John P. Hess Movies
- 2013
Origins of Film Noir
Origins of Film Noir82013HD
Jump into the world of Film Noir and look at how the technology and economic factors gave birth to a genre that still deeply influences the way...
- 2013
The Psychology of Scary Movies
The Psychology of Scary Movies6.32013HD
This short documentary explores eight theories on why humans are so fascinated with fright.
- 2013
Hollywood's History of Faking It: The Evolution of Greenscreen Compositing
Hollywood's History of Faking It: The Evolution of Greenscreen Compositing82013HD
Go inside the history of the travelling mattes (now called chromakey) and learn the history of visual trickery used by filmmakers from the earliest...
- 2011
The Collective Evolution
The Collective Evolution7.52011HD
The Collective Evolution is a documentary aimed at showing the current state of the world, why it needs to be changed, and how each and every one of...
- 2013
The History and Science of Color Film: From Isaac Newton to the Coen Brothers
The History and Science of Color Film: From Isaac Newton to the Coen Brothers82013HD
Color is a subtle tool that can transport us from our ordinary lives to extraordinary worlds of cinema. Peel back the layers of history and look at...
- 2013
The Evolution of Home Theater - Big Tech of the Small Screen
The Evolution of Home Theater - Big Tech of the Small Screen82013HD
See how the changes in technology have changed our own social attitudes towards how to watch movies.
- 2013
The Changing Shape of Cinema: The History of Aspect Ratio
The Changing Shape of Cinema: The History of Aspect Ratio7.82013HD
John Hess traces the evolution of the screen shape from the silent film days through the widescreen explosion of the 50s, to the aspect ratio of...
- 2013
The History of Horror
The History of Horror102013HD
Dissect the history of horror, from it's roots deep in Gothic literature, through B-movie status and director's proving grounds to ultimate...
- 2010
Please Accept This Ring... On Farmville
Please Accept This Ring... On Farmville52010HD
Tom is about to propose to Stephanie, if she can put down Twitter long enough to listen.
- 2019
Outta Sync
Outta Sync02019HD
PC Master Race will accept nothing less than glorious 60 fps, but John proclaims that 24 will be the frame rate of cinema. Now they have come for...
- 2021
Why Yellow is So Common for TV Graphics
Why Yellow is So Common for TV Graphics02021HD