Meg Shields

Based in the Pacific North West, Meg enjoys long scrambles on cliff faces and cozying up with a good piece of 1960s eurotrash. As a senior contributor at FSR, Meg's objective is to spread the good word about the best of sleaze, genre, and practical effects.
Godsofegypt

You Can Always Tell When Green Screen is Bad

By Meg Shields 

If you’re looking for a technical breakdown of why some green screens are better than others, this is the video for you.

Bond Girls Ranked

All 55 Bond Girls Ranked

By Anna Swanson, and Meg Shields 

While we wait for the eventual release of ‘No Time To Die,’ we decided to rank every single one of the Bond Girls (including the married ones, too).

Watchmen

How Filmmakers Use the Binary of Black-And-White

By Meg Shields 

What we’re watching: a pair of video essays that highlight the strengths and limitations of black-and-white’s narrative power.

A Mind Sang

Want to Break Your Brain? Watch ‘A Mind Sang’

By Meg Shields 

An experiment in perspective and parallel storytelling, ‘A Mind Sang’ is a hypnotic visual journey that blurs the boundaries between life and death.

Ozu Vase

What A Vase Can Teach Us About The Filmography of Yasujiro Ozu

By Meg Shields 

What we’re watching: a video essay that breaks down the enigma of the vase shot from Yasujiro Ozu’s ‘Late Spring.’

Totoro Cas Van De Pol

More Cartoon Recaps and Fewer “Live-Action” Remakes, Please

By Meg Shields 

Why watch a redundant photorealistic remake when you can watch a charmingly irreverent recap video that’s under five minutes?

Wendy Carlos Composer

How Wendy Carlos Created Iconic Scores With The Moog Synthesizer

By Meg Shields 

Here’s an interview clip where Wendy Carlos—the pioneering synth composer behind the scores for ‘A Clockwork Orange,’ ‘The Shining,’ and ‘Tron’—demos an original Moog Synthesizer.

Prince Of Egypt

The Movie-Making Miracle of ‘The Prince of Egypt’

By Meg Shields 

What we’re watching: a behind the scenes featurette on the making of DreamWorks Animation’s masterpiece: ‘The Prince of Egypt.’

Rango Close Up

Animating Ugly: The Wonderful Weirdness of ‘Rango’

By Meg Shields 

Here’s a video essay celebrating the bizarre imagination of ‘Rango’.