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(searcher) The Power of Cinematography: Barbarian

Posted on October 1, 2023October 1, 2023 by Nikki
After reading chapter 6 of Film Art: An Introduction, I thought back to all the movies I have watched over the past year and thought about which film had me at the edge of my seat due to the cinematog... Read More

(reader) Mise-en-Scene: Rear Window

Posted on October 1, 2023October 1, 2023 by Nikki
Mise-en-scene is a French term that means “the action of putting onto the stage”. Mise-en-scene plays a crucial role in filmmaking by shaping the visual and emotional aspects of a film. It is an e... Read More

(Searcher) Gravity: the theme

Posted on September 30, 2023September 30, 2023 by Zixing Wang
While watching the film, I found this topic to be interesting: whether ‘Gravity’ should be considered a sci-fi movie or a drama. Cuaron doesn’t consider ‘Gravity’ to be a sci... Read More

(Reader) Einsteins Dialectic Approach to Film Form and Bazin’s Myth of Total Cinema

Posted on September 28, 2023September 28, 2023 by Dylan McDonald
What I found most interesting about Sergei Einstein’s Dialectic Approach to Film Form was its relationship between conflict and art. Einstein set out to analyze and fully explicate his... Read More

Gravity from the POV of an Astrophysicist

Posted on September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 by Aagam Prakash
In the event that the video link above isn’t working here is the URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Di8hFlDx2U This video is a short clip from Business Insider of astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse... Read More

Philosophy Within Art: A Connection To The Absurd in Film (Searcher)

Posted on September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 by Anna Zhai
“The projection of the dialectic system of things  the brain  Into creating abstractly  Into the process of thinking Yields: Dialectic methods of thinking;  Dialectic materialism... 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

(Viewer) Camera Movement and Isolation in Gravity

Posted on September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 by Logan Viera
Camera movement, while innocuous at face value, can drastically change the audience’s understanding of the film and its connection to the characters. Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity is a masterc... Read More

(Viewer) Lighting/Camera Movement

Posted on September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 by Sophia Kim
In the film “Gravity” by Alfonso Cuarón, the use of editing and camera movement is emphasized to portray the story of the mission that Ryan Stone and others are a part of. From the beginn... Read More

Sammy Lichtenstein Gravity Viewer Post

Posted on September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 by Sammy Lichtenstein
In Gravity, director Alfonso Cuarón uses the z-axis and long takes to establish the magnitude of the environment and express pandemonium. The movie begins with a 17-minute long unbroken take. During ... Read More
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