From Then Til Now

Since the time when moving pictures first become a reality, things have changed in the more than one hundred years. From the silent era to the first talkies, it was really the Sixties when things started to be close to how we know it now. In the fifty years since then, while things like the…

Alien- The Power of Fear

The screen opens to an unsettling black background when lines slowly appear before your eyes. The title is just as unsettling as the lack of sound, and it sets the mood for the rest of the film. In an interview with Richard Greenberg, the one who created the title, says, “I think Steve Frankfurt once…

Advancements with Violence in Film

Since the modern change in cinema starting in 1965 their has been an ever abundant presence that has been lurking behind the shot. Gradually more and more it has become a bigger part in the films we watch today; not matter the genre. That presence is growing use of violence in films throughout the decades….

Alien; the Genius of Ridley Scott

When discussing films that became unorthodox success, such minds usually come to a small film called “Jaws”; quickly after the idea of horror in film wasn’t just for scare for the masses. With the success of the film it opened the door for other directors to experiment with the genre. No longer was it just…