Filmmaking

Kubelka is an incredibly gifted visionary; whose passion and lust for film is evident in each and every one of his pieces. Known, however not for his Box Office Blockbusters, but for a more elegant and ‘vanilla” approach to his work in relation to filmmaking. His vision for this particular experimental genre is refreshing for the sheer fact of the simplicity it demonstrates. The premise of the film is a group of “white” Europeans whom embark on a hunting trip in Africa; whilst hunting for…

On the “Chapter 19”, Lien Riefenstahl, a famous German filmmaker and a pioneer of modern filming techniques, took zoom shot with rowing players on the next day of the contest. The development of filmmaking was revolutionary for people in the 1930s. However, at that time there were not many places that had a projector, and it didn’t invent television yet. Also, it took time to edit a film to make it excited and dynamic. Therefore, people had to be…

There are a lot of things that need to be taken into consideration when making a documentary film. One common issue that arises with documentary filmmaking is ethical issues. When people go to see documentaries, they are usually looking to be informed on some kind of topic, but some filmmakers might not use the most ethical approach to achieve that goal. Documentaries can “stand for or represent the views of individuals, groups, and institutions” (Nichols, 45). This can lead to issues later,…

My interest in film started to become more serious, and I was trying to decide if I wanted to pursue it as a career. The course covered basic camera framing as well as basic video and sound editing. The class just increased my love of filmmaking and I decided I wanted to pursue a career in making film. This is when I discovered the Digital Media Production lab at Tolles Career and Technical center. During my junior year I would travel from my high school in the morning to Tolles for Lab…

In the film world it is widely regarded that there are two kinds of filmmaking : Realism and Formalism. Realism subscribes to a more narrative, social based ideology while Formalism believes that the art of cinema comes from the mastery of technical aspects. Within these two kinds of filmmaking, many theorists have emerged including Bazin, who had a humanist approach to film. Formalism on the other hand, is the theory that the technical aspects of film are meant to create the world the audience…

artistic cinema style that purposely deviates from traditional, Hollywood-style film conventions. Originally a literary movement, surrealism was first introduced to cinema in the 1920s by filmmakers André Breton, Salvador Dali and Luis Buñuel. Early filmmaking was often experimental, with directors and producers exploring the technical processes of mise en scène, narratives and post-production alterations. Surrealist cinema was adventurous, challenging audience perception through the use of…

Highlander was made using Guerrilla style filmmaking due to its approximated budget of $13 million (Muir, 2010). Guerrilla style is a form of independent filmmaking often characterised by filming without location permits (Hoyt, 2014). Due to its low budget, Highlander also had the inability to experiment with much CGI, meaning most special effects in the…

In total I have direct five short films. The most notable being two shorts entitled “Together” and “Retribution”. “Together” tells the story of a young widower haunted by extreme grief who spends his days communicating with a tablet as if it were the one he has lost. When the tablet is destroyed the man begins a quest to continue his coping method. Desperate and depressed, the man hires a woman to re-create the last moments of his previous relationship, all while dressed up as the woman he has…

A life at IU Bloomington will consist of long and arduous nights of studying and learning. Luckily, I happen to be someone who finds pleasure in a busy lifestyle. At IU Bloomington, I plan on studying within the College of Arts and Sciences in the two academic subjects that entertain and challenge me the most: chemistry and politics. Once bored out of my mind in a simplistic and dull regular chemistry course, I now find myself in the midst of AP Chemistry. Originally petrified by taking on Lake…

Psycho is a classic among the entire horror movie genre with many memorable iconic scenes by the only Alfred Hitchcock in the history of Cinema. Tense, horrific and a superb lesson in filmmaking, it offers complex characters and revealing dialogue with a huge regard for details. Psycho also features glorious use of mise-en-scene, a fancy French term for all of the visual elements in the frame used to infer meaning. Hitchcock famously uses this concept in the parlor scene, where Marion and Norman…