Filmmaking

The next chapter in my life has always been a mystery to me. In fact, every time someone asks me what college I want to go to, or what I want to do when I’m older, my entire body tenses and I forget how to breathe. Don’t get me wrong, I know I want to go to college, and am excited to move out; however, having to pick the one school that will have the one major that will lead to the job that I will have for the rest of my life is intimidating. Especially when I don’t exactly know what my interests

Humans have been known to live together in packs, as part of a much larger society. Whether it is on a personal level or by a simple wave to a next door neighbor, the social interactions permitted through this lifestyle plays an important role in keeping individuals sane and is necessary for their survival. This is evident in the movie, I Am Legend. The film is based on a novel written by Richard Matheson in 1954 as a cross between horror and science fiction. It was later remade into a movie, in

A discourse community is defined as a group of people involved in and communicating about a particular topic, issue, or in a particular field. We all belong to multiple discourse communities.To earn a position of a discourse community one must possess accurate knowledge, establish reliability of members to be accepted and learn to persuade other members of the community. The discourse community that I identify with personally and the profession I plan to pursue is the world of film production. However

Background As a medium, films act as a very effective medium to share the stories and affecting people’s life. Since ancient times, the stage has been utilized to tell stories. When the motion picture was invented in the 19th century, it instantaneously captivates the world. Films have the power to hypnotize, bringing its viewer to certain realms. With its power to subdue its subject, film becomes a vocal tool to get inside people’s mind. Just like literature, film also creates and promotes cultures

People have very interesting ideas and creative imaginations, which they can express in a multitude of ways to share with others. One increasingly more common chosen way of expression is through video and filmmaking. The cultural industry of video and filmmaking is currently not regulated by the Canadian government. Yet as websites such as YouTube, Vimeo, and Netflix along with other video and film venues such as cinemas are on the rise, is it time that we change our views on regulating the industry

Before my fascination for the media world developed I like everyone else was subconsciously a part of it. TV news, magazines I read, commercials I watched and video games I played in my spare time, have all given me the urge to understand the concepts involved in media communication. The media and the world it creates around us is always there whether we are aware of it or not. Becoming a media student was like learning the tricks of the trade, being let in on all these secrets and I loved knowing

Did you know it is more to film broadcasting than just visible viewing it? The ability to analyze films implicates closely examination of cinematography. Cinematography refers to the process in film of lighting a shot and achieving quality in the visual images that are captured. The cinematographer in any film is also known as the director of photography and may be either an artist or a technician. It is this individual who is responsible for ensuring that the images appearing on screen are presented

In Sullivan’s Travels Preston Sturges satirizes the process of Hollywood film-making and depicts how the specificity of a certain genre (slapstick comedy, melodrama, prison movie) or the influence of a historical background (the Great Depression, capitalistic regime) can influence on the movie production. This paper suggests the analysis of the main female character in terms of Preston Sturges' satire on Hollywood studio system and tries to explain the gradual change of her personality according

H: Write about one of the events above or another topic you are familiar with. Describe the event and the different steps of the process. (dejar espacio para que escriban su coposicion) The Zig Zag Lady is one of the most common illusions in a magic show. Although it is quite impressive, it is one of the easiest tricks to perform where the magician only needs a slim, flexible and very talented assistant. In this illusion, a magician divides an assistant into thirds, only to have them emerge from

The second dialectic concept is reality as contradiction. Reality as contradiction is not “this or that”, but often “this and that” at the same time. Contradiction is the unity of opposites. An example of reality as a contradiction would be when Abramoff was in prison and was accused of harassing a rabbi. While in prison, he was trying to get access to Torah and spoke with the rabbi about getting one. With the Jewish holiday right around the corner, Abramoff wanted to make sure he had the Torah in