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(Extra Credit) Love Death and Robots as Art Films

Posted on December 9, 2023December 9, 2023 by Skye Li
When we were discussing art films in class, I immediately thought of Love Death and Robots on Netflix. It is an anthology of short films and animations and each and every one of them satisfy the defin... Read More

(Viewer) Mise-en-scene in The Grand Budapest Hotel

Posted on December 9, 2023December 9, 2023 by Skye Li
Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is a visual delight that intricately weaves together storytelling and meticulous attention to detail in its mise-en-scène. While watching it, I... Read More

(Extra Credit) Do the Right Thing – Shift from Comedy to Profound Meaning

Posted on December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 by Skye Li
Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” started as a comedic exploration of a Brooklyn neighborhood on a scorching summer day but evolved into a hard-hitting examination of racial tensions.... Read More

(Extra Credit) Holy Motors – Mannerist Film, Symbol of Metamorphosis, Opening Scene…

Posted on December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 by Skye Li
Leos Carax’s film “Holy Motors” dives deep into what movies are truly about. It goes against normal ways of telling stories to explore the complexities of movement, identity, and how... Read More

(Searcher) Growing Popularity in Making Film Prequels – Hunger Games, Cruella, Fantastic Beasts

Posted on December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 by Skye Li
Over the Thanksgiving break, I watched “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” the prequel to the gripping Hunger Games trilogy, set in a dystopian world where children are coerced into batt... Read More

(Searcher) Duck Amuck and Holy Motors

Posted on November 9, 2023November 9, 2023 by Skye Li
Watching Holy Motors made me rethink about the role of continuity editing. The story was told in a linear/chronological fashion and there wasn’t even anything like a flashback or montage. We lea... Read More

(Extra) Movies about The History of Film

Posted on November 7, 2023November 10, 2023 by Skye Li
Although it has been a while since we have watched singing in the rain, I came across another film that reminds me a lot of it recently and wanted to share. Singing in the rain highlights an evolution... Read More

(Reader) Genre and style

Posted on October 26, 2023October 26, 2023 by Skye Li
Diving into the world of cinema, one cannot ignore the profound impact of film genres. Just as chapters structure a book, genres serve as the scaffolding of cinematic narratives. In this chapter of th... Read More

(Viewer) Nonlinear Storytelling in Citizen Kane

Posted on October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 by Skye Li
This is my second time watching this film and I think I finally got to appreciate it a little bit instead of trying to figure out what is going on in the story. I think this confusion comes from the n... Read More

(Searcher) Editing and Cinematography in Gravity

Posted on September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 by Skye Li
Here are a few interviews and articles I found on the film Gravity that will give you some information on editing, cinematography and set design. /https://time.com/3807510/behind-the-moving-image-the-... Read More
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