The recent independent sci-fi thriller "Dust of War" was shot in 30 days on an under-$200,000 budget, director Andrew Kightlinger told BU Today. That's peanuts compared to the average Hollywood film production budget of $100 million-plus. But for a recent film school graduate on a shoestring budget, even $200,000 sounds
In the early days of film making audio was provided at the picture house usually by a solo musician at the piano who would play mood music and the occasional audio effect. This was commonly a slapstick which made a cracking noise – something that had been used in theatres
Welcome to another edition of SIX OF THE BEST, the semi regular part of BRWC where we fire six questions at lovely people. This time, we talk to Darren Stein, director of GBF. How did we get to GBF? It was really a moment happening in American culture, this notion of teenage
Welcome to another edition of SIX OF THE BEST, the semi regular part of BRWC where we fire six questions at lovely people. This one is about Chris Folino - Director, producer & writer of Sparks. How did Sparks come to you? In the summer of 2007, I was in a hotel room with
In the last couple of weeks, it's emerged that our favourite Harry Potter heroine, Emma Watson, has been cast in the new film by director Alejandro Amenabar, entitled Regression. The thriller marks Amenabar's return to the big screen after several years away, and the movie has been scheduled for a
