How it was Filmed: Christopher Nolan's "Following"

In this video I try to give a brief overview about how Christopher Nolan shot his debut feature film "Following" on a tight budget. If you want to learn more about how he pulled this off, there is a great Vice interview with him and his Director's commentary on the Criterion edition of Following is enlightening.
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[@CulturalCurfew]

Great video! There aren't many videos about his debut film, and this is one of the best I've seen so far, you've earned yourself a new sub!

[@TheKinoCorner]

Ah thanks!!! My next one will probably be about Metropolitan. It's another great indie from the 90's even if the director, Whit Stillman, isn't as well known as Nolan.

[@gabrielidusogie9189]

@@TheKinoCorner hey I’m not sure if you’ll see this but I left a comment on your recent video asking if you could make a video on how to analyze a film via its techniques and how we can take that analysis or\and notes and turn it into a video essay.

[@ahmadmousa3605]

This is such a high quality channel amazing job waiting to see the 1 mil sub celebration

[@realdaybreaker8013]

Man you deserve at least a 100,000 subs --- your narration and research are top class

[@realdaybreaker8013]

Very informative and excellent analysis --- Please keep doing more videos on making of FOLLOWING.
I am an aspirant Film Maker (NOOB) , your video really helped me understand the basics of Film Making

[@realdaybreaker8013]

Subbed

[@samarthur8605]

I mean the movie is not better than his other movies (as some people say it is) but compared to other no-budget movies, it's a great one. You can see how Nolan is trying to find his creative voice in this movie but hasn't quite nailed it yet. In his follow up movie, Memento, you can see how he was more prepared.

[@tariqueanimations]

Nolan is genius. He could film his picnic and it will be a hit

[@saravanakumar3887]

Thank you

[@ItUnidentified]

I am watching all kino corners videos in chronological order and having such a great time

[@groovi35]

Great video. Lots of information I couldn’t find online. One thing I didn’t understand are the „dry takes“. So they filmed the scene with audio only and then filmed the scene again? And in the editing he added the sound only to the entire scene? What if a line or something doesn’t quite fit into the movements of the actors mouth?
And didn’t Nolan say he did sound only takes to „warm“ the actors up, but I thought he recorded them after a scene was filmed on camera?..
Am I confusing smth..

[@JackSpicer-mi2jj]

4:54 Mountain Climbing Kirei: Ⓜ️..
5:19 The Permit System: “Ⓜ️” 5:39 Me: ⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️⌨️

[@Outta-hz1ej]

BRAVO NOLAN

[@acdragonrider]

I also felt the young man’s character arc was akin to Two Face’s. He transformed from being just an innocent shadower into a man addicted with both stalking and burgling

[@RobCCrosby]

Can you go more in-depth on how he went about matching these dry audio takes? I'm very interested to hear about that and how that process works.

[@chaeyoungvideos5742]

I love your breakdown in the beginning saying how it can be cheaper if done now digitally

[@thepavankeerthi]

Where can I get his full interview that appears at 1:25

[@ananthagastya2152]

05:13 - to circumvent the permit system? can you clarify how using a certain type of camera helped them circumvent the system?

[@mentalsquid0]

I'd imagine it's because the bolex doesn't use an external magazine and it's smaller than the arriflex, meaning it's less likely to be seen by police, and even looks like an amateur production, and so they wouldn't be asked for a permit.

[@charlie9086]

If you still care: I don't know about the UK, but in Germany you are allowed to shoot on the streets, if you don't bring anything that has to "stand" on it. If you only have a camera and go handheld, you can do that - but if you have lights with stands, at dolly or really anything that needs to be set up you need a permit.

[@dani.phantm]

because he thought it all through

[@satishsanglikar9241]

Best

[@saravanakumar3887]

Plz do video about steven spielberg

[@nagynoda3732]

don't you find interesting that in the hero house door there's a batman sticker?

[@TheKinoCorner]

Yeah it was quite foreshadowing of his career!

[@AnkitSingh-cd7tw]

@@TheKinoCorner that's not what foreshadowing is

[@acdragonrider]

Following, Pi and El Mariachi

[@JackSpicer-mi2jj]

0:18 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨😂