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1970s and Onwards: Innovation in Popular Culture – Around the World.
- The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959) dir. Li Han-hsiang
- A Touch of Zen (1971) dir. King Hu
- this film was a change from the feminine style of hong kong cinema
- Enter the Dragon (1973) dir. Robert Clouse
- the stories of lees film came from his life story were he experienced racism
- A Better Tomorrow (1986) dir. John Woo
- the newest thing about this film was the style which was inspired by many other films and therefore used many different camera movement types
- Iron Monkey (1993) dir. Yuen Woo-ping
- in this film, the cutting was very fast and was as choreographed as the fights in the film
- The Matrix (1999) dir. Lilly Wachowski & Lana Wachowski
- Once Upon a Time in China (1991) dir. Tsui Hark
- New Dragon Gate Inn (1992) dir. Raymond Lee
- Mughal-e-Azam (1960) dir. K. Asif
- the director wanted to make this film but couldn’t
- Devi (1960) (introduced in Episode 6) dir. Satyajit Ray
- Mausam (1975) dir. Gulzar
- Gulzar is often thought of as being crucial to Indian cinema
- this film also was able to show happiness and guilt and pain all in one scene
- Zanjeer (1973) dir. Prakash Mehra
- this film used zooms and close-ups to show fear and dramatization.
- Sholay (1975) dir. Ramesh Sippy
- The Message: The Story of Islam (1976) (a.k.a. Mohammad, Messenger of God) dir. Moustapha Akkad
- The Making of an Epic: Mohammad, Messenger of God (1976) dir. Geoffrey Helman & Christopher Penfold
- This documentary shows just how hard-working Akkad was and explains how his films always had that quality and passion in them
- The Sparrow (1972) dir. Youssef Chahine
- The Exorcist (1973) dir. William Friedkin
- a handheld wide-angle shot is used to catch the rush of fear
- A Guy Named Joe (1943) dir. Victor Fleming
- Jaws (1975) dir. Steven Spielberg
- the film shoots three different men in three-shot
- the camera is placed close to the water to catch the swell of the sea
- The Making of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1995) dir. Laurent Bouzereau
- Vertigo (1958) (introduced in Episode 4) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) dir. Steven Spielberg
- Jurassic Park (1993) dir. Steven Spielberg
- in this film the music and camera often mirror each other as the camera rises so does the music.
- Star Wars (1977) (introduced in Episode 1) dir. George Lucas
- The Hidden Fortress (1958) dir. Akira Kurosawa
- Triumph of the Will (1935) (a.k.a. Triumph des Willens) (introduced in Episode 4) dir. Leni Riefenstahl