Martin Mlaka

“‘E.T., phone home” After 31 years since his first appearance in Cannes with his film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Spielberg returns. This time, Spielberg (66), is to head the jury for the 66th Cannes film festival which runs 15-26th May. It was about time for this highly skilled filmmaker who confirmed this post 2 years ago, but was unable [...]

Do I need to specialise even if it may harm the development of the other talents? We all were in the stage of life where we had to choose what we want to do. After making a wrong choice I came back and decided to dive into creative work which fuels me wholeheartedly. The problem [...]

As often advised by numerous writers, you should not be afraid to kill the characters you love the most. This is true in real life, too. Jeeeez, don’t kill anyone. Metaphorically speaking, you should not be afraid to give up things you love the most.   well … I’ll be working on my new web pages now, [...]

Sorry to all who expected new stuff on my webpages. I was thinking about changing the strategy of my contribution here cause I thought it’s soooo boring for you to read this useless shit. In fact, I am now thinking that my two goals (1 of those is this blog of course) are colliding. To [...]

click here to see the video: with a little help from your … strangers   How come all the people are so observant in the video? Is it so in the real life, too?

Oh! how dark is life! No night, when I was a child, so terrified me by its darkness as does my invisible existence. Lord, to David my father thou gavest only the gift of harmonizing words and sounds, to sing and praise thee on strings, to lament sweetly, to make people weep or admire beauty; [...]

I have stumbled upon an interesting quote today. It is about writing, it is for aspiring writers: “Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were [...]

I hadn’t written here for a long time, but I have noticed that people still keep coming here – that’s why I’ve decided to contribute a few words. I didn’t write also because I didn’t know what to write. Well, I graduated in July and I’ve tried to work on my screenplays since then. I [...]

It’s October 2011. My final, the most important year at the University of Birmingham starts. 3rd year counts 75% towards your final result. But this, however, is not why 2011/2012 academic year is the most important. Soon after the start of first term I join the Guild Television. GTV After thinking and planning of setting [...]

Just forgot to mention. In 2008, I finished my school year a bit earlier (it was around 1 year before my school leaving exams) to go to Oxford as a part of work & study program. I was 18. I was guaranteed a position at the King’s Arms – the oldest traditional pub in Oxford [...]

Somewhere on the road you unexpectedly start noticing that you are not alone. You open your eyes and look around. Your old friend fights to make his films over there with his buddies, who you didn’t know personally. (Why the hell couldn’t you see it earlier?). You get to meet them and join the group despite the [...]

Yes. I did it. Christoper Vogler – Hero’s Journey, Robert McKee – Story: Substance, structure, style and the principles of screenwriting, Blake Snyder – Save the cat, countless articles on Raindance.co.uk, BAFTA guru lectures whether in screenwriting, directing, cinematography or producing (http://guru.bafta.org/craft I recommend Charlie Kaufman and John Logan from screenwriting lectures), Raindance’s supply of screenplays [...]

During my high school I only watched hundreds of films, read everything about filmmaking I could get my hands on and watched even more films. However, when it came to university applications I had nothing to show to ‘artsy’ universities and even my photography had no certain theme (it still does not even today and [...]

One lovely day (I was 17 for a few days already) I was discussing films on a public chat because it was just after the Oscars, which I watched with her via an online stream. Someone responded to me and we talked about the winners and who we thought should have had won etc. After some [...]

I was dreaming of buying my own camera for ages. When I started researching which one to buy, DSLRs seemed very expensive and so I was aiming for Fuji Finepix S9500 instead. I started to engage in discussions around photography online at the age of 14/15 onwords. I spent countless hours browsing through all the images [...]

The Bodyguard I watched the Bodyguard with my aunt and brother when I was 7 or 8 the first time. Yes, romantic one again, but drama at least! Since then, I must have seen it around 70 times. From then on I’ve watched many films, but the majority of them were still rom-coms/coms/action films (usual [...]

It was at that time though (early years at school) that I found an old, broken Flexaret, which my grandfather purchased ages ago. Not being able to take any photos, I still loved running around and looking down at the screen, which showed somehow different and magical world. Regarding films, it naturally started with cartoons [...]

The Beginning of …. me Born 1st March 1990 in Poprad, Slovakia. Zodiac: Pisces Naturally, the description fits quite perfectly (points taken from) The young Pisces are adventurous, ambitious, impulsive, enthusiastic and full of energy. The Pisces are pioneers both in thought and action, very open to new ideas and a lover of freedom. They love [...]