What Are Allegorical Films?
Allegories are used in filmmaking for a variety of purposes and represent a key element of storytelling in which hidden meaning is created without outright stating the meaning. This form of symbolism in which something is conveyed to the audience through a sort of hidden guise has been used in literature, art and film with great success […]
What is Meant by Personification in Film?
Personification is a literary device that is frequently used in storytelling to create lifelike connections to otherwise lifeless objects. In film, personification has been used for a variety of different purposes and intents and this storytelling device is equally popular in various forms of literature, too. To help you understand what is meant by personification […]
What is the Role of the Protagonist in Film?
The role of the protagonist in film is an essential element of the storytelling that captures audience interest and keeps them engaged. While you may be inclined to think that the protagonist is the main character of the story or film, there is so much more to the protagonist than just representing the main or […]
What is an Arc Light in Film?
The arc light was once a key element in the filmmaking industry used on sets to illuminate the scene. However this Hollywood trend has long since seen its use dwindled down to a point in which it is not readily even known what an arc light is in film these days. What are these once […]
What’s the Difference Between a Film Treatment and a Synopsis?
So you’ve written an entire script? That’s an amazing accomplishment, and as a beginner, I bet you thought that was all you had to do in order to have your work considered for production on broadcast television, cable, or one of various streaming app like Hulu or Netflix. If that’s the case, you definitely thought wrong! […]
What is Fabula and Syuzhet in Film and What Does it Mean?
When writing a film screenplay or script, there are various literary devices that apply and can be used throughout the storytelling process. According to early Russian Formalism studies, each story is represented by a fabula and syuzhet. In film, the storytelling process includes a fabula which represents the timeline of events and the syuzhet which represents […]
What is Phenomenology in Film?
Film theorists have a variety of different viewpoints on the study of and interpretation of film, media and the arts. One such theorist, Vivian Sobchack, would become to be known as one of the most influential American film theorists of her time when, during the 1990s, she would become the driving force behind the now […]
How to Write an Operetta
In a world of limited dialogue and an overabundance of music, somewhere between opera and musical, falls a magical mesh of song and spoken word otherwise known as the operetta. Operetta films frequently mix the satirical singing pirates and witty but oh so lusty barmaids along with all things opera including masked balls and young […]
What are Ozploitation Films & Why Are They So Popular?
The Australian New Wave was a period which began in the 1970s and would largely evolve into a hodge podge of various genre films featuring elements of horror, comedy, and action all packed in a single experience. The resulting ozploitation films that would become so wildly popular not so much in Australia but in the […]
What is a Fabula in Film?
In film there are often terms that have multiple meanings and varied means of how the terms can potentially be used. The context often gives way to one particular meaning or the other much like context can largely change how a term is perceived when it’s used in a book, poem, or play. In film, […]