A lesson everyday, whether big or small.

  • Treat the colors in your film like characters. Then watch how your film is pushed to the brim of beauty.

  • When you can, shoot in flat light.

  • That "cinematic look" is not the result of one department, but all.

  • People want the director to have answers: this or that? now or later?

  • Your AD can make or break your day.

  • Give your editor a comprehensible log sheet. It'll only make both of your lives easier.

  • "Print it" on a film set mean the take was good!

  • Watch Tom Tykwer's "Perfume" for a lesson in casting.

    He cast actors who were comfortable in those characters’ environments and wardrobes. That meant he could depend on them to fill all the awkward pauses most actors will have when wondering what to do with themselves and their surroundings. He also cast the perfect protagonist - someone, we loved and hated at the same time.