Movies are Magic: Crash Course Film History #1
Well, they're not really "magic." Maybe "illusion" is a better way to say it. As we begin this journey of the history of cinema, we need to understand how movies trick our brains into even...
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Hello there! How would you like a ticket to one of the most influential forms of mass communication the world has ever known? It’s a universal language that lets us tell stories about our collective hopes and fears, to make sense of the world and the people around us. I’m talking about film. You probably figured that out because of the title of this video, but, yeah, I'm talking about film. This powerful medium sits in a sweet spot of human culture: at the intersection of art, industry, technology, and politics. It’s inescapable, like FBI piracy warnings, and trailers that give away the entire movie. I'm looking at you, Batman v Superman. And also vs Wonder Woman, apparently, 'cause I learned that from the trailer. But before we get to a mou...
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Hello there! How would you like a ticket to one of the most influential forms of mass communication the world has ever known? It’s a universal language that lets us tell stories about our collective hopes and fears, to make sense of the world and the people around us. I’m talking about film. You probably figured that out because of the title of this video, but, yeah, I'm talking about film. This powerful medium sits in a sweet spot of human culture: at the intersection of art, industry, technology, and politics. It’s inescapable, like FBI piracy warnings, and trailers that give away the entire movie. I'm looking at you, Batman v Superman. And also vs Wonder Woman, apparently, 'cause I learned that from the trailer. But before we get to a mou...
