Film Making Seminar

Heard of Werner Herzog? August Diehl? Bruno Ganz? Jürgen Prochnow? Klaus Kinski? If you haven’t, you most likely have seen some of their work without realizing it. Herzog is one of the most celebrated German New Cinema directors, and the rest are just some of the top German film actors. Many of Germany’s best talent have been sought out by Hollywood producers and directors for their own projects.

In the movie industry, German studios, such as Bavaria Film, are universally lauded for their high quality productions. With budgets that are only a fraction of your typical Hollywood B movie, they turn-out strongly scripted, filmed and acted movies that receive international acclaim. The film scripts are often based on events during World War II or the Cold War in East Germany, eras rich in drama. Here’s a few gems from years past, which won’t disappoint should you decide to pop one into your DVD.

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As the US declares it is officially out of the current recession, some European state leaders jump on the bandwagon declaring the end of their countries economic downturn.

However business owners in the UK are labelling Government organisation as the latest oxymoron as Britain languishes in its longest ever recession on record. Despite the current credit crunch in the UK the film industry remains quite buoyant. It seems that mass unemployment, job closures and increased crime rates are forgotten as British citizen’s escape to their local multiplex cinemas watching the latest offerings from Hollywood.

Hollywood and Bollywood remain the epicentre of feature film production, however Hollywood producers and Bollywood directors are scouring recession hit Britain in an attempt to purchase film scripts for sale. Script agents have all but shut their doors to new upcoming script writers who are eager to get their foot on the first rung of the Hollywood producers and Hollywood directors.

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