Film School
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It’s been a minute since I’ve dived into my self-created syllabus of film study, so why not return with an oddball entry of 2025 with Osgood Perkins adaptation of the Stephen King short story, The Monkey.
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Theme, the high arching message that artists aim to communicate through their works, be it overt or subliminal. If the creative choices a director makes are the “how” of a movie, be it the visual representations, the positioning of the camera, the music that sets a mood, then the theme must surely be the “what,”…
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As I progress through my personally designed course of film studies, I’ve added some essential reading to the curriculum this week with Timothy Corrigan’s “A Short Guide to Writing About Film.” I hope the text will help articulate my perspectives and analysis in cinema that will grow through study from the other textbooks I’ve been
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The main reason I started The Director’s Lens was for personal enrichment and growth in understanding the artform of film. I love movies, I always have. I consider film the peak of human artform that combines all other artistic disciplines: color, sound, drama, writing all blended into a final product that is unique, entertaining and
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