Skip to content

Intro to Film 2024

FILM 101-4 • Emory University • Fall 2024 • Professor Gregory Zinman

  • Home
  • Blogging Guidelines
  • Blogging Schedule

Author: Tai Jackson

My Post-Wicked Rabbit Hole: The Wiz!

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Tai Jackson
Over Thanksgiving Break, I saw the new Wicked movie, and like everyone else, I was blown away. I have always loved the original Broadway musical and been a huge musical theater fan in general, and so ... Read More

“Everybody Has a Point”: A Fascinating Interview With Spike Lee

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Tai Jackson
https://www.filmcomment.com/article/interview-spike-lee Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing is a powerful film that explores the depths of humanity’s moral ambiguity, and this interview only further il... Read More

Animation: It’s Not Just for Kids!

Posted on November 5, 2024November 5, 2024 by Tai Jackson
One of the most fascinating forms of film that is, in my opinion, not talked about enough in film academia is animation. When the average movie-goer is confronted with animation in film, they generall... Read More

Hmm… Nope! A Grievance on Character in Jordan Peele’s Latest Film

Posted on October 30, 2024October 30, 2024 by Tai Jackson
Jordan Peele’s Nope (2022) is a film that melds together a lot of interesting ideas about race, entertainment, and science fiction told in the lens of a thriller Western, the cinematic equivalent to... Read More

Behind the Writer’s Desk: Betty Comden and Adolph Green

Posted on October 9, 2024October 9, 2024 by Tai Jackson
Singin’ in the Rain: A Conversation with Betty Comden and Adolph Green I found this interview to be an extremely insightful look into the writing of Singin’ in the Rain (1952), providing us wi... Read More

Finding the Seams: A Look at the Relationships Between Shots in Film Editing

Posted on September 23, 2024September 23, 2024 by Tai Jackson
The art of editing is perhaps the most authoritative process on how audiences view film, and for good reason. As mentioned in Film Art, 12th Ed., Soviet documentarian Dziga Vertov was onto something w... Read More

Using cinematography to accentuate relationship in Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Posted on September 18, 2024September 18, 2024 by Tai Jackson
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a masterclass on how to film a queer romance movie. I’ve seen many other great films like it, but none with the same attention to detail and commitment to its heartbrea... Read More

Recent Posts

  • Conflicting Philosophies: An Analysis of Eisenstein and Bazin
  • The Egyptian Tomb Custom as a Visual Metaphor
  • The Aesthetics and Purpose of the ZZ
  • More thoughts about “Do the Right Thing”
  • Most devastating movie of our time? -We Live In Time

Recent Comments

  1. AGutierrez on Hallmark Movies: Feuds, Controversy, Breaking the “Formula”, and more Representation
  2. A New Chapter: Disability Representation Takes Center Stage in Wicked – Invisible Visibility In Entertainment on Wheelchairs in Wicked (2024): A Look at The Conversation of Disability Representation
  3. Zachary Shao on Nature Core: A Testament to Modern Social Media Consumption
  4. Ria Panneer on Korean Americans in <Do The Right Thinng>
  5. Ria Panneer on How the themes of “Do The Right Thing” are present today
© 2025 Intro to Film 2024. All Rights Reserved. Coller Theme by Rohit.
  • Home
  • Blogging Guidelines
  • Blogging Schedule