Five Stars! How to Become a Film Critic, The World's Greatest Job
Christopher Null
Language: English
Pages: 256
ISBN: 0972098119
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
*** SECOND EDITION FEATURING NEW MATERIAL, NEW MOVIES, AND NEW REVIEWS! PUBLISHED MARCH 2013 *** So you want to be a film critic and review movies for a living? Veteran film critic Christopher Null teaches you, step by step, how to break into the business with the lessons he's learned from more than a decade in the industry. Five Stars! will teach you all you need to know! - Understand movie history and the mechanics of filmmaking - without the film snob jargon! - Learn how to write a review, step by step - Get into every movie for free and never pay to go to the movies again! - Get free DVDs - before anyone else! - Break into professional writing in newspapers, magazines, and online - Learn how to approach editors - from the experts themselves - Build an audience for your work - Interview celebrities and hang out with the stars! Five Stars! is the only book on the market that shows you exactly how to become a professional movie reviewer, step by step! It's an absolute must-read for any aspiring film critic! 264 pages - packed with essential information!
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subtle as it is.” Right now, Russ is working on a new project, involving still photography of some 16 of his “big girls” in fashion magazine-style poses, wearing (as best they can) “the Godzilla sizes” of designer clothing. It’s Russ’s version of the fashion world, mocking its traditional use of women “built like hoe handles.” The idea is to film the photo shoot and then intercut the action with scenes from his best films in a chaotic, Pulp Fiction style. The title? Well, today, he’s calling it
Stand by Me (1986) - One of the most popular and successful coming of age pictures. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - The only Trek movie you really need to see. Star Wars (original trilogy) - You’ve already seen them, but see them again. Straw Dogs (1971) - Difficult picture, with Dustin Hoffman and his wife attacked by local yokels. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - The ultimate primer on method acting. Watch Brando closely. Sullivan’s Travels (1941) - Director learns about life by
movies were only funny to the extent that the actors could overcome his aimless, slapdash staging (Will Ferrell, no problem; Breckin Meyer, less so). To be sure, Starsky & Hutch doesn’t have the flow or build of a truly great comedy. It is, as the credits put it, a Todd Phillips movie, so there isn’t an intricate plot so much as a sure-fire concept. But the framework of a cheesy ‘70s cop show provides the minimal structure his movies have been lacking; Ben Stiller (Starsky, the uptight one) and
years of experience. Newcomers to criticism should start with the world’s great media liberator: The internet. Why look to the web for your initial clips? First of all, there are far more outlets online than will ever exist in the print world. Online sites are easier to contact, are generally more open to freelancers, rarely care where you live, and have a much faster turnaround. You could pitch a website in the morning and have your story published that afternoon. And if an onliner isn’t
sign a contract granting you those rights. Contracts may be intimidating at first, but they’re vital for ensuring everyone’s on the same page when it comes to publishing stories. If you’re syndicating content, you will need explicit resale rights. If you’re archiving it permanently, you’ll need to specify those rights as well. The easiest way to do this is to require contributors to grant all rights to their stories, or contribute on a work for hire basis. This gives the writer no copyrights
