Doing Film History

Growing up in the 21stCentury, children and teenagers are so used to films with brightly […]

Before studying early cinema, we were expecting black and white silent films with unadvanced cinematography […]

What are the problems and challenges that early cinema poses for you as film historians? […]

Having grown up in the 21st Century, the large majority of films we’ve previously seen […]

What is Film History? Film history spans the decades from early 16th century to around […]

 What is Film History?    It is difficult to say when ‘cinema’ was invented, because what […]

When asked to define the history of film, the task seemed simple, straightforward, maybe even… […]

Dating back as early as the 19thcentury, film production has transformed massively throughout the decades. […]

There is a large topic of debate for what ‘film history’ actually is. Is it […]

For week 8 our group chose The British Cinema in the 1940’s, written by Charles […]