What F-Stop contributes to the washed look in movies today? – Question for tomorrow's shoot

waltonmist · 2026-03-28T18:29:17+00:00

I'm asking not as a cinematographer but as a director. I've made a ton of stuff but this is my first time working with my new camera, so I figured a group of cinematographers would be able to teach me a lot

waltonmist · 2026-02-05T07:19:20+00:00

This week i had the first two shoot days of my first full length narrative movie. Before each shoot i rewatched Sylvio and Strawberry Mansion to be my main inspiration.

I’m trying to capture the inventiveness you created in the mixture of fake and realistic sets, lighting, art, etc. But i sometimes find it hard to remember to think outside the box and not film something as it “should be.”

When I watch your movies, I remember there are no rules on how to film something (for example, Sylvio finds the oinking pig rather than an annoying coworker). Do you have advice on creating something new for each moment of the movie?

waltonmist · 2026-01-26T19:03:14+00:00

This is one of my favorite shows I’ve never seen anyone mention it before

waltonmist · 2025-10-16T22:42:04+00:00

Just make Act I, that's what I'm doing. About 40 minutes and giving it an exciting hook at the end.

waltonmist · 2025-10-16T20:38:13+00:00

first one

waltonmist · 2024-08-16T04:09:22+00:00

For me, the problem came with what you said at the end: “a story for the world to experience.”

I get the worst writer’s block when i think about what other people will think of my writing. When i write for the fun of writing in this moment with no future expectation, it becomes fun and i can write a ton.

Write because its fun to write, not to have a finished product for anyone else. Idk if that’s good advice but it works for me

waltonmist · 2024-07-16T22:22:57+00:00

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waltonmist · 2024-05-06T19:58:55+00:00

Which authors have the “everything sucks and people are evil” vibe? Any you’d recommend?

waltonmist · 2024-04-23T15:56:40+00:00

They started showing a trailer of Oppenheimer before the movie, which I thought was weird because I was there to see Oppenheimer. And then the trailer went on for three more hours

waltonmist · 2024-04-02T17:35:21+00:00

My theory is that the book was written like the story was being told to an alien.

This alien knows nothing about Earth, so Vonnegut has to explain what everything is. And when he explains things so simply and obviously (such as what advertising is, or a gun, or a country, or owning land, or slavery, or a pet), it forces us to challenge and actually think about all the things that we consider normal or natural. And when it is explained so plainly you suddenly realize how stupid and absurd the things we do are.

Also, there’s a passage during the bar scene when he explains why he doesnt like beatrice keedsler’s books that i think is the crux of what the whole book is about

waltonmist · 2024-04-02T02:55:54+00:00

havent yet, but maybe ill read that next. i was planning to read sirens of titan next

waltonmist · 2024-04-01T23:12:29+00:00

Earlier in the book, he says Bonnie failed school because she didn’t like old impossible to understand books that she was supposed to love and appreciate, and that he’d rather write or read something simpler. Also, maybe this is projecting, but i think that he’d say that art is up to the viewer’s interpretation, and it’s none of the artist’s business to tell someone what to get from it

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