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(Reader) Hithcock’s control issues portrayed through his meticulous editing of The Birds

Posted on September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 by Liam McConnell
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

The Power of Great Editing in Films (Reader)

Posted on September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 by David Qiu
Editing, at its core, allows the filmmaker decide what shots to include in a film and what shots to not include. For film editing, the editor have different choices to make in term of how they want to... Read More

(Reader) The Role of Editing in Film and Making Editing Memorable

Posted on September 18, 2023September 19, 2023 by Kayla Lerner
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

(Reader) Different purposes for editing

Posted on September 17, 2023September 17, 2023 by Zixing Wang
You probably have heard about editing through short video clips on social media, or you may have noticed the changes from shot to shot in a thriller. Filmmakers tend to use cuts to reveal the relation... Read More

(Reader) Long Single-Shot Scenes to Editing — The Progression of Cinema over Time

Posted on September 17, 2023September 17, 2023 by Ajah
Prior to 1920, films gained criticism on whether it was appropriately categorized as cinematography for it to put so much reliance on editing. After this period film theorists began to realize how exp... Read More

(Viewer) How different shots and camera techniques demonstrate different aspects of Marianne and Heloise’s relationship

Posted on September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 by Liam McConnell
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

The use of the Female Gaze in the Cinematography and Portraiture of Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Posted on September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 by Kayla Lerner
To start off, I would like to say that this film is the ultimate antithesis to any Michael Bay movie. The female characters in those movies are only shown in a sexual manner, even if they aren’t... Read More

Viewer (The art of Still frames and Gazing in Portrait of a Lady on Fire)

Posted on September 13, 2023September 14, 2023 by David Qiu
One of the first things I realized after watching the Film was the intentional use of long takes and still frames during the film, which are important elements in a Cinematography shot. According to F... Read More

(Searcher) Cinematography in Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Posted on September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 by Sammy Lichtenstein
This article dives into the cinematography of the movie Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Claire Mathon, the cinematographer, describes some of her ideas behind camera movement in the film. She talks about ... Read More

Cinemotagraphy in Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (viewer)

Posted on September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 by Ajah
Céline Sciamma wonderfully portrays the beauty and predestined constraints of Queer love mirrored by the Greek story of Orpheus and Eurydice. Primely signified through color dynamics and long shots t... Read More
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