about film it is evident that these types of films are a legitimate genre that deserves to be studied. These films are produced in different languages‚ cultures‚ and from a variety of differently styled directors. They focus on the simple art of filmmaking and how boundaries of creativity are only set by our minds. It is not easy to make something fulfilling‚ but with determination it can be done. In the film Day for Night(1973) we have a stressed out director who has to deal with his main actor
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John Ford‚ since 1952‚ has held the record for winning Best Director in the Academy Awards. His films have been dazzling and astonishing moviegoers for decades and he was a pioneer for shooting on-location and the extreme long shot. Of the many John Ford movies‚ there is an ongoing presence and repetition of several motifs. These themes are usually significant to the plot or character development in the film and often represent similar themes from film to film. Some of these motifs Ford uses in his
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had a brilliant career with relatively few films. An outsider‚ he worked beyond the confines of Hollywood‚ which he disliked‚ maintaining complete control of his projects and making movies according to his own ideas and time constraints. To him‚ filmmaking was a form of art and unlike Hollywood‚ not a business. Working in a vast range of styles from dark comedy to horror to crime to drama‚ Kubrick was an enigma‚ living and creating in almost total seclusion‚ far away from the watchful eye of the
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Pinoy indie films vie for international awards Three critically acclaimed indie films will be vying for awards at various international film festivals aboard. Marlon Rivera’s “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank” has been nominated for the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival’s (BIFF) Cinema Fairbindet Award and the Best First Feature Award for addressing a global issue and encourages discussion in an extraordinary way. The BIFF will be held in Berlin‚ Germany from Feb. 9 to 19‚ 2012. The film is also
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The attacks of 9/11 on America’s twin towers did not only affect the United states but shook the core of the world. Countries all over the world were affected directly and indirectly and people still remembered it as the terrible criminal act. Aguayo (2009) states that “in this post September 11 (9/11) climate of the “War on Terror”‚ Hollywood political-thriller films carry a new cultural currency” (p.1). It left an indelible impression in the hearts and minds of the millions of people inhabiting
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Lucy Walker’s documentary Wasteland (2010) is an artist’s biopic of Vik Muniz with a strong underlying theme of perspective. Walker’s contention‚ in a way similar to Dziga Vertov’s while he lived‚ is to change the reader’s perspective on the ideas and issues presented in the documentary by using a colourful variety of documentary techniques. This changing of perspectives was integral to Dziga Vertov’s work‚ as it led to his ultimate goal of seeking film truth or cinéma vérité. In seeking this film
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It is noticed that the revolution and the Arab Spring creates the contemporary Arab film. The war and revolution and tragedies are the new realities in the contemporary Arab filmmaking and it shows through the characters or the plots. Simple techniques are used; in Tunis for instance they can shoot with their devices just to highlight some issues that were restrained earlier by the government. The filmmakers became braver speaking
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hardships. His dad left him‚ his mother and his two brothers. He also had struggled with obesity and sexual identity. Though he had to deal with hardships‚ he was still very successful in the YouTube business. Shane had always had a passion for filmmaking‚ that is why he started YouTube. He has made short films‚ in which he has directed and starred in. He has also written and published two books‚ which have both made the New York Times best selling list. He wanted to pursue a college degree but he
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(n.d). My beliefs regarding film. Retrieved July 21‚ 2013‚ from http://uashome.alaska.edu/~dfgriffin/website/mission.htm King‚ G Macnab‚ G. (2011‚ September 6). The fine art of filmmaking. The Independent. Retrieved July 21‚ 2013‚ from http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-fine-art-of-filmmaking-2349712.html Phillips‚ W. (1999). Introduction. Film an introduction. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s. Polanski‚ R. (2004). Fundamentals of film directing by D. K. Irving. Retrieved
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Director Research Project: Fernando Meirelles Fernando Meirelles is incontestably the face of modern Brazilian cinema. Not only has he been successful in bringing mass international recognition to the long neglected favelas of Rio de Janeiro through his directing of movies such as City of God (2003)‚ but he has also asserted a solid position within the North American film industry with films such 360 (2011). The response the former received after its release was unprecedented in national cinema
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