhino Stew - Why SNOWPIERCER is a sequel to WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
The Ringer - Bong Joon-Ho: What Makes the ‘Parasite’ Director a Master
Script Sleuth - Screenwriting Secrets in Memories of Murder
Spikima Movies - Mother (2009) - Bong Joon-ho's masterpiece
Thomas Flight - The Visual Architecture of Parasite
Thomas Flight - The Cinematography of Parasite
TIFF Originals - Bong Joon-ho 봉준호 : Expect the Unexpected | PARASITE | TIFF 2019
TIFF Originals - The Signature Moves of Bong Joon Ho | TIFF 2017
Trois Couleurs - Bong Joon-Ho: Symmetries // Symétries
Next Month's Director: David Fincher Letterboxd Link
Credits
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FilmInFocusCast
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filmography-in-focus/id1500216245
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Irfwfus6kqxqnhizqokh6hgdnsa?
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5augWYdDvneiXRDzGwzMnF
A Ninjaboi Media Production
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinjaboiMedia
Letterboxd: http://letterboxd.com/ninjaboi
Episode Music
The Curtain Rises by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5007-the-curtain-rises License:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Find out more at https://filmography-in-focus.pinecast.co
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41min
February 28, 2020E1 Makoto Shinkai
Show Notes
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Letterboxd List: https://letterboxd.com/ninjaboi/list/filmography-in-focus-makoto-shinkai-episode/
Films Referenced
She and Her Cat
Other Worlds
Voices of A Distant Star
The Smile
The Place Promised In Our Early Days
5 Centimeters Per Second
A Gathering of Cats
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Someones Gaze
Garden of Words
Cross Road
Your Name
Weathering With You
Video Essays Referenced
Beyond Ghibli - Shinkai - Not Separation, But Connection
Bonsai Pop - Your Name: What's Missing In Life
Cinemanalysis - Kimi No Na Wa - The Beauty of Connection
Digibro - Makoto Shinkai: A Genius Hack Filmmaker
Digibro - Weathering With You: Pathetic Beauty
Gigguk - The Perfect Anime
Glass Reflection - your name: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Shinkai
Jesse Tribble - Waiting With Makoto Shinkai
konradnoises - Your Name - A Lesson on Light and Perspective
Like Stories Of Old - Your Name - What Makes Us Happy?
Mother's Basemeent - How Makoto Shinkai Became "The New Miyazaki"
Nerdy Shenanigans - Your Name (Kimi No Na Wa) - How to Frame A Story
Patrick Kim - Kimi No Na Wa (Your Name) Analysis | Ties That Bind
Sage's Rain - Makoto Shinkai - Love at a Distance
Tested - 2D Animation in the Digital Era: Interview with Japanese Director Makoto Shinkai
Credits
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FilmInFocusCast
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filmography-in-focus/id1500216245
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Irfwfus6kqxqnhizqokh6hgdnsa?
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5augWYdDvneiXRDzGwzMnF
A Ninjaboi Media Production
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinjaboiMedia
Letterboxd: http://letterboxd.com/ninjaboi
Episode Music
The Curtain Rises by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5007-the-curtain-rises
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Find out more at https://filmography-in-focus.pinecast.co
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38min
February 24, 2020 What is Filmography In Focus?
Episode Notes
Credits
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FilmInFocusCast
A Ninjaboi Media Production
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinjaboiMedia
Letterboxd: http://letterboxd.com/ninjaboi
Episode Music
The Curtain Rises by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5007-the-curtain-rises
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Find out more at https://filmography-in-focus.pinecast.co
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
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