Genre Definition Paper The science fiction film genre is absolutely the hardest to define. It can easily be confused with or applied to Fantasy films and some horror films as well. Genres are used to identify types of films‚ and outside of science fiction this is a fairly simple process. A Western is set in the west and has cowboys and Indians. A gangster film has a plot revolving around the mafia. A horror film is centrally purposed to scare the viewer. Science fiction‚ on the other hand‚ is not
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important detail in Hitchcock’s films. Film reviewer Jamey Hughton claims that Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley would leave director Alfred Hitchcock in awe after viewing the film. Hughton states this because he believes Minghella seems to have replicated Hitchcock’s breathtaking work in this film. Although the two movies are incredibly well filmed thrillers‚ I would have to disagree with Hughton’s
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Gothic Genre explored in Tim Burton’s films Essay Tim Burton is successful in creating horror films such as Edward Scissor Hands (1990)‚ Nightmare before Christmas (1993) and Sleepy Hollow (1999)‚ through his incorporation of Gothic Elements within the setting‚ flawed hero and the manifestation of the sense of dread and terror. A horror film can be defined as a motion picture that seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from the audience by playing on the viewer’s most primal fears. This is
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watched Eve’s Bayou‚ it was the only movie I could get my hands on since I am not in the United States. I’ve watched it before but it was different watching it with a purpose and a structured thought process. 2. What type of dramatic structure does the film have - linear‚ episodic or thematic? Pick out any 2 successive scenes you think prove your opinion - analyze the transition from them to show how what links them is a contextual idea‚ an episodic shift from one storyline to another‚ or a direct logical
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Ringu (1998) vs. The Ring (2002) The Japanese horror film Ringu directed by Hideo Nakata was released in 1998‚ known as the most successful horror film in Japanese horror genre history. Four years later‚ Ringu’s Hollywood counterpart The Ring directed by Gore Verbinski was released‚ introducing the films to a massive international audience and market‚ as well as helping the Japanese horror genre step onto the international stage. The Ring is publicly praised as one of the most popular and successful
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Have you ever watched a downloaded movie before it reaches cinema? This is known as media piracy and it is destroying the auratic viewing experience of viewing a film in cinema. In the following essay I will look at the short essay‚ The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction‚ written by Walter Benjamin (1936) and what he means by this ‘aura’ of uniqueness. I will provide a visual example to explain this concept. This discussion will relate to the notion of distance‚ and also how Benjamin
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The director’s in respective films manipulate cinematic techniques such as shot selection‚ lighting and sound to display different emotions. This allows the audience to break down the meaning and importance of the current scene. It also allows them to form an emotional connection with the characters. One of the greatest strengths in Insomnia is Christopher Nolan’s ability to keep his protagonist in every shot despite the perplex and moody-blue vibe of the movie. This means that despite the director’s
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Culture in Horror Films Final Paper The Atomic Bomb‚ Mutations‚ and Aliens in Horror Films Horror films prey upon the mass’s deepest darkest and most vulnerable fears. Horror films can be broken down into an array of subgenres that prey upon different fears of society. From 1945 onward an explosion of mutations‚ aliens‚ and monsters have dominated aspects of horror culture that prey upon peoples fears of nuclear power and its consequences. The fear of nuclear power is the fear of the unknown
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Introduction: Tim Burton is an American film director who is known for many quirky and gothic type films like Alice in Wonderland‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ Beetlejuice and many more. His films explore concepts that are supernatural and would not feature realistic things in the real world‚ similar to the suburbs giving off by a dystopian feel and a man with scissor hands. Tim Burton use multiple things as his signature for his films but the most recurring ones are non-proportionally body features‚ incorporation
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Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid shot and directed by Carl Reiner was very well shot and edited. There was a lot of shots that stood out‚ like the montage sequence of Juliet sucking the bullet out of Rigby’s arm. Then there was a lot of other neat spliced shots from other movies‚ the best one was when Rigby was trying to give that one girl’s father a dog. The scene just flowed smoothly. But one thing I do think they could have tried to do a bit better is to take the static lines
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