The reviews for Alien: Covenant aren’t that hot. That said, before you decide not to see it, remember the reviews for Blade Runner (1982) were downright atrocious. When the film was first released you’d have thought that Ridley Scott was washed up. Turns out, he was simply ahead of the pack, way ahead. Blade Runner […]
The last fifteen years have been rough on the music industry which has seen a nearly 40% shrinkage. However, the numbers are in and 2016 bodes well for the future of music. According to Variety and Global Music Report the music industry gained just under 6% globally in 2016. One of the main issues that […]
The last time the Writers Guild of America went on strike the Hollywood machine suffered greatly. Shows like Heroes and Battlestar Galactica took massive dips in quality. Films such as Men in Black 3 and X-men Origins: Wolverine were put into production with almost no script, and the finished products were very telling to say […]
As the director of over 60 projects, Jonathan Demme, who died of complications from esophageal cancer on April 26, 2017, was a creative force to be reckoned with. With films like Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate, and Married to the Mob, Demme cemented himself as a highly acclaimed director with a distinctive point of view. He […]
The Fast and Furious film franchise is one of the most bizarre moneymaking machines to occur in recent film history. Starting as a series of lowbrow, car exploitation films in the early 2000’s, it has morphed and evolved into one of the biggest juggernauts in today’s franchise-dominated cinematic landscape. Most recently, Fate of the Furious […]
When asked how he found Recording Connection, Scott Johnson says, “I had been in college doing a lot of stuff, but I knew that wasn’t leading me towards anything I actually wanted to do. So I left and did Recording Connection instead. And so far, it’s been working out for me.” Perhaps the words “working […]
Listed below are five things that every creative professional hates to deal with. If you’re an up-and-coming creative, please don’t do any of the items listed below. Just don’t. Unreturned Emails, Texts, Phone Calls Communication is key. It really is. Knowing how to return emails, phone calls, and texts in a timely manner should be […]
It’s a fallacy that great filmmakers emerge fully formed, as if they emerge from some “great directors cave” knowing exactly what to do and how to do it. Consider a fine arts painter. Think the first time he put paint onto canvas he was able to capture the look of a cloudy harbor or a […]
Chuck Berry, one of the founding fathers of a little something we call Rock n’ Roll passed away on March 18th at the age of 90. With songs like “Johnny B Goode,” “Roll Over Beethoven,” and “Maybellene,” Ever the showman, Berry took the core tenants of rhythm and blues, played them with a distinctive, rhythmic […]
In order to build suspense in film you have to plan, exercise control, and use the language of cinema to meet your ends. While it’s true much of the suspense in a scene happens in the edit, you must have the correct building blocks i.e. the right story, the right scenes, and the right shots […]
