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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Making of 1/4

Part of a longer making-of covering casting Sean Connery, tonal choices on set, and how the production balanced stunts with character comedy.

Nukethefridge82 · 10 min · Beginner · DIR · Directing · 2018

What you take away

See how tone on set is set by a director's notes between takes, not just the script.

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The films in this lesson

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Oscar winners for directing

Parasite (2019)
Gravity (2013)
Life of Pi (2012)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
The Departed (2006)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Pianist (2002)

Books on directing

The director’s monitor

Accsoon CineView Quad — Four inputs, switchable — a tiny multicamera village
PortKeys BM5 III WR — Monitor that can also run the camera
Hollyland Mars 4K — 4K wireless to four phones at once
Atomos Ninja V — The 5" recorder-monitor that made ProRes RAW normal
Atomos Ninja (5") — The current 5" recorder-monitor
Hollyland Pyro 7 — Wireless monitor and receiver in one

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