Even if directors can't personally do their storyboards they still hire artists for that. He doesn't even bother with that. Is there any reason a director may forego storyboarding?
Why doesn't he use storyboarding?
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Gabriel Jenkins
Who cares he is pretty shit nonetheless
Luke Nelson
I am not asking the opinion of brainlets.
Jaxson Cox
You don't have to storyboard you films. His films are mediocre, it doesn't matter what he does.
Daniel Carter
He apparently doesn't plan anything. CIA said on an interview that during TDKR him and the cinematographer were figuring out what to do and how to shoot scenes on the spot, like a student film. Given that + the fact he only does one takes is no surprise his filmes end up looking so sloppy.
Adam Hill
He prefers his action blocking to suck shit, so he doesn't bother with them.
Levi James
this explains why his continuity is all over the fucking place. imagine how much money he wastes getting all types of unusable coverage that his editors then have to piece together into a coherent scene
Isaac Powell
That's not true.
Cameron Rivera
Luis Hall
Dude if you have an idea you just use all of the shit you learned in film school/on the job to frame it etc etc etc. shit is like designing a car. “Ok, there a 4 wheels, 2 or 4 doors...” it’s just automatic you don’t really have to think about it
James Fisher
Storyboards and planning are for cucks. Real filmmakers wing it.
Kayden Cruz
Well then CIA lied
Connor Miller
It is true.
Ian Davis
DEMENTED 4EVA
Joseph Sanchez
Yeah, he did.
There might be a lot that changes on the spot but it's categorically impossible for the kind of films Nolan makes to be done without shotlists, schedules, lighting diagrams, etc.
Jackson Powell
>Real filmmakers wing it.
This. I actually prefer Nolan's method as it helps avoiding the "design by committee" shit that plagues modern studios and movie design. His movies aren't perfect but they certainly feel "real" and like they're the actual production of a professional director and not something formulated by the bean counters and marketing department.
Angel Foster
Thinking like that is a really good way to get your film picked up by Hallmark
Anthony Bailey
Neither of you have any fucking clue what you're talking about at all.
Evan Hughes
Based
Ryan Brooks
Herzog says it best
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Gavin James
Herzog is one of those guys, like Lynch, that you're better off not listening to until you're damn near a professional yourself. His idiosyncrasies don't necessarily translate as solid advice.
Austin Perry
Not to mention that foregoing storyboards imposes a certain effect on your film. I'm sure Herzog came to this conclusion by way of his documentary work, but if you wanted a more polished, composed aesthetic storyboards are pretty crucial.
Dominic Jackson
>There might be a lot that changes on the spot but it's categorically impossible for the kind of films Nolan makes to be done without shotlists, schedules, lighting diagrams, etc.
He shoots shot reverse shot, nothing that would require huge preparation or planning.
>Nolan
>not designed by committee
Watch more films
Thomas Bennett
Yeah, and it's totally normal to sorta wing the reverses, but we both know that's not ALL he shoots. And putting shot composition aside, there's no way you could even schedule your fucking shoot without some sort of pre-visualization work.
Gabriel Perry
Because previz exists.
Asher Howard
Fpbp
Easton Rodriguez
His films look great. From a technical perspective, he's definitely a good director. Plot and writing is another story
Mason Stewart
if you write your own scripts you can do blocking in your head.
Benjamin Morgan
Yeah grrrr it's because he sucks everything sucks
Thomas Wright
Scorsese did just that with The Irishman. Also it's not like Nolan lights his films differently or uses different colour palettes, they all look the same. Hoytema already knows what he wants so they have that.
>His films look great
Get your eyes checked, his films look like muddy concrete. Black, blue, gray, white and brown. That's all. He is colourblind. Look at Ad Astra, shot by Hoytema. That's a good looking film, not Nolan's pathetic attempts.
Ryder Butler
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John Myers
there's nobody worse at this than zack snyder, and I'm pretty sure he uses storyboards
Isaac Perry
It's more of a coverage issue than blocking, but yes, Nolan is notorious for terrible action blocking because apparently he won't use the software that everyone else uses to previz. Also, being a director is already stressful as fuck, and it's really easy to turn in a load of shit to your editor if you just wing it on set.
Jordan Edwards
Source on that? Because SAG actors won't play ball with no callsheet. No shot list means no callsheets. But seriously I would very much like to read where you got that from
Caleb Reed
Not everyone can be as multi talented an auteur as Rian Johnson
Elijah Gray
yea wasn't he reportedly often under budget
Leo James
god I hate him
Jace Wilson
Scorsese said that he used no storyboards, just came on set and figured out what to do when he was on set.