Filmography in Focus

Filmography in Focus

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Filmography in Focus episodes

  • 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

    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

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinjaboiMedia
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    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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    10 min
  • E4 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

      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

      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

      This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

      49 min
    • E3 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

          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

          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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          36 min
        • E2 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

              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

              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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              41 min
            • E1 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

                  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

                  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.

                  38 min
                • What is Filmography In Focus?
                  Episode Notes

                  Credits

                  Twitter: https://twitter.com/FilmInFocusCast

                  A Ninjaboi Media Production

                  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.

                  5 min

                About Filmography in Focus

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                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…