Sounds in the film play an important role in how we view a movie. It can shape or prolong our expectations. Sounds and even silence can create different feelings. A quiet passage can create an almost ...Read More
Sound is a very important aspect to film that oftentimes, viewers may overlook. I did not realize that the sound in films opens up a whole new array of choices for the director. Just like directors ma...Read More
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
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
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
While the visuality of a film often attracts the audience’s eyes, sound is also an important element of a film as it further advances the storyline. Filmmakers are forced to make decisions about...Read More
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
This is a video that I found online. It offers an intimate behind-the-scenes look at the creative process, revealing how Alfonso Cuarón used metaphorical elements and real space technology to craft t...Read More
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