The film launched a franchise, but also a lot of great filmmaking lessons. Perhaps my favorite film franchise of all time is Mission: Impossible. At this point, Tom Cruise is off filming the seventh and eighth installments, and I can't wait for them to be released, but I wanted to return to where it all started. No, not the TV show, the Brian De Palma movie. In the mid-90s, Paramount decided to reboot Mission: Impossible as a movie. They brought on legendary writers Robert Towne and David Koepp to work on the script and De Palma to direct. What resulted was a blockbuster filled with intrigue, great performances, and a star-solidifying performance from Cruise. There are lots of amazing lessons to learn from the process, but today we will focus on eight of them. Check out the trailer to De Palma's classic film and let's go over the lessons after. 8 Great Filmmaking Lessons from Mission: Impossible 1. Embrace canted angles One of the most subtle things in this movie that I don't think a lot of other directors utilize are the canted or "Dutch" angles. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 12 March, 2021