HAPIVERI Magazine

The Mythic Structure of 'Star Wars': Applying Story Design to Video Production

The Mythic Structure of 'Star Wars': Applying S...

One reason George Lucas's 'Star Wars' series is loved worldwide is the classical mythic structure beneath it. From childhood, Lucas was strongly drawn to television serials such as 'Flash Gordon'...

The Mythic Structure of 'Star Wars': Applying S...

One reason George Lucas's 'Star Wars' series is loved worldwide is the classical mythic structure beneath it. From childhood, Lucas was strongly drawn to television serials such as 'Flash Gordon'...

Lessons from De Palma’s Major Films: Applying Film-History Composition and Planning to Video Production

Lessons from De Palma’s Major Films: Applying F...

<p>Based on Stephen King’s novel, *Carrie* was the landmark film that propelled De Palma to Hollywood’s front ranks. The story of shy high-school student Carrie White awakening to psychic powers...

Lessons from De Palma’s Major Films: Applying F...

<p>Based on Stephen King’s novel, *Carrie* was the landmark film that propelled De Palma to Hollywood’s front ranks. The story of shy high-school student Carrie White awakening to psychic powers...

Brian De Palma’s Film Techniques: Applying Composition and Tension to Video Production

Brian De Palma’s Film Techniques: Applying Comp...

<p>Brian De Palma was born in 1940 in Newark, New Jersey, to a family headed by a surgeon. His parents divorced during his childhood, and he grew up in a...

Brian De Palma’s Film Techniques: Applying Comp...

<p>Brian De Palma was born in 1940 in Newark, New Jersey, to a family headed by a surgeon. His parents divorced during his childhood, and he grew up in a...

Mankiewicz's Art of Dialogue: Applying Conversation and Screenwriting to Corporate Video

Mankiewicz's Art of Dialogue: Applying Conversa...

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's signature work All About Eve (1950) still shines as one of the most sophisticated dialogue-driven dramas in film history. Portraying the conflict between Broadway star Margo Channing...

Mankiewicz's Art of Dialogue: Applying Conversa...

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's signature work All About Eve (1950) still shines as one of the most sophisticated dialogue-driven dramas in film history. Portraying the conflict between Broadway star Margo Channing...

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Film Direction: Applying Screenwriting and Characterization to Video Production

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Film Direction: Applying...

Hollywood in the early 1950s endured a dark period swept by the McCarthy-era Red Scare. As anticommunist pressure intensified in the film industry, Joseph L. Mankiewicz acted courageously to protect...

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Film Direction: Applying...

Hollywood in the early 1950s endured a dark period swept by the McCarthy-era Red Scare. As anticommunist pressure intensified in the film industry, Joseph L. Mankiewicz acted courageously to protect...

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Innovative Storytelling: The Intellectual Experience of Layered Narratives

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Innovative Storytelling:...

Joseph L. Mankiewicz continually challenged conventional linear storytelling during Hollywood's golden age of the 1940s and 1950s. His defining feature was his use of layered narratives with multiple narrators. The...

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Innovative Storytelling:...

Joseph L. Mankiewicz continually challenged conventional linear storytelling during Hollywood's golden age of the 1940s and 1950s. His defining feature was his use of layered narratives with multiple narrators. The...