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    Music in Film

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    Project 1 “Psycho” After the silent films‚ war movies‚ and popular music came the new American cinema during the 1960’s. Old traditions were ignored as new modern and popular styles were adapted. People were subject to civil rights issues‚ sexual liberation‚ assassinations‚ and war that were all televised. Things were changing and movie directors had to take advantage of the new opportunities and be creative‚ creating horror films. One of the first films to set the pace for the new generation

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    Working With Films

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    >>>>> Working with Films >>>>> Selected Terms for Film Analysis E / Lo Glossary – Selected Terms for Film Analysis General film terms backlighting filming a person or event against a background of light‚ especially the sun‚ which produces an idealized or romantic effect words that are shown on a cinema screen to caption establish the scene of a story composition the arrangement of people or things in a film scene credits the list of people who were involved in the making of a film director the person

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    The Power of Film

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    The Power of Film Living in a society where media permeates every realm of our lives‚ one can see the importance of film in the modern world. Often times‚ we only see films as source of entertainment‚ or an escape from reality. But sometimes‚ films can tell a story of reality in a way that makes you open your eyes to a world unbeknownst to you prior watching the film. A film can disseminate information faster and broader‚ thus‚ a wider audience is able to be educated about certain issues and

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    LEVEL 3 How to write a Film Review Credits (first page only): Title‚ year‚ genre‚ director‚ (screenwriter)‚ music or soundtrack‚ main actors. Credits: Summary of the plot (synopsis): Only a brief summary of the film‚ around ½ to ¾ page. Make sure that your summary makes sense to a reader who does not know the movie. Do not refer to specific scenes and do not try to explain everything. You must also include the following items‚ but not as different parts (they should be included

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    Documentary Film

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    Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality‚ primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record.[1] A ’documentary film’ was originally shot on film stock—the only medium available—but now includes video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video‚ made as a television program or released for screening in cinemas. "Documentary" has been described as a "filmmaking practice‚ a cinematic

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    The Progression of Film

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    eyes and entertained the mind.Though fire may have been the beginning‚ centuries upon centuries later a much more highly intelligent form of entertainment revolutionized the world‚ motion pictures. In the dog eat dog world of entertainment Film reigns alpha dog. Film has some of the biggest influence on the world around us. It shapes our adolescence‚ teaching foreign things to the young developing mind. Cinema has spurred riots‚ love‚ and murder. So the question is‚ whats are these powerful pieces of

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    Pariah In Film

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    This would make the film geared to teenage girls who has similar situations as Pariah. These identity issues can be of many reasons such as a conservative family or being casted as an outside by the general public. The word Pariah was used strongly at the beginning of the trailer to indicate that the film would be about outcast especially in the black community. Since Alike is both gay and black‚ these are the two communities that are often overlook in mainstream media. The trailer gives us an insight

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    Significance of Film

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    Significance of Film Film is a series of still pictures that tells a story. Film incorporates a lot of elements such as drama‚ movement‚ visual art‚ and etc. A lot of things could be seen in a film but one of the best points of film is that it tells a story. But making a film is not just storytelling. You have to mind other elements such as cinematography‚ lighting‚ editing‚ location and etc. to make a film. Every single detail in the film should be well thought of. It is one way of letting the

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    Film 108

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    Fahrenheit 9/11 Maria Mohammad Film 108 Prof. Brooks/ TA: Josh Olejarz Fall 2012 Works Cited Kahana‚ Jonathan. Intelligence work: the politics of American documentary. New York: Columbia University Press‚ 2008. Print. Spence‚ Louise‚ and Vinicius Navarro. Crafting truth: documentary form and meaning. New Brunswick‚ N.J.: Rutgers University Press‚ 2011. Print. Maria Mohammad Film 108 TA: Josh Olejarz Montage

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    War Film Genre

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    9:30 A.M Avodian September 20‚ 2012 War from the Beginning War films have been around for quite some time. They have many different aspects to them. Each film has a little bit different view‚ depending on what the director wants the audience to get out of the movie. Some target the importance of how horrific and heart breaking war was‚ while others were used to inspire their country to support their troops. There are films though that go straight to the point of war and show all of the intense

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