Filmmaking

Going into college there is one academic subject that has really interest me. An academic subject that I would love to major in is digital filmmaking and film production. The art of cinematography and the experience of seeing a story come to life and the process that it entails is just extraordinary to me. My passion for filmmaking doesn't just stay in the classroom. Whenever I can I take gear out and go film something, whether that be filming with friends or creating movie ideas and…

the time of the Golden Age of Hollywood and are often viewed as the fall of the studio system. During this time, studios had almost complete control over the entire film industry. They had total jurisdiction over all of the different aspects of filmmaking beginning with the development, all the way until the release of films. A great number of the biggest theaters were owned and run by the studios during this time. As for any theaters that weren’t being run by studios, their only good choice was…

Wes Anderson and Tim Burton are both complex and unique characters in the filmmaking industry, with their own unmistakeable signatures. Although both of their technical approaches to filmmaking differ greatly, on a theoretical level they appear to agree on a number of aspects. One aspect of filmmaking that both directors seem to concur on is that films are composed in almost equal parts by all of the characters and creators involved in the production process, a process that includes the film's…

second, third and fourth floors of the building. The upper levels now house the Center for Entrepreneurs, the Filmmaking Program, Health and Sciences, Media and Technology. The budget for this project was $14 million and has been in the works since mid-2013. Aric Nitzberg, program director for the Audio and Filmmaking programs at Northwest stated that, “We decided to move the filmmaking program to the Alief campus in 2012 and with this new…

Answer all of the following questions, no matter which program you are applying to. Please address each question individually within your essay. • Tell us about an experience you had working as a part of a team on a collaborative project. What was your role? What did you learn from that experience? What do you feel you can contribute to a collaborative environment? o I have taken part in many collaborative projects, but the one most notable has been the production of a short film for the 48-hour…

audience’s perception of the movie. Realism and formalism are to major styles of film making that is used by most of the directors to present their work. Director’s use of different camera angles, camera lenses and settings represents their style of filmmaking. Realism in a movie…

bricks, but rather to use them as production material for stop-motion films. This particular niche of stop-motion filmmaking has developed with the advent and finally the widespread availability of digital cameras and digital editing…

Summer’ does exactly this through the films non-linear narrative, reversal of gender stereo types and the distortion of time in the film. Webb’s film breaks customs and challenges traditions of contemporary film making. ‘500 Days Of Summer’ breaks filmmaking tradition and distorts time through its non-linear narrative and references to both the 1960’s and 200’s. Emerging in 2009, ‘500 Days Of Summer’ rose through many blockbuster films such as ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Twilight’, ‘Sherlock Holmes’…

context of history as well as its course of evolution to reach its state nowadays. This would collectively enhance my degree of understanding of this influential genre of filmmaking. The origin of film noir dates back to the 1930s, the great depression era of the American. With the previously established advancements in filmmaking that had improved sound, black and white photography, smaller and more controllable lighting, the Big 5 Hollywood Studios continued on refining their production and…

During my studies at La Trobe University I have learned the process of making films. I have learned the names of shots, the formatting of scripts, and have studied various directors both has a part of the course and in my personal time. Through La Trobe I have been taught to think critically, write effectively, and be able to translate the words on the page into the visuals on the screen. I have done this outside of university as well, often instigating side projects to push my creative and…