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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…

The Great Gatsby Mise-En-Scene The mise-en-scene is everything that is evident on the screen and the way that it is arranged by the director. This will consist of the setting, lighting, costume and makeup, and staging and performance. In The Great Gatsby mise-en-scene is a key factor to keep the audience engaged. This movie is a realistic drama/romance of the early 1920’s but the director used bright colors to keep the audience allured throughout the movie. Well always keeping the character…

The cinematograph Bambi was produced in 1942. Bambi was written by Larry Morey, Melvin Shaw, Ralph Wright, Chuck Couch, and Perce Pearce. In this film, my mother and I followed the male deer Bambi, from birth, through his childhood experiences, like meeting Flower, the skunk and Thumper, the rabbit. Furthermore, my mother and I witnessed the instant and tragic death of Bambi’s mother, Bambi becoming infatuated with Faline, and Bambi’s friends saving him from a forest fire. The story of Bambi…

With superheroes and dinosaurs stomping out all competition at the box office this summer season so far, it is hard to forget about some other promising films that are on the way to theaters over the course of the next year. This is the undisputed time of the sequel in Hollywood, so it's only natural that “Ghostbusters” will be getting in on the act. Well, actually, the new “Ghostbusters” film that is planned for release in the summer of next year will be more of a reboot of the original movie…

studios made big profits from both the production of movies and the distribution and screening of their own movies. This was possible because most of these studios owned a chain of theaters in the major cities. With the independent theater owners, they made money by a system called “block booking”, meaning the theaters had to show a certain block/number of movies produced by that studio. They became monopolies in the movie industry and financially hurt the independent and small movie…

People were being released from their jobs and struggled to live a decent life. The Great Depression hit people hard which resulted in people turning to movie theaters to dream of a better life and forget about their problems outside of the movie theater. Studios such as MGM, Warner Bros, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, and RKO created movies, shorts, and B-movies to distract everyday people from their tough life at home. The movies, actors, and directors…

This past summer movie season sweltered, simmered and smoldered its way into the hearts of many in 2017. While previous summers presented the worst Hollywood had to offer, this year proved different. Beginning with the empowering “Wonder Women,” to the stunning “Dunkirk” and the inspiriting joy ride that was “Baby Driver,” the film industry pleasantly surprised with dense blockbusters and three dimensional characters audiences will not soon forget. Nevertheless, a few indie gems — great films…

After reading Module 1: Technology, the Production Process, and Distribution, it is my first time to understand what 16, 35 or 70MM and Critical flicker fusion are. In my mind, it is so easy to make a film. For example when making film, there is only a camera to record what actors and actresses are showing. That is all. I have never thought that there are a lot of frames per second shown in front of my eyes when watching any movies. Furthermore, in the basic background about making film, I only…

Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival appropriately used lighting in many ways to convey mood. For instance, throughout his film nearly every scene is background lit rather than foreground; separating the subject from the background, as well as creating a sense of depth. Ultimately contributing to much of the mood, particularly when Louise and Ian make first contact with the heptipods, the majority of light was in the background. This technique put most of the emphasis on where there was light, the…

James Horner: Some of the best movies made today are so great thanks to the advances in video production technology and special effects. However, one of the biggest contributors to a successful motion picture is the soundtrack. The soundtrack to a movie sets tone for the action on the screen and has the ability to truly enchant the audience, creating an emotional stage of relativity between the movie storyline and the audience. We recently lost one of the greatest American composers of such a…