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- The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum first published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, and the success of that book led to several sequels. A number of adaptations of Baum’s ...
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Camera Movements
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- The manner in which the cameraperson moves his/her camera plays a very important role in giving the entire scene the requisite effect. The basic two ways in which a camera moves...
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Camera Shots
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- In video and film, a variety of camera work is possible. A shot size refers to how much a subject is seen in a frame. Depending on how much of the subject is visible the shots c...
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Cool Movie Robots, Part 2
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- Cool Movie Robots, Part 2 There are tons more robots found in films. I’ve already introduced you to some in Part 1 of Cool Movie Robots. Here are some more examples! R...
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- T H E T R U M A N S H O Wdirected by Peter Weir (USA, 1998) [102’]starring Jim Carrey (Truman Burbank), Laura Linney (Meryl), Ed Harris (Christof) The film chronicl...
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Cool Movie Robots, Part 1
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- Cool Movie Robots “Is your robot housebroken, or is he going to leave batteries all over the floor?” You can find robots in all kinds of movies – whether th...
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- Citizen Kane (1941) Bernstein: “Well, it’s no trick to make a lot of money… if what you want to do is make a lot of money.” What’s the story a...
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- Techniques in Citizen Kane – Part 2 Kane’s stepfather: “What would you like to be?” Kane: “Everything you hate.” In Part 1 we covered ...
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Blaxploitation Begins
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- Blaxploitation Blaxploitation is a film genre that emerged in the United States in the early 1970s. The word itself is a portmanteau of the words “black” and “exploitation.” T...
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- THE FATHER OF FILM: Louis Le Prince Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince (28 August 1841, vanished 16 September 1890) was an inventor who is generally recognized as the first person t...
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Composition
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- Composition is the art of arranging the visual elements of a frame in order to make it aesthetically pleasing for the viewer’s eyes.The elements of the frame must make the image...
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Hitchcock: One Set Technique
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- ONE SETThe films most known for this technique are Rope and Rear Window. This is probably because both of those films were unique in other ways. Rope was shot in one continuous ...
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- Ask The ExpertsPlease go through this lesson before you read this oneAbout the AuthorBorn in 1937 in Lahore, now in Pakistan, Keki N. Daruwalla has been a notable presence on th...
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LOVE ACROSS THE SALT DESERT
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- Ask The ExpertsKeki N. DaruwallaNote: I have attached the lesson in PDF, just look under the “Reference Material” section on right The Rann of Kutch is a...
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- Studies of Bollywood influence on Western films:Moulin Rouge While I was creating my lesson on a classic Bollywood film called PBS
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- Pyaasa (1957) The film from the golden age of Indian cinema Just like Hollywood, India also had a golden age of cinema in the 1950s. The country’s independence from Brit...
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- चौदवीं का चाँद, Chaudvin Ka Chand, Full Moon Chaudvin Ka Chand is a Bollywood film produced by the legendary director Guru Dutt. The movie is about a classic love triangle ...
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- THE PERVERTS GUIDE TO CINEMA takes the viewer on an exhilarating ride through some of the greatest movies ever made. Serving as presenter and guide is the charismatic Slavoj Ziz...
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Animation: Dreams in motion
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- Animated films have started with their tryst with the Indian markets. Quite a number of animated movies are being released every year along with the staple number of Bollywood r...
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- <span style=”font-family:verdana; font-size:20px; color:blue;”>Breathless., also know as A Bout de Souffle is a French film that exploded onto the screen with ...
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Editing Theories
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- In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it, and over it. GOETHE At the most basic le...
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- This movie trailer is for a documentary on the famous Gonzo journalist, Hunter S. Thompson
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- LO SPAZIO PERSONALE MEDIAMENTE A DISPOSIZIONE DELL’INSEGNANTE ITALIANO NELLA SUA SCUOLA (versione italiana)Faccio l’insegnante da oltre trent’anni nella scuola...
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Documentary Filmmaking
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- What is a Documentary? doc•u•MEN•ta•ry: A work,such as a film or television program, presenting political, social, or historical subject matter in a factual and informative man...
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Microphones
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- Are you also one of those who thought that Microphones are only used to amplify sounds? No Microphones are electronic devises that capture pro...
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Techniques in Awara (1951)
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- Directed by: Raj Kapoor Starring: Raj Kapoor, Nargis I love movies that are sentimental and invoke nostalgia, although by today’s standards they may seem a bit ...
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Indian cinema over the ages
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- Bollywood is an eighty year old industry now. From Mother India to Jodhaa Akbar, Bollywood has seen a world of change. From black and white to...
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Stunt Men
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- THE ANONYMOUS HEROES OF THE BRANDED LAND Either it be Hollywood or Bollywood, every movie has some stunt or the other. It doesn’t matter ...
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Basics of Sound
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- Sound can be described as an oral sensation created by vibrations in air or water. It’s a mechanical motion in matter within a frequency range that a human ear can perceive. Sou...
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- THE PERVERTS GUIDE TO CINEMA takes the viewer on an exhilarating ride through some of the greatest movies ever made. Serving as presenter and guide is the charismatic Slavoj Ziz...
