Filmmaking

The novel, Monster, tells the experience of a young boy, Steve, while enduring his trial and time in jail. Steve is a teen, black boy who enjoys filmmaking. Unfortunately, he is on trial for a felony murder. Filmmaking is his crutch as he goes through this misfortune. After analyzing all evidence supplied in this novel, finding Steve guilty was a no brainer. Though the jury gave the verdict not guilty, one may find some serious flaws in the reasoning. Flaws such as, no one was able to prove…

INTRODUCTION. While filmmaking is a collaborative enterprise, editing is the foundation of film art. All the other departments of filmmaking; screenwriting, directing, cinematography, music and sound, production design and acting, all exist to be brought together in the cutting room. Film is collaborative, only for the edit. Pre-production and production give the editor; the necessary pieces of the puzzle they need to make the film. The editor works with the footage, the sound and…

20th century comedic force Among the people inspired by them was Mel Brooks. (Use quote from book). Both served to promote a specific style of comedy filmmaking. Thesis: The extent of the Marx Brothers influences on Mel Brooks lies within their roots in vaudeville, emphasis on multiple forms of comedy, and overall anarchic attitude towards filmmaking. Roots in Vaudeville and Theater The Marx Brothers started as a vaudeville act that transitioned to Broadway and then films. (Destabilizing…

Due to the distorted retellings of Australia’s history, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture has suffered and become widely misunderstood. Stories often provide a myopic, inaccurate image of the Indigenous people, portraying them as uneducated, violent or lazy. While many Australians seem to lack concern for the country’s first inhabitants, there is a large population who also wishes to protect them and resolve a number of issues deeply rooted in Australian history. In an effort to gain…

Based on pictorial qualities of the two juxtaposed shots. Both qualities of mise en scene and cinematography contribute to the relationship. Make a logical coherence between shots. Graphic match, two successive shots joined due to their strong similarity of compositional elements. Rhythmic relations are based on the time duration of juxtaposition shots Battlesh Potemkin Rhythm is more important than continuity Based on movement beat or action pace Camera does not follow 360 rule and…

Film Response Paper Released on September 11, 1987 and directed by Adrian Lyne, the film Fatal Attraction leaves audiences cringing at just the mere thought of an obsession. The film features two main characters. Primarily being Mr. Dan Gallagher. Dan Gallagher is a happily married attorney, who lives in Manhattan, New York. Mr. Gallagher encounters a female editor named Alex. Ms. Alex works for a publishing company. While Mr. Gallagher’s wife, and daughter, are out of town for the weekend, Mr.…

actress and co-writer Amy Everson’s life, it changed along the way into staged scenarios, much in the same way the movie itself switches between the cold realities of Amy’s life and her idealized and fantastical forest excursions. This style of filmmaking has the power to be either compelling or dreadfully drawn-out, and it is a sadness that Felt falls into the latter realm. Scenes seem to go on for hours, in part because the actors desperately try to work with nothing. There are times when…

not died down since. This infatuation has led to the development of filmmaking, because, as Americans, we are always striving for better; therefore, American filmmakers have been creating numerous ways to advance movies to become more inspiring and more emotional to keep the viewers’ love alive. The process was a long one, and in the three decades of the 1920s, the 1950s, and the 1990s, we find major milestones for the filmmaking industry. Let’s start at the 1920’s – the time of gangsters,…

The Crucible is a well-made film that describes a true story in a fictional manner. The Crucible is a film that portrays the Salem witch trials. The Salem witch trials were accusations of witchcraft that led to multiple hangings and took place between 1692 and 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts. The Crucible is a drama released in 1996 and stars Daniel Day-Lewis and John Proctor, Winona Ryder as Abigail Williams, and Joan Allen as Elizabeth Proctor. This film is based off of a play written by Arthur…

It’s without a doubt that horror films that are made in modern times, like most forms of art, are definitely not what they used to be. The majority of movies in Hollywood today rely heavily on CGI and special effects, which is convenient for the film to look visually appealing, but inconvenient when the story is poor or unrecognizable due to the film makers relying too much on special effects to drive the movie. This is unfortunate,especially for the horror genre because whenever a movie lacks a…