Today we chat with Dan Vendigo - aspiring and busy, ambitious & realistic, procrastination & innovation. An older filmmaker compares notes with the new wave. What do young filmmakers expect from their kit and their industry?

A new approach to structuring cinema - throw off the shackles of literature!

From the I Ching to AI to paleolithic cameras... a journey around the experimental approaches of an indie film director

REFERENCES:

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Propp, V.Y. (2012) The Russian Folktale [Translated by Sibelan Forrester]. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.

The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century English Literature , pp. 335 - 358 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521820776.021

Landow, G.P. (ed.) (1994) Hyper/Text/Theory. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Espen J. Aarseth, ‘Non-Linearity and Literary Theory’ chapter in “Hyper/Text/Theory” (1994) Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press

Wilhelm, R., 1967. The I ching, or Book of changes. Translated by C. F. Baynes. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Matthews, C. (2001). Celtic Wisdom Sticks: Ancient Ogam Symbols Offer Guidance for Today

Phil Svitek (2022). The ‘But, Therefore’ Style of Writing (from the Creators of South Park). [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0rFXshKLa4 [Accessed 4 Dec. 2025].

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Gatton, Matt. Paleo-Camera. 2005. https://www.paleo-camera.com/

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Email afilmbymalwilliamson@gmail.com for a PDF of the slideshow "I Ching to Sept 12th"

A long-standing aphorism this - with particular resonance and meaning for filmmakers. How doe we compare this to "attention to detail"?

So this is what started the podcast - because I could not find a podcast - among all the excellent info there is out there - that talks about what the FX3 means to me as a filmmaker. What difference will this kit make to how I feel about my work?

What can cinema become?