Art
The Impressionism Movement
Impressionism is the term first used to describe visible art in the latter 19th-century that emphasised the conveyance of an overall impression of a selected scene, typically outdoors, using first colours and short brushstrokes to represent the appearance of reflected light. The required result of impressionism was to capture the artist’s perception of the topic [...]
Book Reviews
The Adventures of the Thundering Whales and the Dreaded Weaved Catcher
The Adventures of the Thundering Whales and the Dreaded Weaved Catcher By Stephen T Vadakin Did you know that a dolphin was a whale?. I was slightly taken aback at how much I learned while reading The journeys of the Roaring Whales. I can recollect wishing I had a kid to read the book to. [...]
Film
Stop Action Film
Stop action films, or stop motion films, can legitimately be called one of the first computer effects strategies employed by filmmakers. In America, one pathfinder of this type of filmmaking is Willis O’Brien, who first employed the method in the 1925 film The Lost World to bring dinosaurs to life for a happy audience. He [...]