I recently took a trip down to Tennessee with my family over the summer. This was our first time going down to Tennessee, and also our first time going this far down south. We rented a giant log cabin high in the hills in Wears Valley. On this cabin, there was a long, wrap-around porch on the second floor, with an incredible view of the top of the mountains in the distance. It was a fantastic trip, and I wanted to bring the whole thing home with me, so I did. My parents brought our video camera, and, me, being a film major, ferociously volunteered to be the cameraman for the duration of the trip. The setting of Tennessee was almost perfect for filming, because it is mostly rolling hills and vistas and open valleys. Every morning I would wake up after the sun’s rays would pour into my bedroom and head out into the miles of land surrounding our cabin on the hills. I wandered and explored, with my camera in hand, taking in the crisp smell of the Tennessee morning air. I hiked until I found a family of deer. They were very large, and their brown fur looked lush and colorful. The swarming microscopic insects buzzing around them danced on their backs. I had a blast taking the old camera, finding my way into a vast, open farm, and filming the gorgeous deer, wacky squirrels, and even wild horses, sometimes twenty or more roaring down the plain, against the enormous hills in the background. Those animals were fun to film, but what I really wanted to shoot were black bears. They were much harder to find in the wild, but I had been hearing stories of black bears around my area. It took days and days, and countless miles of hiking, until I finally happened to stumble upon not just a black bear, but a mother and her two cubs. Luckily, they ... ... middle of paper ... ...ve of simply watching movies to a sharp intrigue for just how exactly these films are made. That family vacation down to the cabin in Wears Valley, Tennessee was my first peak into the keyhole to the world of filmmaking, and the near future only seems to show more and more opportunities to take what I love and put that to the best of use. Filming the extravagent views and scenery in Tennessee only raised my interest in filming beautiful, expansive vistas and gorgeous backdrops. It really makes you think about your place in the world, and it brings out the emotions particularly well. There are few things today that can do that to a person, especially without being a risk to your health or dangerous. That is why the idea of making an audience feel something they don’t typically feel is an idea I plan on persuing, and I aim to do it better than anyone else before me.
Stanley, Robert H. The Movie Idiom: Film as a Popular Art Form. Illinois: Waveland Press, Inc. 2011. Print
In all ages, when it comes to grizzly bears, people’s first thought was that they are dangerous, and get away from them if you met them. Nevertheless, different from the past, today’s humans especially children are exceedingly willing to visit grizzly bears in the zoo. Furthermore, bear watching becomes one of the most popular activities for animal lovers who come from all over the world, and a survey indicates that in Greater Yellowstone, a nature-based bear watching tourism economy is worth “more than $1 billion annually.” (Yellowstone's Grizzly Bears Should Not Be Hunted) Besides, if hunters fortuitously shoot a famous bear, this may “ignite public outrage, like the case of Cecil the Lion.” (Yellowstone's Grizzly Bears Should Not Be Hunted) Additionally, because of grizzly bears’ “rarity,” (Yellowstone's Grizzly Bears Should Not Be Hunted) their “economically worth far more alive than as a person's rug or trophy.” (Yellowstone's Grizzly Bears Should Not Be
Modern day directors use a variety of methods to hold ones interest. Ethan Hawke and Kenneth Branagh’s created versions of Hamlet that shared some similarities, but ultimately had many differences in respects to an audience’s appeal. An appealing movie is one that has an alluring ambiance and an intellectual stimulus. With these two movie versions, a setting and a mood forced an audience to acquire specific emotions, but Ethan Hawke’s version generated emotions more strongly and effectively. Also, these movies had extremely different uses of music and visuals, but both movie versions incorporated them well for the ambiance it tried to obtain. Finally, both movie versions drew characters to captivate the audience; however in Ethan Hawke’s version, the characters were used so effectively that it was easy to feel involved with them. While both these versions of Hamlet had a captivating ambiance, Ethan Hawke’s version was more appealing due to the intellectual incentive that it offered.
As an audience, we become involved in the plot not through learning about characters’ backgrounds and traits. Instead, we learn information at the same time through the mechanics of the plot and editing. We are made to work to understand the workings of the plot. As we watch the film unfold, the editing takes the along for the ride rather than watching from a distance. the audience and characters sweat together as surprises arise in the well-thought out plan and the way the movie ...
As stated by _____, humans seem to have an odd and very salient fascination with the open body which initiates the desire of viewing horror films. The first person camera work of the horror films Friday the 13th and the Blair Witch Project convey the intimacy between the characters and the audience, allowing each individual to identify with the characters of the film in some way. Not only is the audience enabled to experience the horror first-hand, but they are allowed to satisfy their curiosity through the medium of movies.
Film induced tourism has grown in every aspect around the globe whether its because of the curiosity of the people to indulge in this kind of tourism or just being a part of the artificial world. Then it comes to define film tourism many authors have different views, according to Hudson and Ritch (2006a), it is describe as people visiting places which are directly influenced by films to see the landscapes, building, places as it was shown on TV, advertisement or in cinema screen. In addition to the meaning above for film induced tourism, Riley & Van Doren, (1992) further added that people visiting these places may be overwhelm with the romantic gaze of the place, and feel emotionally attached to it and also with the focal points of the film such as actors and their attributes, where they used to live, themes, social patterns and so on. However this essay will also discuss the originality of film tourism and its implications towards the destination and how it effects the local culture and community.
made in. Some incorporate them into the plot, some use them as allegories, and some satirize them.” Without an influence or connection to relate with the audience, the film would have no dimension. When seeing a movie, viewers are always going to search for an underlying meaning or message that could connect to their lives today. Although most
Surely the foundations of reality have not always been so heavily emphasized in Hollywood in years past. Looking to motion pictures such as Casablanca, The Sound of Music, Clint Eastwood Western’s, Indiana Jones, and James Bond 007 (a handful of famous films), we do find questions posed and important scenarios of life brought to the screen. However, such movies were...
It was a beautiful October afternoon as I climbed to the top of my tree stand. The sun was shining, and a slight breeze was blowing from the northwest. I knew that the deer frequented the area around my stand since my step-dad had shot a nice doe two days earlier from the same stand, and signs of deer were everywhere in the area. I had been sitting for close to two hours when I decided to stand up and stretch my legs as well as smoke a cigarette.
Watching the stories in motion make them even more alluring. It’s unexplainable the kind of emotional whirl you go through watching them. The way...
“Entertainment has to come hand in hand with a little bit of medicine, some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything’s okay. I don’t make those kinds of movies. That, to me, is a lie. Everything’s not okay.” - David Fincher. David Fincher is the director that I am choosing to homage for a number of reasons. I personally find his movies to be some of the deepest, most well made, and beautiful films in recent memory. However it is Fincher’s take on story telling and filmmaking in general that causes me to admire his films so much. This quote exemplifies that, and is something that I whole-heartedly agree with. I am and have always been extremely opinionated and open about my views on the world and I believe that artists have a responsibility to do what they can with their art to help improve the culture that they are helping to create. In this paper I will try to outline exactly how Fincher creates the masterpieces that he does and what I can take from that and apply to my films.
Good cinematography can really make you pop from behind the camera. After watching our short film, I felt really proud because the film had really great depth of field and sharp focus on people. I heard nothing but compliments from the cinematography and I couldn’t have been more excited. Typically in films the director gets all the credit. However, in our short film I feel like the audience gave all of us equal credit by asking there interesting questions.
Many people don’t think about it so much, but movies (or just film in general) have become such a big part of our lives that we don’t think much of it because it just feels like a usual part of living. But have you ever wondered why this is, and how far back film started? Movies and film have been around for a long time, have developed in big ways throughout time, and has advanced in such a big and new way to this day.
I decided to be a director when I was fourteen years old. I was in my tenth grade and studied about world wars in history. I was inspired by the stories of the wars and started writing stories based on the same subject. I had little clue what to do with those stories until I watched ‘Saving Private Ryan’ .This movie based on second world war inspired me to be a filmmaker.
Offering the unique ability to visually and audibly convey a story, films remain a cornerstone in modern society. Combined with a viewer’s desire to escape the everyday parameters of life, and the excitement of enthralling themselves deep into another world, many people enjoy what films stand to offer. With the rising popularity of films across the world, the amount of film makers increases every day. Many technological innovations mark the advancement of film making, but the essential process remains the same. Pre-production accounts for everything taken place before any shooting occurs, followed by the actual production of the film, post-production will then consist of piecing the film together, and finally the film must reach an audience. Each step of this process contributes to the final product, and does so in a unique right. The process of film making will now start chronologically, stemming from the idea of the story, producing that story into a film, editing that footage together, and finally delivering that story to its viewers.