Annie Kapur
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English Lecturer
🎓Literature & Writing (B.A)
🎓Film & Writing (M.A)
🎓Secondary English Education (PgDipEd) (QTS)
đź“ŤBirmingham, UK
Stories (1964/0)
A Filmmaker's Guide to: 5 Films by Tim Burton
Tim Burton is probably best known for his incredibly strange animation style, but even before his animated films Burton was a huge success having directed the 80s/90s Batman films before Nolan but not the first of their kind. Tim Burton's use of a regular cast during the 90s and the 2000s made it easier for audiences to identify what they wanted to see on the screen as he was constantly trying methods which really did appear on screen as oddities in the world of film. His attempts as shaping actors like Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter were a massive success with both actors creating some of their best work under the guidance of Tim Burton.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: 5 Films by Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan is possibly best known for his attempts to tell the most post-modern and convoluted storylines ever to grace the screen. With films such as "Following" (1998) and "Memento" (2000) constantly being referenced at the beginnings of this cycle of mind-fuck movies. Contained within the thriller genre, Nolan is able to create the correct amount of suspense that would keep you watching until the end even if you didn't really know what was going on at that particular time. The best thing about a Nolan film is probably this though: if someone tells you that they understood the film entirely, then they really didn't understand it at all.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: 5 Films by Stanley Kubrick
Known as one of the greatest directors in cinematic history, Kubrick is best regarded as the man who pushed the limits of genre, shock, character and cinematography on screen. With his incredible tracking shot at the beginning of "The Shining" (1980), and the wide shots caught in "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968), it is very difficult to refute that claim.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: 5 Films by Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino is one of this generation's most recognisable directors with his style of jazz music and brutal violence, stereotypes of racial, gender and occupational qualities have often been admired and criticised by many people who work in and out of the film industry - especially those upset with his over-usage of the derogatory term for African American people. Throughout his film career, he has been adamant with his attempt to convey stories that are normally subversive from the main key genres, historically and both contemporary.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: 10 Films by Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock is possibly remembered as the greatest director of the suspense film to ever live. The reason being is not because he was the first director of modern and visual horror/thriller, but rather that he was the most innovative with his storylines, adaptations and filmmaking techniques. For those of you who know his films well, you can see some great cinematography in films like "Rear Window" (1954) where we get POV shots when James Stewart is looking through the telescope. Some great shadowing comes into play in "Vertigo" (1958) to symbolise duality and yes, the amazing tension building of the film "Psycho" (1960) is accentuated by what we today would call 'shock horror'.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: 20 Films of the 2010s
The 2010s is often a difficult era to find 20 great films for because of the fact the era itself is not very varied with its approach to filmmaking technique, storytelling and the acting is nowhere near as good as the eras that preceded it. However, I have managed to compile a list of films that would suit this era to be talked about in the years to come and hopefully become classics of our age because of their difference. The only problem is, in most cases, difference does not make a ton of money unless you're "Black Panther" (2018).
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: 10 Courtroom Dramas
The courtroom drama has been a big piece of interesting cinema for so long purely because it has the ability to show us the loopholes and problems with the judicial system in a way a crime documentary about innocence would. The only difference is that we don't get these side notes teaching us about the legal system, instead we get a very clever storyline told through numerous different voices. We are not swayed to believe either way until someone is completely exonerated and so, it is very much like watching a crime and courtroom play out the long legal process. The reason why we find this interesting is because we are not only fascinated by the dark and criminal side of human nature but, somewhere deep down, we are the only ones who actually know how this case is going to turn out. Musical scores, especially character themes and scene setters can give us hints and clues and, with the want for closure, we can normally guess the ending before it happens. The reason we watch it therefore, is to see what we don't see in real life: the madness of the courtroom.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Criminal
A Filmmaker's Guide to: 20 Films of the 2000s
I grew up with 2000s film and most of these I remember seeing in the cinema as a teenager or young adult. The films of this era can only be explained as innovative. As we approach our own times, we see innovation take another step into the world of immersive cinema - things like 3-D, IMAX 3D and other sights that give me a headache are coming out now. Yes, from the 1990s we carry on our backs the fact that everyone is still trying to create the next great classic film because instead of being at the end of the millennia, we're at the start of a brand new one.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: “The Omen” (1976)
Over many years I have watched “The Omen” (1976) multiple times and have never actually brought myself to review it mostly because I was conflicted about the film. There are many things that make this film one of the greatest thrillers of all time and many things that make this film an amazing lesson in horror. I have been mostly conflicted about what I should cover. As someone who did their MA Thesis mostly in physical and visual body horror, I would like to concentrate on this particular realm in the film and tell you exactly why this is one of the best films to watch for this particular case. In this, we cover the way in which the human body is used as a medium and a force for the tension, the climax and the shock that we feel when something frightening happens. This film, mostly relying on tension, builds to a climax using the human body as the catalyst purely because it is the very thing the film is about: the antichrist has embodied the child. After we understand this, the body horror seems to work in incredible ways if we add to it the Latin Choir that keeps playing every single time the child is responsible for something evil. It is not the child’s body, but the bodies of the other characters that become part and parcel to the horror as the film builds to its climax seemingly at the end of the narrative.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Review: “Dr Zhivago” (1965)
A film based on a book by Boris Pasternak which itself has had many things based upon it, most recently the book “The Secrets We Kept” by Lara Prescott that deals with the turbulent history behind the book. But nothing quite like this film has presented us with a physical display of what this book means to classic literature and what this film means to cinema history. One of the considerably great epics of the 1960s, it stands alongside “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962) for its wide shots of cold and snowy Russia, moving into the mountains and the large, open city streets normally packed full of people with discerning political views. It is a spectacular display of cinematic excellence and the overture at the beginning sets a great tone for the next wonderful piece of storytelling. The contrasting colour schemes teach us about the ways Russia is changing and the popularity of certain colour schemes slowly adapted by certain characters means that this is a permanent and very quick change, but not one that is happy - instead it is full of civil war and with each step towards the Russian Revolution, this film sheds a new light on the faults and fumbles of both sides and the rights and wrongs of the Russian political system. All this sets a backdrop for a turbulent love affair between two people who are married to others in this epic story of love and war.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: “The Bad Seed” (1956)
I had read the book to this film a few years ago and I have seen the film only once before. I’m not going to lie that the first time I saw the film I didn’t think too much of it. It took me some time, maybe a few years, to think about what this film meant and how this film was imposing a viewpoint upon the audience and then, seemingly ripping it away. It is a mixture between the “Psycho” (1960) era horror film and possibly aspects of the storyline to “We Need to Talk About Kevin” (2007). A child suspected of murder by her mother is not reprimanded and neither encouraged, but as her mother tries to come to terms with her own inherited problems, there seems to be something darker hidden behind the route of child psychology, dream analysis and the ways in which a trait can skip a generation, hitting the grand-children the hardest. Filmed in brilliant style with amazing attention to key details, this black-and-white film may not have colour but has a hell of a lot of character.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Guide to: 20 Films of the 1990s
As we move in to the 1990s, we see that film's budget is seriously starting to expand. We also see that everyone is trying to make the next great epic in whatever style that may be. Whether it be courtroom drama with Oliver Stone's "JFK" (1991), or biopic with Richard Attenborough's "Chaplin" (1992), whether it be a crime drama with Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" (1990) or Frank Darabont's epic prison movie "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994). Everyone is all about making the next classic film to be remembered as we approach the end of a millennia.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks