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
In this video the head camera operator Peter Taylor explains the intricacies of a three axis camera. I thought it was interesting to learn that by toying around with the dutch camera angle the proceed...Read More
Hello Class! This week, we watched Alfonso Cuaron’s 2013 film Gravity. I deeply admire Cuaron’s work in his films Roma (my favorite black and white movie, which I highly recommend) and Har...Read More
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
In my search, I found this great analysis that focused more on the spiritual and allegorical meanings found within “Gravity” and less on the idea of it being a survival thriller as marketed. It em...Read More
In Gravity, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki’s use of cinematography, mise-en-scène, and editing all work together to reveal the overall theme of the film, resilience. There are many long takes in ...Read More
From reading ‘A Dialectic Approach to Film Form’, I discovered that the whole idea of Sergei Eisenstein’s theory towards arts, more specifically filmmaking, is the presentation and construction ...Read More
This week’s readings were different from the typical textbook reading. They were essays by two majorly influential film theorists: Sergei Einstein and Andre Bazin. Sergei Einstein was a soviet f...Read More