Reading Eisenstein’s dialectic montage film language and Bazin’s total cinema theory

Posted on September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 by Liz Zuo

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

The Instrumental Role of Dissolve Shots in All That Heaven Allows

Posted on September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 by Kevin Juzeniw

In the film All That Heaven Allows (1955), the director makes very noteworthy and captivating decisions regarding the cinematic techniques he uses. However, the one that I found most noticeable due to... Read More

(Viewer) Mise-en-scéne and Editing in All That Heaven Allows

Posted on September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 by Corey Elenowitz

In All That Heaven Allows, director Douglas Sirk creates a cinematic environment in which we as viewers were supposed to take notice of. I think the first thing that should be discussed in this movie ... Read More

Montage and other editing methods used in All The Heaven Allows

Posted on September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 by Liz Zuo

Montage sequence is used throughout the film of All That Heaven Allows to construct the central conflicts of characters, including conflicts between characters, conflicts between character and society... Read More

A Case Study in Editing: Spatial Discontinuities and Distortions (Reader)

Posted on September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 by Esther Jung

As discussed in our Film Art textbook, editing is an impactful tool that can build upon the overall form of a movie, and editing gives filmmakers a huge number of options when perfecting their project... 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

Crafting Cinematic Narratives: The Art of Continuity Editing in Film

Posted on September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 by Stefanie Silvera

We’re ready to dive into the world of film editing, a vital component that breathes life into cinematic narratives. Building on our previous exploration of cinematography in Chapter 5, which del... Read More

Intro to Film 2023

FILM 101-4 • Emory University • Fall 2023 • Professor Gregory Zinman

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