Lots of room for debate on the BBC’s picks of 100 greatest US films.

FiLMiC Pro is the gold standard of iPhone film apps. Well worth the $7.99. It was used (with Moondog Labs anamorphic adapter) to film the feature Tangerine.

Good intro tutorial:

Director George Miller says “the best version of this movie is black and white,” and the BluRay disc includes it. (Thanks, Alicia, for the heads-up on this.) Cf. Steven Soderbergh’s version of Raiders of the Last Ark that we watched first semester.

Lots to learn in these five supercuts, starting with the ubiquitous refrigerator shot. More directly at Vimeo.

Great source for soundtracks.

More than you ever wanted to know about how film shoots are structured, focussing on the “second-unit director.”  Interesting to see how he made his way up from film loader.

A follow-up from the work we did in class on Mad Max: Fury Road framing.

All senior films due Thursday, June 4. If undergrads want the esteemed seniors to see their final films, that will be the last day to do it.

Senior exam is Monday, June 8.

Undergrad exam is Thursday, June 18 9:25 – 10:48. Really. The last day. The last exam. Room 107. Laptops will be collected.

Self-evaluation form is here.