10 Tips from David Fincher on how he directed Fight Club and The Social Network
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2024
- David Fincher Mank Interview Commentary on Directing and Screenwriting we go Behind the Scenes and lessons from the screenplay of his movies Se7en, Mank, Alien 3, Zodiac, Fight Club, The Social Network, Panic Room and Gone Girl with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike.
He was also a director for Netflix tv series Mindhunter and House of Cards. He directed numerous films, commercials and music videos, most notably for Madonna Express Yourself and Vogue music video and the famous Gap commercial. He is known for his psychological thrillers, his films have received thirty nominations at the Academy Awards including two for him as Best Director Oscar nominations. His latest film Mank is a film about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his development of the script for Citizen Kane based on a screenplay by his late father Jack Fincher.
What is your favorite David Fincher film?
Which writer/director would you like to see next?
Let us know in the comments👇
0:00 - Intro
1:17 - TIP 1 - Directing a movie is like a three dimensional chess, everybody has to peak at the same time
3:14 - TIP 2 - Write your screenplay as visually as possible so that the images will stay in the readers' minds for a long time
5:19 - TIP 3 - Ask for as many takes you need. It’s not just about the actor, that’s the focus, but it’s a ballet between so many people.
6:18 - TIP 4 - It’s about taste. It’s not about equipment. You can make a complete film just with your ipad, you can write on it, film with it and edit with it.
6:49 - TIP 5 - If you truly want to get the rights for a certain book, then come up with a complete plan, with actors, storyboards, budget, schedule and a script.
8:12 - TIP 6 - With every collaborator, from an art designer to a composer you are trying to do one key thing, which is to make strangers FEEL something
10:03 - TIP 7 - “It’s my way or the highway.” Whether it’s for real or whether it’s fake on the set you got to project CONFIDENCE.
11:05 - TIP 8 - The old rules of storytelling don’t necessarily apply in the 21st century, so find new and unpredictable ways to tell stories
12:47 - TIP 9 - Prepare for things that can go wrong on the set, but at the same time leave the room for creativity so it doesn't become just a boring execution.
13:48 - TIP 10 - Do THE BEST as you can, but be aware that there are so many careers and factors in the process that when a movie really works it is usually the result of LUCK.
14:10 - Outro
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Here's a tip for David Fincher. Make a season 3 for Mindhunter.
or a sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hurtful. But i agree
Fincher said he was exhausted after running season 2 because his work weeks were 90h. Moreover, season two had to be rewritten and the view count wasn't as high as expected vs the high cost of production. He said he's taking a break, it's not canceled, yet. Fingers crossed!
AMEN!
He was going to make a season 3, but they spend the budget for Mank. So they just cancelled it for a while. I think they're going to continue the series, if Fincher wants to, but right now they need the budget.
"Sculpting behavior over time", that's a pretty brilliant description.
Excellent video. David Fincher's films are always amazing. There are precise, economic, mature, highly intelligent, and darkly humorous streaks through his films. They are subversive on a different level. He has been making films for almost forty years and you can see that experience emanate from each film.
Exactly, and that is what he says in tip - 7 - ...and so it takes you 10 or 15 years to get comfortable enough to just go; ‘Dude it's my way or the highway’ You have to be able to do that. So I’ve spent, I mean it probably wasn’t until I was 40 that I could kind of go ‘Here’s what we're doing, here's exactly what we're doing, here's all I want’ and mean it and people would sort of go, ‘right away’.
Se7en and Fight Club are absolute classics. And I only wish he was able to make the Stieg Larson sequels.
The swedish versions of stieg larsson is pretty damn good aswell, atleast the first one.
Se7en is a masterpiece and it’s not even his best movie
He's a moody director, he just doesn't feel like make it although we know he's gonna make a great adaptation out of it
I wonder, would Fincher ever make a comedy? That might be- An interesting or challenging project for him.
Panic Room, as well.
The Girl with the Dragon tatooo is one of those films that you can watch again & again & again even thou you know the story.
Can't wait for Mank! This man is a legendary Director! Zodiac, Seven and Fight Club are Masterpieces! It's not easy to have three Masterpieces in your Filmography but this man was able to do just that! His entire Filmography is filled with great, great films well except Alien 3 and Panic Room (in my opinion) but every other film is definitely worth a watch. The Game is probably his most underrated film which doesn't get enough recognition!
Goddamn, no The Social Network love?! It is hands down the movie of his that will be remembered for the rest of time for capturing a period of life in the annals of history that we can't even comprehend yet IMHO. It's the stuff that we read or watch in school and think about if the people in history knew that they were experiencing history. With that film I feel that we were experiencing history being recorded and cemented that this will be our Citizen Cane of our times. No hyperbole there either.
@@drewmcgill5290 Well I can see where you coming from and yes it indeed will be a future classic in the near future but I can't say it was a completely flawless film.
The game is a masterpiece as well
@@drewmcgill5290 Well I did say that his "entire filmography is filled with great films."
@@drewmcgill5290 you're right about the whole period of life thing, but the truth is that Se7en and Fight Club had way more contribution to cinema as a whole.
Zodiac is his best film ever.
Incredible film ! So underrated !
What is so good about it?
Turning internal dialogue on the written page into an emotional reaction by an actor that is familiar enough to an audience to be recognized and appreciated.
The last point is easily the most relevant one - and it is something that Fincher (himself constantly celebrated and admired for being an almost supernatural grand designer) as been publicly saying for a long time.
7:45 i see what you did there 😏
Love that he brings up to create images that not only capture attention but also are remembered!
I haven't seen it but I'd wager these tips worth more than a $200,000 degree
Wow, this was a phenomenal watch! Thank you so much for orchestrating these clips so well! Definitely about to go through the rest of your videos now! There goes my day haha ❤️🙏
Thanks for watching! Sorry for your day 😉😀
Yaaaayyyy! I love Fincher. I’m excited to see Mank now.
Love your videos! Waiting for more.. keep it up
This is a damn underrated channel, the other channels/videos I find for proper motivations and understanding the film industry more I normally end up watching some hokey pokey bullshit where the ambient piano is too damn loud where you can't even hear the person speak. they mostly come off melodramatic and hokey. but this channel is an exception.
This video feels like I'm actually listening to a professional that's talking about his experiences and what he's learned in the creative/filmmaking business and how you could transform and apply all this knowledge into your own form of work or creative sessions.
Btw Outstanding Screenplays, Your videos are well-edited and get's straight to the point which is a rare treasure for TH-cam videos, and to see the number of subscribers you have is a downright crime. I love your Aaron Sorkin and Alfred Hitchcock videos quite a bit.
If you ever read this comment, Do you think you should make a video on Paul Thomas Anderson? He's a personal favorite of mine.
Thanks for your comment! PT Anderson is definitely on our list of future directors to upload :)
I second this comment so damn hard regarding PTA and all the high regards for the work you do putting these videos together. You literally are following the guidelines that all of these masters are telling us to do and I find that actually very hopeful! Keep up the good work!
I needed this.
Love the Tyler Durden flash in numbet 5.
What gems!
Thank you .. for this gem of a VIDEO
Legend!!!
MANK!
love this
Very useful, thank you.
11:45 is the best nugget in this whole video.
What a genius and great leader
Perfect Videography,😄🎥🎥
not sure if theres much footage but could you do a video on Akira Kurosawa?
It’s planned already. Thanks, great taste 👌
@@OutstandingScreenplays Eagerly waiting. Thanks in advance
@@gouthams3641 In the meantime check our Instagram @outstanding.screenplays - there is a great post about Akira Kurosawa and his Writing Process
@@OutstandingScreenplays sure 😍
Planned does not necessarily mean it's happening
Do an video about denis villenue
The new stanley kubrick for our generation
@Careful Icarus Seriously, thank you for articulating so much better than I could have. Saying someone is "the Next Kubrick" just undermines them as an individual artist so much.
@Careful Icarus yes also you are right. I tried to describe his genius and ability in making movie,kubrick for me in top,so ı only tried to exalt fincher,no bad intention really
No, that would be Alex Garland.
Ex Machina is the best picture of the 2010's. Nearly every frame is perfect.
Dredd, Ex Machina, Annihilation. No one is on his level at the moment.
@@dialecticalmonist3405 i do not think so,these movies were good but they had some necessity(acting-not about oscar isaac)
@@dialecticalmonist3405 you say Dredd instead of Devs?! The heresy! 😜
7:44 Nice Surprise, just like he did in the Fight Club.
Kudos to you for noticing 😉
I see you've done one for Charlie Kaufman already. Can you do one of Spike Jonze pretty please?!
Coming soon
How about Scorsese?
Great one !!!!!!!!!!
thank you
Thank you :D
We want Mindhunter 3!
I liked how when David is talking about Fight club, the editor of this video lets a smiling Brad Pitt pop up on David's right for a single frame at 7:44. Slow down the video to 0.25x and you might be able to catch it!
Amazing channel 🔥🔥
Thanks for video. What are you think about Stanley Kubrick?
He never really talked about that much
I think he did say that filmmaking is more like music than literature.
He is a legend, there's no one like him
genius
Okay hold on a second. The second shot in this video shows a camera in the background. That is a Thompson Viper Filmstream camera. I used to rent those when I worked at Plus 8 Digital. Oh the memories.
Pooh! Catch!
Good catch.
I just realised that I don't know a single person that has an iPad.
Yeah haha
I got one, it’s great. 💀🔥
@@skeletonshorror5184 I don't know you so nothing has changed.
Make more videos on directors
If anyone is coming to this after watching Mank, watch it at least three times! It may be boring with the first two viewings, but it's incredible with the third!
How long is the movie?
I liked that they showed the making of American propaganda in the movie, it was barely tied to the plot - but I feel it's so important to show that to the American people any way you can these days. Otherwise the movie was kinda meandering - but frankly I don't mind. It felt like it was coming from a place of authentic creative intentions which is so rare these days. Kudos for staying real.
I find fantastic to receive tips or advices from directors like David Fincher, now if you let me choose between Fincher and Tarantino, I prefer thousand times Quentin Tarantino because of his hillarious scripts. Nevertheless, it doesn't mean I'm not recognizing what Fincher has done as a filmmaker, obviously he's had ups and downs like everybody else but, the movie that defines him is Fight club. This is the film you will always pay to see it at the cinema or on Netflix, and also what amazed me about him is the quantity of takes in every movie he makes, so my question is; is he a fan of Kubrick?
I think that he is a fan of Kubrick. I’m pretty sure that he’s praised him at least once.
what is the link to the full talk from 1:40?
I was about to praise this video, but for a channel that relies entirely on other sources, you'd think they'd list them and give them credit.
What I find interesting is a David Fincher and Alfred Hitchcock alike say that it’s not about the actor but yet they get the best actors for the movies.
Maybe not show the points at the start?
The actor does as many takes as possible to create your Vision on your digital canvas.
Question: do you have the sources for all the interviews that are used here? I don’t recognize some of them.
Love the channel. But three of these points are the same points repeated - so 7 really.
Can somebody help me understand: What is the mesage of the David Finchers Movie FIGHT CLUB?
Alonso Ruizpalacios
7:15 The thing that totally cracks me up is what he describes here as the "first option" is not far off what really happened anyway lol Yes, Fight Club is part of that "cult classic" kind of audience now (of which I'm very happily a part) but of course it didn't really have much impact in the business upon initial release. Not exactly a "bomb", but just kinda "meh"
Jack Durden
I always dream he makes the adaptation of Silence of the Lambs, It's like the book is destined to be adapted for motion picture by him
I am still mad at Fox concerning how badly they treated him while filming Alien 3. His cut will always be superior and who knows what other great stuff he envisioned that didn't even make that cut!
Thank for your love and support ❤️
I notice that the description lists "Alien 3" for some reason.
There is no third Alien movie, and even if there was David Fincher would have nothing to do with it
Alien 3 (1992) directed by David Fincher
Bring back Lisbeth.
tyler durden had to appear in this video
can we get one from Matt Reeves too!
What did he direct?
@@matthewschwartz6607 The brilliant Planet of the Apes Trilogy, Cloverfield, Let Me In
Very strange that he decries classic techniques like three act structure, when most of his films use that. Seven's third act is clearly when John Doe shows up at the precinct for example. Fight Club's antagonist is clearly Tyler Durden etc. Structurally I rarely see him going outside the classic form.
We keep forgetting how long 1995 was ago :-D
3:30 min number 2 .....like the hiden camera frame with in frame
3:44 no recording allowed? XD. piracy? XD
Sir I want to make a movie with you
So much redundancy in this video. There’s overlap with things he says in so many of these.
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#11 - Finish what you start. Finish Mindhunter. Thanks for 2 great seasons then dropping it like a hot potato mid stream. Not cool, David.
What, you THINK he has THAT sort of control over this show?
@@TomEyeTheSFMguy he's David Fincher, absolutely. I know the actor, Sonny Valicenti, who plays the BTK killer and it was David who called the stop to the show.
@@weeverob oh ok then.
Wait, where's your source?
@@TomEyeTheSFMguy Valicenti, who’s in the show
@@weeverob ok.
Weird to listen to him talk about fake feelings with canned music that is supposed to invoke a generic feeling behind him.
You think he chose to have the music play?
He forgot don’t make Alien 3. That was D I R E 🤢🤢💩🤢🤢
Sidney Lumet had better system and better results.
Ironically this video was terribly edited
Ok, how's that?
How about: Don't do a movie that supports a long time ago debunked smear campaign against writer/director Orson Welles and come up with something original again?
@Careful Icarus How about learn to do arguments?
Doesn't matter. Mank is a technical masterpiece and the story in it doesn't matter at all. You'll see if you haven't already.
@@drewmcgill5290 I havn't seen it yet. But if it is like most Fincher movies of the last years (minus Zodiac), I'll be underwhelmed by its adequateness.
Ps. making it look like Citizen Kane doesn't make it Citizen Kane.
@@karlkarlos3545 Funny that you mention Zodiac considering it also pushed a theory that had already proven to be wrong
@@Tuosma I know, but it didn't really support the final theory. It just portrait the people around the investigation and the circumstances of their lives and motivations.
This is pretty basic. Film School 101. kindergarten stuff. Yawn.