History of film

“The fact is, you don’t know what directing is until the sun is setting and you’ve got to get five shots and you’re only going to get two.” - David Fincher, director of Fight Club and The Social Network spoke these words about film directing. Those words can truly sum up the rewarding yet stressful career of a film director. Film is a broad spectrum that has been shaped throughout history, from silent films to the invention of sound and color. To advance in the film industry, directors need to have a certain skill set, and obtain a film degree, or a media production degree. During the pre film era of the 1920s, optical illusion toys using pictures and lights were used to give the effect of a moving picture. The Thaumatrope, invited in 1824…

History of Film Although, technically the history of film begins in Europe in the 1890’s with the first motion picture, every innovation in the art world from the beginning of time played a part in getting there. From cave drawings, to oil paintings, to photography, to stroboscopic toys; elements of film can be found in nearly every form of art. When the first motion picture was invented filmmakers were only able to make their films 50 seconds long, there was no camera movement, and no…

concerning the enormous wealth gap in Britain at the time, where class and breeding almost created two different races, the haves and have-nots. The depiction of palatial halls filled with prized artworks, servants hurrying to cook food, lay tables, serve beverages, wait by their side till the last cigar went out, created a sort of ‘top down’ view of Britain’s class system. The film is far more decorative largely due to the setting and the character’s lifestyles, which allow the film to put into…

spoken by director Steven Spielberg when he talked about his life as a film maker. The film making industry has changed since the start of the cinema in the early in the 1890s, from the creation of the first motion picture cameras, to the grand computer-generated imagery we have today. But, it is a fact that without certain films from the past we wouldn’t have the films we have today.…

This is the introduction to the unknown; including cultural history, timeline of 15 years, future goals, symbols, motifs, and quotes summarizing myself. Backstory to the unknown, would be an image of the mexican flag/banner with the words Jalisco written across it. The flag represents my history because Jalisco is from Mexico which is where my parents are from. This has influenced me today because of all the traditional and cultural ways there is in my family. Start of the timeline, is an image…

Film noir, a genre of darkness, of shadows, of hardboiled loners and bottom-feeders. The term noir was coined by French film critic Nino Frank in 1946 that literally means “Black Film”. This essay will discover how film noir is affected by the context of history as well as its course of evolution to reach its state nowadays. This would collectively enhance my degree of understanding of this influential genre of filmmaking. The origin of film noir dates back to the 1930s, the great depression…

Film production has been a part of American’s history since the 1900s. Hollywood became hugely industrialized during the 1930s and 40s. (Sardar, Ziauddin, 44) It all started with motion picture. Film Production is one of the great American achievements. The industry has grown and increased up to this day. The Process of Film Making isn’t too easy. What are the essential steps involved in film production today? Film Production includes all aspects of the production itself. There are five…

Film was introduced to many movements. I chose to write about The French New Wave which is also known as “La Nouvelle Vague”. The French New Wave happened during 1958 to 1964. The French New Wave was started by a group of French film makers who wanted to create their movement in film and they did that by changing how a film could be made. The French New Wave turned out to be the biggest movement of them all and also made an impact on all filmmakers. Some of the main directors who created the new…

In the film American History X directed by Tony Kaye, he tell the story of morden day narzi’s (Neo Narzi). Tony uses many film techniques to portray the life of Derek Vinyard and his brother Danny Vinyard. In this movie Derek goes to prison and the experience changed his view on black people. The purpose of the first scene was to show how dark and twisted Derek’s past was. For example the kurb stomp scene, where Derek brutally murders a black man. The purpose of the second scene was to show how…

History and Memory, Act of Killing and The Searchers use reflexivity to give voice to groups who have been silenced throughout history. In History and Memory, Rea Tajiri uses popular media clips, along with primary footage, to give voice to the Japanese prisoners. In the Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer uses the death squads as the stars of his documentary to portray the violence perpetrated against the innocent Indonesians. In The Searchers, John Ford demonstrates a haunting reflection of an…