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
February 2, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmSpecial Effects: Norman Dawn creates earliest techniques Special effects in film are most often associated with monsters and space aliens, explosions and gunfire. While such features certainly fit into that category, more often than not special effects are used to make something look real and normal that would otherwise be too difficult or expensive to photograph. Fair… read more
February 1, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, FilmFilm editing: How the script supervisor tracks and controls the editing process Film editing is the selection, arrangement, and combination of shots into sequences, sequences into scenes, and scenes into the final film. Editing is where a motion picture takes its final shape. The editor controls and often enhances the emotional and narrative aspects of a motion picture. Through the selection of… read more
