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Director Jennifer Kent takes us through her filmmaking process. Using “The Babadook” and “The Nightingale” as examples, she explains her techniques from formulating a story and script to overseeing the edit and release.

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  1. Ama Artz

    September 18, 2019 at 4:09 pm

    if you are reading this god bless you, i hope you are successful in life
    Small artist here

  2. Ama Artz

    September 18, 2019 at 4:12 pm

    Ooh i loove babadook???? kinda his face like Mojojo jo
    Small artist here

  3. SL- Sisters

    September 18, 2019 at 4:13 pm

    hahah

  4. Jennifer G.

    September 18, 2019 at 4:13 pm

    Brilliant! Babadook was one of the most thought provoking film of that year. Surprising for a horror movie

  5. Detective Assassin

    September 18, 2019 at 4:19 pm

    I haven’t seen The Nightingale but The Babadook is one of my all time favorite movies , thus far definitely my favorite of the decade . I can’t wait to watch it .

  6. ffs gus

    September 18, 2019 at 4:22 pm

    what an amazing woman!!

  7. SpacetimeDCR

    September 18, 2019 at 4:24 pm

    extremely cool

  8. Hotlog

    September 18, 2019 at 4:36 pm

    Gotta say, didn’t like The Babadook. Movies or stories that build towards something and then just go, “It’s all in their mind or it was a just a dream.” really turn me off. I can respect the concept as an allegory, it just doesn’t sit with me.

  9. TE Games

    September 18, 2019 at 5:02 pm

    Ba-Ba-Dook Dook Dook
    Chills

  10. katherinep

    September 18, 2019 at 5:08 pm

    a great video of a phenomenal storyteller!! A+++

  11. Imani

    September 18, 2019 at 5:38 pm

    I loved Babadook

  12. F King Opinions

    September 18, 2019 at 7:17 pm

    I love Babadook and can’t wait to see The Nightingale. Very fun and excellent interview!

  13. Detective Assassin

    September 18, 2019 at 9:04 pm

    Something that is not said enough about The Babadook is that it is SUPER divisive for some reason , I am pretty sure that you can find both extremely positive and extremely negitive comments on any comment section about the film .

  14. ashwater skydust

    September 18, 2019 at 11:24 pm

    What a respectable and impressive visionary. All the choices she makes and why are fascinating and deep and so well envisioned and executed with such consideration for everything about the result. Really impressive. The visual aspects of the Babadook are something I put in with the best horror out there. The thing that most impressed me was the attention to the physicality of everything and that there was so much that leant to powerful (even when subtle) distortions of the feeling of movement or space, even to the extent that there were all these shots with an uncanny valley like feeling even when not using props, but just shooting the actors. All the things that made up the feel of that movie are interesting to hear about and the contrast of the two movies gives you some concept of the range of how someone like her applies the diversity of their concepts and the way they approach their medium as a whole. Any look into her thought process is a special treat.

  15. kenna!

    September 18, 2019 at 11:46 pm

    why isn’t her name in the title tho

  16. TheAFGFilms

    September 19, 2019 at 12:01 am

    The short film the Babadook is based on is amazing!!! Please watch if you get the chance!!

  17. VultureClone

    September 19, 2019 at 12:15 am

    It’s really interesting to hear about her processes. It’s obvious that The Babadook came from someone who really cared about making a good film.

  18. gonaye1

    September 19, 2019 at 1:30 am

    Really wonderful video

  19. electrojones

    September 19, 2019 at 4:54 am

    The Babadook
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    The Babadook

  20. KAZAM707

    September 19, 2019 at 7:00 am

    Looooved this! She seems great and like a true artist but more down to earth. Definitely want to watch Nightingale now. Babadook was excellent.

  21. Marcus

    September 19, 2019 at 7:01 am

    where/how to watch the nightingale?

  22. MeuCastello

    September 19, 2019 at 2:13 pm

    she’s a genius

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