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The history of cinematography has increased enormously since the birth of the first motion picture. Numerous of styles, techniques and technology have been introduced to make films like they have never been seen before. From the invention of the camera obscura, to the introduction of CGI technology, the film industry has tremendously grown and has allowed for the generating of ideas to become easier than ever. The creation of film has allowed talented directors, screenwriters and producers to express

Zozo by Josef Farez, is a good example of a Swedish/immigrant movie that has become a popular theme amongst Swedish movies since the increase of immigrants and refugees coming to Sweden. However, what this particular film did that most Swedish/immigrant films don’t is show how both Swedes and immigrants affect each other, and how conflict comes from both sides. Zozo brings up how the best way to avoid starting these conflicts is for immigrants to try to let go of their fear and anger left from when

Early films were created with audience reception in mind. Tom Gunning, author of “Cinema of Attraction,” theorizes filmmakers’ goal to create a film that gripped the audiences’ attention and amazed them – create a spectacle. Therefore, early cinema did not have a narrative structure. They were most often short films, such as those of the Lumiere Brothers, that were actualities; 40 to 50 second films that showed actualities or activities representative of everyday life, such as playing cards, drinking

Small, sleepy towns are like bad movies. Your mom drags you to one to “bond” on her day off. Just when you feel settled in with popcorn and soda, the lights dim, the opening credits roll, and you can tell you’re in for an unbearable hour and a half just by the somnolent music that begins to play over the tinny speakers. The opening scene drags on for several agonizing minutes as the camera pans over barren landscapes, townscapes, bayous, or tundras. You want to run out the theater door to the car

The General Buster Keaton wrote, directed, and acted in the film The General (1926). The silent film is a chase comedy enriched by realism. Siegfried Kracauer states that film represents reality as it evolves in time with the aid of cinematic techniques and devices. Film literally photographs reality to record and reveal physical reality. Physical reality being called material reality, physical existence, actuality, and simply nature. The movement in the film The General emphasizes the motion of

In cinema’s early days, the film industry was based in New York, the nation’s theatrical center. Most movies were being filmed in New York, New Jersey, Chicago, and Florida. However, by the 1920’s, southern California had become the leading film capital due to its cheap land and labor. Films gained their popularity after Vaudeville actors striked in 1901. This left theaters scrambling for acts and films became the main event. Silent films were widely popular in the early 1920’s and were usually

recordings. Meanwhile, the image was cut to 1.19, which made it appear taller. For audiences who were used to the previous films, the new size was disorienting. More importantly, exhibitors had problems using the new frame with their screens and projectors. To keep up with the changes, each studio changed their ratio to different levels. These conflicting changes were unique to each movie theater change and created problems for theater owners. Finally, the major studios met in November of 1929 to

If you knew nothing about french film you might think that this film is the weirdest/dumbest film you have ever seen. When in reality it's the exact opposite. Carax is a genius and exemplifies french culture and cinema as well as global cinema and culture in his film Holy Motors. He does this by pushing the boundaries of what should be seen on the big screen, evoking emotion and portraying a message for the viewer to ponder on. What makes this film a great piece of french cinema is the connections

Most of us have been inside an AMC to catch a movie that we have been dying to see. Is the AMC a movie theater that you really enjoy? Or is it a theater that is well-known to us so we just whine up there? The LOOK Cinema is nothing like the AMC, the experience is better from, the theater, food, and atmosphere. The LOOK Cinema compared to the AMC are not quite similar, both cinemas have something slightly different from one another. The AMC only gives you two theaters to pick from, the normal theater

A new trajectory for the independent film industry has just begun. The flexibility that mobile technology provides has not only accelerated the revolution indie film production, but also it has offered the opportunity for indie filmmakers to produce films by using an alternative filmmaking technique, with no budget or micro-budget. In recent years, the demand for agility and versatility life style has risen rapidly while the development of mobile technology has been advancing. Needless to say, software