Avoid Making Your Sets Look Like Sets; Plus, Are Intermissions Back?

Should filmmakers include intentional intermissions on long films? How do you properly film on a set, so it doesn’t look like a set? Is it possible to shoot your entire project using an iPhone?

In today’s episode, No Film School’s Charles Haine, GG Hawkins, and Jason Hellerman discuss:

• Movie theaters adding intermissions to a Scorsese film without permission
• The reason 3D movies in the 1950s used intermissions 
• Filmmakers creating different formats for different viewing options 
• Scenarios when filmmakers should plan for intermissions in their films
• What GG’s first sound stage experience was like 
• How to make a set NOT look like a set
• Everything we love about Apple’s recent products
• How Apple shot their news event entirely on the iPhone 15

Memorable Quotes

• “Since the invention of television, every filmmaker has had to think in multiple formats.” [16:14]
• “Scorsese can do whatever the fuck he wants and if he says ‘no intermission,’ I will not drink liquid ahead of time.” [17:09]
• “There’s a way to shoot with limited resources to still think big.” [25:12]
• “A set wall will never look like a real wall no matter how hard you try.” [31:10]

Resources:

Learn to Shoot 35mm 

Killers of the Flower Moon

An Apple event shot on the iPhone

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