I’m not the biggest on watching a film more than once, but if I’ve learned anything from this course, it’s that there are always new observations to be made. Over Thanksgiving break I watched La...Read More
Video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OEJ9NP1obcM Usually when I find myself scrolling on the internet, rarely do I pay attention to the amount of time I’m spending on a certain piece of media. Howe...Read More
There are some scenes in the film Do The Right Thing (Lee, 1989) that seem to be shot in such an unconventional way that it forces you to consider how such techniques help construct the overarching me...Read More
Article: https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/qa-leos-carax-explains-holy-motors-and-why-he-wants-to-make-a-superhero-movie-44180/ From my interpretation of Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012), the p...Read More
Simply put, genre is what separates films into different narrative categories. While no concise definitions exist for any particular genre, they are easily recognizable through the film as they are ty...Read More
One of the key narrative elements of Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) is its non-linear storytelling. Because Charles Foster Kane is revealed to be deceased in the intro sequence, the film heavily relies o...Read More
Article: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/10/jonathan-glazer-the-zone-of-interest-auschwitz-under-the-skin-interview The Zone of Interest is an intensely disturbing film that reflects on the ...Read More
Mise-en-scene deals with the elements that are displayed on screen. Background, props, acting, staging, and lighting all play a vital role in providing the viewer context for what is currently happeni...Read More
Beyond what was contained in the narrative of Zero Moustafa, The Grand Budapest Hotel conveys subliminal motifs through deliberate patterns in staging and framing. The frequent display of the Steadica...Read More