Indie Birds – Three-Act Structure Versus Alternative Structure in Movies

Hollywood Three-Act Structure The Hollywood Three-Act Structure is most broadly incorporated in films produced in America. In addition, the Three-Act Structure is very easy for the viewing audience to comprehend and understand. The First Act acquaints the viewing audience with the characters of the story. The Second Act keeps the audience drawn to the basic […]

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Indie Birds – A Brief Assessment on Modern Artwork

Modern artwork has at all times been attracting worldwide artwork lovers for a few years and it has a major place on this planet of artwork. It doesn’t matter that the paintings belongs to which area or nation, but it surely attracts each eyeball. There’s a outstanding progress in Indian modern artwork and it has […]

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Indie Birds – Film Directing

Film directing is an art form, that many people don’t understand. Without good directing, a film with a great script and cast will probably not do well. They are chosen by the movie’s producer, unless of course the producer and the director are the same person. Directors are chosen for their ability to bring a […]

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Indie Birds – The Lost Decade of Alternative Film and Video – 2000-2010

I recently noticed a new book on Amazon entitled, Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-2000 by Steve Seid. The end of this title spoke volumes – “1945-2000”. The book is available only for “pre-order”. Meaning it hasn’t even been released yet, which assumes the writing is fairly recent. […]

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Indie Birds – Great Film Noir Directors of the 1940’s

For fans of the Film Noir genre, including myself, there is little doubt that the 1940’s produced a wealth of noir directed by many of the greatest film noir directors in the genres history. It was these early noir efforts that would take the genre well into the 1950’s. The success of the following directors […]

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Indie Birds – Criss Cross (1949) – The Perfect Film Noir

I always find the music in film noir interesting. Unlike self-conscious noirs like Farewell, My Lovely and Body Heat, most noir soundtracks are orchestral – not jazz. The slow wailing saxophone over a Robert Mitchum voice-over can be found in noir parodies like the Guy Noir segments of Prairie Home Companion. Strangely enough, that kind […]

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Indie Birds – World Cinema – Daybreak Of The Useless (1978)

Director: George A. Romero Solid: Ken Foree, David Early, David Emge Plot: Zombies! Daybreak of the Useless continues with the phenomenon that began with “Night time of the Dwelling Useless (1968)”. The movie primarily focuses on a pilot, his girlfriend and two SWAT group members. The entire film displays a change of their psyche because […]

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