What is a MacGuffin? A MacGuffin is going to be an object, person, or event that the characters in the story value greatly and normally the plot is surrounded this object. However, by the end, we see that it doesn’t have any real significance what or who it is and is mainly used to push…

I found a movie review of one of my movie choices, The Bicycle Thief, that includes an excellent summary of the movie style Neorealism. I find this video review to be very credible as it is from a professional movie reviewer A. O. Scott from the New York Times.  This video review is dated March…

What is a B-grade movie? According to the article from Wisegeek.com , a B-movie is movie with a low budget that tends to be a little on the cheesy side. This is a valuable resource because it helps me understand why the camera quality was that way or why the acting wasn’t the best.  A…

Many movies try to grab your attention to certain things but not all the time does it work. Maybe someone will be trying to find an escape in a room and the camera focuses on the vent or maybe someone lost something while getting ready for work and they can’t find their brush and the…

One of my absolute favorite cinematic techniques is when a character breaks the fourth wall, essentially stepping out of the film to bring the audience in on a secret or an inside joke. Though this technique has a storied history, being used in many films over the years, it could be argued that none have…