Curated Video
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Native America
Why aren’t Native people– and their stories – ever the crux of your favorite films? From films used as a tool of genocidal propaganda, to award-winning Indigenous stories in Hollywood, how far has Indigenous media representation come and...
Curated Video
How Composers Make Music Sound Scary
Why do so many horror film scores today sound similar to The Exorcist from 1973? A lot of that is thanks to Krzysztof Penderecki, a Polish composer whose music was used by director William Friedkin to score The Exorcist. Penderecki's...
Curated Video
Why Is It 'mportant To Stay Awake When Injured?
The belief that one should keep a critically ill/wounded patient awake is mostly a non-medical concept. In other words, this belief/practice doesn’t really have concrete scientific backing; it’s just a thing that has crept into our...
Great Big Story
R.G. Miller, Crafting Cinematic Art from Wichita
Discover how filmmaker R.G. Miller turns personal struggles into compelling home movies in Wichita.
Great Big Story
One of the World’s Largest Film Studios Is in This Moroccan Desert
Explore the captivating Atlas Studios in Morocco, a cinematic wonderland where iconic films like Gladiator and Game of Thrones were brought to life. This expansive studio, spanning over 300,000 square feet, offers diverse backdrops, from...
Great Big Story
Inside Sweden's Pionen Data Centre, A High-Security Bunker
Tour the subterranean world of Pionen Data Centre, housed in a former nuclear bunker beneath Stockholm.
Curated Video
Remembering Frank Sinatra: A Tribute to the Chairman of the Board
This video provides a glimpse into the life and legacy of Frank Sinatra, one of the greatest male popular song vocalists of all time. It showcases previously unseen home movies of Sinatra, highlighting his impeccable phrasing, timing,...
Curated Video
The Legacy of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to Modern Magic
This video provides a fascinating overview of the life and legacy of Walt Disney, highlighting his humble beginnings as an artist and the creation of iconic characters like Mickey Mouse. It explores the evolution of Disney from a small...
Curated Video
Bollywood: The Vibrant World of Indian Cinema
Bollywood, the Mumbai-based Indian film industry, is known for its vibrant and colorful musicals that captivate audiences worldwide. With a unique blend of traditional Indian dance styles and modern Western influences, Bollywood films...
Curated Video
IMAX DMR: Revolutionizing the Movie Viewing Experience
The IMAX DMR system revolutionizes the way films are seen by digitally scanning and enhancing 35mm film frames, resulting in a data stream that is printed onto a larger format. This process significantly improves the resolution,...
Oxford Comma
Why Are There So Many Adaptations of A Christmas Carol?
With close to 400 filmed adaptations and countless stage performances, A Christmas Carol is one of the most adapted works of all time. And so it should be no surprise that many of these versions draw harsh criticism from viewers and...
Curated Video
Bullets in Water: How Far Can a Bullet Travel in Water?
In a well-known TV show, a team of experts conducted an experiment to determine the effectiveness of water as a shield against bullets. They used different types of firearms, such as a 9mm pistol, shotgun, M1 Garand semi-automatic...
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Is Hollywood?
This video is answering the question of what is Hollywood.
The Guardian
How 'voodoo' became a metaphor for evil
Voodoo' has come to represent something evil when it appears in popular culture. 'Black magic', witchcraft – it's always portrayed as something to be feared. But in reality, Vodou, as it's correctly written, is an official religion...
The Guardian
Why are period dramas so white?
Have you ever noticed that in film and on TV, period dramas tend to have almost entirely white casts? It’s almost as if, at least in film and TV land, black people do not feature in British history at all. The Guardian’s Josh...
The Guardian
Why do so many black people love kung fu movies?
Kung fu references crop up a lot in black culture - Jim Kelly in Enter the Dragon, Wesley Snipes' Blade films and hip-hop artists like Wu-Tang Clan. This translates to the UK too. Josh Toussaint-Strauss watched a lot of martial arts...
Curated Video
Cultural Conversion
Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) discusses Chinese perceptions of America.
Curated Video
How Movies Get AI Wrong, Explained
Turns out AI doesn't usually start making its own decisions. Nor does it fall in love with you. Sorry.
Vlogbrothers
On Exhaustion
In which John discusses the many blessings and single horror of the Birmingham Alabama airport, the Looking for Alaska movie (which will be directed by the brilliant Becca Thomas), his ongoing exhaustion, his gratitude to nerdfighteria,...
Curated Video
The Friars Club honors legendary director Martin Scorsese with coveted Entertainment Icon Award
SCORSESE HONORED BY FRIARS CLUB WITH RARELY GIVEN HONORThe Friars Club honored legendary director Martin Scorsese with its highest honor Wednesday (21 SEPT. 2016) in New York.Scorsese is only the seventh person in the organization's...
Mazz Media
California
The exciting story of the State of California comes alive in this informational and entertaining video program. Filled with archival footage, rare photos and animated maps combined with brilliant HD video, this program will teach...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Flying Through Film - Cinematography (Stage 5, Years/Grades 9-10)
In this second lesson, we’ll fly through the world of cinematography. Filmmakers use an assortment of techniques, including shots, angles, camera movements and focus to influence viewers’ emotions. We’ve modelled analysis of iconic...