Mickey+Blatt

John Boorman (born 1933)
 * Started as film critic at 18
 * Got job as trainee film editor
 * Began to direct documentaries for the BBC
 * Got bored with documentaries and made more dramatic films
 * Lesson he learned from making documentaries is the large amount of film you need to shoot for the film.
 * Never went to film school
 * Film technique simply came to him while making films/never thought about it
 * Hands on work is more effective than a school
 * Films students are impractical when it comes to the pragmatic aspect of filmmaking
 * You need to time your script
 * Go back in the script and makes cuts if it is too long before filming
 * Do not waste time and money
 * All directors write scripts
 * They might not be credited, but they write
 * Classicism versus brutalism
 * Giving life to a scene
 * Shooting versus editing
 * Tailor the part to the actor, not the opposite
 * The more u learn, the less I know

Sydney Pollack (born 1934)
 * Started filmmaking backwards
 * Became a director first then learn how to make films
 * First taught acting for four years
 * Filmmaking is like acting with photography
 * Principle interest in relationships
 * Relationships are a metaphor for everything
 * Two different types of film makers
 * o People who want to communicate the story
 * o People who are not quite sure and try to find out on the way
 * Do not think too much when on the actual set of filming
 * Do not make films for the audience, make them for yourself
 * If you don’t enjoy the film other people wont
 * A director should experiment with each film
 * Comfort your actors
 * Give your actors space
 * An actor does not need to understand
 * Biggest problem with directors is they direct too much
 * The real challenge is the story
 * Don’t be afraid of working with new people