Matt Pollock // Director

Written By Hannah Driscoll
 

Deep dive with us into two scenes in this episode, both in the Continental Hotel. We start with a lobby scene to discuss eyeline, then jump to the Perkins verses Wick showdown in John’s hotel room. We discuss everything from blocking, stunts, and breaking the rules (both in filmmaking and storytelling). Happy listening!

QUICK FACTS

Continental Hotel Lobby

START TIME: 38:12

END TIME: 39:21

Continental Hotel Fight Scene

START TIME: 57:06

END TIME: 01:01:14

In this episode we not only deep dive into these scenes, we also cover problem solving on set, blocking difficulties, and story building.

GUEST SPEAKER

Matt Pollock is a Los Angeles based television and commercial director. We met on Adam Ruins Everything, and you can check out all of his work links below. Especially check out his episodic work—it’s fantastic! Follow him on IG (@mattdirects) too for some cute dog pics and fun posts!

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

  • breaking the 180 line rule

  • introducing characters

  • spacial awareness and framing

  • blocking rehearsals

  • having stunt coordinators help direct heavy action scenes

  • not rushing through a problem on set

  • breakaway glass logic

HOW TO FIND MATT

IMDb: HERE

IG: HERE

Website: HERE

Hire him: HERE

Thanks for listening, and let me know which part of this episode is your favorite.

Be seeing you.

 
Hannah Driscoll
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