The Crash Reel filmmaker set out to make a short about fire. Just as she began, the deadliest wildfires in California history broke out. Lucy Walker is a filmmaker who doesn't shy away from challenging environments. She’s filmed in a Tsunami zone (The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom) and a garbage dump (Waste Land). Through her authentic character journeys and elevated visual style, she tells us stories of how we interact with our surroundings. Her latest landscape, the record-setting California wildfires, is the most shocking to date. When she moved to California in 2018, Walker found herself in the middle of a really bad fire season. So she set out to get to the bottom of the question, Why are these terrible fires getting worse? The result is her film Bring Your Own Brigade. No Film School caught up with Walker after the premiere of the film at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Below we go in-depth on how to take the exhilarating journey of creating this kind of movie. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 11 February, 2021