Feature film

How well is our brain able to focus and not let distractors get in the way? Through results of flanker tasks, it seems that our brain is not that good with ignoring distractors. This leads to a debate on whether top down processes are used in both targets and interfering distractors in flanker tasks or if bottom up processes are used. In a research article, titled “Top-Down Processes Override Bottom-up Interference in the Flanker Task” by Rotem Avital-Cohen and Yehoshua Tsal, it is clear that…

Turning a novel into a feature film can be very challenging for a Screenwriter. Ideally their main objective is to have the film and the novel complement each other perfectly. And In most film adaptations of this kind it is difficult to achieve, for the filmmakers tend to focus solely on major events in the subjects life. And In the case of Addario’s it’s what I do: A Photographer’s life of love and war, there are subjects of her work that are also very important but they may be difficult for…

December of 1895, the first screenings of the Brothers’ movie was held at the “Salon Indien du Grand Café”. Salon Indien was in fact, a rather small sized hall that allowed about a 100 people. This milestone of an event featured the Brothers’ 10 short films, each at about 50 seconds. Below are a few of the Brothers’ motion pictures as projected: “La Sortie de usines Lumiere” (Workers Leaving The Lumiere Factory) 1894 The first premiere of their work, also one of their most significant…

JEAN-JAQUES BEINEIX: Beineix started his career as a assistant director on fifteen adverts before releasing his first feature in 1981 ‘Diva’, which attracted the attention of key post-modernism theorist Frederic Jameson, who identified it as the first French postmodern film. Despite ‘Diva’ becoming a cult film for the youth of the time, the French film critic establishment did not appreciate the superficial aspects of its postmodern aesthetics. It was simply considered an irrational attachment…

heard of or seen A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, or East of Eden, but did you know they were all directed by a man named Elia Kazan? He is most famous for the movies that he has directed and his contributions to the film industry. He was one of the most prominent film directors in the 20th century, and was awarded the lifetime achievement award for his work. However, the tables flipped after he told the House Un-American Activities Committee of eight friends who was part of the…

in Manhattan, New York. He studied Liberal Arts at Johns Hopkins University but it was only when he went to and graduated from the University of Southern California film school when he met students like the likes of George Lucas, and both went on to become successful film directors and editors. Through innovative techniques and film making processes and collaboration with other successful directors, they came out with group projects such as THX 1138, American Graffiti, Apocalypse Now, Corvette…

The film industry is such a large part of the American culture and is often taken for granted. Many people these days have no idea the amount of work or the number of inventions needed to create the American film industry that they know today. Thomas Edison and Hollywood are two of the most influential names in the history of the American film industry. The history of the motion picture industry dates back to the seventeenth century. In 1877, Thomas Edison invented something that recorded…

When I was thirteen, my sisters and I tried our hand at filmmaking by entering in Harford County Public Library's book trailer video contest. Our first ever film went on to win second place. With this newfound interest in film, I began spending several hours each week volunteering in the video production department at my church. This volunteer position enhanced my skills and showed me how filmmaking can be used as a powerful agent for social good. When I began my college journey at the age of…

“Just as painting before it, cinema presents us with familiar images of visible reality- interiors, landscapes, human characters-arranged within a rectangular frame.” - Lev Manovich Films have become central dissemination of popular culture in and around the globe over the eons. They invite imagination and story- telling among all peoples and help to enlighten and enliven the audience beyond the boundaries of society and also open sometimes closed doors on…

My topic, D.W Griffith, was a man that very few people know about. He was one of the founding fathers of modern film making and one of the first people to add camera effects to his work. However, he had humble beginnings because he was born on a farm in Kentucky on January 22, 1875. His full name was David Llewelyn Wark Griffith. His parents were Jacob and Mary Griffith, they met each other after the Civil War, but during the war his father fought on the side of the Confederates as a…