Great Pictures Studio

The Long Shot

2008-05-14T13:59:00.006-05:00

This was an Honors Thesis/Project at the University of Iowa. Pre-Production began in Fall 2007, and Production began in Spring 2008. The shoot took two days, an average of three hours each day.

(Albert)Eisenstein: E=MC2inema of Attractions

2007-09-15T11:45:00.000-05:00

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This was the final project for Film 1: 16mm. The images were shot on actual film, with this being the digital transfer. Whether the film has meaning or not is for the viewer to decide.

A Lesson In String Theory

2007-01-31T20:28:00.000-06:00

This is a post on YouTube, made by one Kenneth Casey Swoyer.
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A Misunderstanding

2007-01-19T19:46:00.000-06:00

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This was the first project for Video Production: Fiction 2006. It is a silent film that was edited in-camera. Music has been added and there has been some tightening of shots.

The Whole Truth

2007-01-09T15:04:00.000-06:00

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This was the final project for Video Production: Fiction 2006. The original script and shoot were tossed and in its place my partner and I substituted this.

Modes Final Project: Noah

2006-11-04T18:18:00.000-06:00

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This was the Final Project for Modes of Production, Spring 2006. The purpose of the project was to focus on one person or place.

Fiction Project 2

2006-11-01T22:44:00.000-06:00

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This was the second fiction project for Fall 2006. The group consisted of four members. The director seen in the film is the actual instructor for the class.

A Blog Update

2006-10-13T17:10:00.000-05:00

Great Pictures Studio is still in its early stages. Currently, there is much thought going into the design of the site, and eventually the first video will be available. If you would like a particular movie to be reviewed, please comment under "What We're Watching...", and this will be done as soon as possible. Thank you very much for your patience.

What We're Watching...

2006-10-02T21:40:00.000-05:00

8 1/2 4/4
300 2/4
1408 2.5/4
2001: A Space Odyssey 4/4
Air Guitar Nation 3/4
Alien 4/4
Aliens 4/4
American Beauty 3.5/4
Animal Crackers 3/4
Apocalypse Now Redux 3.5/4
Apocalypto 3.5/4
Away From Her 2.5/4
The Band Wagon 3/4
Batman (1989) 4/4
Batman Begins 3/4
Batman Forever 2/4
Batman Returns 2/4
Batman & Robin 1/4
Baxter 3.5/4
The Bear 2/4
A Beautiful Mind 3/4
Bedlam 2.5/4
Bells Are Ringing 2/4
The Birds 1.5/4
Black Dahlia 1/4
Blow Up 3/4
Blue Velvet 1.5/4
The Body Snatcher 4/4
Borat 3/4
Brainstorm 1/4
Braveheart 4/4
Breach 3.5/4
Brigadoon 2.5/4
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 2/4
Cache 3/4
Call Northside 777 3/4
Casablanca 4/4
Casino Royale (1967) 1.5/4
Casino Royale (2006) 2.5/4
Cat People 3.5/4
Chicago 4/4
Children of Men 2.5/4
A Clockwork Orange 3.5/4
Collateral 3/4
Contempt 2/4
Crash (1996) 1/4
Crash (2005) 2.5/4
The Curse of the Cat People 2.5/4
Day For Night 4/4
Dead of Night 3/4
Dead Ringers 2/4
The Departed 4/4
The Descent 3.5/4
The Devil Doll 3/4
The Devil Wears Prada 3/4
Dial M For Murder 4/4
Diamonds Are Forever 3/4
Die Another Day 2/4
Die Hard 4/4
Die Hard 2: Die Harder 3.5/4
Die Hard With a Vengeance 2.5/4
Dr. No 3/4
Dr. Strangelove 4/4
Dr. X 3/4
The Double Life of Veronique 2/4
Dreamgirls 1/4
Duck Soup 3/4
Dumbo 4/4
Dune 2/4
Easter Parade 3/4
The English Patient 2/4
Existenz 3/4
The Fearless Vampire Killers 3.5/4
The Fifth Element 3/4
Finian's Rainbow 1.5/4
Five Easy Pieces 3/4
Flags of Our Fathers 3.5/4
Flightplan 2/4
The Fly 3.5/4
For Your Eyes Only 3/4
From Russia With Love 4/4
Fun With Dick and Jane 1/4
Ghost Ship 3.5/4
Gladiator 3.5/4
Goldeneye 2/4
Goldfinger 4/4
The Good German 2/4
The Good Shephard 3.5/4
Good Will Hunting 3.5/4
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2.5/4
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 3/4
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 3/4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2.5/4
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2/4
Heat 3.5/4
A History of Violence 2/4
Hollywoodland 3/4
Hot Fuzz 3/4
I Walked With a Zombie 3.5/4
The Ice Harvest 2.5/4
The Illusionist 2.5/4
Inland Empire 1/4
Into Great Silence 1/4
Isle of the Dead 2/4
Knocked Up 3/4
La Jetee 1/4
The Lady Vanishes 4/4
Laura 4/4
Le Samourai 4/4
The Leopard Man 2/4
Letter From an Unknown Woman 3.5/4
Letters From Iwo Jima 2.5/4
License to Kill 3.5/4
Little Miss Sunshine 2.5/4
Live and Let Die 2/4
Live Free or Die Hard 2/4
The Lives of Others 4/4
The Living Daylights 3/4
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 4/4
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2/4
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2.5/4
Lost Highway 1/4
Lovers of the Arctic Circle 3.5/4
Mad Love 3/4
The Maltese Falcon 4/4
The Man with the Golden Gun 2/4
Marie Antoinette 3/4
Mark of the Vampire 3/4
The Mask of Fu Manchu 2.5/4
The Matador 3/4
Million Dollar Baby 2/4
Monkey Business 2/4
Monster House 2/4
Moonraker 1/4
My Own Private Idaho 2.5/4
Naked Lunch 2.5/4
Night at the Museum 2/4
A Night at the Opera 4/4
Notorious 4/4
Octopussy 2.5/4
On Her Majesty's Secret Service 3/4
Pan's Labyrinth 3/4
The Passenger 2.5/4
Passion 1/4
Persona 2/4
The Prestige 2/4
Punch Drunk Love 2.5/4
The Queen 3/4
The Quiet Man 4/4
Random Harvest 4/4
Ratatouille 2.5/4
Rear Window 4/4
Reds 3/4
The Return of Dr. X 2.5/4
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 2/4
The Rules of the Game 3.5/4
Scanners 1/4
The Seventh Victim 2.5/4
Shakespeare in Love 4/4
Shampoo 3/4
Sherlock Jr. 3/4
The Shining 2/4
Shopgirl 2.5/4
The Simpsons Movie 2/4
Spartacus 3.5/4
The Spy Who Loved Me 3/4
Stagecoach 4/4
Superman 3/4
Superman II 4/4
The Sweet Smell of Success 4/4
Ten Canoes 3/4
The Terminator 3.5/4
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 4/4
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 2/4
Thank You For Smoking 2.5/4
Thunderball 3/4
Titanic 3.5/4
Tomorrow Never Dies 1.5/4
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me 1/4
United 93 4/4
Vertigo 3/4
Videodrome 1/4
A View to a Kill 1.5/4
Wolf Creek 1/4
The World is Not Enough 1.5/4
X-Files: Fight the Future 3/4
You Only Live Twice 3/4
Z 4/4
Zorba the Greek 3.5/4

A Quote From Alfred Hitchcock:

2006-10-01T15:49:00.000-05:00

A good film is when the price of dinner, the theater admission and the babysitter were worth it.