This is the research I did in Film project 1. I think is still work for the film project 2. So I just search a little bit information about the suspense film. Research film festivals and entry requirements. Set up accounts on the following websites: filmfreeway.com, withoutabox.com, and filmfestivallife.com FilmFreeway: (A synthetical website) /Withoutabox/ FFlife After […]

As German film becoming stranger and darker, their filmmakers would like to disorient audience and immerse them in the main characters’ head. (CrashCourse 2017) Before the war, German films fell firmly within our idea of a “cinema of attractions”, designed for entertainment. (CrashCourse 2017) To achieve a more sophisticated film, they get inspired by the French ‘film […]

  “French impressionist cinema” also referred to as the first avant-garde or narrative avant-garde is a term applied to a group of French films and filmmakers working from 1918-1929. Film scholars have had difficulty in defining this movement or deciding whether it should be considered a movement at all. (Vince DI MEGLIO 2016, para. 1) The director of French impressionist […]

Shape of water （2017）      Guillermo del Toro           fantasy/ love/ feature film Shape of water is an American romantic dark fantasy drama film. In the beginning, there is a film score with a simple melody (only accordion and flute) and the soundtrack of water. It connects with the image […]

  Before we doing the editing for project 1, I relearned the editing theory to make sure I can understand the editing process systematically. An old man with the same smile can have completely different ideas by editing. When he looks at his family, he is a kindly man. However, when he looks at a sexy […]

The Art Cinema As A Mode Of Film Practice Example: LA STRADA, 8 1/2, WILD STRAWBERRIES, The Seventh Seal, Persona, Ashes and Diamonds, Jules et Jim, Knife in the Water, Vivre Sa vie, Muriel “Art cinema” as a distinct mode of film practice TIME: the art cinema as a distinct mode appears after World War […]

“The dialogue is how your viewers gain insight of your characters.” (CIMATICJ 2016) 180-degree rule explained: “In filmmaking, the 180-degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters, and by keeping the camera on one side of […]

AFTER EFFECTS BASICS: Firstly, this tutorial shows different panels of After Effect interface and explain their functions, such as the timeline, workspace, file storage, effects, composition window, and toolbar. Next, it introduces some basic operations, such as importing files into the project panel area and dragging files under composition panel area. Besides, he also shows the way […]