Annie Kapur
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đ Reviewer and Commentator
đ Post-Grad Millennial (M.A)
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A Filmmaker's Review: "The Invisible Man" (2020)
âThe Invisible Manâ is probably best remembered as one of the scariest Sci-Fi novels of all time. By HG Wells and concerning a man who turns himself invisible and then has trouble turning himself back, it shows the descent of the human mind in knowing that they cannot be held accountable for their actions. Over the years, it has been adapted many, many times and some of them have been very successful and it has even been adapted indirectly such as in the film âThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemenâ (fun fact: that was one of my favourite movies as a child!). âThe Invisible Manâ was an amazing book turned into some amazing movies, but this one was not one of them. Let us investigate why.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Pathetic Fallacy
In this chapter of âthe filmmakerâs guideâ weâre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the âfilmmakerâs guideâ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youâre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerâs guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "I See You" (2019)
âI See Youâ (2019) is a thriller starring Helen Hunt who cheats on her detective husband whilst he is in the midst of investigating why young boys are going missing in the area. They have a son that they are terrified for after they find him tied up in a bathtub. They also have some weird shit happening in their house that they canât figure out and the audience blame on supernatural events, even after the mother sees the face of a demonic frog resting underneath her sonâs bed whilst he is going to sleep. This film has the biggest twist that when you really think about it makes perfect sense, but it never gives you the âwhyâ and so, it lost a couple of marks. It also never tells you why this guy who is stealing away these young boys is first of all caught and then not caught. You start to wonder about certain holes in the storyline and the film does its best to start tying up everything from about the second or third act.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Objective and Subjective Narratives
In this chapter of âthe filmmakerâs guideâ weâre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the âfilmmakerâs guideâ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youâre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerâs guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "My Friend Dahmer" (2017)
âMy Friend Dahmerâ (2017) is a film adapted from a graphic novel which I think we all passed around at school because we hoped this guy was a fictional character and we didnât know he was real. Good grief he was real. And well, the graphic novel is quite dark and so, I was a little confused when I started watching this and I found that the film was trying to make me laugh along. Iâm not going to lie, I wasnât laughing. Knowing who Dahmer is, I was just incredibly uncomfortable and stuck with a look of disgust on my face. Honestly, I didnât think it was funny though the film clearly wanted me to think so. I felt my intelligence was slightly insulted and whilst the graphic novel didnât really want to make you laugh as its main thing, the film relied on that way too much for me not to finish half a bottle of Russian Standard Vodka in the first act. Letâs have a look at the pros and cons of the film.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "American Murder: The Family Next Door" (2020)
âAmerican Murder: The Family Next Doorâ (2020) is one of the most famous newest documentaries on Netflix. Itâs about a man who murders his wife, two baby daughters and unborn son. I think many of us actually remember hearing about this story especially if youâre like me and likes to keep up-to-date with trials if theyâre in the USA and UK. Honestly, I knew what was happening in this story beforehand because, obviously, I had already heard about it. But another reason that I already knew what was happening was because the film itself was so badly made. I didnât feel like there was any production value to the show and well, it was just a bunch of social media posts and pictures, videos etc. from Facebook. I mean, thereâs not a real quality of classic documentary to it and I hope this doesnât become a new-age documentary theme. I would appreciate it if that didnât happen and I donât think it is very appropriate to depict the victim as a mom who puts everything about their kids on social media. I think they were trying not to go there, but obviously they knew it would always be in the minds of the audience. Letâs have a look at why it didnât work.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Criminal
A Filmmaker's Review: "Dahmer" (2002)
âDahmerâ (2002) is a film starring Jeremy Renner as the serial killer and cannibal/rapist Jeffrey Dahmer. It happens as two separate timelines. One in which Jeffrey Dahmer is an already profuse serial killer and the other where he is still starting out and understanding that he may actually be a monster. The starting-off timeline happens backwards and therefore, requires you to pay a lot of attention to why there is a damned pandoraâs box in the bedroom and why he wonât let his father open it. However, it also requires you to pay attention to how these flashbacks are placed, because they are never there for no apparent reason. For example: the reason why Dahmer canât go into the bar when Rodney does is told to us through a flashback. Be that as it may, this film had many pros and cons and weâre going to investigate them in much more detail as we delve deeper and see exactly why this film got very good reviews critically, but seemed to leave audiences a bit spaced out.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Criminal
How a Stranger Brightened My Day (Pt.2)
If you haven't read part one to this series then I suggest heading right here, but if you really don't care how someone brightened my day in a CostCo then stay here because this one isn't about CostCo. This one is about my favourite online community, Vocal Media. As I've said before, Vocal has been a great outlet for me because I don't really talk to anyone nor do I like talking too much. I'm more of a quiet and intense being. Apart from writing on Vocal though, I spend a lot of time reading other people's articles. I read articles from "Horror" (the stories on there are amazing), "Geeks" (well, I write there so it'll only be fair if I read on there too. And the stuff is awesome, especially the reviews), "Proof" (hahaha, I'm a bit of a drinker, yes), "Psyche" (there's a bunch of coping tips there that I like to try and test with my agoraphobia) and obviously "Humans" which is a really touching sector of Vocal where everyone is super genuine about their humanity.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Humans
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Metaphor
In this chapter of âthe filmmakerâs guideâ weâre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the âfilmmakerâs guideâ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youâre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerâs guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
"Why I Adore..." An Introduction
In this chapter of âthe filmmakerâs guideâ weâre going to look at people that I absolutely adore and why I adore them. They can be anyone who is famous for being in film such as: actors and actresses, directors and producers, composers etc. Weâre going to be looking at my childhood heroes, people I have discovered recently and people that I have yet to look entirely into. Weâll take a bit of a look at how I discovered them, what I think of them and why I think this way about them. Hopefully, we can gain a common ground, you can discover some new people or, via the email address in my bio, you can email me with any new people I donât know about that you think I would like based on what youâve seen. These are supposed to be positive articles and made to brighten your day and mine. So, letâs take a wild ride into my childhood, my teen years and what I absolutely adore about the film industry because it is alive and kicking (and if it isnât, hell I might be out of a jobâŚ). Letâs go!
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
3 Things That Might Help Your Agoraphobia
If you haven't seen parts one and two, you can click on the numbers here: One Two In part three, we're going to have a look at three things that you could try changing in your life in order to help your agoraphobia. If you know me then you know why I'm doing this: I'm hitting the ten year mark of being diagnosed with agoraphobia and hypochondria. I wanted to share some of the techniques and tiny things I've been doing in my life apart from taking my medication in order to make my life slightly, slightly, slightly better.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Psyche
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Melodrama
In this chapter of âthe filmmakerâs guideâ weâre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the âfilmmakerâs guideâ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youâre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerâs guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
