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Happy New Week, LinkedIn Family! This is your reminder to keep going and give your best. Remember, it’s not about the destination, but the journey. As a filmmaker, I can’t help but see life like a movie. Sometimes, I even play soundtracks in my head in certain scenarios. The point is to imagine a movie where the protagonist has no challenges, no highs and lows—boring, right? That’s how life could be, but at the end of the day, it’s a very interesting movie worth giving our best. Stay motivated! 💪🏽. #filmmaker #videomarketing #videodirector

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐬. 𝐓𝐕 𝐯𝐬. 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 Hello! I'm Roman Polak, and I'm a director. Over the past 15 years, I've created numerous events that have received global awards, directed top-rated shows, and made short films. At first glance, the hierarchy in the chain mentioned in the headline is evident. The first layer is event direction, which deals with quick emotions. The second layer is TV direction, where attention is more concentrated, and ideas penetrate deeper. And the third layer is film direction, involving a deep conversation with the audience. But let's delve into what a director thinks about and what guides them. The first question a film director asks is, "Where should I place the camera?" The viewer must understand what this scene, and the film as a whole, is about. The second question in film, which is the first in TV direction, is, "What do I say to the actors?" With many cameras already in place, what makes an actor's performance interesting each time in a TV show is crucial. It involves not just focusing on their role but also the mechanisms and creative directorial decisions that provide room for quality improvisation by the artist. Without this, a good show will never become excellent and will forever remain at the level of a pilot. Finally, the question of editing, which is essential in TV and film, doesn't apply to events at all. And here, what might seem like the main disadvantage of event direction becomes an advantage. You can rewatch a movie, break a TV show into highlights, and share it with friends, but you can only experience the emotions of an event here and now. It feels like in an era of content saturation, the value of a unique experience is increasing.

Back on my #StarTrek BS in which I get to review one of my favorite #StarTrekTOS movies, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. This movie is not as bad as some fans say it is (and not just because of that Goldsmith score), and I lay out my reasons why at the link:

From a Reality Show to Assassin's Game: The Story Behind Our Blockbuster Movie Discover the incredible journey of how a simple conversation led to the creation of a thrilling movie. Learn how we turned an idea into a script and brought it to life in just a week. Join us as we share behind-the-scenes anecdotes and the process of making our film a reality. #BlockbusterMovie #BehindTheScenes #FilmMaking #MovieProduction #HollywoodStories #MovieMagic #ScriptWriting #MovieCreation #MovieIndustry #MovieSuccess

MARTIN GROVE'S FILM FLASHBACK: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END OPENS 5/25/2007 -- Memorial Day was once one of Hollywood's prime holiday weekends, officially launching the summer movie season with big boxoffice bucks. The studios began paying serious attention to Memorial Day in 1982 with ROCKY III, which got the ball rolling with a then hefty $16M for four days. That led to Memorial monsters like RETURN OF THE JEDI ('83), INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM ('84), RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD 2 ('85), BEVERLY HILLS COP II ('87) & BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III ('90). It was terrific until it suddenly ended in 2002 with Sony/Marvel's move to start the summer 5/3 with SPIDER-MAN. Spidey's $114.8M domestic opening turned the first weekend in May into a new Marvel launchpad that overpowered Memorial Day. In 2007, for instance, SPIDER-MAN 3 hit the multiplexes 5/4 and did  $151.1M for three days. Memorial Day weekend wasn't as hot with Disney's PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END debuting  5/25 to $114.7M for three days & $139.8M for four days. END, an epic swashbuckler fantasy directed by Gore Verbinski, was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and written by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio. Its cast was led by Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley & Orlando Bloom. END was episode three in a trilogy that began in '03 with PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL and was followed in '06 by PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST. After PEARL'S success, Disney green lighted two sequels for back-to-back filming with the same cast & crew. Elliott & Rossio wrote a story arc that worked for both episodes. Verbinski wanted END to echo the character piece tone that PEARL had. With a production budget reportedly of $300M, END was the most costly movie ever made at the time. Of course, it was money well spent because END grossed $961.7M worldwide -- beating SPIDER-MAN 3's global haul of $895.8M. END ranked then as the fifth biggest worldwide hit ever -- after TITANIC, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST & HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE. END's first cut ran a lengthy three hours. Bruckheimer agreed to trim it by 20 minutes, insisting it needed to run long so as to set up its climactic  pirate ships' battle. Its release prints ended up running 2 hours 49 minutes, including credits. END world premiered at Disneyland, where the trilogy's first two films had also debuted and where the hit theme park attraction that inspired the movie franchise had originated. PIRATES was the last ride Walt Disney, himself, had worked on designing and its debut in March 1967 came three months after his death. #movies #martingrove #piratesofthecaribbean    

'Gossip Girl' is out and 'Normal People' is in. As seen with the global success of #PastLives, films with limited dialogue and atmospheric montages hit differently for #GenZ moviegoers – highlighting a more realistic look at the ordinary moments of the every day that make life meaningful. A 2023 Rappler article by Dana Villano calls them ‘quiet’ movies – a trend that is changing the way Gen Zers interact with media and entertainment. 🎞️ “[Gen Z] value #media that reflects what they know about the real world, even while they prefer to see people that are different from themselves,” says psychologist Dr Yalda Uhls. 🎞️ 81% of Gen Zers deliberately look to ordinary people for #inspiration with 55% looking to #socialmedia as the best source of “content that feels #authentic to them.” Click the link below to read why Gen Z are making noise about 'quiet' films. #GenZ #film #films #movie #consumerinsight #consumerbehavior #consumertrends

Read my review of the movie FOE (2023).

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We are Ithica. We believe in storytelling. We believe in film. Believe with us... From inception to delivery, we bring ideas to life, through creative, through thinking 'what if', turning those great ideas into great films. We stir emotions, provoke reactions and capture imaginations. Whether your story needs to be powerful, connecting, cinematic, bold, heartfelt, striking or tender. Believe with us.