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    identity gets destroyed. He also has insomnia‚ and in order to resolve it he goes to support groups for people with terrible conditions. He cries with them‚ which allows him to sleep peacefully. In Sam Mendes’ American Beauty‚ Lester Burnham is introduced as a man who seems to be living the American dream. However‚ it is far from the truth. Every day he goes to the job he hates‚ only to come home to have another dinner where he gets criticized by his wife and child who despise him. It is only when the

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    Atonement- Analysis of Scenes The scene starts with a long shot of the three characters walking on a path in the reeds towards the camera. The reason a long shot is used is to establish the setting of the characters. It cuts in to a close up of Robbie to show his emotion as he realises they have made it to the sea. It cuts to an medium high angle aerial long shot as the characters are running through the reeds to show the true desperation of the men. While they are running the music playing is

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    Directed by Mike Nichols‚ The Graduate was released on December 22‚ 1967 as an American romance/drama. Featuring a young college student‚ Ben Braddock‚ and a married woman‚ Mrs. Robinson‚ whom both take a turn on the wild side. As the movie progresses we soon see the tables turn. As Elaine Robinson enters the movie she creates a big problem for her mother and Ben. Most of Ben and Mrs. Robinson’s relationship is shown in the dark or behind a door‚ however it enhanced the significance and created more

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    Macbeth scene analysis

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    Macbeth Scene Analysis: ENG3U1 Summative Macbeth‚ a film directed by Patrick Stewart from the inspiration of Shakespeare’s enduring play is the most effective portrayal of act III‚ scene IV‚ since the film captured the actions of the main characters in an accurate representation of the original play. The film demonstrated the scene precisely from the props to the convincing emotional outbursts of all the main actors and supporting actors depicted. Similarly‚ some filmmakers often use stories

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    American Beauty A Sociological Movie Review American Beauty‚ a film that was written by Allan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes in 1999 is a unique piece that demonstrates many sociological themes throughout the development of the plot. The characters strive to portray themselves as the All American Family. They live in a nice house‚ drive nice cars and seem perfectly normal to the general public‚ but the audience is allowed to view the deep set issues that plague the main characters; Lester

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    GE3401 – TB2 Exploring English Cinema Scene Analysis “Scattering Donny’s Ashes” Scene in The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen‚ 1998) Student Name: Fan Ho Nga‚ Gloria Student ID: 52948216 “Scattering Donny’s Ashes” Scene in The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen‚ 1998) The Big Lebowski (1998) by the Coen Brothers is no doubt a comedy film about friendships between three bowling buddies with differing personalities who met and stuck together as friends by choice in Los Angeles

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    Scene Analysis: Paikea

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    In this scene‚ Paikea and Koro are holding each other‚ it looks like Koro and Paikea are looking into the distance‚ and I can tell from Paikeas face that she looks like she has done herself proud and is happy with Koro; you can also partially see some workers in the background. From what Paikea is wearing‚ I suggest that she likes the beach and has some connection with the ocean. It looks like these characters are important because they are up in the front of the boat and people behind them are working

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    Nativity Scene Analysis

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    The nativity scene. Taken place in Bethlehem in Judea‚ birthed from the Virgin Mother Mary. Also called the Creche‚ this scene is scene is seen or created by many all over the world nearing the holidays; made from ceramic to real people. The origin of this tremendous phenomenon rests in the hands of the great Saint Francis of Assisi. First and foremost‚ a brief history of the creche‚ or nativity scene.The story of the nativity of Jesus is conveyed differently with slight details and differences

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    Gloria Scene Analysis

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    (In this scene Victor receives information and Gloria’s file from Becky on Golden Hands. Gloria is then sent back to the Golden Hands Rest Facility for Young Prodigies. Gloria hates being in Golden Hands and its overly cheery staff. The scene then goes drastic when Gloria escapes. Scene Note- There is not a lot of monologue from Gloria.) (The scene starts with an eerie car ride similar to the one in the prologue‚ as Victor takes Gloria to Golden Hands. During the car ride Victor has a flash back

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    The Baptism scene is arguably the most famous scene in film and also a great piece of cinematic history. The scene takes place right after Vito dies and Michael realizes that he is going to lead the Corleone family. He also realizes that there is going to be a full fledged war between the five families. In this scene we see Michael Corleone getting baptized along with his sister’s four month old baby whom‚ Michael is also about to become Godfather. As we see them both receiving their sacraments

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