Author: Jacob Oller
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A Convincing Argument To Study More Than Film
Operating with the same tools as everyone else means you’ll make the same products. There’s really no argument against educational diversity – as in, studying…
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Making Your Friends Feel Good About Their Art In ‘Masterpiece’
Finding a convincing lie is half the battle of friendship. Writer/director Runyararo Mapfumo explores one of the scariest situations a person can be placed in…
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‘Spring Jam’ Is A Kiwi Take On Merrie Melodies
Rustic, textured animation and goofy sound-based gags. The New Zealand wilderness was already the star of last year’s Hunt For The Wilderpeople, and it’s back…
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Short Doc Interviews Smell-less Anosmiacs
Living without smell becomes vividly realized thanks to National Geographic. Akin to the sleep paralysis documentary The Nightmare, Jacob LaMendola’s anosmia short interviews a variety…
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A Tapestry of Fables: ‘Over The Garden Wall’ and The Uncanny
One of the most affecting animations in years comes from cultural familiarity. Adventurers lost in the woods is a trope varying widely in execution, from…
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Scoring Scares: How Music Affects Tension
Stringing you along with strings. Most films don’t function well without their soundtracks, but horror is the genre most dependent upon its score. The crashing…
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The Looney Bin: The Trickster Logic of Eric Andre and Bugs Bunny
The Eric Andre Show is always unexpected, which makes it almost as powerful as animation. About a year ago, friend of the site Sam Fragoso…
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Melodrama Through The Years: Three Versions of ‘Stella Dallas’
Adaptation theory through three takes on a novel.
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The Psychological Realism of Stanislavski’s Acting Method
There’s a madness to “method.” In the early 1900s, Russia changed the way Batman villains would be played forever. Ok, ok, joking aside, the invention…