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(Searcher) Sofia Coppola’s Iconography

Posted on November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 by Anna Zhai
Old video about Coppola’s previous works. Last year, I discovered this YouTube channel, Brooey Deschanel. The film analyses by Brooey always blow me away with how intricate she draws connections... Read More

The Punk Singer (2013): Documentary Of The Riot Grrrl Movement, Kathleen Hanna, and Punk Music

Posted on November 21, 2023November 29, 2023 by Anna Zhai
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(Seacher) Living (Frans Zwartjes, 1971) : An Experimental Spectacle of Life

Posted on November 8, 2023November 8, 2023 by Anna Zhai
When I was browsing the web for more experimental films to feed my brain on after watching Scorpio Rising, I stumbled across a director named Frans Zwartjes. I am absolutely fascinated by his films, m... Read More

“It’s Such A Beautiful Day”: Abstract Form (Extra)

Posted on November 1, 2023December 5, 2023 by Anna Zhai
This mini movie compilation is one that I appreciate greatly in its simplicity and creative imagination. The creative elements are so random, yet make sense and conveys accurately to the audience Bill... Read More

Scott Pilgrim VS. The World: Genrefully Genreless (Fun Thing + Self Promo)

Posted on October 25, 2023December 5, 2023 by Anna Zhai
Since Halloween is coming up, and I’m dressing up as Ramona Flowers to play a Scott Pilgrim cover set with my band, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (probably my favorite comfort movie) has been on my mi... Read More

(Reader) Film Genres: Themes, Conventions, and Iconographies

Posted on October 23, 2023October 24, 2023 by Anna Zhai
Like any other art form, film can be characterized into different groups characterized by style, thematic conventions, presentation, and specific iconographies. In the first half of Chapter 3 of Film ... Read More

(Viewer) Citizen Kane: A Narrative Jigsaw Puzzle

Posted on October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 by Anna Zhai
“I don’t think any word can explain a man’s life. No, I guess Rosebud is just a piece in a jigsaw puzzle—a missing piece.”  Thompson Citizen Kane is not the traditional narrative driven sto... Read More

Philosophy Within Art: A Connection To The Absurd in Film (Searcher)

Posted on September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 by Anna Zhai
“The projection of the dialectic system of things  the brain  Into creating abstractly  Into the process of thinking Yields: Dialectic methods of thinking;  Dialectic materialism... Read More

(Reader) Cinematography: Lick the Star, Sofia Coppola (1998)

Posted on September 11, 2023September 12, 2023 by Anna Zhai
Focusing on this weeks reading “Chapter 5, The Shot: Cinematography”, I will be walking through the cinematography of one of Sofia Coppolla’s first short films, Lick the Star. This 14 minute sho... Read More

(Viewer) Mise-En-Scené In Wes Anderson’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’: A Color Analysis

Posted on September 6, 2023September 7, 2023 by Anna Zhai
In Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, many elements of mise-en-scené are coherently utilized throughout the film to tell the story of a once bustling hotel during the time under bureaucratic ... Read More

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