Documentary film

Luis Bunuel pioneered surrealist cinema. Many of his films revolve around three themes he was fanatic about. These being, religion, class and sexual desire. These topics can be linked to Bunuel’s early years. He was born on February 22nd, 1900 in Calanda, Spain. His birthplace was of highly religious mindset as many places were in Spain. In Bunuel’s semi autobiography My Last Breath he says, “The middle ages lasted until World War I” (8). The “Miracle of Calanda” (13) was a tale in which an…

describes one of the biggest challenges one might face while editing film. His passion for what he does shines through as well. The documentary teaches a few things about visual storytelling. While talking about his film Jaws, Steven Spielberg describes how his editor was able to cut the frames at just the right moment which helped to give life to the shark and save the film from mediocrity. The documentary also showed how powerful a film can be. Using Russia…

The movie Orchids is a documentary of a woman named Phoebe Hart who tells her interesting life story about her being intersex. Phoebe and her sister, Bonnie, go on a road trip all throughout Australia, recording each moment on her video camera. The beginning of the documentary is when Phoebe still was unaware about her intersex condition. She recalls memories of her girlfriends growing breasts and talking about menstruating. Phoebe had noticed in her mid-teen years that she was not developing…

1. What was the main message or purpose of the filmmakers? How do you know? Explain which aspects of the documentary helped you understand the filmmaker’s purpose. After watching wartorn, I believe that the authors were trying to pass on this message: PTSD IS REAL because, in the movie, they interviewed people who had suffered from PTSD or had a relative that suffered from PTSD. You hear stories like James father’s story that the doctor didn’t believe him and during World War II people didn’t…

OF ANTONIONI IN NEO-REALISM ITALIAN CINEMA Introduction The Italian neorealism is a film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and working class, filmed on location, frequently using nonprofessional actors for secondary and sometimes primary roles which lasted from about 1943 to 1952. According to Piepergerdes (2007) assert that the “emerging out of the ashes of Fascism, Italian Neorealist films were inexorably tied to the social, political, and economic reorganization of the…

Every film contains characteristics that were developed by the director in order to strengthen the film as a whole. Many of those characteristics are protagonists and antagonists, ideology, and allegorical messages within the film. The three of these terms are shown in films such as Crash, Warm Bodies, and Diary of the Dead. Protagonists and antagonists develop the story line and message that the director is trying to get across. The ideology within each film also helps strengthen the…

is a documentary showcasing Kevin’s training as an Olympic snowboarder. This documentary was immensely sentimental, and caught my attention throughout the whole movie. In addition to the storyline of Kevin’s journey, there were many themes present. The film showed the importance of family in order to succeed your dreams and the inspiration to never give up on your dreams when faced with obstacles. At the beginning of the movie, we knew Kevin would not make it to the Olympics, and the film…

CINEMATOGRAPHY This idea of truth will also cross over into our photography - Nothing should be over-styled or over-lit to avoid the contrived look,. I am thinking that beautiful Nordic Noir, something edgy and modern, but at the same time human and organic - something that you can touch which feels authentic. Sunlight streaming through coffee-shop windows, moody skies, atmospheric landscapes, we want to use our environment to develop a tone, add drama and provoke thoughts, which will, in…

“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” got him his fourth Best Director Oscar in 1939. When Pearl Harbor got attacked in 1941 Capra once again joined the Army. During his time in service he made some propaganda films among them “Prelude to War” in 1943. The film earned him an Academy Award for Best Documentary. Then in 1946 he co-wrote and directed “It’s a Wonderful Life” which today remains one of this best-known works. The movie received five Oscar nominations, has remained a Christmas classic and…

because this is a film by Herzog and Russian director Dmitry Vasyukov with a specifically ethnographic subject. Herzog and editor Joe Bini pull material from Vasyukov’s television documentary (Rapold) that brings the lives of a particular people group, the trappers and families of the Siberian taiga to a western audience by following their daily lives throughout the year, showing how they interact with their environment and the simple lifestyle that they lead. Much of the film reveals that…