Dude's a major player in Hollywood now, yet he still hasn't forgotten where he came from and takes the time to make videos on his youtube channel. Respect.

The return of the king

I really appreciate that a director has his own youtube channel. Literally sharing knowledge and advice that could inspire a whole new generation of directors.

As an aspiring film director, Sandberg is the kind of director I want to be one day. Humble, creative, funny, and wickedly talented.

Never forget your roots Mr.Sandberg! What a great video and amazing insights! Very "Every Frame a Painting" Like.

You feel David's care for his audience in his films. That, and his creative talent, drives his success. Kudos my friend

But then there's Fincher's 15 different camera angles and 33 cuts to bring alive deposition testimony in "The Social Network" (the scene where the Winklevoss's attorney asks Zuckerberg, played by Jessie Eisenberg, whether he has his "full attention"). All of those cuts really brought what could have been a boring scene to life.

Damn, I wanna watch "What Lies Beneath" now

That was terrific!

'What lies Beneath' is such an underrated gem in my view. I read that Zemeckis set out to do a Hitchcock style thriller with that one. IMO he succeeded in a lot of ways.

Love it!! The hidden secret of these one-rs are great professional actors who understand pacing. I find that when people attempt these masters with non-pros or too little rehearsal, the pacing is super difficult to get right and creates scenes with a lot of awkward space in it, and then you can’t fix the pacing with coverage. Getting a couple of pickups at each new frame size of your moving master helps give you backups without re-doing the lighting!

Man I love these videos. No annoying background music, just you, talking about shooting movies! 👏🏼🎬

Wow... Just wow, David.

I really miss these long takes. I’m not sure if they happen less often than they used to, but I wish we saw more of them. Especially in big budget films, allowing the scene to breathe a bit.

Directors like Zemeckis and Spielberg are definitely familiar with the earlier era of movies, where oner's were pretty common. It's definitely always a good idea to revisit those classic films, as there are many techniques in them that filmmakers ( such as myself) can apply today.

Thank you! "Death Becomes Her" is a great start to tell the character's story without words.

This channel is one of my comfort channels i just love it

Zemmekis is one of the most underrated Hollywood directors.

These videos get me so excited about filmmaking.

I did this for the dialogue on my recent film Acéré, where we covered a good minute and a half with a moving camera for a character entering, sharing a dialogue sequence with their enemy, and then a fight beginning in just one shot. I ended up luckily covering the two close ups in between for the dialogue, as you said they are quick to do, and wow did they save me. It worked with the one shot...but in the end the performances deserved to be seen. Loving the videos as always man, such an inspiration.