Feature film

According to the history of cameras, the first camera ever developed was called camera obscura later developed into daguerreotypes, calotypes, dry plates, film, and digital cameras. An Arab person named Ibn al-Haytham was the first ever person who created the camera. He published his Book of Optics in 1021 AD. He produced the first pinhole camera after observing how light travelled through a window shutter. He realized that smaller holes would create sharper images. He is also credited with…

Lisa Lipton brings together the nine chapters of her film and performance opus THE IMPOSSIBLE BLUE ROSE. Three years in the making, Lipton’s project is the culmination of video, theatre, dance, poetry, sculpture, and more that surfaced on her dreamy and rebellious journey throughout North America. Lipton’s story follows its own path, one of spontaneity and intuition, yet with recurring characters, objects, and symbols. It began with Room 95, a film documenting her trip across North America to…

An adventure means more than journey; it is a venture into finding the limits of existence. Movie creators use the power of the adventure film as a conduit to arouse feelings of thrill, suspense, fear, excitement, euphoria and in the process demonstrate the bold actions that mankind can reach. Two such movies that are archetypes of the adventure film genre are King Kong (1933) directed by Merian C. Cooper and written by Edgar Wallace and the movie Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)…

When attempting to create a film adaptation of a novel, the product, in most cases, will not portray the story in the same powerful way. The novel Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer is no exception, the author went into great detail about how each of the events in the plot took place. Contrary to the display of the plot in the movie, where the message is not as powerfully present. The film adaptation of Into Thin Air, titled, Everest was not near as powerful as the book. By excluding many of the more…

ADOLESCENT GIRLS’ STRUGGLES IN FANTASY WORLDS: CORALINE AND SPIRITED AWAY ON SELF, FAMILY AND GROWING UP INTRODUCTION The films Coraline (2009) and Spirited Away (original Japanese title: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, “Sen and Chihiro’s Spiriting Away”, 2001) comes from producers with different cultural backgrounds. Despite being intended for younger audiences, both films, which revolves around the fantasy genre, are uniquely presented in such a way that is shrouded in mystery and uncanniness…

juxtaposition of real and fantastical worlds is at the heart of Guillermo Del Toro’s visually striking, 2006 film, Pan’s Labyrinth. Through the application of audacious stylistic techniques, Del Toro creates a mesmerising, yet haunting cinematic experience. The lush binding of lighting, camera, and sound techniques are used to morph between eerie fairy-tale escapades and a horrific reality to create a film which expresses the value of imagination. The colour palette and its association with the…

The Canadian Film, from its Origins to the Present Day, has a Unique Relationship to Canadian Landscape Ehsan Rahmanian Professor Stephen Broomer Dec 07 2015 The Canadian Film, from its Origins to the Present Day, has a Unique Relationship to Canadian Landscape 1 Filmmaking has been an effective type of social, cultural and artistic expression, and an exceedingly beneficial business undertaking from its earliest days. From a practical point of view, filmmaking is a business including…

predicted the major success of his films. Forbes Magazine contributor Scott Mendelson believes that, “Star Wars hit such a chord precisely because it was an original and precisely because it was unlike anything that was currently available in the marketplace (Mendelson).” When Disney purchased Lucasfilms, they announced that new Star Wars films would be made. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the seventh installment in the Lucasfilm lineup and the first full feature Star Wars movie to be made by…

“Edward Scissor Hands”, the whole film is about a robot on the modern dark fairy tale. The highlight of this film’s art is in the makeup and costume modeling, the colorful color of the house and the image of the exaggerated design are quite surreal. This film also won the Oscar for the best makeup and best costume. Edward pale complexion and the claws of the silver hand scissors, Show a certain texture and luster, and the castle where he lives is black and white tones. Indoor furniture,…

evident, especially in Hollywood films. Throughout Indigenous Peoples and the Media I have become increasingly aware of the racist depictions in movies I otherwise saw no issues with. Since 1904 several directors and creators have been producing a famous film seem by millions throughout the last century, Peter Pan. The issue surrounding the film is not just the negative stereotypes on Indigenous people; rather that writers and directors continue to write…