When conducting an interview for the American Film Institute‚ actor Jeff Bridges‚ discussing 1941’s Citizen Kane‚ said its director was "twenty-five years old‚ and he didn’t know what he couldn’t do...and Greg Toland gave him all the confidence in the world (2011‚ 0:28 sec.). Bridges was of course talking about the late‚ great Orson Welles. But who was Greg Toland? Well known in Hollywood at the time‚ Toland was a longtime cinematographer who had not only won an Academy Award for 1939’s Wuthering
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Rear Window DIRECTOR: Alfred Hitchcock YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1954 COUNTRY: USA LANGUAGE: English Week 1: Discuss the relationship between spectators and cinema in relation to the film style of Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock. Stam‚ Robert and Roberta Pearson‚ “Hitchcock’s Rear Window: Reflexivity and the Critique of Voyeurism‚” in Deutelbaum and Poague‚ eds‚ A Hitchcock Reader‚ 2nd ed‚ Chichester‚ UK. & Malden‚ MA: Wiley-Blackwell‚ 2009. Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear
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RELATED FILM To further strength this study the researchers reviewed some films having relation to the present and these are as follows. “Harana” a documentary film directed by Benito Bautista. Featuring‚ Florante Aguilar‚ Celestino Aniel‚ Romeo Bergunio and Felipe Alonzo. Florante‚ a classically trained guitarist return to the Philippines after 12 years of absence. During his stay he rediscover the music of harana. A long forgotten tradition of Filipino serenading a woman their love. In
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Impact on Society Film has played a huge part in American society since 1878 when Edward James made the first real motion picture. Ever since Edward’s first movie production‚ film has made many technological advances that change the way we look at film today. This is obvious when you go to a local movie theatre today rather than looking at movies from the 1900’s. I am very interested on finding out information about the impact of film on society. I personally think that today’s film has many different
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Recording 101: Film Scores! Did you notice that background music playing when you are watching Harry Potter? How about the songs they sing in the Lion King? Nobody could ever miss the Star Wars theme at the beginning of each movie! The music you hear in the background is the film score and multiple scores create the soundtrack. This music is incredibly important in the movie as it adds mood‚ setting and drama. According to Steven Spielberg‚ films without music are “dry and lifeless.” Have you ever
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NOSFERATU Nosferatu directed by F.W. Murnau‚ is a feature horror film made in Germany. It was filmed according to the Nosferatu legend‚ the horrific vampire of Transylvania. The film was very archaic‚ in a sense. I noticed in the film that most of the scene changes had a certain color of light. I felt that those light changes were trying to signify the time in the day or the certain amount of light in room of the scene is to help amplify the audience vision. I like how Murnau transitioned
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had hoped for when he proclaimed freedom of slavery for African Americans in the Emancipation Proclamation. In the 1950’s and 1960’s there was a new type of music being introduced and called Rock N Roll. In the beginning of this film the first reference to the time and place in history is hearing Tracy Turnblad’s mother refer to the music she was listening to as “race music”. This music was completely unacceptable to white Americans that were practicing conformity and Christianity in masses. This
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“Symbols are useful in films as they help to communicate underlying meaning to the audience” Symbols are significantly important in the film Australia by Baz Lurhmann. They assist in depicting and understanding underlying meaning in the text. Symbols in the film are used to represent central themes such as‚ social class or standing through aspects like dress code. For instance‚ Lady Ashley’s umbrella and fancy hats are evidence of her wealth and power. Adventure and travel are also shown through
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A.J. Ford Period 2 Mr. Miller 1/14/13 I adore comedy films. Comedy films really make me happy‚ because I am a person who attains great fulfillment out of simple laughter. After all who does not relish a good laugh? I have seen a range of comedies from stand-up comedy with Mike Epps‚ to Wedding crashers. I am absolutely a fiend for comical movies. However I do enjoy a plethora of movie types from comedy‚ romance‚ action‚ biography‚ historical‚ and horror. Diversity is integral when
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Partisan presents itself as Australian Ariel Kleiman’s feature-film directorial debut‚ though you wouldn’t realise it from the maturity displayed on screen. The narrative‚ rather than flimsily structured as some critics have purported‚ is sinisterly brooding and intentionally thin‚ giving the film a normality that adds effective contrast to the otherwise shocking subject matter. The subject matter in question revolves around Alexander‚ a misbehaving child played in a menacingly placid way by newcomer
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