Lessons From Jane Campion

Thanks to Ted Hope's blog /Hammer to Nail I stumbled across Jane Campion's website for her excellent film Bright Star. This intimate and revealing website should be what filmmakers aspire to build for their films. Designed as a digital scrapbook, it's interactive, informative, and with a unique whimsical style that complements the film's style and subject. I spent an hour devouring everything from Jane's notes on her children's acting workshop (to cast for the role of Fanny Brawne's little sister) to DP Greig Fraser's breathtaking light studies (see photo below) to the art department's entry on how they decided to fold the love letters. What an excellent companion piece to the film and a great inspiration to young producers like myself looking for ideas as to how to creatively bring their films to life and connect with audiences on the web.