In 1994, the biopic Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton, alleged that Wood and the filmmakers stole the mechanical octopus ( previously used in the film Wake of the Red Witch ) from the Republic Studios backlot, while failing to steal the motor which enabled the prop to move realistically, although, by the director's admission, the film preferred narrative interest over historical accuracy.

Many silent filmmakers such as Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton used improvisation in the making of their films, developing their gags while filming and altering the plot to fit.

The filmmakers used such notoriety to benefit their marketing campaign, with posters stating " So funny it was banned in Norway!

While this structuralist approach to Marxism and filmmaking was used, the more vociferous complaint that the Russian filmmakers had was with the narrative structure of Hollywood filmmaking.

As graphics technology improved, machinima filmmakers used other video games and consumer-grade video editing software.

While the shot / reverse shot function of split screen comprises most of the running time of the film, the filmmakers also used split screen for other spatial, temporal and emotional effects.

The Italian feature film Cabiria ( 1914 ), directed by Giovanni Pastrone, was the first popular film to use dolly shots, which in fact were originally called " Cabiria movements " by contemporary filmmakers influenced by the film ; however, some smaller American and English films had used the technique prior to Cabiria, as well as Yevgeni Bauer's The Child of the Big City, released a month prior to Cabiria.

This attribute, although not universal ( the Greek vrykolakas / tympanios was capable of both reflection and shadow ), was used by Bram Stoker in Dracula and has remained popular with subsequent authors and filmmakers.

A short documentary, The Making of The Illustrated Man, details the process the filmmakers used to cover Steiger's body in mock tattoos and shows actors and filmmakers preparing for the movie.

Mumblecore director Joe Swanberg has said, " As annoying as reality TV is, it's been really good for filmmakers because it got mainstream audiences used to watching shaky camerawork and different kinds of situations.

* In The Dark Knight and the follow up The Dark Knight Rises a Shepard tone was used to create the sound of the ' Batpod ' - a motorcycle that the filmmakers didn't want to change gear and tone abruptly but to constantly ascend.

Because of the ancient and primitive scenery in and around the Sassi, it has been used by filmmakers as the setting for ancient Jerusalem.

At the time of its completion the film could not be released because the filmmakers had not secured rights to the music used in the film.

Film styles are recognizable film techniques used by filmmakers to give specific changes or value to their work.

Film style can describe the techniques used by specific filmmakers, but it can also be used to describe a group of filmmakers from the same area and time period.

The filmmakers used the actual courtroom in Pascagoula, Mississippi where the real Wigand ’ s deposition was given.

However, the filmmakers decided that this deviated too far from the books, so instead the blinding light scenes were used to depict a " staring contest " between Aragorn and the Eye of Sauron.

Additionally, low budget filmmakers used sensational elements to attract audiences away from television.

Meyer copied a technique used during filming of Citizen Kane, where the filmmakers let the set fall into darkness to save money on construction.

When the film was released, film critic Roger Ebert discussed the style and methods the filmmakers used, writing, " The makers of The Atomic Cafe sifted through thousands of feet of Army films, newsreels, government propaganda films and old television broadcasts to come up with the material in their film, which is presented without any narration, as a record of some of the ways in which the bomb entered American folklore.

The dolly zoom is commonly used by filmmakers to represent the sensation of vertigo, a " falling-away-from-oneself feeling " or a feeling of unreality, or to suggest that a character is undergoing a realization that causes him or her to reassess everything he or she had previously believed.

Following the shift toward internet broadcasting and the rising popularity of user-generated video sites such as YouTube around 2006, some independent filmmakers began recording live sessions to present on the Web.

In the video series, Kaufman interviews famous and infamous filmmakers about various filmmaking subjects.

The cutaway to B roll footage can also be used to hide verbal or physical tics that the editor and / or director finds distracting: with the audio separate from the video, the filmmakers are free to excise " uh " s, sniffs, coughs, and so forth.

Special features for the DVD include ; Jewel music video: " What's Simple Is True ", the Theatrical Trailer, Production notes, Cast and filmmakers extra, and a Universal web link.

* Vassar Filmmakers, one of the newest extra-curricular organizations, offers film and video equipment to any film or non-film major with a proposed idea and brings guest lectures by filmmakers such as Eugene Jarecki, Albert Maysles and J. J. Murphy.

Special features include an audio commentary by the filmmakers, a ' making-of ' featurette, a music video and a short film directed by Jim Gillespie.

On January 19, 2006, Gibbard stated on the band's website, " It has recently come to our attention that Apple Computers ' new television commercial for the Intel chip features a shot-for-shot recreation of our video for ' Such Great Heights ' made by the same filmmakers responsible for the original.

Experimental film and video was documented from the 1970s by Arthur and Corinne Cantrill, a couple of filmmakers with an interest in surrealist films publishing Cantrill's Filmnotes.

He has also been described as having " a profound impact on the work of many other filmmakers and artists, as well as on music video as an emergent art form using dream sequence, dance, fantasy, and narrative.

His films remained widely unknown outside of Japan until a series of theatrical retrospectives beginning in the mid 1980s, home video releases of key films such as Branded to Kill and Tokyo Drifter in the late 1990s and tributes by such acclaimed filmmakers as Jim Jarmusch, Takeshi Kitano, Wong Kar-wai and Quentin Tarantino signaled his international discovery.

* MTV Video Music Award – Video Vanguard, an award started in 1984 and given intermittently to musicians, music video directors and filmmakers

Since the early 2000s, Final Cut Pro has developed a large and expanding user base, mainly video hobbyists and independent filmmakers.

The media arts department presents more than 180 films and videos annually in all formats and genres ; hosts visiting filmmakers year-round ; operates the Art & Technology studio, an AVID-based media center for over a dozen artist residencies annually ; programs The Box, the Center ’ s video projection space ; and organizes gallery-based exhibitions involving moving image media.

In addition, about 20 visiting filmmakers and video artists from around the world are invited to use the facilities of the Art & Technology studio and editing suite each year.

The 24p feature on the camera produces film-like video that is preferred by many narrative filmmakers.

The filmmakers shot for over two years, and were editing the more than 400 hours of video and film right up to their Sundance Film Festival premiere in early 2001.

Olde English's " Free NYC Rap ," a rap music video protesting the restrictions for independent New York City filmmakers that were proposed in Fall 2007, was nominated for a 2007 ECNY award.

Concerning using a DSLR camera as a video camera, some manufacturers make optional accessories to assist his filmmakers feel as using real video / film camera.

Releases are routinely used by photographers, in film production, by documentary filmmakers, or by radio and music producers when they photograph, film, video or record the voice or performance of individuals to be sure that the person consents or will not later object to the material being used for whatever purpose the releasee ( or anyone they may assign the release rights to ) wishes, i. e. that the releasee wishes to use the images, sounds or any other rendering that is a result of the recording made of the releasor ( or property owned by the releasor for which the releasor may claim some other right such as industrial design rights, trademark or trade dress rights ).

In the late seventies it housed The New Cinema, featuring film and video by independent filmmakers, including Eric Mitchell, Anders Grafstrom, Scott and Beth B, Jim Jarmusch, Charles Ahearn and Amos Poe.

Supportive of her sons ' ambitions as filmmakers, she gave them a video camera when they were 12.