The Filmmaker's Eye: Frank Daniel and the Origins of Film Analysis

What happens in the mystical darkness of a movie theater? Experiences beyond ordinary life, sometimes life changing.What is the storytelling craft, the psychology and neurology that make cinematic storytelling so powerful?This is the story of how film analysis was born—in a classroom at the American Film Institute 1968, when a Czech refugee named Frank Daniel tried an innovative approach to teaching film. Taking a film apart, piece by piece to examine the moving parts and how they affected the viewer. And in that classroom, learning to see movies through professional eyes, were filmmakers who would change movies forever. Watch the video:  https://youtu.be/T8hj8aQFCfARead more in Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-188277101