PHILIPPE MELANÇON

Inspirations

A notebook of influences

Images, ideas, and reflections worth sharing.

Cinema, editing, creativity. And sometimes something else.

01 · Tony Zhou

How Does an Editor Think and Feel?

How do you explain an editor’s intuition? Here is a reflection on the importance of the eyes, emotion, and empathy. That moment when you feel it’s time to cut. Or not to cut.

Original post · 2016-12-11 ↗

02 · Martin Scorsese

The Art of Silence

Silence creates anticipation, unease, tension. It makes us look differently. Feel what is happening rather than have it explained to us.

And sometimes, it is precisely what we do not hear that leaves us the most stunned.

Original post · 2017-02-03 ↗

03 · Sherlock

How to Film Thought

The creativity of the shot design and editing in Sherlock is remarkable. An inventive way to make thought visible, to tell a scene differently, simply through the choice of shots, their sequence, and their rhythm. Without resorting to digital visual effects. A wonderful demonstration of the richness of cinematic language.

Original post · 2018-06-14 ↗

04 · The Shining

Screenplay Analysis

Original post · 2016-11-03 ↗

05 · Cinema & Painting

Film Meets Art

Part II

Part III

Original post · 2016-10-03 ↗

06 · Creativity · The Birth of Ideas

Where Do Ideas Come From?

Original post · 2017-07-24 ↗

07 · Creativity · Steven Johnson

Where Good Ideas Come From?