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Their journey across time mirrored many serene, hazy afternoons I had spent pouring over time graphs and diagrams in my second-hand copy of The Day of the Dinosaurs (1986), admiring the gouache painted osteoderms of an Ankylosaurus, rolling the long scientific Latin names off my tongue. I saw in their...
Tokusatsu films like Gamera thrive in this overlapping space between memory and fantasy, where the imperfection of effects become an essential part of the experience, as reminders of a time when our imagination filled in the gaps. These practical effects are less about realism and more so an invitation to...
Close your eyes and face the bright of the sun. Let it burn into your eyelids a hot, vivid, red; let it sear its temporary mark onto your retinas until everything goes white-hot, just a few seconds will do, then turn away, and open your eyes....
The 2023 science fiction thriller, No One Will Save You, seems to harken back to the days of silent film. There is barely any dialogue in the entire film, which instead, keeps audiences in a state of constant alertness by heightening the mundane sound effects of floors creaking and dial...
What do sound recordists do? True to their title, they record sounds, but that is just one of the many things they must juggle on set, both in terms of their equipment and their various responsibilities. They are typically the most conspicuous crew members, carrying around the iconic boom microphone...
Generally, we expect documentaries to be non-fictional narratives that present real-life events, people, and stories through a lens of objectivity and factual accuracy. They should be informative and educational, while still being entertaining without veering into fiction. But John Grierson, who coined the term “documentary,” defined it as “a creative...