Rock climbing, in its oldest form, has existed for thousands of years. It was only in the late 1800s that rock climbing became a sport of its own, setting down...
Author - Michael Thompson
If you’re coming to New York City as a student, then you probably have about a million different things on your mind. You have to get your books and other...
The Visuals of Gender Through the Ages For many hundreds of years, the visual arts have been mainly dominated by male artists and male benefactors who...
Putting it All Together Have you noticed that, for as often as actors are interviewed about their latest movie, they rarely discuss acting? Maybe we can...
Small Budget, Big Impact Discussions about independent films tend to be centered around the people who make them, or, at times, the festivals that give these...
The Moment of Truth Take a moment to picture yourself in a slick Hollywood office with big windows looking out onto the sprawl of Los Angeles. It’s quiet, and...
System Breakdown Let’s start out with a brief lesson in film history. After all, many major industries have been changing so rapidly that it’s easy to forget...
Artistic Associations The international art community is large and amorphous, reaching its long arms across many different mediums and styles. Widely accepted...
Rags To Riches In just about any art form, it takes time to appreciate the finer things. I have experienced this learning curve myself many times, especially...
What does the term ‘art’ really mean? It’s far from being a new question. This is something human beings have been asking themselves for hundreds of years. The...
Introduction Whether you’re new to video editing or an old pro, there’s always room for improvement. And while many crafts and skills have objective guidelines...