Topic: Film and Cinema

Found 7 articles
Raising Titanic: The World of Communication & the Creation of One of the World's Most Succesful Films
03/10/10 - 3625 words
Twentieth Century Fox was right to question the likelihood of box-office success for James Cameron’s $200 million film Titanic: “an Edwardian period piece, a costume film, a romance, a story whose ending was known... Go to Article »
Career Snapshot: The Film Director, A Human Lens
03/05/10 - 1789 words
The scene is set for another take: the actors and extras are in costume and in place; the set decorator has set the stage just as the vision of the film entails; the director of photography has the lights and cameras ready to... Go to Article »
The Significance Of The Screenplay
02/17/10 - 1800 words
Film is a highly collaborative medium. Most movie viewers probably do not think of the collaboration process each time they sit at the theater, or at their computer, but the required teamwork is significant, as any moviegoer... Go to Article »
Sexuality, Religion, and Science As Seen Through "Twilight of the Golds"
02/16/10 - 2241 words
Within the first ten minutes of Twilight of the Golds, it is clear that both Judaism and homosexuality play a role in the Gold family. The family is at least culturally Jewish, if not more, and the son David (Brendan Fraser),... Go to Article »
The Hero We Create: 9/11 & The Reinvention of Batman
12/30/09 - 17947 words
A giant hole is ripped in the side of a skyscraper. Smoke and flames pour out and debris tumbles into the street. Clouds of smoke billow upwards and burning embers rain down. Plumes of dust and smoke blot out the sun, darkening... Go to Article »
An Analysis of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity"
12/14/09 - 1636 words
In her article “Visual Pleasure and the Narrative Cinema”, Laura Mulvey describes a way of analyzing and understanding cinema from a feminist and psychoanalytic perspective. A very similar approach is taken by Molly... Go to Article »
An Analysis of Film Critic Andre Bazin's Views on Expressionism and Realism in Film
12/11/09 - 1692 words
Film critic Andre Bazin had very strong feelings on the subject of montage and realism. In his article “The Evolution of the Language of Cinema”, he explains his theory that montage, although necessary in many cases... Go to Article »