Experience ‘The Horse in Motion’ From Inside the Zoopraxiscope
You know the GIF, now explore the zoetrope. Read More
November 28, 2017
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The Fundamental Action Legacy of Indiana Jones
Name a more iconic action hero. No, don’t really. No comments. Action movies come in many different forms, but the… Read More
November 28, 2017
Binary Botox: The Case Against Digital De-Aging
Let’s get one thing straight: Rogue One should’ve let Peter Cushing rest in peace. Digital de-aging has been a not-so-recent… Read More
November 28, 2017
The Cinematic Literacy of Paul Thomas Anderson
The visual literacy rate of this director is 100%. Constructing meaning from images is the bread and butter of filmmaking.… Read More
November 27, 2017
Conveying Through Convex: Lensing for Characters
Consistency and change in equipment can create meaning. Filmmakers and critics alike often enjoy discussing the headier subjects of cinema… Read More
November 27, 2017
The Face is like a Map: Frances McDormand’s Portrait
A short portrait of one of the great American actresses. Read More
November 27, 2017
Crossing Over: How ‘Lost in Translation’ Uses the Frame
The caverns of meaning and negative space can operates similarly. Read More
November 27, 2017
The Unsung Art Form of Color Grading
I give this video an A+. Color grading is one of those aspects of film that people in the industry… Read More
November 22, 2017
Sink In Your Claws: ‘Cat People’ as Meshwork
Surreal narratives meet logical ones in a menagerie of madness. Cat People is a movie of preconception and assumption -… Read More
November 22, 2017