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Author: Meredith Farnsley

Barbie in a Christmas Carol and “comfort” movies

Posted on December 4, 2024December 4, 2024 by Meredith Farnsley
In my family there is a tradition of watching a holiday movie while decorating for Christmas. However, this year when I went to look up the Grinch, a personal favorite of mine, we found that you had t... Read More

How to Watch Art Cinema

Posted on November 11, 2024November 11, 2024 by Meredith Farnsley
I found David Bordwell’s piece really interesting because it introduced me to a new way to watch experimental films. In the past I have simply told myself to forget everything I know about conve... Read More

The anticlimactic ending and sad portrayal in Paris is Burning

Posted on November 6, 2024 by Meredith Farnsley
Choosing to end a documentary that centers around specific people with coming back to them later is a common convention in documentaries and narrative films centered around real people/events. However... Read More

The Meaning of The Zone of Interest

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Meredith Farnsley
While viewers of The Zone of Interest can agree upon many themes they heavily debate what the meaning of the film is and more specifically what the end of the film means. I had the valuable experience... Read More

Orson Welles on Citizen Kane Interview

Posted on October 16, 2024October 16, 2024 by Meredith Farnsley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKra6_NAey8 In this interview that was originally filmed in 1958 Orson Welles, the director, writer, and lead actor of Citizen Kane, divulges what was going on with stu... Read More

Does regularity destroy art and what truly is cinema?

Posted on September 29, 2024September 29, 2024 by Meredith Farnsley
When reading the first reading, A Dialectic Approach to Film Form, the part of the text that stood out to me the most was the idea that art should have no set form and regularity destroys art. This st... Read More

Types of shots in All That Heaven Allows and how they represent Cary and Ron’s relationship

Posted on September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 by Meredith Farnsley
A notable moment is when Ron is asking her to come over to his place for the first time. As they are talking about him leaving and he first asks her to go with him the film alternates between medium c... Read More

Color in the Grand Budapest Hotel

Posted on September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 by Meredith Farnsley
The Grand Budapest Hotel Color Palette Analysis This article, an analysis of the color in The Grand Budapest Hotel, serves a purpose in being able to accurately point out the colors we are seeing and ... Read More

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