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  • The Art of Affordable Sound in Low-Budget Filmmaking – Part 2

    by Diana Ringo Articles, Essays, Film

    Welcome back to the thrilling journey of unleashing the maximum potential of film audio! This time we will delve into the magic of music, foley, and sound design. Get ready to take your filmmaking adventure to new heights as you master the art of affordable sound.

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  • The Art of Affordable Sound in Low-Budget Filmmaking – Part 1

    by Diana Ringo Articles, Essays, Film

    In the realm of filmmaking, audio is the unsung hero that can make or break a cinematic production. Don’t let your low-budget feature film fall victim to lackluster sound. It’s time to dive deep into the world of film audio and discover the hidden secrets that will transform your project into an immersive auditory experience.

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  • Blow-Up

    Art and Alienation

    by Elena Ringo Essays

    In order to analyze the present state of cinematography I need to use the theory of alienation. More than 170 years ago Karl Marx wrote his Capital, where he brilliantly analyses the phenomenon of alienation in the capitalist society. Nowadays we can see that his words, written at the early stage of capitalist development, became

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  • ex_machina

    Nature of Life in Cinema

    by Günther Kramer Essays, Film

    “Ex Machina” is a science fiction film which tells a story of a young programmer, Caleb who is invited by his employer, Nathan, to administer the Turing test to a female robot, Ava who has Artificial Intelligence. The film investigates the subject of creation of a woman which has a long history in both literature

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  • Solaris

    Problems of Humanism in Solaris by Tarkovsky

    by Elena Ringo Essays, Film

    The film Solaris was based on the fantastic novel by Stanislaw Lem but there is no doubt that the film adaptation by Tarkovsky is much deeper and more interesting than the novel. The novel of Stanislaw Lem is more about the exploration of the cosmos and the film of Tarkovsky is more about the earth

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  • Sacrifice

    Dreams of Home in the Films of Andrei Tarkovsky

    by Elena Ringo Essays, Film

    The dreamlike images of home present in many of Andrei Tarkovsky’s films have an allegorical meaning and reflect the transformation of the conscious and of the subconscious world of the author. Andrei Tarkovsky is renowned for metaphorical language, philosophical dialogue, esoteric symbolism and the blending between the subjective and objective. In his memoir Sculpting in

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