Cinema Arts Online Discussion

In Charles Burnett’s 1977 film, Killer of Sheep, there are many scenes were children imitate or mirror adults. There is a particular scene w...

When asked to write a blog on cinematography only one film comes to mind: Citizen Kane. Gregg Toland, cinematographer, made many interesti...

The slow dancing scene in Killer of sheep by Charles Brunette captured the plight of Stan's wife. Throughout the film Stan's wife...

When thinking of scene analysis and the film The Conversation, one particular sequence sticks out, this of course is the scene in which Gene...

Using a kinetic directing style and constant flashbacks and flash-forwards, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead constantly takes you from one...

Cinematography plays a key role in the development of a film. It is used to set tone, location, and add a layer of depth to the action that...

Mise-en-scene is a tricky topic in that the term often refers to many things at once within the frame. Fight Club offers a good example of ...

Conventional storytelling has a set structure of beginning, middle, and end, however, they do not always happen in this order. The Usual Su...

Maya Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon is a work that maintains all of the mystery, tranquility, unpredictability, and personal attachment ...

Be Kind, Rewind is a good study in editing as it compresses time in two distinct yet similarly humorous ways. The first is a meandering l...

The 1993 American Civil War epic Gettysburg tells the story of the brutal three days of fighting surrounding the small town in southern ...

As I was forced to watch this over Thanksgiving break, I might as well use it as a study in bare-bones three-act structure, with even a bi...

2001: A Space Odyssey is often considered a revolutionary film not only in the science fiction genre, but in the overall complexion of cine...

The film, The Conversation , intentionally employs an extremely limited perspective within the film's sujet. That perspective is almost ...