Casting Techniques
By Greg Pak When casting my short films, I usually bring in actors two at a time and have them read opposite each other. I try to match people up in ways I think might work — an admittedly hit-or-miss...
View ArticleWorking with Actors: Action Verbs
By Greg Pak The most important job of a director is to get good performances. To put it another way: � Nothing matters but your actors. � Audiences will forgive almost any technical inadequacies as...
View ArticleMarlon Brando, In Memoriam
By Greg Pak Marlon Brando died yesterday at the age of eighty. There’s a scene in “Streetcar Named Desire” in which a feather from Vivian Leigh’s boa floats past Brando’s line of vision in the middle...
View ArticleGreg Pak asks Katee Sackhoff a BSG-related question!
The fine folks at Wizard have posted a video of “Battlestar Galactica” comic book writer Greg Pak asking “Battlestar Galactica” star Katee Sackhoff a question relating to her acting process. Click here...
View ArticleFilmHelp interview: Betty Gilpin talks “Mister Green”
Betty Gilpin as Dr. Gloria Holtzer in “Mister Green” A FilmHelp interview by Greg Pak As we draw nearer to the premiere of my latest short film “Mister Green” at South By Southwest and the San...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....