My favorite show of all time is Community. It’s a sitcom of sorts about 6 characters who go to Greenville, a community college. My favorite part about this show is that the writers are insanely ...Read More
According to Bordwell and Thompson, “A documentary claims to present factual information about the world”. The most important word in that sentence is “claims”. The makers of a...Read More
I hadn’t watched Do The Right Thing before this class, but I’ve always heard about how it was one of the biggest oscar snubs in the history of the academy. I found this one specific clip where the...Read More
I recently saw this clip of an interviewer asking Jack Black what his favorite Christmas movie is, and he gave the very accurate answer of “Elf”. When asked why he didn’t pick his own Christmas ...Read More
Bordwell and Thompson claim that there are four types of films: musicals, sports movies, horrors, and westerns. While it is not widely recognized or necessarily true that these are the only 4 genres i...Read More
Citizen Kane (1941) from the mind of Orson Welles tells the story of Charles Kane, a newspaper tycoon based off the real life William Randolph Hearst. What made this film so revolutionary for its time...Read More
In 2012 Debbie Reynolds did an interview with Turner Classic Movies where she gave a deep dive into her experience while filming Singing in the Rain. Throughout this interview there are also clips of ...Read More
As Bordwell goes through the basics of film editing, it is clear that editing is one of the most crucial aspects of making a film. He writes at the beginning, “‘The Social Network’” in finishe...Read More
In Portrait of a Lady on Fire, cinematographer Claire Mathon further delves into unspoken aspects of the relationship between Heloise and Marianne through the use of different types of shots. Through ...Read More