Film and video technology

For the purpose of this film critique, the barrel model and visual anthropology were used to aid in the comparisons of two movies that are decades apart. Both films were based on the novel “Cheaper by the Dozen”, but the two films are vastly different. The method I used to blend these two anthropological frames of reference was to fill out a few questions that relate with the films corresponding layer of the Barrel Model (Harris). This allowed me to analyze the films in depth, which challenged…

Technology is rising fast, and with this new fast advancement comes new dangers. One new danger that as risen with the advancement of technology is texting while driving. In March of 2013, World Film Studios produced a powerful commercial against texting while driving. World Film Studios is a movie and television producing company located in Washington D.C. They make movies, documentaries, Youtube videos, and many other types of films. Through the use of ethos, pathos, and logos, World Film…

using textual anaylsis consisting of semiotics, genre theory to determine the genre of the music video Anaconda by Nicki Minaj. Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols, anything that can be taken as a sign, words, images, objects, and texts can be studied to understand their meaning. I will also be using textual analysis such as genre theory that will enable me to recognize the genre of the music video anaconda. Genre is recognisable through the repeated use of iconic symbols and codes or…

influence their parents to purchase their every desire. Teenagers induce whomever surrounds them so but in the doing of that, marketing sales have skyrocketed in the past 5 years. Adolescents have been influenced by films such as “The Social Network” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” in that these films have inspired teenagers to go out into today’s market and get their “teenager needs” which have been exploited but the marketing teens to make their product as much appealable as possible. As we can…

An Analysis of “How Evil Should A Video Game Allow You to Be?” During the past few decades, the video game industry has been growing and improving due to many different factors. As technology and the graphics of video games have become clearer and more realistic, consumers have adapted to and become better engaged to specific actions in these games. In “How Evil Should a Video Game Allow You to Be?,” a well-written article by Simon Parkin, which was published by The New Yorker on September 17th…

INSPIRATIONS OF FILM DESIGN When I was about in the 9th grade I started enjoying more and more films in my life then ever before. This got me more into looking deeper into the films that I watched and so I decided I was going to make my own videos for fun. Therefore, I starting my journey to become a films maker in the real world with real short films. However I cant take all the credit for just one day being interested in watching funny and crazy movies whenever I wanted. This passion was…

black people have always been a minority discriminated against. Because of that they haven 't been able to progress as a hegemonic society might have. Their existence on earth is non-linear, being both treated as inferior and as superhuman. In the film Strange Days post humanism is show through a black female character named “Mace.” In the last two days of 1999 Los Angeles has become a chaotic war zone. A device called the squid has the ability to capture memories through the cerebral cortex,…

to Have Your Film and Tape Recordings Converted to a Digital Format If you have any film or tape that contains footage of events that are important to you, it is a good idea to have them converted to a digital format. There are many reasons for doing this. The following are a few of the reasons that should give you motivation to take action as soon as possible. Your equipment will not last forever There has been a lot of different technology used in the past for recording on film and tape:…

media.” (Levine, 2008) An artist who has embraced a new age of craft with his DIY aesthetic is Michel Gondry. Gondry is a French film director, producer and screen writer. Gondry is known for using simplified film techniques, handmade props, hand drawn type and animations to create an original, visual story through film. The techniques he uses in his films and video clips generate child like masterpieces. Majority of his works are inspired by his childhood and in an interview he states "I…

Facebook sets the default privacy position such that a user who signs up to it, is expected to share most of the personal information he enters. Though the user has the ability to customize the privacy settings, not everyone is that adept in the use of technology. Therefore, most of the people end up revealing the information they would not otherwise share. This style of management…