Theatre, Film and Television: Streaming Films about Movies and Cinema

Join filmmaker, educator and pioneer Philip Bloom as he embarks on his most adventurous project to date. From the wind-swept coast of Ireland to the unforgiving heat of the Mojave desert, USA, travel with Philip as he guides you through the art and science of filmmaking, and shares his most important advice for capturing the style of cinematic images that have made him one of the world's most beloved independent filmmakers. Available in gorgeous 4K resolution, Philip Bloom’s Cinematic Masterclass is an eight hour journey that will educate, entertain and inspire you.

One of the most important skills modern directors and DPs are required to master is moving the camera in a dynamic and engaging fashion. Commercial Director and Pulitzer-Prize winning Photographer Vincent Laforet teaches filmmakers of all levels the precise cinematic language of motion, and how to move not only the camera itself, but also the components in your scene in order to bring a richer viewing experience while enhancing the story. This course will give you a solid foundation in camera movement, blocking, lensing, and sequencing, and show you how to direct any crew precisely and effectively to execute your vision.

This series consists of behind-the-scenes interviews with regional, national and international filmmakers, editors, directors, writers, cinematographers, producers and many others who work in the film industry. Each program includes questions taken from a live studio audience consisting of students in the film and film studies division at George Mason University. Covering all aspects of the filmmaking process, the programs are designed to enlighten students and take them through all the steps to a successful career in film. From the roles of sound editors to assistant directors, scriptwriters to location managers, cinematographers to producers, webisode producers to film critics and documentary filmmakers to actors, students will discover the role of each position and what it takes to make it in the business.

Some of science fiction's greatest creative pioneers tell the story of sci-fi in this stunning definitive series spanning all its forms, from time travel to artificial intelligence, from space exploration to alien encounters. This thoroughly engaging series features filmmakers, writers, actors, and graphic artists whose obsession and imagination has taken them into the unknown—and whose creations have captivated audiences around the globe. Having explored the future, the past, parallel universes, and galaxies far, far away, contributors—including actors William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, Rutger Hauer, Zoe Saldana, Nathan Fillion, Richard Dreyfuss, David Tennant, Peter Weller, Christopher Lloyd, Keir Dullea, and Edward James Olmos; filmmakers John Carpenter, Douglas Trumbull, Paul Verhoeven, John Landis, and Doctor Who writer and executive producer Steven Moffat; authors Ursula K. Le Guin, Neil Gaiman, and William Gibson—report back on their experiences. With the help of Professors Brian Cox and Stephen Hawking, the series also explores the key scientific concepts underpinning sci-fi stories—at one level thrilling adventures packed with special effects, on another perhaps the only form of pop culture that engages with big ideas about the universe and asks what it means to be human. A BBC Production.

In Directing Color, filmmaker, editor and colorist Ollie Kenchington explores how visual language cues, color theory and even color grading techniques can be used throughout the filmmaking process to not just create a “look” but to enhance storytelling. He challenges directors, cinematographers and filmmakers to think of color first rather than the more common approach of leaving color considerations until post-production.

The relationship between music and film is nearly as old as cinema itself. From its infancy, filmmakers recognised the power music had in creating atmosphere and enhancing an audience response to character’s motives and emotions. With the advent of talking pictures, movies changed forever and so did the musical score from being played in the cinema to being married to the screen. Ground-breaking composers used established orchestral techniques to augment the action on screen…. Today, film scores continue to be as vital to the production as the original screenplay, the artistic interpretation and the visual realisation. Innovative composers around the world continue to take audiences on a magical journey filled with hope and despair, wonder and disbelief, love and sorrow. Masterful film composers continue to shape cinema as we know it.

The Advanced Lighting Series introduces key concepts and practical advice for cinema lighting.

In this comprehensive primer for the Canon Cinema EOS C200, news cameraman and award-winning cinematographer Matt Allard ACS takes you through the essential features and controls to help you get the most from this incredible camera.

Effortlessly making the leap from stage to cinema, the plays of William Shakespeare have enjoyed decades of popularity in theaters on both sides of the Atlantic. This program combines clips from significant movie productions with an eclectic group of interviews to demonstrate the Bard’s uncanny ability to fire the modern imagination—especially through the medium of film. Excerpts from Julie Taymor’s Titus and Kenneth Branagh’s musical Love’s Labour’s Lost as well as classic footage from Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet, Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet, Peter Brook’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Othello with Laurence Fishburn are included. (50 minutes)

This series looks at the 20th century’s iconic film directors - the real innovators whose breakthrough direction made film into the movies. Their early lives, often escaping war or poverty found expression in theatre, then film, forming the fundamental art that is cinema. Each episode brought to life by Derek Malcolm, Neil Norman, Stephen Armstrong, Dr. Bonnie Greer OBE and Ian Nathan along with classic moments from each film career.

Series 2 of "The Directors" looks at the 20th century’s iconic film directors - the real innovators whose breakthrough direction made film into the movies. Their early lives, often escaping war or poverty found expression in theatre, then film, forming the fundamental art that is cinema. Each episode brought to life by Derek Malcolm, Neil Norman, Stephen Armstrong, Dr. Bonnie Greer OBE and Ian Nathan along with classic moments from each film career.

Series 3 of "The Directors" looks at the 20th century’s iconic film directors - the real innovators whose breakthrough direction made film into the movies. Their early lives, often escaping war or poverty found expression in theatre, then film, forming the fundamental art that is cinema. Each episode brought to life by Derek Malcolm, Neil Norman, Stephen Armstrong, Dr. Bonnie Greer OBE and Ian Nathan along with classic moments from each film career.

Series 4 of "The Directors" looks at the 20th century’s iconic film directors - the real innovators whose breakthrough direction made film into the movies. Their early lives, often escaping war or poverty found expression in theatre, then film, forming the fundamental art that is cinema. Each episode brought to life by Derek Malcolm, Neil Norman, Stephen Armstrong, Dr. Bonnie Greer OBE and Ian Nathan along with classic moments from each film career.

Out of a cloud of dust and across the silver screen, the American West was brought to life—and we all sat enthralled as we watched it. From the very beginning, audiences came to love the “old West” even though what we saw up on the screen did not always represent the “real West.” Cowboys and Indians, good guys and bad guys, entertained us. It was, and remains, one of the most popular film genres ever, even though the heyday of the Western has long past. This documentary recounts the history of Western cinema, from the very beginning through to the waning of its popularity in the mid-1950s when television began to bring this genre into our homes on a regular weekly basis. (95 minutes)