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How reality becomes a function of film technique in Birdman

Scott Kaufman
3/03/15 12:00am
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Most of us are accomplished watchers of TV and film, so we intuitively understand some of the concepts lurking in dense film-theory tomes. You won’t need them for Internet Film School, The A.V. Club’s column about film and television. In each installment, we explore a basic element of visual composition and analyze…

How the perfect shot can ruin a film

Scott Kaufman
1/27/15 12:00am
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Divergent may be the worst film released in the past decade—I found Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas to be more entertaining—but that doesn’t mean its awfulness can’t be instructive. Most terrible films are simply terrible, but Divergent is different. Its horribleness is the result of director Neil Burger’s shamelessly…

Pop-culture holiday dinners suck for everybody, especially Buffy

Scott Kaufman
11/20/14 11:00am
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Most of us are accomplished watchers of TV and film, so we intuitively understand some of the concepts lurking in dense film-theory tomes. You won’t need them for Internet Film School, The A.V. Club’s column about film and television. In each installment, we explore a basic element of visual composition and analyze…

Ringu knows that boredom and horror can be a potent mix

Scott Kaufman
10/30/14 12:00am
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Most of us are accomplished watchers of TV and film, so we intuitively understand some of the concepts lurking in dense film-theory tomes. You won’t need them for Internet Film School, The A.V. Club’s column about film and television. In each installment, we explore a basic element of visual composition and analyze…

Is film superior to television or vice versa? In a word—no.

Scott Kaufman
9/18/14 12:00am
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Most of us are accomplished watchers of TV and film, so we intuitively understand some of the concepts lurking in dense film-theory tomes. You won’t need them for Internet Film School, The A.V. Club’s column about film and television. In each installment, we explore a basic element of visual composition and analyze…

Circles versus lines and the art of misdirection in The Hudsucker Proxy

Scott Kaufman
8/21/14 12:00am
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Most of us are accomplished watchers of TV and film, so we intuitively understand some of the concepts lurking in dense film-theory tomes. You won’t need them for Internet Film School, The A.V. Club’s column about film and television. In each installment, we explore a basic element of visual composition and analyze…

The second half of Snowpiercer was more, not less, claustrophobic than the first

Scott Kaufman
7/24/14 12:00am
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Most of us are accomplished watchers of TV and film, so we intuitively understand some of the concepts lurking in dense film-theory tomes. You won’t need them for Internet Film School, The A.V. Club’s column about film and television. In each installment, we explore a basic element of visual composition and analyze…

Orange Is The New Black demonstrates the importance of contiguity

Scott Kaufman
6/19/14 12:00am
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Most of us are accomplished watchers of TV and film, so we intuitively understand some of the concepts lurking in dense film-theory tomes. You won’t need them for Internet Film School, The A.V. Club’s column about film and television. In each installment, we explore a basic element of visual composition and analyze…

Louie’s dreamlike reality

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5/22/14 12:00am
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Most of us are accomplished watchers of TV and film, so we intuitively understand some of the concepts lurking in dense film-theory tomes. You won’t need them for Internet Film School, The A.V. Club’s column about film and television. In each installment, we explore a basic element of visual composition and analyze…

Game Of Thrones cordially invites you to take a damn seat at the kiddie table

Scott Kaufman
4/10/14 11:00am
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Most of us are accomplished watchers of TV and film, so we intuitively understand some of the concepts lurking in dense film-theory tomes. You won’t need them for Internet Film School, The A.V. Club’s column about film and television. In each installment, we explore a basic element of visual composition and analyze…

True Detective teaches us to trust liars

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3/20/14 12:00am
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Most of us are accomplished watchers of TV and film, so we intuitively understand some of the concepts lurking in dense film-theory tomes. You won’t need them for Internet Film School, The A.V. Club’s column about film and television. In each installment, we explore a basic element of visual composition and analyze…

Spike Jonze uses close-ups to teach us about him in Her

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2/20/14 12:00am
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Most of us are accomplished watchers of TV and film, so we intuitively understand some of the concepts lurking in dense film-theory tomes. You won’t need them for Internet Film School, The A.V. Club’s column about film and television. In each installment, we explore a basic element of visual composition and analyze…

The two distinct styles of Elysium’s camera work create two realities

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1/23/14 12:00am
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Most of us are accomplished watchers of TV and film, so we intuitively understand some of the concepts lurking in dense film-theory tomes. You won’t need them for Internet Film School, The A.V. Club’s column about film and television. In each installment, we explore a basic element of visual composition and analyze…

What does X-Men’s Dark Phoenix saga have in common with Christmas?

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12/03/13 11:00am
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The A.V. Club loves the holiday season, and we also love opening small doors and eating the stale chocolate lurking behind them. We’ve found a way to combine those things with our love of pop culture, and we’re hoping you’ll join us through the holiday season to open one of our virtual doors and find out which…

It’s not just the direction that makes Donnie Darko creepy

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10/24/13 12:00am
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Most of us are accomplished watchers of TV and film, so we intuitively understand some of the concepts lurking in dense film-theory tomes. You won’t need them for Internet Film School, The A.V. Club’s column about film and television. In each installment, we explore a basic element of visual composition and analyze…

Bringing Breaking Bad into focus

Scott Kaufman
9/26/13 12:00am
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Most of us are accomplished watchers of TV and film, so we intuitively understand some of the concepts lurking in dense film-theory tomes. You won’t need them for Internet Film School, The A.V. Club’s column about film and television. In each installment, we explore a basic element of visual composition and analyze…

Framing can turn you from a witness to the murderer

Scott Kaufman
8/29/13 12:00am
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Most of us are accomplished watchers of TV and film. We’ve been practicing all our lives, so we may intuitively understand some of the concepts lurking in dense film-theory tomes. You won’t need them for Internet Film School, The A.V. Club’s new column about film and television, but you will need to learn how to stare …

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