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Pixar Story Insights from Inside Out Writer, Meg Lefauve
When we asked Pixar if Meg LeFauve, the writer on Inside Out, was able to join us on our podcast, we were thrilled how willing and able the Pixar PR team was – we couldn’t have been happier to have Meg on, and her interview is a perfect example of the level of quality, intelligence, and passion that stems from the anima....
Pixelation
A variant of stop-motion animation where actors are the objects being filmed. ....
Plague Schmague: Ep 3 Pop Art-Monty Python & the Holy Grail/Seventh Seal
What better time to discuss two films that take place during a plague?
For Pop Art, I ask my guest to chose a film from pop culture and I will then chose a corresponding film from the more arty side of cinema.
For this episode, my guest Jay Cluitt chose the brilliant comedy Monty Python and the Holy Gr....
Planning & Executing Your Career w/ Deadly Illusions Director Anna E. James
EPISODE SUMMARYThis week Liz and Alrik welcome writer and director Anna Elizabeth James on the show to talk about the making of her smash hit Netflix film, Deadly Illusions starring Kristen Davis, Greer Grammer and Dermot Mulroney. Anna talks about how the film was conceived, how they secured the funding....
Planting and Payoff
Planting and payoff is a device by which a motif, a line of dialogue, a gesture, behavioral mannerism, costume, prop or any combination of these is introduced into a story and then repeated as the story progresses. In the changed circumstances toward the resolution, the planted information assumes a new meaning and “pays off”.....
Plot
The plot is the main events of the story, devised by the writer, and presented as an interrelated whole. In a screenplay the plot is structured through three acts, including eight main sequences (sometimes nine or ten), and five major plot points.....
Plum Tuckered Film Festival
Our primary goal is to shine a spotlight on the films and filmmakers of our area. Whether you live in Tucker County or are connected to the life, adventure and culture.....
Point of Attack
The point of attack (also called the inciting incident) is the moment - and first major plot point - at which the dramatic conflict, hidden up until now, announces itself. This moment occurs about half way through the first act.....
Point of View (or) POV
Camera angle in which the camera views a subjective shot from the actor's point of view. ....
POINT OF VIEW (P.O.V.)
Camera position that views a scene from the viewpoint of a particular character. Always abbreviated in capital letters with periods after each letter.....
Polarity
Polarity is the reversal from one pole of the experience to its opposite - that is, where has the character come from and where is he/she going? In almost every dramatic story, the beginning and the end are principally polar: happiness/unhappiness; hate/love; vengeance/forgiveness; naivete; maturity, etc.....
Polish
The writing of changes in dialogue, narration, or action, but not including a rewrite. ....
PollyGrind of Las Vegas
PollyGrind is Las Vegas\' Premiere Underground Film Festival. We are in our fifth year and continue to learn and grow from each previous year so that we can best live up to our reputatio....
Pop Art Ep 65: The Empire Strikes Back/The Battle of Algiers
THEY’RE REVOLTING “It’s a trap.” Join filmmaker and fellow podcaster Derek Diamond (The Derek Diamond Experience) as we talk The Empire Strikes Back and The Battle of Algiers, two films about a revolutionary forced trying to throw off the yolk of the....
POP ART: Ep 64, Wallace and Gromit ... Were Rabbit/Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
“You can hop, but you can’t hide”. Join film enthusiast and blogger Tony Cogan (Coogs Reviews) as we discuss Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit and the 1931 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, two films about experiments that go wrong and result in the creation of a monster (don’t you hate when th....
POP ART: EP 69, Death at a Funeral/The Funeral
PUTTING THE FUN IN FUNERALSU“That’s not my father”. It’s fall. The leaves are dying. The plants are dying. The earth is dying. It’s nothing but death, death, death. But is that going to get us down? Well, we shall see. Sounds like it’s time for Episode 69 of Pop Art, the podcast where my guest chooses a movie fro....
