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How to Remember Movies Fondly, Even When They Stink
Try watching a few movies you only saw once or twice when you were a kid and see how well you remember them. Not only will you remember them differently than other people, but you might have even rewritten the … Continue reading
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Tagged Critical Analysis, Critical essay, film, film student, Film Theory, movie, movie review, Movies, Screenwriting
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What is Feminist Media?
There seem to be several different definitions for the term “feminist cinema,” (or TV, as the case may be). To some, unfortunately, it means films with self-proclaimed “bitches” who spend an hour-and-a-half man-bashing, complaining about cosmetics/shaving and other methods of hair removal/magazine … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis, Review, Trend-Spotting, Uncategorized
Tagged Critical Analysis, Critical essay, feminism, film, Film Theory, industry, movie, movie review, Movies, Semantics
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New Ratings Page Added!
As you may or may not recall, I did a post a while back about the flaws in the current ratings systems, particularly that of the MPAA. So I decided to start an experiment: my own list of ratings for … Continue reading
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Lost in Translation: Are Insufficient Subtitles Robbing Unilingual Viewers of Potential Enjoyment?
Last year, when I took my first semester of Spanish, I began to notice that I could tell what Spanish-speaking characters were saying some of the time in the movies and television shows I was watching. Unfortunately, I was able … Continue reading
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Tagged Critical Analysis, Critical essay, film, Film Theory, Foreign films, industry, International films, movie, Movies, Subtitles, television, TV
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Why Go to Film School? (Part 2)
In my last post, I talked about why production-centered classes might be helpful for a wannabe director/producer/screenwriter. This week, I’ll list a few attributes of the more purely scholastic side of film school (e.g. film history/media studies, Gen. Ed. requirements, … Continue reading
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Tagged Critical Analysis, Critical essay, Film schools, film student, industry, Job market, movie, Movies, Screenwriting, television, TV
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Boom Times for Film and Video Makers
Web video has become very profitable and there will be huge increases in motion picture / video related job markets. In other words, now is a good time to be a filmmaker. Continue reading
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Tagged film, Film schools, film student, industry, Job market, Movies, Screenwriting, television, TV, Web Video
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The British Invasion . . . of American Television
Watching as much television as I do, I’ve noticed what seems to be turning into an enormous trend: British actors (and some actresses) playing Americans in American TV shows. Continue reading
The Original Version Was Better!
After having recently watched the new versions of Day the Earth Stood Still and Sleepy Hollow, I started thinking about remakes. When is it worthwhile to do a remake? In my own opinion, it’s worth remaking a film if it … Continue reading
Film, TV, & Modern Media as the New Mythology
In the 1988 mini-series “Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth,” one of the ideas Campbell explores is that fictional media (TV, radio, movies, etc) have taken the place of traditional mythology (religious texts/rituals/verbal histories) in the American culture. He further posits that this new mythology is insufficient to support the American psyche in the same way as ancient religions. Is this so? Continue reading
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Tagged Critical Analysis, film student, Film Theory, Movies, Mythology, Religion, television, TV
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