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GoPro Hero 5 Black vs. GoPro Hero 5 Session Battle: Which One is Better? The GoPro Hero 5 Black and the GoPro Hero 5 Session are now released in the market. Shutterbugs are now comparing the two gadgets. Why are people crazy with the GoPro? Why is it different from conventional digital cameras? People love the GoPro camera because of its versatility. First, it can be mounted anywhere. It can take shots from a first person’s perspective and from their vantage points. GoPros are perfect for…

The Paramount decision and the Hollywood blacklist caused changes in filmmaking in America. It broke up major film studios, which caused a 20% drop in film revenue and it banned 10 influential members of the film industry from working. During the post-world war era the United States economic state was booming. American’s were working full time. They had a place to call home. Additionally most owned a television which was new technology for the time. The film industry at the time consisted of…

sense of self-worth. If they cannot provide and protect, then what are they? Fifty percent of the individuals after having their home built have planned to start a higher education program. Ninety-one percent of the homeowners feel better about the security of their future. (Ashville Homeless Network). Habitat for Humanity gives that confidence back to an individual by assisting the right amount, while giving the individual the chance to provide…

Assignment #3: A Documentary AUDRIE & DAISY 1.) Who or what is the subject of the documentary? This main subject of this documentary are the sexual assaults of Audrie Potts and Daisy Coleman. The video focuses on the details of the crimes and more importantly the photos and videos that accompanied them. As we follow these families through their journeys we see the emotional toll, the stress, and the heartbreak that these cases have caused. 2.) What is the occasion? The occasion of this piece…

Mise-en-scène Mise-en-scène is all the elements placed in front of the camera to be photographed such as settings and props, lighting, costumes, make-up and actors and their behavior. In a clip from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick, mise-en-scene is used heavily to convey the major elements of the two sequences without the use of dialogue. The first sequence is of a space ship moving through outer space, heading towards Jupiter. It is immediately easy to notice how…

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…