Also commonly known as the 7th Art, cinema can be defined as the art, or industry, of film production. The term comes from the Greek word “kinematographos”, composed by the words “kinema” (movement) and “grafos” (writing, record); it is the clear that movement is an intrinsic part of the cinema, always accompanied by some type […]

A cyclorama is the name given to the back of a stage, in a theatre, concert or show room, and that is placed behind the artists that are performing; it is commonly made of a light material, usually canvas or fabric, but it can also be a wall, and, as the name indicates, it has […]

A film-maker is a professional from the movie industry who, as the name indicates, makes a movie, he is the responsible for the creation of the film. However, as is commonly known, it is hard if not impossible for a single individual to make a movie, at least in a professional environment, and the current […]

Image Composition refers to the arrangement of elements on a screen, whether it is a painting or drawing, a photograph or a frame in television or cinema. The main elements that are an essential part of the composition of any image are the main subject, the foreground and the secondary motifs, and all this components […]

The history of Japanese Cinema has over one century. In 1897, Japanese people were introduced to a new invention, which allowed to put images once static in motion; the responsible for the first public demonstration of what would become cinema has its known nowadays was the American company Vitascope. It is clear then since its […]

The Soviet Cinema is a vanguard, or specific film style, created when the USSR was founded, and that accompanied the growth and development of the Soviet Union until it was dismantled. The Soviet Cinema, along with German Expressionism, follows a line of thought that gives an answer to an ontological question that exists since the […]