February 5, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmCinematography: The financial effects of Ingrid Bergman’s beauty The art of cinematography goes far beyond the simple recording of a scene or event. It is a creative and interpretive process that involves many skills and techniques, some that are shared with still photography and some that are unique to motion pictures. The cinematographer can manipulate the image through… read more
February 4, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmWriter: "Shakespeare in Love" screenplay shows Tom Stoppard’s edits Of all the elements of filmmaking, the screenplay is arguably the most important. It is also the element most debated, discounted, discarded, and arbitrated. More often than not, the screenplay is an adaptation of another work—a novel, play, news story, biography, or even another screenplay. The screenplay expresses character and… read more
February 3, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmCostume: "Tom Sawyer" hat proves too much of a distraction The choices made by a costume designer can reveal much about a film character through costume. A character’s social and economic class, for example, can be represented through the style and quality of her or his clothes, shoes, and jewelry, and whether those clothes are clean and fresh or tattered… read more