@NealD
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 1:16

Ask me a question about what it’s like to work in the film industry?

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So I wanted to kind of open the field and see if anybody was interested in asking me what it's like to work for a big major film festival or what it's like to write film reviews. Anybody out there into film. This is not an ego post just to generate film talk. And if you had any question, I'd be more than happy to answer. So hopefully everyone will indulge looking forward to it

Film Community: Open to any questions on what it’s like to work for a major film festival . Being a judge on film festivals. And writing film reviews

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@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 0:17

Evolution of your tastes

Hey, Neal. So I'm curious if the longer you've been in the film world and have done things like been at festivals, worked at festivals, done a ton of reviews, if your tastes have changed at all
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@NealD
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 1:38

@bowie

Hi Bowie. Thanks for the interest. And I'm going to take your question. Has my film tastes changed over the years? Having worked in film festivals and writing reviews. And I'm going to say not really. I've always been a horror guy even before I started working in the industry. And I'm still a horror guy today. But I will say this. I never liked Romcoms. That's my least favorite genre
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@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 1:35

@NealD Can knowledge make film less pleasurable?

And it's not that the seeing behind the curtain isn't pleasurable. It still is. But it's definitely a different way of reading than when I really seriously started studying fiction, and I was just completely absorbed in stories. So now when I discover a book where I find myself completely absorbed by it, it really means a lot to me because it means that that writer has been so successful that I'm not immediately noticing the mechanics that are making the book tick
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@NealD
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 4:41

@bowie

But Mark Duplexes and Patrick Bryce's Creep, which has become this huge phenomenon, found footage film very popular. But I saw it when it first got on the streaming service, and I just watched it from reading The Synopsis and from the front cover, which I've gone into before. I never heard of this film. I never would have found it any other way. And I watched it and it's one of my favorite films
@arish
Arish Ali
@arish · 2:09

How does the selection process work at a festival?

Is it like one person who is coming up taking all the calls? So I would love to learn a bit more about the selection process because a lot of these movies, like what you showcase in a film festival, can make and break careers, if you will, right. Because some of these become cult classics and become kind of major hits because they're discovered in the right film festival
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@NealD
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 4:39

@arish

But I've had a fantastic time working at Tribeca for Mr. De Niro and Mrs. Rosenthal's Film Festival, and some of the films anywhere from anthologies to, like I said, dramas, comedies, horror. But some of the great ones were The Giant Mechanical Man. What Richard Did, which was a foreign film out of Ireland, was fantastic, struck by lightning, was fantastic from the kid from Glee who starred in this film
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@arish
Arish Ali
@arish · 0:11

@NealD

Thanks Neil, though that was very helpful and did shed some light on the process and he has absolutely forget a chance. I would love to go and check out Travica Phil festival
@de5pdiem
Digitalforward
@de5pdiem · 0:54

Channing your perspective on movies

Hello, Neil. Thanks for answering the questions before me. I was wondering I'm currently in the process of making a website where I want to review movies. Does reviewing movies change your perspective on just mindlessly watching a movie? I'm also a horrible like you, and I was wondering if you know too much of the process. Does it change your viewing experience? Thank you. If you want to answer on a side note, I have a recommendation to make
@Karan.Dev
Karan Dev
@Karan.Dev · 0:25

Is there a structure or method to reviewing a film?

Hey, Neal, I was wondering what went into reviewing a film? What is the process that you employ when you're watching a film from the point of view of a critic or someone who's going to write about the film? Because I've always has been curious about how films are reviewed. Of course, it's subjective based on the film. But I was wondering if there was any method that you follow personally
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@NealD
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 2:19

@de5pdiem

Yeah, being a critical mind and doing film reviews, of course, but it's not so heavy that it takes, like where I'm straining and watching and taking notes of every possible part and nuance of the film. No, I don't do that. I just, like I said, can watch the film deeply and take mental notes pretty much so. Still enjoying watching films
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@NealD
Neal Damiano
@NealD · 4:02

@Karan.Dev

That's just the simplistic ways you can write a film review. There's different styles. I write short form, precise critical analysis, interviews. Rather, there are people that write long paragraphs, long form and they give synopsis and details of the film. I don't write that style. It's just not my type of style
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