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Synopsis: The story of a recuperating news photographer who believes he has witnessed a murder. Confined to a wheelchair after an accident, he spends his time watching the occupants of neighbouring apartments through a telephoto lens and binoculars and becomes convinced that a murder has taken place. Release date: August 4, 1954 (New York) Director: Alfred Hitchcock […]

Rear Window Film Review — Cinematic Breakdown and Review

Synopsis Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a tough prison. However, only Andy knows he didn’t commit the crimes. While there, he forms a friendship with Red (Morgan Freeman), experiences brutality of prison life, adapts, helps […]

The Shawshank Redemption Review (1994) — Cinematic Breakdown and Review

Synopsis Writer and notorious marriage detractor Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) falls for girl-next-door Elaine Harper (Priscilla Lane), and they tie the knot on Halloween. When the newlyweds return to their respective family homes to deliver the news, Brewster finds a corpse hidden in a window seat. With his eccentric aunts (Josephine Hull, Jean Adair), disturbed […]

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Film Review — Cinematic Breakdown and Review

Synopsis Despite his family’s generations-old ban on music, young Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead. After meeting a charming trickster named Héctor, the two new friends embark on an extraordinary […]

Coco (2017) Film Review — Cinematic Breakdown and Review

Synopsis Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) takes his men behind enemy lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Surrounded by the brutal realties of war, while searching for Ryan, each man embarks upon a personal journey and discovers their own strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honor, […]

Saving Private Ryan (1998) Film Review — Cinematic Breakdown and Review

The world right now is a stressful and scary place. Everywhere you look there is news and talk of the COVID-19 outbreak. It’s easy to fall into a state of depression and gloom, and to let the stress of everything get the best of you. However, I’m hoping this list of feel- good films can […]

5 Movies To Help Get You Through Social Distancing — Cinematic Breakdown and Review

Synopsis Teenage elf brothers Ian and Barley embark on a magical quest to spend one more day with their late father. Like any good adventure, their journey is filled with cryptic maps, impossible obstacles, and unimaginable discoveries. But when dear Mom finds out her sons are missing, she teams up with the legendary manticore to […]

Onward Film Review (2020) *Spoiler Alert — Cinematic Breakdown and Review

Guidelines When Writing A Screenplay The Five and Dime Rule Typically studios and producers look at the first five pages and the last ten pages of a screenplay to determine if they will produce it. Act 1 Act Two Act 3 Review This is the typical industry format for a feature length film. Keep in […]

Writing A Screenplay- Rules and Format — Cinematic Breakdown and Review

There are three crucial stages of production when making a film. Each step is as important as the next, and every stage requires lots of attention. In this blog I am going to breakdown the three stages of production and what each stage includes. Pre Production Writing– this is the stage in which a script […]

The 3 Stages of Production — Cinematic Breakdown and Review

Hitchcock’s Rule Hitchcock’s rule is one of the most beneficial lessons you can learn from him and apply to your own work. According to Hitchcock’s rule, everything in the frame must have significant meanings. If you pay attention to the frame in Hitchcock’s films every thing within the shot is symbolic. For example, the person […]

3 Lessons To Learn From Alfred Hitchcock — Cinematic Breakdown and Review