How to View and Appreciate Great Movies

Unpack the Components that Make Movies “Great” with a Professional Filmmaker.

• By This Professor
• 01: The Art of the Silver Screen
• 02: We All Need Another Hero: Universal Stories
• 03: Movie Genre: It’s Not What You Think
• 04: Genre Layers and Audience Expectations
• 05: Popcorn Can Wait: Story Shape and Tension
• 06: Themes on Screen
• 07: Paradigm Shift: Citizen Kane and Casablanca
• 08: The Language of Visual Storytelling
• 09: Building Screen Space: Blocking and Framing
• 10: The Cutting Room Floor: Powerful Editing
• 11: Sound Design and Acoustic Illusion
• 12: Setting the Scene: Masterful Set Design
• 13: Special Effects in the 20th Century
• 14: Special Effects in the 21st Century
• 15: Scoring the Story: Music in Film
• 16: Color and Light: Elements of Atmosphere
• 17: Knowing Characters from the Inside Out
• 18: Knowing Characters from the Outside In
• 19: Secondary Characters and Supporting Actors
• 20: Star Power: Lead Actors and Their Roles
• 21: Character Relationships and Audience Empathy
• 22: Pathways to Great Antagonists
• 23: Point of View in Script and on Screen
• 24: Filmmaker’s Voice and Audience Choice