Introduction
The film industry, which is also known as the motion picture industry, is a composition of commercial and technological institutions of filmmaking. These include film crew personnel, film directors, actors, distribution, film festivals, post-production, pre-production, screenwriting, film production, animation, cinematography, film studios, and the film production companies (Chen, Pi-Chi, and Young-Chan, 2016). Among them, the film director is one of most challenging positions, attracting thousands of prospective students who dream of starting their career in the film industry. However, unlike other positions where education adds credibility to one’s resume, the position of film director does not only require candidates to be well-educated,
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Ang Lee, a film producer, screenwriter, and director, is one of the most significant public figures in the film industry. He is also the first Asian who won an Academy Award for best director. Given that I, an Asian young woman, would like to work in the film industry as a director after pursuing a master’s degree in film production at New York University (NYU). Director Ang Lee is the best choice that I would have made for the reasons that he, as a director and alumnus of NYU, is one of the greatest contemporary filmmakers of the 21st …show more content…
Film productions contain the names of the most prominent film directors. Through the Search Engine and library, I looked for the most developed film industries across the globe. When I searched for the most prominent personnel of Asian film industry, director Ang Lee was brought up immediately. Then, I checked the alumni list of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts; Ang Lee has a Master’s Degree in Film production at NYU. After identifying his works and education, I used the film production websites affiliated to Ang Lee to gather the information regarding his achievements together with his bibliography. After identifying the key figure together with having a substantial knowledge of who Ang Lee was, I narrowed down my search through the Britannica, which allowed me to gather information on both the major and minor aspects of director Ang Lee from childhood to his current position as a director of the Taiwan Film Industry.
Since director Ang Lee does not publicize any contact information online, I searched for the film production and distribution he has a longstanding collaboration with. On the website of Focus Features, I found the contact information. This could be the only and best way to contact director Ang
When the general public thinks about the Civil War they usually think about an army of Union soldiers fighting an army of Confederate soldiers, each side commanded by men up upper rank using military tactics to win the battle. What most people don’t think about is the guerrilla warfare that went on between rival citizens in the boarder states. Instead of formal militias, this fighting involved small groups of men hunting down enemies and getting in to savage skirmishes. Kansas Jayhawkers and Missouri Bushwhackers fought this informal, bloody, and guerrilla war. While being on either side was dangerous, being caught in the middle of it was even more so. Ride With the Devil, a 1999 film directed by Ang Lee follows this savage conflict from the perspective of some Bushwhackers played by Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, and Simon Baker-Denny. Through its realistic portrayal of the Bushwhackers and Jayhawkers, William Quantrill, and the style of fighting that went on in Missouri, Ride With the Devil is a historically accurate film that can be enjoyed for its history as well as its superb entertainment.
Spike, born Sheldon Jackson Lee, is an American film director, producer, writer and actor known for his films that deal with controversial social and political issues. Though Lee has written small films prior, his first feature-length film was his 1986 She’s Gotta Have It and was a landmark independent film for American cinema. She’s Gotta Have It was shot in twelve days with a low budget but grossed in the box office at $7 million. This film helped Lee launch his career and create his own production company known as 40 Acres and A Mule Film works. The name of his production company came from the unfulfilled promise that many politicians made to freed slaves after the Civil War.
Film making has gone through quite the substantial change since it’s initial coining just before the turn of the 19th century, and one would tend argue that the largest amount of this change has come quite recently or more so in the latter part of film’s history as a whole. One of the more prominent changes having taken place being the role of women in film. Once upon a time having a very set role in the industry, such as editing for example. To mention briefly the likes of Dede Allen, Verna Fields, Thelma Schoonmaker and so forth. Our female counterparts now occupy virtually every aspect of the film making industry that males do; and in many instances excel past us. Quite clearly this change has taken place behind the lens, but has it taken
Lisa Cholodenko grew up in Los Angeles and she began her film careers working as an assistant editor; however, she then moved to New York and earned an MFA in screenwriting and direction at the Columbia University School of arts. At Columbia University School of Arts, Cholodenko filmed her first short movie Dinner Party. Besides being a director, Lisa Cholodenko also was a film professor at Columbia University, an advisor and is currently on the Board of Governs of Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science. It was surprising to be able to find out how active Cholodenko is in the film industry and in the university she attended. This portrays how committed Cholodenko is to creating successful movies and to be a part of others film victory.
African American representation in the film industry has always been a topic for discussion. Whether talking about character types and roles, the actors being cast or not cast, and the lack of diversity in front of and behind the camera. ‘The contemporary status of race in mainstream American culture is intimately bound to the process of representation within and through the mass media.’ (Rocchio, 2000, p. 4). Any role that was to be played by an African American kept in with the dominant stereotypes of the time of production; incompetent, child like, hyper-sexualised or criminal.
Beginning roughly with the release of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Stopped Worrying and Loved the Bomb in 1964, and continuing for about the next decade, the “Sixties” era of filmmaking made many lasting impressions on the motion picture industry. Although editing and pacing styles varied greatly from Martin Scorcesse’s hyperactive pace, to Kubrick’s slow methodical pace, there were many uniform contributions made by some of the era’s seminal directors. In particular, the “Sixties” saw the return of the auteur, as people like Francis Ford Coppola and Stanley Kubrick wrote and directed their own screenplays, while Woody Allen wrote, directed and starred in his own films. Kubrick, Coppola and Allen each experimented with characterization, narrative and editing techniques. By examining the major works of these important directors, their contributions become more apparent.
Hollywood has for over twenty-eight years created and supplied products associated with movies to all main film studios, leisure and entertainment industries. The most revered clients recognized in the entire world include Disney, Paramount, Colombia, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros and Universal among others. For this basis, the greater part of the actors all over the world wants to labor and make a living in Hollywood. The exceptional and distinctive characters have their own customs, beliefs and cultures which aid them to pursue fame and fortune in this Dream Factory. Every talented person desires this American dream. There are numerous prospects that make life better and in Hollywood, t...
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The bread-and-butter of the film industry is the action movie. Each summer, audiences can expect to see car chases, gunfights and explosions, and studios can expect to see millions and millions of dollars in return. Though most viewers and critics see these movies as "fluff" entertainment (and rightfully so), there is one director that puts as much heart and soul into his "fluff" as any number of talented directors put into their "serious" movies. His name is John Woo. Even though you may not have heard about him, he is widely considered to be "the best contemporary director of action films working anywhere."
Hollywood Chinese Dir. Arthur Dong, Center for Asian American Media, DeepFocus Productions Inc., 2007, Film
While growing up, Aronofsky had the great pleasure of seeing the greatest movies being released for the first time in theatres. Spielberg’s Jaws and George Lucas’ Star Wars were great successes that triggered a further liking of film for Aronofsky. Coming from a strong household and educated with an MFA in Directing, Aronofsky’s great successes were becoming f...
With many different genres and types of filmmaking, it can result in a large variety of stories and conflicts. Nevertheless, film has always brought people together as a society. If there is one thing everyone can notice about films is the achievement in style and directing. The three directors talked about in this paper are the most successful at delivering a breathtaking style and direction to their films. Baz Luhrmann, Wes Anderson, and Martin Scorsese have produced and directed films over decades and each film as impacted not only the United States but worldwide. With the unmistakable trademarks that each director has, it is very easy to feel sucked into the world in which they are shaping around you and the story. Because of these three directors, the film world and industry has been revolutionized for many centuries to come.
Behind the many actors, producers, and cinematographers within the motion picture industry, there are the film directors: masterful storytellers, skilled visionaries, the glue holding the basis of production together. Among such examples are the Martin Scorseses, Alfred Hitchcocks, and Quentin Tarantinos of Hollywood, well respected icons who are appreciated and studied by those interested in the craft of filmmaking. I, a hopeful amateur currently studying film, do not (and should not) expect to easily reach the ranks of such idols, let alone be lucky enough to have myself compared to them down the road. Hoping to be able to, one day, take my storytelling aptitude into the world of cinema, I often find my humble self asking, “Where would an aspiring filmmaker take his or her first steps into the field?” I have read a number of filmmaking books before, such as Lloyd Kaufman’s Make Your Own Damn Movie guide, or a few How-To books on certain genres, but I still find myself asking, “Where do I start?” Looking for something that could help answer this question, something that would encompass the study of the Director, and wouldn’t cater so much to that “fame hungry” crowd, I found this book - a much more thorough step-by-step examination than anything I had read on the subject before.
The art of filmmaking has been around for over a hundred years and now has over a hundred different specialized jobs in its field. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “key grip, gaffer, best boy, boom operator, and director of photography are just a few of the jobs in the field of filmmaking that are essential to the process of creating a movie or TV show” (From Script #1). But before any of these people are able to get a job, they must go through an average of four years of college in order to specialize in film (Zeke). Filmmaking is a very complex and involved career that is crucial to the pursuit of happiness on earth and the telling of history.