Share our love for film, filmmaking and film history as you explore our website. We employ many passionate film goers who are excited to share their opinions of the craft. This art form, though young when compared to other arts such as music, painting and dancing, has permeated modern culture in a way not often achieved. Beginning as a novelty item in the late 1800s when people first learned about persistence of vision, it has since evolved into an important and inspiring art form. For generations, people have been going to the cinemas and enjoying movies with their families, and it is from this that film has achieved cultural significance. Films have become an important way people to entertain themselves and escape for a while from their realities. Films can also be a time capsule reflecting social and/or economic concerns of the times in which they were made. They can not only reflect the times in which they were made, but can also reflect the fears people may have had for the future. Increasingly, films have also become simply commercialised entertainment. As much as there are films made to break ground and enthrall people, there are also films simply made to distract and entertain people. Superhero and action films are the main genres these days that satisfy that area, not requiring people to think much about the content that they are absorbing. They can simply bring friends around to the cinemas and enjoy having a good time watching these movies. These days, there are movies around to satisfy every desire and every area of society.
Beginning in the late 1800s, photographers and inventors began to experiment in the different areas that eventually converged to contribute to film. Photographers were experimenting with softer materials to be used as plates in their cameras (as back then, it was typically a hard material like glass or metal that would be covered with emulsion and then exposed to light through a camera lens in order to form an image). There also began to be experimentation in the dvelopment of products that appealed to the mind's persistence of vision (the idea that loads of seemingly sequential images played in succession at a rapid rate can appear to create motion due to the brain "filling in the gaps" between the images).
Eventually, experimentation had also started on projection devices, as people were trying to find ways to then project what was filmed in a camera by shining lights through the film stock. All of these inventions and experimentations came together to create this 7th major art form.
Here on this website, we are dedicated to reviewing films, analysing film history and appreciating the cultural impact this art form has created on the masses. This is a fantastic way to communicate with others and express your individual opinions.
If you are a fellow film buff, you will immsensely enjoy the content that we have to offer on this website.