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Telling Stories Thru Cinema

Originally posted by Pia Romans. Story telling has kept the listener/viewer riveted. It’s how we share ideas, emotions, and lessons and touch our psyches at the core. Throughout the ages story telling has manifested through spoken words, acted out upon on the stage, through still images on the canvass, and ultimately through moving images on [...]

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The Basis of All Film, part 1

In this post we are going to look at the first part of a story.  The WANT.  The want is what drives, or motivates the main character. An example of this would be Memphis Raines in Gone in 60 Seconds, played by Nicholas Cage.  The want for Memphis is very clear, it is to save [...]

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