How Denis Villeneuve Directs a Film (Filmmaking / Directing Advice)

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  • čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
  • In today’s video we feature Denis Villeneuve and his best filmmaking and directing advice!
    Denis Villeneuve is a French Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is a four-time recipient of the Canadian Screen Award (formerly Genie Award) for Best Direction, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2009, Incendies in 2011 and Enemy in 2013. Internationally, he is known for directing several critically acclaimed films, including the thrillers Prisoners (2013) and Sicario (2015), as well as the science fiction films Arrival (2016) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017).
    His next film, Dune (2021), based on Frank Herbert's novel of the same name is scheduled to be released on October 1, 2021
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    TIMESTAMPS⏰
    00:00 Intro
    00:37 Prep then Improvise
    02:14 Overcome failures by acceptance
    05:00 Maintain your Identity
    06:07 Create tension with realism
    08:30 Qualities of a great DP
    09:47 Seek stronger people
    11:20 Accept that you don’t know everything
    12:52 Film real environments
    14:40 Listen to better ideas
    17:01 Strive to create poetry
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    Denis Villeneuve DP30 Interview
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    Denis Villeneuve on Directing Bladerunner 2049
    • Denis Villeneuve on Di...
    DUNE Movie - Denis Villeneuve Interview | Shanghai International Film Festival
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    Blade Runner 2049 | Denis Villeneuve | Talks at Google
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    'Prisoners' director Denis Villeneuve in Studio Q
    • 'Prisoners' director D...
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Komentáře • 112

  • @AlterCineYT
    @AlterCineYT  Před 3 lety +149

    Who else is excited for Dune? :)

    • @visualsforyou7120
      @visualsforyou7120 Před 3 lety +11

      It's been my most anticipated movie for months. It's kind of painful having to wait.

    • @oniriscope
      @oniriscope Před 3 lety +6

      I sincerely hope we’ll be able to experience it this year...

    • @AllThingsFilm1
      @AllThingsFilm1 Před 3 lety +6

      I love Villeneuve's work. I think Blade Runner 2049 is another masterpiece. So, I am very excited for "Dune".

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  Před 3 lety +1

      @@oniriscope Very likely with limitations at least!

    • @Zaz5y
      @Zaz5y Před 3 lety +2

      @@AllThingsFilm1 Blade Runner 2049 is honestly in my top 3 favorite films of all time. It’s really a modern masterpiece.

  • @proteekbasu5691
    @proteekbasu5691 Před 3 lety +192

    This guy is so talented, he's not the next Cameron or Nolan, he's the first Villeneuve

    • @lilmilontiktok
      @lilmilontiktok Před 2 lety +10

      Hes better

    • @redgoatfbi1554
      @redgoatfbi1554 Před rokem +1

      yea man, he rose to their levels & is a unique

    • @hekikoka5792
      @hekikoka5792 Před 10 měsíci +3

      James Cameron isn’t even in the same league as him!

    • @nobad6843
      @nobad6843 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Hes better than nolan, his films are much more vivid…and cameron is different

    • @yup9451
      @yup9451 Před měsícem +1

      Nolan is best still for insanely big ideas and I've been his biggest fan for years, but damn...
      Denis has become my new fav director since Prisoners/ Sicario.
      Denis is the better director when it comes to its films' humanity. The feelings you get from his films are unbelievable.
      Nolan is not that much of a personal/ emotional director. His films feel a bit distanced.
      Perfect example is TDK vs The Batman. The latter is such a character piece, it's emotion, it's amazing. TDK are masterpieces in a different way

  • @dem1456
    @dem1456 Před 3 lety +124

    Villeneuve + Deakins + Zimmer = ✨

    • @zamirstuff
      @zamirstuff Před 2 lety +10

      I will always mourn Jóhannsson :'(

    • @jessica5497
      @jessica5497 Před 2 lety

      @@zamirstuff 🤍🤍🤍

  • @omarahmad3700
    @omarahmad3700 Před 3 lety +11

    “...the poetic aspect of tension is coming from the absence of something...” - Denis Villeneuve

  • @luisacosta4393
    @luisacosta4393 Před 2 lety +22

    I love how highly he speaks about Deakins. A director can’t make his vision come true, if you don’t have a person that can tell a story through a camera.

  • @adityaparmar6433
    @adityaparmar6433 Před 3 lety +63

    Can't wait for dune.. This guy has the best rate in sci fi along with tarkovsky and Nolan

  • @dfreez
    @dfreez Před 3 lety +31

    This will be the director of the century for me. I aspire to be as confident in my ideas and ideologies as him.
    Great documentary. Very well put together

  • @SlugfestWizard
    @SlugfestWizard Před rokem +5

    Villeneuve...so well spoken as a director.

  • @DelightLovesMovies
    @DelightLovesMovies Před 3 lety +32

    I love Denis Villeneuve and his films. I can listen to him talk about it all day.

  • @manuelmessner7908
    @manuelmessner7908 Před rokem +3

    "i love people that are stronger than me"
    and i love to listen to people that are smarter than me
    Thanks for this great video

  • @trediaz4012
    @trediaz4012 Před 3 lety +20

    A true artist. Gifted beyond my imagination.

  • @JayJoel97
    @JayJoel97 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Denis Villeneuve is incredible - how in the world does he turn these fantastic movies around so quickly?? Prisoners (2013), Enemy (2013), Sicario (2015), Arrival (2016), Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 👏 👏

  • @travisspazz1624
    @travisspazz1624 Před 3 lety +73

    The best director for like 12 years now! Not a single miss!!

    • @isaackmojica8302
      @isaackmojica8302 Před 3 lety +4

      paul thomas anderson for me

    • @mathieuregniez769
      @mathieuregniez769 Před 3 lety +3

      Hum...Incendies, Polytechnique and Blade Runner 2049 ? And best director really ? I mean, ther are Robert Reggers, Ari Aster, Bong Joon-Ho or Damien Chazelle who are faaar better than him. Villeneuve is a yes man, a good one but a yes man

    • @isaackmojica8302
      @isaackmojica8302 Před 3 lety +1

      @@mathieuregniez769 Roger eggers is my favorite of that list

    • @mathieuregniez769
      @mathieuregniez769 Před 3 lety +1

      @@isaackmojica8302 The Lighthouse😍😍😍

    • @JuanHernandez-ze3si
      @JuanHernandez-ze3si Před 3 lety +10

      @@mathieuregniez769 All the director you mentioned are great and all but their films a lot of the time requires the viewers to be a fan of film in general, with a higher understanding of the medium. What's great about Denis Villeneuve is that he can make films that will be engaged and be enjoyed by both avid film viewers as well as average cinema-goers. With the exception of "ENEMY" which is not really embraced by the latter.

  • @AllThingsFilm1
    @AllThingsFilm1 Před 3 lety +36

    I love these interviews with Directors. There is so much to learn from and be inspired by them.

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  Před 3 lety +4

      Definitely :) glad you enjoyed this

  • @pierrezapata90
    @pierrezapata90 Před 3 lety +22

    Absolutely ecstatic for Dune! Been waiting this whole pandemic hah

  • @jobsmine
    @jobsmine Před 2 lety +22

    I think Denis is by far one of the best directors of this present time. He's even better than Nolan as a director but his scripts are written in very few words compared to Nolan. Nolan on the other hand might have better story writings but he suffers from over exposition and thus isn’t a flushed-out director as Denis. The two are phenomenal actors with each having a unique advantage and choices over the other. Nolan is good at making blockbuster films with a bit faster editing with close-up shots. If you take notice Nolan never ever shoots a wide scene. Denis on the other hand does a wide shot. This is why Denis will probably be ranked a bit higher than Nolan in terms of directing, and his movies are more likely to win Oscars than Nolan. Warner Bros are really lucky to have them as their future partner. Too bad Nolan went to Universal now tho.

    • @spyral00
      @spyral00 Před 2 lety +6

      I feel like Nolan has something a bit immature showing up in his films. There's always a childish, unfinished quality to them, behind all the fantastic, ambitious writing and directing. DV, on the other hand, seems always more mature and like his movies are talking to full-grown adults, while harboring an equal amount of creativity and ambition than Nolan's films. In the end, I like both of them, but I have a slight preference for DV's work.

    • @jobsmine
      @jobsmine Před 2 lety

      @@spyral00 couldn’t agree more.

    • @animeking1853
      @animeking1853 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@spyral00there is no comparison between Nolan and DV. Nolan can't make movie like blade runner and DV can't make movie like inception

    • @spyral00
      @spyral00 Před 6 měsíci

      @@animeking1853 I don't like Nolan... is not what I said at all. I'm glad he exists and is able to make movies. The prestige is one of my favorite films. As for comparing them, well, I just did, so yes it's possible.

  • @PeloquinDavid
    @PeloquinDavid Před 3 lety +13

    I really enjoyed this. I've now seen most of Villeneuve's films and what I most appreciate is his ability to inflict complex emotional gut punches upon the audience while also challenging your brain to figure out what's happening. It's the particular balance/mix of those two things that's his trademark, I think.
    Dune will be a challenge for me in this regard, however, because I already know the story very well and won't likely have too many mysteries to figure out in the film. I still want/expect to have my gut wrenched in unexpected ways, mind you... and some unexpected "pretty pictures" / "eye candy" would be nice too!

  • @ashwinkusuma320
    @ashwinkusuma320 Před 3 lety +10

    i just finished making my first film... its been a lifelong dream to make a movie.... this video has given great great joy!! thank you so much for this!!

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  Před 3 lety

      Congrats on your first film! I hope it went well and glad you enjoyed this one!

    • @SightForMemories
      @SightForMemories Před rokem

      Remember form and presence... and also a slither of good luck :)

  • @oniriscope
    @oniriscope Před 3 lety +22

    Denis Villeneuve is clearly a visionary Director! From his approach to filmmaking to the feeling after experiencing his films is almost as if he prints in others a part of his identity.
    His films are haunting!
    I still think to ENEMY ending.
    His filmography has the same kind of aura as of Andreï Tarkovski!
    Thanks a ton for sharing these lesson without quoting or changing the original discourse.

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  Před 3 lety +3

      He is an incredible genius. We'll always strive to deliver their original message. Glad to enjoyed!

    • @joaovitor9673
      @joaovitor9673 Před 3 lety

      I dont see nothing of Tarkovsky on his work, i think Nuri Bilge Ceylan works resemble more of that Andrei Tarkovsky.

    • @oniriscope
      @oniriscope Před 3 lety +1

      @@joaovitor9673 hmm... interesting.
      I find Villeneuve movies to be very intimate and it makes even more sense watching this AlterCine lesson/Edit (he does it “his way”).
      Film sometimes ends up being a very subjective thing and that’s exactly the beauty of cinema in my opinion, as long as we feel something that’s what matters.

  • @robertobuatti7226
    @robertobuatti7226 Před 3 lety +36

    Very inspirational and insightful words from a fantastic Filmmaker. I could listen to him all day on the process of Filmmaking and the magic of cinema.

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  Před 3 lety +5

      Glad you enjoyed this!

    • @robertobuatti7226
      @robertobuatti7226 Před 3 lety +2

      @@AlterCineYT Oh yes definitely, thank you for the video absolutely loved it.

  • @MM-hi
    @MM-hi Před 11 dny

    I deeply love Denis's films

  • @emasubba3104
    @emasubba3104 Před 2 lety +7

    Watching Villeneuve talk about cinema is beautiful, he talks with so much passion and zeal about his work.. I feel its a privilege to get to enjoy movies created by him.

  • @Angels-3xist
    @Angels-3xist Před 3 lety +9

    I once heard that life is creation and creation is the easiest and most immediate response to death. The layers of creation he expresses his passion over each have their own individual form of life in their process and he appreciates every single one of them such as the visual and freeform simplicity within storyboarding or the complex social collaboration in working with teams and sets. I suppose one of the difficulties is learning how to appreciate the more abstract forms that the creation lives through, such as arguing with a producer. That must be part of how the life takes shape, too... I guess it’s whether it really is helping the life of the creation or stifling it that becomes the issue.

  • @thejacobbunn
    @thejacobbunn Před 3 lety +2

    Thanks so much for getting an interview with him. I really enjoy his insights especially after watching and growing from his movies!

  • @malicsgabor
    @malicsgabor Před 3 lety +8

    Best of his generation.

  • @vinceduque7115
    @vinceduque7115 Před rokem +1

    Just saw Sicario again on the big screen in Paris - so brilliant I wanted to get to know Denis as a filmmaker - thanks for this. What a great video. Merci beaucoup.

  • @selectyourchoice1321
    @selectyourchoice1321 Před 3 lety +3

    He is one of my favourite director.

  • @Artat4k
    @Artat4k Před 2 lety

    Thank you for doing this video

  • @stagename2
    @stagename2 Před 2 lety +1

    His explication of tension is invaluable

  • @yashark1893
    @yashark1893 Před 3 lety +4

    Thank you for creating these inspirational videos. So much to learn.

  • @FordFrames
    @FordFrames Před 3 lety +6

    my favorite director!!

  • @mireillelebeau2513
    @mireillelebeau2513 Před 2 lety

    I learn so much Thanks for this interview

  • @Jimbrosss
    @Jimbrosss Před 3 lety +3

    thx for making a video of my favorite director!

  • @secretsofdune
    @secretsofdune Před 3 lety +4

    Great video. Very well put together. Well done!

  • @erikschwartz1214
    @erikschwartz1214 Před 3 lety +4

    Arrival is a Dune prequel. The aliens are guild navigators on No-Ships

  • @filmsbydiek7316
    @filmsbydiek7316 Před 3 lety +7

    So good. Great to compile all of this wisdom and inspiration from perhaps the greatest working director today. Thank you!

  • @bookeblade
    @bookeblade Před 3 lety +2

    My favorite director working today,” master

  • @mupicap7927
    @mupicap7927 Před 3 lety +3

    He always using one character POV, really focus on the character

  • @MikePhilbin1966
    @MikePhilbin1966 Před rokem +1

    Sounds like a great guy to work with. :)

  • @maniravandi5983
    @maniravandi5983 Před 3 lety +1

    Awesome

  • @SnoopyDoofie
    @SnoopyDoofie Před 2 lety +3

    Liberating a director by letting them do it as they see fit is the way to make a great film. But letting a music composer write the score without ever seeing the film makes an even greater film.

  • @marcus_ohreallyus
    @marcus_ohreallyus Před 3 lety +2

    A modern master

  • @hauntedhose
    @hauntedhose Před 3 lety +3

    Just found this channel...love it!
    I’d love to see a retrospect on S. Craig Zahler 👈

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  Před 3 lety +1

      Glad you're enjoying our channel! Thanks for the suggestion, we'll look into Craig :)

    • @hauntedhose
      @hauntedhose Před 3 lety

      @@AlterCineYT Zahler has a very stylized depiction of violence or bursts of violence used very effectively...it has an effect that really affirms the danger presented on screen while reinforcing the narrative...I find this technique really commands the hero’s struggle and leaves us no choice, but to helplessly root for the protagonist....👍

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  Před 3 lety

      @@hauntedhose Awesome insight! Very well and concisely said. Sounds a bit like Villeneuve!

  • @D3cker1
    @D3cker1 Před 2 lety +1

    "I have more control by delegating to other people" 😄😄

  • @DelightLovesMovies
    @DelightLovesMovies Před 3 lety +4

    Thanks for sharing AlterCine.

  • @giambronefilms1668
    @giambronefilms1668 Před 3 lety +4

    I liked Blade Runner 2049 significantly better than the original. I saw BR in the theater a couple years back when they re-released, and it did not hold up as I had expected it. I just was not engaged at all.

  • @brickstyles8345
    @brickstyles8345 Před rokem +1

    0:20 did he direct this shot too. it's like the last confrontation bn Emily Blunt's Character and Alejandro lol

  • @christianhodgson5201
    @christianhodgson5201 Před 2 lety +1

    what is that handheld lens thing he and Deakins are always looking through?

    • @KenTWOu
      @KenTWOu Před 11 měsíci +1

      Director's viewfinder allows them to frame shots without carrying entire camera around.

  • @alizhanseit5650
    @alizhanseit5650 Před 3 lety

    💯👍🏼

  • @jonathanmorrison9439
    @jonathanmorrison9439 Před 3 lety +2

    He looks like Tom Ford in that suit but with more hairline

  • @skoomamuch356
    @skoomamuch356 Před 3 lety +2

    why his movies are great?
    he plans ahead unlike JJ Abrams

  • @andrewhill5974
    @andrewhill5974 Před 3 lety

    6:03 song?

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  Před 3 lety

      That's a score from Blade Runner 2049!

    • @andrewhill5974
      @andrewhill5974 Před 3 lety

      @@AlterCineYT i found it- Hans Zimmer "Mesa"

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  • @Valkonnen
    @Valkonnen Před 9 měsíci

    Dune was the most contrived and lackluster film I've seen in some time. NOTHING happens in the film and it looks like a Dior Ad from Vogue. I can't belive that people actually like it.

  • @3-y86
    @3-y86 Před 2 lety

    Lol he said bring realism, WTF he used in every time unrealistic light. What the fuck he talking about. If there will be realism he never be used studio lights.