Mike Nichols‚ the director of The Graduate and Sam Mendes‚ the director of American Beauty both do a great job of including specific framing shots. They also character proxemics to showcase the relationships between the characters. Both directors also use the dominant and subsidiary contrasts very effectively in their respective movies. These mise en scene film elements are vital to a good movie and these directors perfected them. The directors in these two films use character proximity very cleverly
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In the womb - the DVD - Review A must see movie for future parents! Experience the life before birth‚ The formation‚ a step by step in a film that have not been seen like him. In the womb‚ was produced for National Geographic Channel . Its includes features in advanced technology‚ simulations that have been generated by ultrasound photography in four dimensions. Before it takes its first breath‚ a human baby has been through an incredible transformation from a single cell to a complex‚ self-sustaining
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Georgio Russell Philosophy Mr. Rulli “American Beauty” Summary and Analysis The movie “American Beauty” is littered with instances of self-surveillance‚ self-transparency and the un-fulfillment associated with it. It also alludes to how the paradox of maximum happiness can be lethal. These utilitarian views and themes are displayed ingenuously by the director through various characters within the film. It is also conveyed how the characters think ‘of’‚ ‘for’ and ‘as’ others. These three
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Amanda Ujkashi 12/1/12 Macbeth Movie Review Macbeth is a story of passion‚ power‚ and violent betrayal: all of which are found in Mark Brozel’s contemporary adaptation of the Shakespearian classic. Set in Scotland‚ this production uses modern day language and dress to better relate to today’s audience. In this representation of Macbeth‚ Joe Macbeth is the sous chef in Duncan Docherty’s three star restaurant. Ella Macbeth‚ Billy Banquo‚ and Peter Macduff are also important characters. Macbeth has
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Nurul Hazwani Bt Hatta M12L THE OTHERS Movie Review The Others is one of the psychological horror movies that impress me with its good story plot and suspense elements. It was written‚ directed and scored by Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar‚ starring Nicole Kidman and Christopher Eccleston. It is inspired partly by the 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw. Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman) is a Catholic mother who lives with her two small children in a remote country house in the British Crown
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Troy directed by Wolfgang Petersen 2004 The movie Troy is about the conflict between the Greek city-states‚ led by Agamemnon‚ and Troy‚ ruled by Priam. These two have this conflict because Paris‚ Prince of Troy‚ fell in love with Helen‚ wife of Menelaus who is Agamemnon’s brother and king of Sparta‚ and took her back to Troy against the wishes of his brother‚ Hector‚ who‚ with his father‚ had been trying for years to make peace with Sparta and had finally gotten that peace. Agamemnon had recently
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A movie made by India’s finest director Mani Ratnam featuring the most talented actor Kamal Hassan and having its music composed by the one of the best music directors Illayaraja was very much high on expectations. The product was nothing short of sheer brilliance. Nayagan had got it all right!! It is almost fifteen years since the movie hit the big screen‚ but even today it is the most talked off movie in film circles. It was supposed to be filmed on the lines of another great English movie‚ Godfather
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For the movie assignment I decided to view Murderball. Murderball is a true story that focuses on life as a quadriplegic and the sport of quad rugby (Murderball). Mark Zupan‚ Joe Soares‚ and Keith Cavill are three characters whose lives are highlighted in the film. Joe Soares was a former Team USA standout and in the movie he was captain of Team Canada. Soares became quadriplegic from childhood polio. The disease put Joe in a wheelchair‚ which in turn got him involved in quad rugby. As a child
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David Blackman- SWK 3370- Frozen River In the movie “Frozen River”‚ we meet a family consisting of a mother‚ Ray‚ and her two sons: T.J. who is fifteen years old and Ricky who is five years old. Their father‚ Troy is presently not active in the family as he just took the savings they had been collecting for a double wide and went out to gamble it. From a micro/ mezzo perspective: Communication The family seems strong willed and very attached to each other. However‚ TJ seems to be a little defiant
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Media Project Dilemma‚ Stakeholders‚ and Perspectives For the media project‚ I chose to examine the movie The Island. In The Island‚ the main dilemma is cloning‚ as the two main characters are clones of individuals that are wealthy. These rich individuals want clones for the purpose of organ harvesting‚ surrogate motherhood‚ and for other unethical reasons. However‚ the clones are unaware that they are clones‚ instead they live in an isolated compound and are lead to believe that the outside world
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