Independent films

had to find alternate ways to film while working on a very tight budget, which meant non-professional actors, little to no script, and innovative methods of filming (Hitchman). These alternatives to the traditional way of film production are responsible for the The French New Wave’s reputation as an audacious movement based on breaking the rules, not only behind the camera, but within the editing room as well. Professional film editor Walter Murch once said “Every film is a puzzle really, from…

in this review, the critical analyses of the films Thelma and Louise (1991) and The Hunger Games (2012) by applying feminism and semiotics theoretical perspectives, separately to one film and the content of which each can be interpreted following that perspective and theoretical approach. Critically analysing this by an exegesis of the films and the knowledge of theoretical perspectives and philosophy within the content development and critiquing of films wider meanings and significant…

Howard Hawks and John ford were both American film directors of the late twentieth century classic Hollywood era. Howard Hawks worked on many film genres from screwball comedy to western. Howard Hawks most notable films each served as an excellent representation of each genre he worked on. Credit for hawks’ success could be due to his freedom as an independent producer, making a number of films in his own manner. Most of Howard Hawks films centered on the themes of friendship, trust, and…

Shawshank Redemption was premiered in the United States on September 23, 1994. This is the best movie that has the highest rating among other best films so it is worthy of inclusion in the Top 250 version IMDb Your new director Frank Darabont-, low box office that year and the premiere of Forrest Gump were imposed on "The Shawshank Redemption", the film starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. Now, twenty years after its release, the scenario has been saved from collapse that seemed doomed and…

genera’s to choose from. Some of the films where adapted to fit stories and epic tales you might find and remember from older books and fables from the past. Some of the best films focused on the classical Greek periods, the medieval times, renaissance period’s old westerns and modern day flicks with a strange horror aspect in it. Vincent Price was one of the best actors that could fill a character vehicle in most of the Medieval, classical and horrific films that any industry could produce.…

French film critics’, of Cahiers du cinéma, theory of the auteur. “Astruc argued that cinema was potentially a means of expression as subtle and complex as written language. He argued that cinema too was a language, ‘a form in which and by which an artist can express his thoughts, however abstract they may be, or translate his obsessions exactly as he does in a contemporary essay or novel’” (Fabe 121). Christopher Nolan, indeed, moving upwards from independent film-making to the Hollywood film…

decline of the silent film era 1 Silent Films Introduction. The mental image that many people have of a silent film is of a simple, black and white film, perhaps grainy and distorted in image, depicting a time long gone. With modern, dialogue driven narratives in film, it is easy to forget that dialogue is not the only way to drive a story, dialogue does not necessarily need to be spoken out loud in order to be effective, and that many actors had built careers out of silent films- careers…

Films currently have a rating system that establishes what age group is appropriate to watch the film that’s being screened. However, there was a time where people were able to watch whatever film they wanted despite their age. But that was a different time, an influential time for film. Censorship existed still it wasn’t till the Production Code Administration was created when they actually started enforcing the Code thus ending the Pre-Code Era. In order to understand how the government was…

director. Two films he participated, The Thief of Bagdad and Don Q, Son of Zorro, which brought the idea of swashbuckling into Hollywood for the first time and was continued to carry on by acting and directing, are landmarks in silent film industry. While I was amazed by his vividly-portrayed swashbuckling characters and his athletic charisma, I was also curious about the man behind his mask on the screen. What was his story? The early 20th century was the beginning of the Golden Age of film.…

The contrast between “The Enchanting Shadow” and “A Chinese Ghost Story” The Enchanting Shadow in 1960, which was the first color film to participate in Cannes Festival. Compare to amount of the following Nie Xiaoqian story, A Chinese Ghost Story in 1987 was the most similar to The Enchanting Shadow in various respects, such as plot, setting and style of film making. For some of people, the neither familiar with nor enjoy The Enchanting Shadow. However, A Chinese Ghost Story was a remake of…