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Ozgur Baltaoglu

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  1. Hi guys, I enjoyed reading the responses. I saw Ivan's Childhood, Tarkovsky's first feature the other day and the cam movement in the film signals his later work of movement, however his best film if you ask me is Solaris and it has the least movement in it... many good films seem to have a few yet heartful movements... exceptions acknowledged... Question: are you fans of the subjective or the objective? and yes I know "story dictates" but does it really?... I believe that I dictate the story not the other way around.
  2. So often people think of a film school as a place to make a student film. That is incredibly limited thinking. People believe that they can make a film simply given the resources. But there is so much to the education and discipline of learning in a workshop environment such as a film school. It's as if one said, "I can paint like Van Gogh, if only I had a brush and some pain." Well, obviously there's a lot more to it than that. Film schools can offer a wonderful education and teach us to think and study in ways we would be otherwise blind to and incapable of doing. It is a way to expand one's horizons and disipline the mind and craft. Beyond that it is also an excellent way to build relationships and network. One of the great values of attending a school such as the AFI beyond the excellent education is the direct connection to the working world of Hollywood production. A good film school will teach you not only how to make a film, but also how films are really made. This is an education that you'll never glean simply by making a few of your own shorts. ...A creative typo. ;)
  3. Hi Mitch, I remembered reading what Welles and Antonioni said about film making; "You can learn it in three months". Which is totally true, whatever there's to know about filmmaking, basics to intermediate filmmaking per se, you can learn it in just 10 weeks. In fact Antonioni did attend a workshop and then started shooting. This is not to say film schools are not useful, I'm a film graduate myself but... what you learn that's gonna help you later on, you can learn anywhere. What they don't and can't teach you you can only learn by doing.... and paying 24.000 bucks for learning what you will only learn by doing is, in my oppinion, luxury. I hope I didnot offend anyone and if I did I'm deeply sorry... all this to say it's too fricking expensive!! and ask is it worth it? PS: I'm considering applying to MA in Film Making... seriously. Self-contradiction all over me these days.
  4. isn't it more feasible to "make" a short film or two for 24 grand rather than study it. one could produce 3 to 4 shorts for that amount... Just a thought... MFA must be worth something too. I've begun to wonder that myself, for I am considering applying MA in film making... but 24.000!? wicked in every sense of the word :huh:
  5. Everything changes when the camera begins to move. The hard part of making any movement is knowing why you move the camera and it seems to me, having a "gut feeling" is generally not the best motivation for a choreography. I would like to share your thoughts on camera movement and hopefully then the topic will evolve into a discussion about every relevant aspect i.e. framing, miseenscene etc. Looking forward to reading your thoughts. Thanx ;)
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