Pete Varnai

Thanks so much, everyone for chiming in. I’m not that fast with my replies as you can see ? But I’m so thankful for your answers! I’ll bring some more related questions later ? Meanwhile: Stephen Sanchez I love that point of view ? I highly resonate with that. Tyler Purcell Oooh Yess! Prep! This is soo often ignored. As you say, not just technical but getting the people on the same page. I love your plan on your channel! You mentioned in there some good communication. I think it would be worth talking about that specifically on your show. So many (if not all) things go astray because of inefficient communication. Can’t wait to see those episodes! Gregory Irwin Oh wow! “My job isn’t to tell them what to do but rather LISTEN to them for what they need to perform their jobs at the highest level and make it fit within our given parameters.” This us pure gold in there. “The One Minute Manager “. wow I just came across this title accidentally earlier today! I’ll look it up then. I’m wondering though - how would you suggest raising the performance of the 99%? After all the 1% has been booked up, what would you suggest for hiring among the others or for how to make them perform better? (now of course that will not make 1 minute ? so it’s only for those who can have that extra time. ) Michael LaVoie Thanks for the recommendation! OH yes, a quick rule fo thumb for how to communicate/negotiate with certain personality types definitely sounds like a super useful tool! I’ll look that up. I also love the idea to relax the atmosphere in funny ways. I’ve heard people in other industries suggest this as well. If you come across other ways to do that I’d love to hear about it ?

Hey, I've started gathering some leadership skills resources regarding film industry, and I was wondering what you people have found so far? I know we filmmakers as a community seriously lack these resources, so I'm interested in anything, even if it is just a short sentence in an hour long podcast episode, or just a paragraph in a book. I remember how hard it was for me in the beginning of my career to get other people do what I wanted. And I have seen teams being led by people who were not able to get through the team what they wanted, and then also seen the very same team led by other people, where they were doing exactly what those leaders imagined. It's an important skill we often forget about. This is a project of mine I've started going into years ago, and I'm eager to continue collecting knowledge and spreading it widely for our industry's good ? Thank you for sharing any resource that you may have found on "how do those filmmakers do it who can get a team work effectively"? I'll make sure it's not just for my drawer, but I share them widely.

Thanks for the ideas! =) Altough I don't think this is the case with what I see. I've seen both on the same device, one after the other, and checked the conversion to make sure, and nothing's with it. I watched only the first swedish, so the other two does not count this time, but I didn't know they were shot on different medium. The Budget is a great idea though, but it doesn't feel cheap, and as you said it too, cinematography is great either. I sense something about how the scenes are broken down to shots, the angle of these shots. I think there is something in the method that feels more like TV. The english dub also helps to feel the tv-thing, but I checked out without sound, and still got that feeling. I don't know what it is.

Hi, here is this case. I've just seen the 2011 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie, and then checked out the 2009 version. Although (in my opinion) both are lit nicely, the 2009 felt more like TV while the 2011 absolutely like theater movie. I did some research and found out the 2009 was really ment for TV too, but also for theater. So my question is, even if this 2009 version is nicely photographed, it feels like tv, but why? Something maybe with the shots, with the angles, probably the scenics, but I can't tell. If someone has some time to check these movies out again and think about what the difference might be, that would be great. Thanks in advance! Peter

Hi, please tell my what is your technique for calculating how many shots to plan for a day. How many time will you need to light, and so on. Of course there is no formula for doing this, but what are your experiences? What factors should be counted in for doing a fairly precise estimate. (I also heard something about a BBC recommended shot/day standard) Thanks, and Cheers, Peter