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THE FORMULA: How Filmmaker Tamar Halpern Directs TV Movies in 12 Days

THE FORMULA: How Filmmaker Tamar Halpern Directs TV Movies in 12 Days

by Lunacy Staff | Aug 11, 2020 | Interviews

About Tamar Halpern Tamar Halpern is a writer and director with nine feature films behind her — all produced for less than $1.2 million. We previously discussed her ventures in documentary filmmaking, and this week we focus on her work in TV movies, including her...
THE ALCHEMY OF SOUND AND PICTURE: Midge Costin on Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, and Effects

THE ALCHEMY OF SOUND AND PICTURE: Midge Costin on Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, and Effects

by Lunacy Staff | Feb 4, 2020 | Interviews

Walter Murch estimates that about 98% of what you hear in a movie has been added by sound editors. Yet sound is one of the most underappreciated aspects of filmmaking — even USC professor and veteran sound editor Midge Costin dismissed it when she was in film school....
FROM DAYS OF THUNDER TO MAKING WAVES: Midge Costin on the Story of Sound

FROM DAYS OF THUNDER TO MAKING WAVES: Midge Costin on the Story of Sound

by Lunacy Staff | Jan 29, 2020 | Interviews

Sound is 50% of the cinematic experience. It’s the cheapest way to raise the production value in a film. And it’s easily one of the least understood and most underappreciated disciplines in Hollywood. Veteran Hollywood sound editor and USC professor Midge Costin...
FINDING THE STORY: How Narrative Filmmaker Tamar Halpern Directed Her First Documentary

FINDING THE STORY: How Narrative Filmmaker Tamar Halpern Directed Her First Documentary

by Lunacy Staff | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Interviews

About Tamar Halpern Tamar Halpern is a writer and director with 9 feature films behind her — all low-budget and produced for less than $1.2 million. She graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts with an MFA in 1998, the same year she started filming what would...
PLUS ONER: How the PLUS ONE Team Gets It All in One Shot

PLUS ONER: How the PLUS ONE Team Gets It All in One Shot

by Lunacy Staff | Dec 3, 2019 | Interviews

In this followup to our last conversation with the team behind Plus One, we get an in-depth account of the logistical planning and choreography that goes into the oner—a technically challenging but stylistically exciting bit of blocking and camera work. If you’ve ever...
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