Documentary film

The films Taxi to the Dark Side and The Hurt Locker are two films that depict the military and war. Both are centered around the Iraq War, where the United States invaded parts of the Middle East. Both films attempt to describe life as a soldier and the requirements of military life in dangerous situations. While The Hurt Locker is designed as a thriller, Taxi to the Dark Side acts as a documentary. These contrasting genres offer differing views of life in the military during a recent military…

Uniqueness and Audacity in Film: Nanni Moretti Nanni Moretti is an Italian filmmaker who has garnered great fame and prominence from his unique style of filmmaking which tackles Italian political and social issues which are riddled with a strange, quirky style of humor. Moretti over the years has challenged Italian filmmaking norms and has become a forefront in the discussion of Italian politics. His fame, however, does not exceed that of his country, where in the United States he is relatively…

Since I was young, I have always loved movies. I love movies so much that I decided to go into the film industry as a film director, editor, and producer. Since I began my journey on the filmmaking path, I have directed, produced, and edited over forty short films, and even produced a feature film this summer. Movies are my life. However, when I am not making movies, I do enjoy exercising, reading about the industry, going to class, and talking with the professional staff at my workplace.…

This film explores the legend behind the Blair Witch, who is a supposed murderer in a small town, through three student filmmakers. In its entirety, the film is recorded from a video camera, making the events seem realistic, subsequently increasing the integrity of the film. In terms of the plot, the filmmakers begin by interviewing the nearby town on the Blair Witch, confirming its existence. They then journey through the woods to investigate the Blair Witch, confronting many supernatural-like…

subject and he does so through his use of highly stylized elements of mise-en-scene, sound, and straying from the codes and conventions of documentary-making. Chris Marker, on the other hand, portrays memory as a solid, immobile structure through his use of still images, editing, and a lack of color. By using the interviewing, or “talking heads”, element of documentaries, Morris allows key witnesses in the conviction of Adams to continue droning on, eventually starting to stain their own…

the film director, Alexandria Bombach, appeals to pathos through the juxtaposition of settings and individuals. Her emphasis on pathos conveys the difficulty of leaving one’s country, thus abandoning his or her lifestyle; furthermore, the film director hopes to show the audience why leaving is such a hard decision for Afghans to make. The audience can see how Alexandria Bombach appeals to pathos by juxtaposing different settings in Afghanistan to manipulate the audience’s emotions. The film…

Dogma film is The idiots. This film gains the special cinematographic value from the imperfections occurring. With amateur actors, improvised scripts, shakily shot scenes and blurry pictures the film looks like a cheap documentary. Producer and documentary maker Sophie Fiennes talked to Lars von Trier in her 10 minute documentation Lars from 1- 10 about the rules of the Dogma 95 movement. Lars mentions that the purpose of the rules is “for giving away control”. The “basic feeling of film”…

Oliver Burgess Meredith, professionally known as Burgess Meredith was an American actor, director, writer in theater, television, and film and producer. He was born on November 16, 1907, in Cleveland, Ohio to a Canadian-born physician of English descent, Dr. William George Meredith, and Ida Beth. He studied from Hoosac School in 1926 and went to Amherst School. He died on September 9, 1997. He was known as a proficient actor and one of the most refined actors of the century. He was a life member…

I went to watch Truth Underground documentary which was screened in Charlotte film festival on September 30 at 2:20 P.M. The initial release of the documentary was on 2016 and it was directed by Gerret Warner. The documentary talks about the lives of three young poets who have problems such as poverty, discrimination, PTSD, and other problems. However, these three young people try to share with others their feelings and emotions using poetry as a method of communication. The first person was CJ…

would anyone want to make avant-garde/experimental films in a time of virulent anti-intellectualism, widespread political repression and persecution, misguided social and cultural priorities, an increasingly ugly and vulgar popular culture, and, perhaps most questionable of all, an intense apathy to all things beautiful and sublime” (Varela 3)? In the early 1960’s, a group of artists and filmmakers primarily set in New York City began create films that would later define the decade as a period…