Managing director

“True function of cinema is not to tell fables … the cinema must tell reality as if it were a story; there must be no gap between life and what is on the screen.” – CEZARE ZAVATTINI This essay examines the life of lower-middle class in a city with the help of the movie Bicycle Thieves. Despite having been released during the middle of the 20th century, its continuing relevance in the present makes it an interesting topic of discussion. Bicycle Thieves is an Italian film directed by Vittorio De…

theory is the theory of filmmaking in which the director is considered the major force behind the creative aspects in a film. It came from an influential group of the 1950’s French film critics and filmmakers. In short, the director is in a position that is unique and irreplaceable because his or her artistic perspective is the motor behind the whole movie. The French word for “author” is where we get the term auteur which associates the director with the all aspects of the film including…

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban uses principles of sound, cinematography and elements of Mis En Scene to immerse the audience in the dark and mysterious wizarding world. Sound is a powerful film technique, especially one such as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, where sound and sound effects help to shape the understanding of the wizarding world (Bordwell and Thompson, 267). Generally, there are two different types of sound, diegetic and non-diegetic. According to Film…

more details about the movie itself with information including the release date, direction, actors and actresses, screen play and other such details. These details could be an important factor in whether one wants to see a movie with their favorite director and actors/actresses in…

Robert De Niro has made a career playing gangsters and hardened criminals in films like ‘Goodfellas’, ‘Casino’ and ‘The Godfather: Part II’, which is why it’s so resoundingly impactful when he plays a nice, emotionally susceptible man in films like ‘Meet the Parents’. Nancy Meyer’s has made a career capitalizing on subtle feminism and perfectly encapsulating periods in life. Anne Hathaway is one of the best actresses to ever grace the silver screen, and she’s never made a film in which her charm…

The Matrix: A movie making Revolution The Matrix is a movie released in the year 1999, and it is considered a cult classic by many moviegoers. In terms of science fiction movies, it ranks highly on many lists and represents what critics consider to be a pioneering way of storytelling. It tells the narrative of a dystopian future. In this new reality, machines rule the world and are harnessing humans as an energy source. The humans are plugged in to a virtual reality which is popularly referred…

Fifty years later, The Beatles ‘A Hard Day’s Night’; one of the most influential music and films, remains the zenith of rocksploitation and is considered a fore father of the music video part comedy, part cinema vérité, it also launched the career of director Richard Lester. A Hard Day’s Night is innovative and revolutionary and I shall examine the elements that make it so. It mocks the establishment sees the eminence of the “rebellious youth.” It is said by many to be the first music video, its…

O’Brien utilizes flashbacks a great deal because he is telling a twenty year old war story. When he takes the readers into the past it is more than just a flashback. O’Brien makes it feel real, the past becomes the present. That is what creates depth. He is trying tell a war story, the best way to tell a story is to put it before the reader's eyes, like watching a movie. He skips all over in regards to time to show that there is no moral, only truth and make-believe or all truth if he wants to…

In the movies, The World Trade Center directed by Oliver Stone, and United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass, both depicted their vision of the September 11th attacks. There are many similarities and differences in these films in comparison to reality. There are also certain scenes that have no significant role in the film. Both movies are compared to documentaries, testimonies, and personal accounts. The World Trade Center film, used a lot scenes that involved recognizable buildings and…

Pulp Fiction uses the “episodic narrative” form which makes the story more believable to the viewers. Due to its narrative being non-linear as it goes back and forth in time, it is implied that characters carry on with their lives in between scenes in the film. The narrative has a plausible effect on Pulp Fiction as a whole. This effect is best illustrated in the closing scene in which a restaurant being robbed by a couple, which happens to be the opening scene as well which depicts that the…