An essential part of making a movie memorable is striking the viewer with unusual camera shots and movements. When the first movies were made moving the camera or placing it in a peculiar way weren’t contemplated as options, but directors soon started to experiment with movement and other techniques; as the cameras became easier to […]
Author: Riccardo Basso
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The 10 Best Dramatic Movies by Woody Allen
Woody Allen debuted as a director in 1966 with What’s Up, Tiger Lily?, a comical reworking and re-dubbing of a Japanese spy movie; as peculiar as the original original project was, it was also heavily modified by the studio without asking permission to Allen. This was the last time he directed a film on which […]
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The 10 Best Filmmakers Who Still Shoot in Film
“Film vs. digital” has been the main debate in cinema industry for the last 15 years. Directors, producers, directors of photography and film fans have all taken part in the discussion, often with a great deal of participation: the sudden revolution of digital filmmaking is certainly the main paradigm shift of recent cinema history. Digital […]
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The 10 Best Movies with Unusual Aspect Ratios
The term “aspect ratio” describes the mathematical relation between the horizontal side of the screen image and the vertical one; for example, the ratio used for television is 16:9, which means that the proportion between width and height will always be 1.78 to 1 (if your tv screen is 16 inches long, its height will be […]