To what extent can the auteur theory be applied successfully to the work of Peter Jackson? Is there evidence of a characteristic authorial signature and if so what is it? To apply the term ‘auteur’ to a director who has openly claimed “I don’t quite know what an auteur is.” may seem nonsensical‚ but there is no denying that the work of Peter Jackson has proven him to be deemed an auteur. From his origins in amateur ‘splatstick’‚ Jackson’s stylistic and thematic traits have remained a constant in
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The critically acclaimed‚ private eye‚ "blaxploitation" film Shaft‚ directed by Gordon Parks‚ can be described as a "fresh"‚ "hip"‚ and described by the New York Times one of the best 1‚000 movies made. The movie opens with private eye John Shaft walking around New York city ’s Time Square‚ only to visit a shoe shine parlor where he is informed that two armed thugs from Uptown are looking for him. The police Lieutenant Vic Androzzi is also informed about the thugs and comes to question Shaft at the
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A Touch of Evil (1958) is a dark film noir melodrama from director Orson Welles who also stars as corrupt police chief Hank Quinlan. A Touch of Evil takes place in a small Mexican-American border town. Particularly handsome Charlton Heston is nicely tanned to play the role of Mexican born narcotics investigator Mike Vargas. His wife Susan‚ an American blond beauty played by Janet Leigh makes the other policemen envious of Mike. Moreover‚ this murky sinister thriller is a classic film study in police
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Between the 1st and the 5th of August 2013‚ STEPS Youth Dance Company presented the work ‘Threefold.’ ‘Threefold’ is a series of three short works that cover issues and topics that are relevant to the companies target audiences‚ being the youth of today’s society. 40 dancers of the two senior companies‚ the Green Company and the Militia Company‚ work in collaboration with choreographers to develop the work. ‘Threefold’ was viewed on the 1st of August 2013 at 7:30pm. The production was performed at
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Nights of Cabiria and La Dolce Vita left me absolutely stunned‚ in awe of what I had just witnessed. I found both of these films to be unspeakably beautiful‚ and in my opinion‚ the best out of all Fellini’s major motion pictures which I have attempted to view this semester. Both films are unmistakably "Fellini" in the characteristic that define his films‚ especially through the world of fantasy‚ and deserve a thorough comparison. In La Dolce Vita‚ we are given a glimpse of a filmmaker
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How does the Sofia Coppola‚ in The Virgin Suicides‚ use a range of stylistic features (film techniques) to display the movies themes and with what effect on the audience? INTRO: Director Sofia Coppola uses a range of film techniques to display themes of obsession‚ the superficiality of vision and isolation from the real world in her film The Virgin Suicides. Through use of symbolism‚ characterization‚ setting and techniques specific to a film such a soundtrack‚ Coppola is able to construct
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Film style analysis or Tim Burton’s EXCITING films‚ the best version. (With a bit of sarcasm) (Especially in the title) Tim Burton is an american film writer‚ as well as a producer‚ artist‚ writer and animator. He has worked with Johnny Depp (a famous actor) in various films. His film styles are known to be dark‚ gothic‚ eccentric‚ and rather quirky. As shown in Charlie and the Chocolate factory‚ The nightmare before christmas‚ The big fish‚ and Edward scissorhands. Tim Burton uses a variety of
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The first film is Pulp Fiction. The order that I would categorize is Plot being number one because the stories in the film make the whole story of the two hit men make it the most important. The second being Character‚ the main characters in the movie make the audience have the thriller and gory experience. I third I would say is diction‚ because dialogue has humor and intensity. The fourth would be music; I think music makes the audience feel the emotions with the different scenes. Fifth idea‚ because
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Touch of Evil (1958) is an American film noir crime thriller‚ directed by Orson Welles. It may sound like a typical cop movie‚ but Welles for the time period pushed the limits of filmmaking. He takes us out of the 1950s “Ozzie and Harriet” world and puts us right smack into a world that is shockingly dark and twisted. Welles‚ like other Hollywood directors of the 1940s and 50s‚ started to experiment with different camera techniques to represent a character’s point-of-view. In its most effective structure
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True Grit was a truly breathtaking and inspirational remake of the classic John Wayne film. The movie had a moving storyline of a 14 year old girl protagonist. The movies dialogue I thought was incredibly good for a western film. Just about every character was interesting and had there own unique personality. The story had lots of dialogue but managed to still be quite suspenseful. I thought it was a good story overall especially for a western film. I thought the movie was pretty well directed
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