my journey towards a BA in photography
Nanook of the North (1922) Director: Robert J. Flaherty Synopsis: In what is wildly regarded as the first feature length documentary; Robert J. Flaherty charts the life of Inuit Nanook and his family over a year living within the Artic…
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Alfred Hitch talk about film making in a interview from 1976
In this 1960’s interview on of cinema’s masters talks through 3 different style of editing. Montage – he describes this as more assembly than cutting as mosaic. He references the the famous shower scene of “Psycho”. I would be impossible just…
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How the First World War was affected the Film industry http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/08/holl-a05.html The above two articles a view of how the film industry was affected by WW1 from 2 very differing opinions. I his 2000 Article in the New York times…
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The Birth of a Nation (1915) Dir: D.W. Griffiths Synopsis The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposing armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to…
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The Square (2013) Dir: Jehane Noujaim Synopsys A group of Egyptian revolutionaries battle leaders and regimes, risking their lives to build a new society of conscience. Review Made up almost exclusively from mobile phone footage this the story of the…
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Roger & Me 1989 Dir. Michael Moore Synopsis Director Michael Moore pursues General Motors (GM) CEO Roger Smith to confront him about the harm he did to Flint, Michigan with massive downsizing. Review Michael Moore was born and grew up…
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Bogart vs Belmondo Jean-Paul Belmondo could be called the French Bogart. Why? I’m not able to pin down a something definitive; other than it an attitude or sense of style. The character he plays in “Breathless” (1960) is thoroughly reprehensible….
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Part 2: Project 4 Research Point 7 As discussed in earlier post a star is many things to many different people for example: • Thye are someone to admire • They are object of fantasy • Provider of escapism –…
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Mary Pickford and the evolution of stardom Mary Pickford at the height of her career was known as America Sweetheart and was one of the first great movie stars. She was also known as the “girl with the curls”…
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