Tag Archive: Hollywood

Feb 24

Celebrating the Academy Awards: Hollywood’s War-Torn History

In honor of the Academy Awards, we present a FORA.tv series: Moguls, Millionaires & Movie Stars: Hollywood Between the Wars, 1920-1940, a conference produced by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in partnership with the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. These were the decades of Joseph P. Kennedy, William Randolph Hearst, …

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Apr 17

Will Cell Phone Cameras Be the Next Professional Movie Making Tool?

Before James Cameron madeĀ Avatar, he literally had to invent new ways of filming in order to fulfill his creative vision. But could he (or any other director for that matter) create the same movie magic if all he had were a cell phone video camera? It’s unlikely, but most auteurs wouldn’t necessarily let a lack …

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