An important aspect of the film is that characters from both sides of the yard trespass to each other´s side. As described previously, Lisa and Stella go to the yard to discover what is in the box Throwald burry and this way Lisa becomes part of Jefferies´ fantasy. On the other hand, Thorwald at the end goes to Jeff´s apartment, it could be said that he “goes out of the screen” is materialized in reality. Thorwald assaults Jefferies; he is aggressive and tries to kill him (Stam & Pearson, 203). This could show the aggressive way in which art and the story shocks the audience by not only showing a theme about murder but by leading into a behavior that in real life wouldn´t be performed such as spying on other people, but at the end of the film…
The Thin Blue Line documentary by Errol Morris provides reenactments and investigation interviews of a late November homicide of a Dallas, Texas police officer, Robert Wood. This murder was at the hands of a troubled 16 year old, David Harris, who shot a man from inside a stolen Mercury Comet with a stolen .22 pistol. Randall Adams, innocent, and wrongly accused of being in the passenger seat of Harris’ stolen car, was blamed as the killer of police officer Robert Wood on the late November evening in Dallas, Texas. Young and afraid, David Harris claims Randall Adams is the gunman who shot down Robert Wood in Dallas, consequently many of the case’s investigators accept such a conviction due to the need for a “wrap up” of the case; furthermore the DA, in effort to keep his perfect win record by convicting Adams, and his desire for the death penalty…
The visual element of subtle cues of lighting and colour create an atmosphere to position the audience to understand the big ideas, such as people’s relationship with the land and cultural and individual survival.…
The film takes place in two timelines and involves two couples from different continents. The Australian couple, Walt and Ruth, lives in the present and are bickering on account of the husband’s obsession to catch flies that to his wife’s dismay, resulted to the neglect of his household chores. The Filipino couple lives in the memory of the husband, Jessie. He remembers his wife, Appollonia, as an activist writer who died during the height of martial law in the Philippines.…
In the movie of ‘The Outsiders’, there were a lot of camera movements. At the beginning of the film, the music lyrics restate the word gold, the opening tittles in gold and a golden sun. The first shot establishes the setting of the entire setting. The low angle of the camera makes the story seem like a very personal matter that the audience is nosily watching. Then it quickly turns to the Socs, getting back to their car, and pans quickly back to Johnny and Pony. Then, it zooms in on Pony, to show that he is the main character. For example, there were a lot of close-ups. There was a close up of Johnny’s hand on the knife. The effect it had was that kill someone, so the knife symbolized killing. There was also a close up of Bob’s rings. If someone is watching the film for the first time and they see Johnny’s bruises, they would be wondering why he has those bruises on his face. Since they know that Bob is their enemy, so they would then know that it was Bob’s rings that caused the bruises on Johnny’s face. After Johnny ran up to Bob with violence, the screen was red. The red screen was actually blood and blood signifies violence and death. There was also a view of Bob’s body. First they gave a downward view of his body then there was a real close up of his body. We could see that he had blood on his body and he was not moving, so it meant that he was dead.…
“Precious” is a tormenting yet hope-filled story of “Precious”, based on true accounts adapted from the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.…
Jewison does this to better encapsulate the viewer into Crown's world that is dull and boring. However in the remake, McTiernan mainly keeps the lighting very bright as if it were always a bright sunny day. He chooses to use the bright light to apply somewhat of the same normality shown in the original. But different than the original, he uses this normality to set a tone so that a change in the lighting can be more distinctly seen. This can be seen in the low lighting that is used in the scene when banning is walking down the street in the rain, crying because she thinks Crown has used her and is cheating on her. McTiernan uses the change in lighting to better emphasize to the viewer a characters emotion. In doing this McTiernan is able to provide the viewer with an additional aspect, albeit an esthetic aspect, of the…
He uses the camera as Jefferies’ point of view frequently. We are put into the place of Jefferies through these point of view shots, panning from apartment to apartment and viewing through binoculars and his camera lens. This gets us familiar with the neighbors and causes us to identify with them. You feel like part of the neighborhood and know the personality and lifestyle of each person. This ability to put ourselves in Jefferies’ place also helps create suspense. We feel as if the camera is our own eyes so when Thorwald, the man suspected of murder, disappears from his apartment at the end of the film and walks into Jefferies’ room we feel as if we are the ones in danger. The use of lighting in this scene is also very compelling as the shadows are darker than the other times when the lights in the apartment are off. This allows Jefferies’ to hide completely in the shadows where we just see his silhouette and Thorwald’s eyes are the only part of his face lit, not allowing you to look anywhere else. The use of the orange circle after the flash bulb created by Jefferies is an interesting way for us to get Thorwald’s perspective.…
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” This is a quote from Martin Luther King Jr that can be applied in our personal lives as well as in the Civil Rights Movement. In responding to hatred with more hate, nothing will change until using a peaceful way. Civil Rights activities could not meet violence by using violence. Protesters would have to protest peacefully and inspire others by using their peaceful actions to become truly free. The main stereotype in American popular culture is black discrimination which has always been a major concern in American history. Therefore, I chose “Within…
Watching the film, what really stood out to me was the way the film shot-…
Elissa Down, Director of the movie The Black Balloon, shows the viewer about the representations of family, teens, disability and suburban Australia and how they all fit into each other and are not single representations, but are under one big heading. From the start of the movie we are introduced to the Mollison’s, a family of four but with one on the way, within the first minute of meeting this family we see that they are not a normal working-class Australian family. The Mollison’s have an autistic son called Charlie, who is not your average teenage boy. Not only does Charlie suffer from autism but also has many behavioral problems as he has ADHD. The day to day lives of the Mollison family are centered on the well-being of Charlie, as he…
"What the Bleep Do We Know", is a fascinating documentary film that utilizes fictional story lines, computer animation and discussions by several scientists and philosophers to present a viewpoint of the physical universe and human life within it, with connections to neuroscience and quantum physics. The general idea was that since quantum mechanics supposedly says that there isn't one reality, but an infinite number of possibilities, one just has to be enlightened to an awareness of this, and then you can make whatever you want, happen. Within the plot, the main character of the movie (played by Marlee Matlin) essentially was educated of amazing facts about quantum physics, in which helps her deal with her anxiety attacks, bad body image and…
"Lights! Camera! Action!" the dramatic yet traditional prompt associated with Hollywood and the pictures. Hollywood appears to be this extraordinary glamorous world; however, in reality is it? Many people dream of being in the limelight of Hollywood; where there is an endless amount of money, power, and fame. Society fails to examine what's behind fame; the dark, twisted, and the ugly truths hiding within those exact words. Billy Wilder explores and divulges the dark yet unknown, harsh realities of fame, following Hollywood's transition from silent pictures to talkies; with his film Sunset Boulevard.…
I was quick appreciate one of the cinematography tips that used in the movie. I noticed that in the movie, the light design in most of the scene is gray, lifeless. For example dullish canteen and gloomy city. The scene transition was surrounded through this type of background which create a visual effect. At the first glance of the scene, it…
A well known movie called ‘The Conjuring” was a reenactment documentary based on the real life family the Perrons. This family was possessed with demons and many other paranormal activities that were going on in the house. This demons had frighten the family for at least 10 years moved out in 1980. The Perron family lived in a farmhouse located in a small country town of Harrisville, Rhode Island. In the conjuring the movie it was more based on the paranormal investigators Lorraine Warren and Ed Warren who helped the family out in the paranormal activities going on in the house. In the movie the spirit that was haunting the family was known as Bathsheba Sherman this person was the owner of the real life farmhouse. This farmhouse was bought…