Catherine – The Great Ruler of Jewels
What if you had a castle or estate and a film company wanted to do a movie about Catherine The
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Author: Chris Johnson
The Many Uses of Steel in the Movie Industry
The Many Uses of Steel in the Movie Industry Yes, you need great acting; yes, you need the artistic vision
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Nightmare Alley’s Art Deco Set Design
The two worlds of Director Guillermo Del Toro’s Nightmare Alley feel at times like textural contrasts. “It was almost like working on two films,” according to Tamara Deverell, the film’s production designer, “from the carny world where everything had a faded patina and was a little rough around the edges … to high society, where we wanted everything to be really rich and sumptuous and enticing.”
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Animal Safety in the Film Industry
Despite the patience required, many film and television directors choose to work with animals on set. Their cuteness and ability to touch the heartstrings of an audience make animals the perfect casting choice for many parts!
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The Life of an Acting Dog
Ever thought of calling your new dog Rover? Probably not, but there’s a reason why people reach for that name as stereotypically canine, and there was a time when Rover boomed as a popular dog name. In 1905, British director Cecil Hepworth released a silent film called Rescued by Rover starring, you guessed it, his family dog (who was really named Blair). Ever since, dogs have been upstaging their human counterparts and have become a mainstay of feature films and TV. In fact, a cottage industry has been built around canine stars, including trainers, agents, a version of the Oscars called the Pawscars, and even book deals, such as the recently released Citizen Canine: Dogs in Movies by Wendy Mitchell.
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Looking Forward to Mortal Kombat, April 2021
Film Location Wanted. Whether you’re a fan of the Mortal Combat video game series that was created by Midway and is now offering Mortal Kombat 11 or you followed the original film series first released in 1995.
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Constructing Houses for a Film Set
Constructing Houses for a Film Set. If you’re a fan of Harry Potter films, you probably have a feeling for the grand sense of scale that set designers must deal with. From the daunting magical haunts of Hogwarts Castle to the mundane abode of the Dursleys on Privet Drive, everything had to be built in exquisite detail. Just not maybe as you thought.
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Judas and the Black Messiah…Best Picture 2021?
Film Locations Wanted blog. Film reviews. Now would normally be the time when film buffs would be scrambling to squeeze in those last few flicks that made the Academy Awards nominations list. But as people keep saying, “we live in unusual times.” Due to COVID-19, this year’s Oscars have been postponed from February 28 to April 25, only the third time in the history of the awards that the ceremony has been delayed. But that doesn’t mean the hype hasn’t begun. Eyes have already turned to the precursors like the Golden Globes and the SAG Awards to try to predict who will be nominated for and ultimately win those coveted golden trophies.
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The Transformative Art of Set Decoration
Oh, yeah, it’s movie night, and whether you’re a film buff or a binge TV watcher, you grab a beverage, an assortment of snacks, and dim the lights as you settle into the world of your favorite story. Could be the gritty western reimagined world of Yellowstone, or how about the mind bending an eerie world of time travel that is Dark? For the sake of argument, why not a recent fan favorite, Game of Thrones. So you’re watching that final season; Jon Snow celebrates with his fellow Northmen while Daenerys watches from a dark corner–the torches flicker their medieval light, the stone walls capture the dankness of a castle, everything seems just as it should be.
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The Symbolic Use of Doors in Film
Passing from one place, realm, or room to another requires a passageway that often resembles a door, and the use of doors to illustrate a wide variety of human interactions such as passage, adventure, magic, mystery, or barriers is very present in many epic films.
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