{"id":1240,"date":"2021-05-22T11:21:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T18:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/development.moviemaker.com\/?p=2767"},"modified":"2023-01-31T05:22:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T13:22:56","slug":"things-ive-learned-as-a-moviemaker-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/things-ive-learned-as-a-moviemaker-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Edward Norton and Rory Culkin in Down in the Valley.<\/i> Photo: THINKFilm <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

I learned a lot from doing Down in the Valley<\/em>, though I’m not sure anyone should take these lessons to their own projects.<\/p>\n

In editing Down in the Valley<\/em> (and Dahmer<\/em>) I found that when you think you’re done editing you can always cut out another 20 minutes<\/strong> (as long as your film is not 90 minutes when you first get that feeling).<\/p>\n

If you are making a union film, think twice about having a child actor<\/strong>. They can only work nine hours and three of those have to be taken up with school. You’ll be amazed how little you get done.<\/p>\n

Here is a very specific one that I learned on the last day of shooting from my horse wrangler. Animals can do almost anything you want them to do, but they need a lot of specific trainingfor anything beyond moving in a straight line from point A to point B.<\/strong> This training costs money and your producers might neglect to advise you of that. Make sure you demand it, and if you don’t have the budget, change the action.<\/p>\n

Try to finish shooting days early whenever you can<\/strong>; it will really help on all those days when you must go long.<\/p>\n

Even though you have every right to have doubts and uncertainties when you’re making a film, never let it be known. Everyone wants and needs you to seem like a powerful, all-seeing leader. Just play the role.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edward Norton and Rory Culkin in Down in the Valley. Photo: THINKFilm I learned a lot from doing Down in […]","protected":false},"author":1641,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"disable_comments":false,"tpd_featured_posts_arr":"","hide_featured_img_single_post":false,"msn_featured_video":[],"_msn_custom_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"feeds":[],"class_list":["post-1240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles-cinematography"],"primary_category":{"term_id":98,"name":"Articles - Cinematography","slug":"articles-cinematography","taxonomy":"category","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/category\/archives\/moviemaking\/cinematography\/articles-cinematography\/"},"thumbnail":false,"fimg_url_thumb":false,"featured_img_medium":false,"author_name":"Tim Molloy","author_avatar":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=100,height=100,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_1078.jpg","author_link":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/author\/tim-molloy\/","post_categories":["Articles - Cinematography"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker","url":"http:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/things-ive-learned-as-a-moviemaker-29\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/things-ive-learned-as-a-moviemaker-29\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Articles - Cinematography","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tim Molloy"}],"creator":["Tim Molloy"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"MovieMaker Magazine","logo":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mm_site_logo-2.svg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2021-05-22T18:21:18Z","datePublished":"2021-05-22T18:21:18Z","dateModified":"2023-01-31T13:22:56Z"},"rendered":"