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MOVIES

- By Movie buff (Vienne Mhariel Sister) The astonishing capacity of the human mind to deal with imagination is a gift to us all. A massive range of contexts can become a reality when screenwriters and screenplays are translated into what we now enjoy as motion pictures.

Let's acknowledge the essential parts of a movie

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There are several elements that are essential in a movie, but today we will focus on two:

> Cinematography > Editing

Motion pictures or commonly known as movies are undeniably one of the people’s favorite pastimes as it provides both entertainment and a way for us to unwind. Aside from movies being a means to release different sets of emotions, movies bring out our artistic front especially when we try to analyze how movies gradually change and progress over time.

We will ride the time machine and take you back to the early development of movies, and compare it to what we see now.

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Portraying a film is not just about recording an act. It is mostly about the way the images are recorded and captured. Cinematography is composed of visual elements displayed on-screen such as lighting, exposure, camera angles, focus, color, and framing. Old movies are classified as classics for a reason. As technology has been evolving over time, so does cinematography. Cinematography has come a long way from monochrome to color to digital film.

Cinematography back then are filmed in monochrome

> Santa Claus (1898) > The Kiss in the tunnel (1899) > Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878)

Figure 1. Santa Claus

Figure 2.The Kiss in the Tunnel (1899)

Figure 3. Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878).

If you base the early movies on today’s standards, these movies are considered primitive.  Movies today such as the Fast and Furious series have totally more developed cinematography. The addition of colors in movies as early as the 1900s has brought a fresh and brand-new look to the film and television world. The changing camera angles while capturing multiple subjects while maintaining the stability and hold of the equipment shows how movies have become more advanced in terms of their cinematography. When the movie conveys a different emotion, the lighting also changes. This is to attract one’s interest by relating the visual elements to the perception and interpretation of the viewers.

EDITING

This element integrates all the necessary scenes, tones, and effects effortlessly. Editing gives the film’s progression the essential rhythm to keep it interesting. This is more than just selecting and filtering the best footage and arranging it in the right order. This also gives the movie a sense of continuity.

In the early films, the duration usually just lasts up to a minute or two. This is because no editing processes were invented during that time. In terms of pacing, the speed of the scenes remains the same throughout the film.

Much like the first film, Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878), a nature photographer was hired to capture a running horse to prove that the four hooves are lifted once the horse gallops. All images were put together and created and played throughout which introduced the motion picture.

Before, in order to introduce another character, the camera has to stop filming and allow the new character to join the scene before continuing. Scenes in a film are then connected. An example of this is the film Cinderella (1898).

In today’s editing standards, scenes are easily cut out and/or added because of the editing techniques introduced. The editing techniques today have become so developed that animals that are not there during the actual filming magically appear in the final cut of the movie with the use of Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI). An example of this is the tiger from the Life of Pi (2012). It was for sure too risky to film an actual tiger along with the actor. Thanks to helpful editing technology, the tiger scenes were made possible.

Figure 4. Life of Pi Tiger CG

There have already been several advancements in film and movie technology. Compared to the movies before, the movies now are a lot more entertaining and effective in conveying a story. They are more pleasant to the viewers. Although most of us would prefer to watch movies nowadays, we can never fully appreciate the progress and development in motion pictures if it wasn’t for the early films that made innovators invent some of the most helpful tools and strategies in the film industry. This is why we appreciate, remember, progress, and contribute to the artistic and technological and approach of the movie-making process.

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hailey and the madam

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Merci pour le feu

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Maisy Stella by Lennon Stella on film

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