Film

Sound has been an integral part of the film storytelling process since the studio era began. Since its inception, sound has proven to be an important technical and creative innovation used by film directors to gain the attention of its movie viewers. Present day films are unbalanced because they are visually two-dimensional but use 3-dimensional (3-D) sound. Sound plays a vital role in calling the viewer’s attention to the spatial and temporal dimensions within scenes. Directors, Editors and…

The film industry is one of the biggest industries in the United States. It rakes in a huge amount of money each year, in 2014 alone it made around 564 billion dollars. Even though the industry as a whole is very large, some films are considered commercial flops. One reason that this may be is that there was not enough advertising for the film. A few other factors may be release date, star power, critical reviews and word of mouth, its connection to existing franchises or books, and the film’s…

Director of films The Host and Snowpiercer, Bong Joon-ho’s American-Korean film Okja was released on Netflix on June 28, 2017. Filmed by cinematographer Darius Khondji, the film features a talented cast including Tilda Swinton, Ahn Seo-hyun, Paul Dano, and Jake Gyllenhaal. The film has taken place in both the United States and South Korea, showing both sides of culture such as traditional clothing and rituals, scenery through nature, and various others throughout it. The action-packed film sends…

individuality not only for the general public but for the film industry as well. Many innovative revolutionary equipment vital for the film industry was introduced. Technology including the first zoom and the focusing lens allowed the expansion for creativity for filming companies and its actors. By the year 1915, almost sixty percent of all US film making was due to the film industry booming throughout the Los Angeles and Hollywood area (Dirks Film History of 1920’s)…

attendance in theaters. Peoples cinematic experiences are threatened because of film theft and punishment for the theft should be severe. According to the article “Digital Darwinism: Piracy Pushes Progress” in Information Science & Technology Abstracts “It wasn 't all…

How Triumph of the Will was Made Successful Triumph of the Will up the Stairs of Global Recognition The increase of equipment quality and availability of facilities nowadays has noticeably aided film makers produce more successful films without requiring much effort, however it wasn’t the case back in the day. In 1935, Leni Riefenstahl produced Triumph of the Will, a documentary which got universal recognition and appreciation. Triumph of the Will revolves around the 1934 Nazi party in Nuremberg…

The film industry produces popular representations of a variety of social and cultural experiences that reach large audiences. In certain films, these representations are negative and have the power to misrepresent a group of people. Throughout the history of film, the portrayal of people with disabilities has included narratives that do not necessarily reflect the diverse experience of disability. These narratives are constructed around reductive images that exist to serve the film’s purpose…

In 1967, Mike Nichols directed the film, The Graduate, starring Dustin Hoffman. During the film, Ben, a recent college graduate, is moving back home to California. Upon his arrival, his parents throw him a welcome home party, where he gets to celebrate with all his family friends. One of those friends is Mrs. Robinson, the wife of Ben’s father’s business partner. Mrs. Robinson takes a liking to Ben, and the two begin a secret affair. During their relationship, Ben contemplates his life choices,…

in correlation, the accepted knowledge concerning film and media are also changing just as fast. Since the birth of the cinema and Hollywood style movies, many philosophers and theorists have shared their knowledge concerning film theory. However many theories are having to be updated and even ruled out due to the advancement in technology. For many years these theories were commonly accepted with minor changes. Not only does technology affect film through technical and aesthetic ways, but it…

in the films “The Crucible” and “Red Corner” and it’s how relates to the current United States legal system. The two legal systems in the film are in many ways different from the modern United States legal systems due to the time period and culture differences, respectively. However, there could possibly be some similarities, which of course will be highlighted by this essay. The film “The Crucible” which is set in Puritan-era Massachusetts appears…