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Cicero’s Web: How Social Media Was Born in Ancient Rome
Maria Popova explores how the dynamics of papyrus scrolls ultimately led to our modern day social media. We’ve already seen that modern social media come from a long lineage of primitive predecessors —...
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Fun Facts and Dates in Digital Editing ‘Firsts’
Premium Beat looks at some interesting dates in recent history in the exciting but relatively young world of digital editing. Many younger editors have only ever experienced their craft as a digital...
View ArticleThe History of the English Language
From Open University (OUlearn) here’s a quick 10 minute run down of the English Language from the humble beginnings under Roman rule to modern internet text speech. via BrainPickings
View ArticleDavid Lynch Presents the History of Surrealist Film (1987)
David Lynch on surrealist cinema from BBC Arena 1987. What living director has drawn the descriptor “surreal” more often than David Lynch? If you’ve seen, or rather experienced, a few of his films —...
View ArticleWatch The Idea, the First Animated Film to Deal with Big, Philosophical Ideas...
Check out this animated short – The Idea from 1932 by Berthold Bartosch. The Idea first emerged as a wordless novel in 1920, drawn by Frans Masereel. Masereel, a close friend of Dadaist and New...
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Iceland Spar: The Rock That Discovered Optics
Roger Cicala explains how a rare calcite crystal called Icelandic Spar sparked off the science of optics. Every year, I can’t think of anything I want for Christmas. So this year, I was pretty excited...
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The Mysterious Origins of Cat Domestication in China
Is the internet’s favorite animal actually made in China? Over the years, there have been a number of different thoughts as to how domestication of various animals came about. Some people proposed that...
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Alfred Hitchcock’s unseen Holocaust documentary to be screened
It’s a little known fact that the great director made a film about the Nazi death camps – but, horrified by the footage he saw, the documentary was never shown. Now it is to be released. The British...
View Article7 Crazy Oscar Facts
Cinefix curates 7 facts about the king of awards that you >probably< didn’t know.
View ArticleThe History of Cutting – The Birth of Cinema and Continuity Editing
Cinema began as a novelty – projecting dancing shadows on a screen of simple every day scenes. But through the contributions of talented artists, a new cinematic language of editing emerged. Trace the...
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The History of the Film Lab
A closer look at the history of film labs shows that business has been getting tougher for quite a while, and offers some insights into the specifics of what’s coming soon. By the 1920s, major feature...
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They Came From Within: B-Movie Title Design of the 1940s & 1950s
Take a look back at the art of the B-Movie Title and what makes them so unique. B films are the wild west of the American movie landscape. While mainstream and even independent films are often beholden...
View ArticlePrivate Snafu: The World War II Propaganda Cartoons Created by Dr. Seuss,...
Check out this fascinating bit of World War II history in the American Cartoons that brought out a lot of 1940s animators such as Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, and Friz Freleng. Private Snafu was the U.S....
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The Fall of the Roman Eye Candy
Dennis Harvey tracks the rise and fall of the muscled sword and sandal genre. This year alone we will see two big-budget Hercules movies, plus this spring’s 300 sequel and the ancient...
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The Evolution of the Warner Bros. Logo
The Movie Title Stills Collection gathers quite a list of Warner Brothers Logos going all the way back to the classic silent era logos including The Jazz Singer During 90 years the Warner Bros. shield...
View Article9 Simpsons Facts to Satisfy the Biggest Fans!!
CineFix digs through Television’s longest running prime time animated show for 9 things you may not have known about this cartoon institution.
View ArticleA 90 Second Tour of the History of Recorded Music
A 90-second race through time filmed at London’s world-famous Abbey Road studios, Music Remains shows music at the heart of the story of one family.
View ArticleThe Evolution of Film in 3 Minutes
The following montage chronicles the evolution of film from its conception in 1878 by Edward J. Muybridge to the Lumiere brothers in 1895. Georges Melies a trip to the moon in 1902 was a total game...
View ArticleThe Motion Picture Camera: Past, Present and Future
For the Society of Camera Operators 2014 Lifetime Achievement Awards. Edited by Bob Joyce
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The History of the Movie Trailer
Some people consider them the best part of the movie going experience – the Movie Trailer. Take a look at the evolution of the “coming attractions” from simple silent film splices, through the template...
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