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DN230: Left Right – Tom Willems
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Most directors know that if they can concentrate on pulling great performances from their actors the battle’s half won, but it’s not quite that simple when your leads are a pair of hands. Director Tom Willems joins us this week to discuss how his short Left Right demanded he craft a new approach to filming and why faces were the last thing he needed in frame.
What’s overacting, what’s under acting, what’s good acting for a hand?
Left Right Materials
Storyboard
Showlinks
Caviar
Phantom Gold
Tilt-shift Lens
Author: MarBelle
MarBelle has a strange compulsion to watch as many films as he can get his hands on and find jobs that give him a legitimate excuse to drill filmmakers about their work. Directors Notes is the latest incarnation of this disorder and so much cheaper than film school. Twitter: @MarBelle
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