Author: Kayla Lerner
Jordan Peele’s Catalog and the Origin of Monkeypaw productions
I recently went through Jordan Peele’s catalog with some friends of mine. They had all seen Nope, as had I, so we started from his critically acclaimed debut feature, Get Out (2017). We all really e... Read MoreComing of Age in FryBread Face and Me
Netflix does a good job most of the time at giving scrolling viewers a tiny clip from the films and TV they are interested in. The Netflix goblins usually pick a clip from either the funniest part of ... Read MoreDo the Right Thing, Jordan Peele, and the 1992 LA Riots
Do the Right Thing, while centering towards the end of the film about the brutality and abusers of a black community in New York, what I really enjoyed about the film was its portrayal of the communit... Read MoreNavigating the Documentary
In times of writers strikes and SAG AFTRA Walkouts, documentaries and other reality-ridden entertainment become increasingly valuable and mass produced. With the lack of new episodes of our favorite d... Read MoreNope: the Death of the Cameraman, the Life of the Spectacle
There is a side of modern media, where you can view terribly thrilling videos, like a woman just narrowly missing an attack from a bear while she skis away, or a man falling into a glacier, teetering ... Read More
(Searcher) Sound of Metal, Singin’ in the Rain, and Babylon
With the introduction of sound used in films being integral to the plot of Singin’ in the Rain, I wanted to talk about a film in which the lack of sound is a major element of the movie. The So... Read More(Reader) The Role of Editing in Film and Making Editing Memorable
If you think about the aspects of a film as if they were a band, let’s say, you could think of Mise-en-scene as the lyrics or chords, laying out the scene and the tone. The cinematography could be t... Read More