In reading the excerpt on Do the Right Thing, directed by and starring one of the most prominent directors in modern film, Spike Lee, one thing I feel is understated in the text is the importance of t...Read More
“Do The Right Thing,” David Bordwell and Kristen Thompson, Film Art, 410-415 discusses not only the plot of the film “Do The Right Thing,” but also the central themes and goals of the film. Th...Read More
In the film Do the Right Thing, social tension rises during a heat wave. The film’s themes involve racial tension, discrimination, and police brutality. The film fits the social problem genre. This ...Read More
After watching the film and reading Bordwell and Thompson’s piece on “Do the Right Thing,” I am still left wondering what the “right thing” is. As the film criticism notes, it is a bit uncle...Read More
One of the things that stood out to me is the editing that Bordwell and Thompson describe in the film. I noticed that the actors made eye contact with the camera a lot, especially through an eyeline m...Read More
In Bordwell and Thompson’s Film Art, the discussion of editing in movies falls alongside the broader discussion of spatial continuity, a subsection of a broader style of editing that is concerne...Read More
David Bordwell’s essay “The Art Cinema as a Mode of Film Practice” explores the concept of art cinema and its distinct characteristics within the realm of film practice. Bordwell lay...Read More
In David Bordwell’s essay, “The Art Cinema as a Mode of Film Practice”, we learn about a new style of film called art film. Art film is a style of film that emphasizes realism and am...Read More
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 More
According to the authors of Film Art, a documentary “claims to present factual information of the world.” However, the objectivity of documentaries is debatable; even though the filmmakers...Read More