Dan W
I am college student majoring in film and hoping to become a filmmaker. When I am not thinking about movies, it is called "sleeping". If I were to wake up one day and cinema had ceased to exist, I would be rendered useless and considered expendable to humanity.
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Movie Review: Iron Man (2008)Robert Downey Jr. channels his energy into playing Tony Stark, weapons dealer turned superhero. But does Iron Man have what it takes to jumpstart the 2008 summer movie season or does it fall short into popcorn flick mediocrity? -
How to Make a 48 Hour FilmA few pointers from a filmmaker who survived two 48 hour competitions. -
The Career and Films of the Coen BrothersA look back through the cinematic gems of Joel and Ethan.
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Horror Movie Trends and 'Torture Porn'Looking at the horror genres of the last ten years, especially the most recent: the extreme/torture R-rated movie.
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Learning Film Making Part Five: ScreenwritingWriting a good script can take a lot of patience. How successfully you write is based primarily on one thing: how well you know your characters and your story.
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College Rant on Putting Off LaundryWho this person is that invented personal hygiene, I have no idea, but I want to go on the record as saying that I think he should have been stopped.
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Latin Phrases in Everyday LifeNot only does Latin constitute a large chunk of English's word origins, but there are many Latin phrases that still pop up in everyday speech. I have devised a small guide to these foreign expressions so you can finally understand what they mean.
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Learning Film Making, Part Three: The Three-Act StructureEvery writer, director, producer, or even film editor, must have at least some knowledge about story structure and a few general principles.
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Learning Filmmaking, Part Four: How to Sit Down and WriteAssuming that you want to write a script or story for your movie on your own, the actual writing can be difficult to find motivation for.
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A Closer Look at Spike Lee's Do the Right ThingThe opening words spoken in Spike Lee's 1989 film, Do The Right Thing, are given to a local radio DJ in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn...
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Summer Movie Preview 2007Theaters all around the country will suddenly be filled as the month of May begins. May kicks off the summer movie season and that name tag implies a lot to movie-goers.
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College Rant: Epidemic of Shirtless Guys Plague American CampusesSpringtime is upon us and summer is around the corner. The weather is getting nicer and people seem to be happier simply because it is sunny outside. As with everything, however, there is a dark side to this...
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Learning Filmmaking, Part Two: Consuming MoviesIf you are thinking about a career in film, you have to acknowledge that there are countless individuals out there who have the exact same high ambitions that you carry.
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Learning Filmmaking, Part One: IntroductionIf I could be given a chance to go back to when I first became interested in making movies, there are book-loads of information I would want to scream at my younger self so he would get off his ass and work harder...
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Movie Reviews: Blades of GlorySkeptics will be quick to acknowledge that Will Ferrell has already starred in two sports movies and a fourth one is being filmed presently. The others will make Blades of Glory a large financial success, so it won't really matter what skeptics think.
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How College Bikers Are Destroying AmericaImagine walking to class one day and witnessing a large circle of fellow students, surrounding something on the ground. That something used to be a person who was a victim of a hit-and-run by a college bicyclist.
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Hilariously Bad Movies: Jason Goes to HellThe Friday the 13th series has been troubled from the start and I guess the makers wanted to inject some sort of original idea into the franchise...
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Movie Review: Reign Over MeA movie review of the 2007 film Reign Over Me, starring Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle.
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Movie Reviews: The Host (Gwoemul)A movie review for the South Korean monster film, The Host: After a couple scientists questionably dispose a toxic liquid into a sink, a horrific creature is formed years later from the substance...