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Cinematography

A collection of 4 posts
How cameras take control
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How cameras take control

In my new Faith and Film course at Seattle Pacific University, we're spicing up our post-movie discussions with some videos that train us to see more clearly just how filmmakers are using their cameras to influence our experience. The more we understand how artists seek to capture our
19 Oct 2017 1 min read
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What's "The Most Cinematic Movie" Ever Made?

What movies pop into your head if I say the word "cinematic"? Tell us about your favorites, and why they are "cinematic," here.
31 Oct 2013 7 min read
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Today's Favorite: Breakthroughs in Big-Screen Visual Artistry

The Wizard of Oz enchanted audiences with a wonderland of color that made moviegoing more vivid and exuberantly engaging. When Star Wars opened in 1977, it represented a giant leap forward in the art of visual effects and sound effects. Tron gave us an aesthetic experience through computers that was
15 Mar 2009 1 min read
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Sven Nykvist, Cinematographer, Dead at 83.

Sven Nykvist, the man whose camera captured such memorably beautiful and varied films as What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Sleepless in Seattle, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Cries and Whispers, Winter Light, and Through a Glass Darkly has died at the age of 83. He won
20 Sep 2006 1 min read
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