Mise-en-Scene - The Basics

Mise-en-scene is one of the most fundamental parts of filmmaking, being everything you can see on screen; sets, props, costumes and even...

Malana Lane-Topham

Mar 21, 2023

The Fe(Male) Gaze

Laura Mulvey’s seminal essay ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’ (Mulvey, L. 1975) , theorising the presence of the male gaze in...

Malana Lane-Topham

Mar 21, 2023

Get Inspired With Me

Since a very young age, I have wanted to become a writer. At first it was a novelist; then I wanted to become a poet; then a playwright,...

Malana Lane-Topham

Mar 20, 2023

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The Fe(Male) Gaze

Laura Mulvey’s seminal essay ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’ (Mulvey, L. 1975) , theorising the presence of the male gaze in...

Mar 21, 20234 min read

Get Inspired With Me

Since a very young age, I have wanted to become a writer. At first it was a novelist; then I wanted to become a poet; then a playwright,...

Mar 20, 20233 min read

Kung-Fu Panda Has Some Of The BEST Villains

The original Kung-Fu Panda trilogy, despite being films for families with young children, feature some of the best villains ever put to...

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Student Filmmaking - Behind The Lens

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Romeo & Juliet '96 Is Exactly What Shakespeare Would've Wanted

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I'm Malana Lane-Topham. I'm a young screenwriter based in north London with a keen interest in anything to do with film - writing, making, watching and reviewing!

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Submarine

Richard Ayoade's directorial debut feature is quirky, stylish and intangibly British. It stands out from other coming of age films with it's significantly more natural, less romanticised approach to adolescense.

Mise-en-Scene - The Basics

The Fe(Male) Gaze

Get Inspired With Me

MOST RECENT POST

Never Miss a New Post.

TRAIN OF THOUGHT

Mise-en-Scene - The Basics

The Fe(Male) Gaze

Get Inspired With Me

Kung-Fu Panda Has Some Of The BEST Villains

Student Filmmaking - Behind The Lens

Romeo & Juliet '96 Is Exactly What Shakespeare Would've Wanted

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