What makes a film which is “based on a true story” authentic? Do films only use this ploy to connect with spectators that assume that these movies are situated in a farfetched reality? When audiences view these types of films they come to only expect one thing from them and it is authenticity. The issues with many of these films is that filmmakers want to add depth to characters that already historically exist. The reason for these skewed character representations is that they have to pander to main
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Filmic Techniques Establishing shot • An establishing shot is usually the first shot of a new scene‚ designed to show the audience where the action is taking place. It is usually a very wide shot or extreme wide shot. • To orientate the viewer to the flow of the narrative by alerting the audience to the beginning of a new sequence‚ but does not itself carry narrative information. Effect: When the director wants the responder (us) to understand the emotion being experienced by the character
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16th 2013 091A Research Paper II Can Historically Inaccurate Films Have Positive Effects on Education? “Titanic” is one of the most famous films in the world‚ which is based on a real shipwreck mixed with fiction. About 2 years ago‚ My girlfriend and I saw the film and discussed the facticity of the film. Both of us thought that the film was a historical true story‚ because everything was perfect matched in the film and we could not find any mistakes in it. Nevertheless‚ what surprised
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Released in the 1930s‚ the film serial titled Flash Gordon tells a sci-fi story of a protagonist’s journey within a foreign planet. Throughout the movie‚ many concepts can be noticed within the screenwriting. However‚ these aspects had flaws that weakened the plot in various ways. Overall‚ the film’s screenwriting is adequate as it was biased but still good enough to tell a story when considering the time period. One of the many important elements of screenwriting are the main characters as stories
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The Departed The Departed is about two people playing the "rat" and the "mole"; Leonardo DiCaprio as a cop pretending to be a thug for the Irish mob and Matt Damon as his opposite‚ an informant for the mob. Both are trapped in circumstances where you can’t tell the good from the bad. Each man is living a double life where one misstep will mean life or death if he is caught. This movie was directed by Martin Scorsese with the lead actors Leonardo DiCaprio‚ Matt Damon‚ Jack Nicholson‚ Mark Wahlberg
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Film is a different medium through which to convey historical experiences of war and its social and cultural contexts. As learned throughout class‚ memoirs and non-fiction portrayals of war are excellent sources in which to learn of war and its effects on society and vice versa. Film‚ however‚ is no better or worse than these books. Throughout the semester‚ the class learned of the development of modern warfare since the Civil War in the late nineteenth century and the society that surrounded these
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society and films during the new Hollywood era of the 1960s and 1970s. John Schlesinger’s film follows the story of a young man who leaves his home in Texas to become a male prostitute in New York City‚ and the trials and tribulations he encounters along the way. The soundtrack accompanying the film does not entirely consist of a compilation score of popular songs but it was done in the contemporary style of the time. The main song that presents itself multiple times throughout the film is “Everybody’s
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this is important to note is; Raging Bull rejects many of these tried and true methods‚ yet still offers an aesthetically exciting alternative to Hollywood’s system. What the film takes from the conventional structure of Hollywood‚ such as classical narration structure‚ continuity‚ and realism‚ seem to offer stability in a film with sharp
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How did the Paramount decision of 1948 change the U.S. film industry? To what degree did the decision alter the way the industry did business? The Supreme Court ruled against the Hollywood’s monopoly of the film industry of the United States‚ directing that the production and distribution of movies be separated from movie exhibition practices. The ruling marked the death of studio era and led to numerous changes in film industry decades later. The paramount decision pushed the Twentieth century
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Pariah Many terms come to mind when thinking about the independent (“indie”) film industry. Low-budget‚ inexperienced actors‚ non-commercialized‚ and shallow plotline. However‚ there are several major stylistic aspects of independently produced films that define the genre in comparison to films that are produced by large production companies. When producing an independent film‚ the director is not inhibited by the limitations the larger companies have. Without these limitations‚ the directors can
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