Film Formally
53 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -Film Formally gets granular about how movies work by studying a technique or trait through its best examples. Independent filmmakers and friends Devan Scott and Will Ross leverage years of experience watching and making movies to bring you spirited and approachable conversations, offering brick-by-brick analysis and discussions about how films work.
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Episode 2: Small Crews feat. Sophy Romvari
April 21, 2020 15:49 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBIn this episode we chat with Toronto-based filmmaker (and one of our favourite collaborators) Sophy Romvari about why she scales down her films’ budgets, crew sizes, and production length.
Episode 1: Contagion and Steven Soderbergh's Digital Cinematography
April 21, 2020 15:49 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBIn this episode, Devan and Will discuss Steven Soderbergh’s pioneering use of digital image capture in his remarkable run of films that followed his transition away from celluloid-based filmmaking starting with Che in 2008. Focusing on his 2011 epidemic thriller Contagion, we cover his usage of the medium’s perceived ‘drawbacks’ for artistic purposes as well as wider myths and trends in modern digital cinematography, including film emulation.
Episode 0: Welcome to Film Formally
April 16, 2020 18:50 - 2 minutes - 4.14 MBIn this intro episode we offer a taste of our podcast, with a quick rundown of our format and a few samples from upcoming episodes. If you're tired of movie podcasts that reach a mile wide and an inch deep, we've got just the thing for you, with focused and lively conversations that stick to specifics — one episode, one technique.