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Ruminations on Fog with Screenwriter David Weiss
David Weiss remembers chasing the fog. Although it was an illusive chase, Weiss made more than one attempt. The lesson learned would eventually lead him to co-writing the script for one of the most anticipated 3D films in years, The Smurfs.
As a boy, from his home in Ventura, California, he would watch the fog roll [...]
Knowing When to Run it by Legal: The Role of Attorneys in the Filmmaking Process
Most aspiring filmmakers know that at some point, if they are going to get serious about producing a film that has the potential to succeed commercially, they will need to work with attorneys to make sure that the legal affairs of their project are properly handled. So the question of when to engage an [...]
Close Up: Jeremy Waterbury
Thousands of years from now, it’s quite possible that Jeremy Waterbury’s name will still be on lips of Christian artists throughout the world. The 2009 Compass graduate from Muncie, Indiana, is a testament of blind faith, complete trust in God, and his calling to be a filmmaker.
Shortly before the 2008-2009 classes began, Waterbury and his [...]
Tom Greenberg: The Art of Editting
Tom Greenberg has a message for film directors, and it’s the same message he has for directors of photography. The only person his message might not be for in the creative chain is the screenwriter.
“The screenwriter is first in the production process. The editor is last,” says Greenberg, from his edit suite at Compass Film [...]
“Lights, Camera, Animals” - Compass Film Academy Roll with Themes
What could a pig farm have in common with Victorian England or a cutting edge barber shop? All three subjects are part of the stories in thesis films currently being produced by Compass Film Academy’s class of 2010. The projects this year are some of the most ambitious and complicated productions in the school’s history. [...]
