Documentary film

The 2001 documentary 'lift' by Marc Isaac captures the everyday life of different character types within one East London tower block, from old women moaning about life to young men in love, as well as all types of ethnicities. The 24 minute long documentary begins to create a tv show kind of feel to it as the same people regularly appear and the audience begin to learn more about them through both casual conversations as well as questions asked by Isaac. Diegetic sound is used throughout,…

One aspect of filmmaking that both directors seem to concur on is that films are composed in almost equal parts by all of the characters and creators involved in the production process, a process that includes the film's audience. Their opinions on the theoretical subject matter of filmmaking are largely exemplified in Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and Tim Burton's Ed Wood. As pieces of meta-theater both films allow the directors to express their perception…

fiction, romantic comedies, animation, documentaries and horror films. Although all of these movie genres are enjoyed in a theater, horror movies are more worth the ticket price because the theater offers immense sound and vast visual experiences you cannot recreate at home. What better way to experience the stimulation of a horror film than in a dark theater with sound that is vibrating your seat and a picture that appears bolder than life? Of…

differences in these films in comparison to reality. There are also certain scenes that have no significant role in the film. Both movies are compared to documentaries, testimonies, and personal accounts. The World Trade Center film, used a lot scenes that involved recognizable buildings and landmarks. It also used footage from other sources (news excerpts) to portray the area before, after, and during the attack. These scenes are similar to those in the documentaries Remember, In Memoriam…

Film was introduced to many movements. I chose to write about The French New Wave which is also known as “La Nouvelle Vague”. The French New Wave happened during 1958 to 1964. The French New Wave was started by a group of French film makers who wanted to create their movement in film and they did that by changing how a film could be made. The French New Wave turned out to be the biggest movement of them all and also made an impact on all filmmakers. Some of the main directors who created the new…

from 2011 to 2013 on China's humongous railway system, in order to present a film that uses everyday life inside the wagons to catch the essence of the modern Chinese society in the most realistic fashion. "The Iron Ministry" will screen at Bertha DocHouse on Monday, 28 August at 16:00, as part of On The Line, (25th - 28th August) a new season focusing on films which traverse the railways of the world. The documentary is actually split into two parts. The first one shows a number of…

Ratner is the name signed behind Rush Hour film series as a director. He is most famous by that endeavor. Other notable works as a director and producer include, “The Family Man”, “X-Men: The Last Stand” and “Tower Heist”. His eye has been behind the director camera since 1990. So how much exactly is Brett Ratner rich? According to sources it is estimated that Brett Ratner`s net worth is $65 million. Amount gained mostly by successful productions of films, but his career also expands onto the…

Reflection Paper The documentary that my group created was titled “Safety at Central High School”. We chose this title because our film focused on Central and its safety issues. In this documentary we wanted to not only show the issues of safety within Central, but also how it connects to the recent mass school shootings across the United States. We also wanted to get an understanding of the students perspective and if they themselves feel safe at Central. The demographic our film concentrated…

feature films, the editors get little recognition for their hard work that makes movie exciting. Without these editors, movies would be a dull, never-ending scene with a lot dead space. Editors are able to craft a film to evoke any emotions that they want, simply by changing the timing of the shot. Film editing is almost as old as film itself, the innovators of editing used their art to transform films from a boring set of moving pictures into an exciting story telling medium. Today, films are…

effort of many specialist artists and technicians. Each has their own ways of highlighting their views to the audience. These film styles can be defined as political, economical and social representation of the director’s point of view. The film making styles can also have an effect on the audience’s perception of the movie. Realism and formalism are to major styles of film making that is used by most of the directors to present their work. Director’s use of different camera angles, camera…