“La Haine is both stylised and naturalistic, placing the audience deep within its banlieue setting, so that it becomes an observer of what the then-president Jacques Chirac had described disparagingly a couple of years earlier in his career as “le … Continue reading →

Auteur – A film director who influences their films so much that they rank as their authors. -treat music as “a key thematic element and a marker of authorial style” -“Auteur melomania is a specific historical phenomenon” -Melomania is an inordinate … Continue reading →

“La Haine” is a 1995 French film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Set in the Parisian suburbs, it follows three friends—Vinz, Hubert, and Saïd—over the course of 24 hours after a riot. The film delves into themes of police brutality, racism, … Continue reading →

Gaze was a fascinating short film, with some very interesting sonic points to extract. -The film, as a whole takes, on a very quiet and passive soundscape (distant atmospheric sounds, the sounds of the bus.) This gives it a very … Continue reading →

Foley: the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to films, videos, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. -“it’s like memetics, you have to recreate the characters that are on screen, and put them into your performances” … Continue reading →

Initially, when reading that “archival footage sits between history and myth…”, I assumed that it would be because of an over saturation and lack of access from the general public, though this was quickly changed. This article sparked many thoughts … Continue reading →