Feature film

Watching the short film and reading the story are completely different in their sequence of events, both have some similarities but mostly different. The story being the more confusing one because it starts explaining the ending to beginning as for the movie it shows you beginning to end which obviously makes it easier to understand the order. In both the story and the short film there are some similarities. Beginning with the short film, you see the end, Emily is dead at the morgue being…

Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song (1971; Sweetback hereinafter) is a low-budget, 97-minute-long independent film written, directed, produced and scored by Melvin Van Peebles (b. 1932). Its production is considered a watershed in the history of US filmmaking. Sweetback’s firm stand on racism in the movie industry and the wider US socio-political context is still pertinent today as the racist ideology is disturbingly still with us today. Hence, the importance of revisiting Sweetback to unpack its…

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conducted the phone interview with Zel Anders and I am still awaiting the email responses from the other two women I contacted. Zel Anders has worked as a producer, screenwriter, and director. Most of her work has been on short films, as she is still starting out in the film industry. She has a masters degree in English from Mills college and a Bachelor's in applied economics from the University of San Francisco. I asked her what lead her to…

relatively new concept of film was emerging as one of the most popular forms of entertainment. As more and more improvements were made to the motion picture camera filmmakers were able to begin exploring the realm of creative possibilities they could achieve. Two notable films that that did this are Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera, and Sergei Eisenstein's Strike. Both films are known for their groundbreaking use of montage and the powerful messages the two films convey through their…

In the opening sequence of the 1979 film, Apocalypse Now, the technique of double exposing film is used repeatedly. The origins of the technique date back to early photographers in the late 1800’s and the technique was translated into filmmaking very soon after the birth of cinema. The first use of the double exposure in film was in The Great Train Robbery, which was released in 1903, but the technique exploded in the 1920’s when cinema became a more well-known art form. The double exposure…

John was on the way back home from the Movies. Everything seemed normal. It was 8 P.M. and he had finished his movie an hour earlier. He was in a nonchalant mood. The movie he saw was very exciting and interesting. The part he liked the most was when the hero overcame all his fears and defeated the villain. The audience went crazy and applauded during this scene. He normally went to the movies alone. He could not remember the last time he took his wife to to the movies or anywhere else. Inside…

1. What short film screened in class have you connected with the most? Why? The short film that I connected to the most was not one that was screened in class but it is part of the course. The short film is “Until the Quiet Comes”. The movie has a very strange visual storytelling style that draws me constantly to the screen. The visual organization of elements on screen are really iconic. The scene that impacts me the most are the dead child on the ground with lines of blood spread out like…

always anticipate unique viewpoints, and Carolyn Bridget Kennedy is one such person. She has carved out a niche for herself in the world of independent film that seems to strike a chord with fans from all different walks of life. Recently, I had the opportunity to ask her some questions about her career, including her emergence within the genre of indie film, her future ambitions, and even her exceptional perspective on the entertainment world and life in general. wp-1471992746752.png RH: What…

boy scout leader, the Atlanta Film festival and Universal studios who all recognized that he was a unique film prodigy. Steven Spielberg revolutionized the movie industry with his development of special-effects, his focus on human relationships and his ability to retain a wide variety of viewers…