by Travis Mills | Jul 18, 2022 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
I continue to study the Western genre. I have now launched a podcast about the making of Western films. Listen here I watched The Professionals again the other night, a long overdue second viewing. The first half of Richard Brooks’ film is pretty much...
by Travis Mills | Sep 24, 2019 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
Each Monday, I share reviews of Westerns I’m studying to prepare for making 12 Westerns in 12 Months during 2020. I am watching these films not from an audience perspective but as a filmmaker, as a student of the genre. Week Twenty One: Lawman &...
by Travis Mills | Sep 16, 2019 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
Each Monday, I share reviews of Westerns I’m studying to prepare for making 12 Westerns in 12 Months during 2020. I am watching these films not from an audience perspective but as a filmmaker, as a student of the genre. Week Twenty: The Ballad of Cable...
by Travis Mills | Apr 27, 2019 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
These are diary entries, tracking my progress and process making the 12 Westerns in 12 Months project. Every now and then I will be publishing these daily notes that were taken on my phone. They have not been edited at all. To learn more about my 12 Westerns project,...
by Travis Mills | Nov 2, 2015 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
As a precursor to our film project, 12 Western Feature-Length Films in 12 Months, which Running Wild Films and 5J Media will start producing in 2016, director Travis Mills shares his thoughts on films from the genre as he studies Westerns in preparation for our own....
