Name: Faith Chin Lin T number: T00184784 Title of Modules: Film and Narrative Studies Title of Program: TV‚ Radio‚ New Media Broadcasting Year: Year 1 Total Word Count: 518 Ideology‚ Genre‚ Auteur Robin Wood’s article ‘Ideology‚ Genre‚ Auteur’ suggests that instead of looking at movies in only one perspective‚ one should combine different approaches to assessing the film as a whole. By collectively looking at the ideologies‚ the methods‚ and the director‚ one will get a more accurate sense
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Alex Hoffman IB Film Mr. Evers January 10‚ 2012 Paul Thomas Anderson: An Auteur of Film There are two types of directors in the world: those who write their movies and those who don’t. This doesn’t mean that one is a better director than the other‚ but it does however define if a director is truly an auteur of their film. Paul Thomas Anderson dropped out of film school after just 2 days. He went on to spend his savings and college money to produce his first short film Cigarettes & Coffee. It
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The 1960 film Spartacus‚ directed by Stanley Kubrick’s illustrates the retelling of the story of a slave that had led a revolt. This revolt turned into a major war known as the Third Servile War between the superior powers of the Roman Republic. Kubrick’s version of the film precisely portrays the story of Spartacus‚ but there are elements that embellish the conception of slavery to appeal to an American audience in the 1960s. These embellishments would include the contrast between the characterization
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live a happy life if they work hard enough. Little Miss Sunshine (2006) critiques this American dominant ideology of the “ideal” family‚ the “ideal” life and the pursuit of success‚ as well as female body standards. In his article “Ideology‚ Genre‚ Auteur”‚ theorist Robin Wood establishes twelve values which are present in American ideology and therefore “insistently embodied in and reinforced by the classical Hollywood cinema” (Wood 1997‚ 669). In Little Miss
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growing doubt among conspiracy theorists claiming that the live broadcast provided by NASA showing Apollo 11’s lunar module landing on the moon was in fact faked. The conspiracy theory states that the landing actually occurred in an undisclosed Hollywood studio set by the United States‚ with the help of famed director Stanley Kubrick‚ in an attempt to beat the Soviets in the space race. Disproving the belief that the moon landing was faked by the government can be done by examining the physical evidence
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watching the play. Bertolt Brecht believed in a much different way to write a play‚ known as Epic Theater. Epic Theater highlights the problems of society while surrounding the theatergoers with an unrealistic plot. Dr. Strange Love directed by Stanley Kubrick‚ is a perfect example of epic theater the way Bertolt wanted it. In the movie Dr. Strange Love the names of the characters were supposed to be spoof and let the theatergoers know that they are in a theater and this isn’t real life. Some of the names
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Viswanath October 9‚ 2012 EE Proposal Film To what extent can Darren Aronofsky be considered an auteur? An investigation into the origins of auteur theory and a discussion of whether Darren Aronofsky’s work qualifies him to be considered an auteur‚ with specific reference to Pi‚ Requiem for a Dream‚ The Fountain‚ The Wrestler and Black Swan Sources | Thoughts | http://thevoid99.blogspot.com/2010/12/auteurs-2-darren-aronofsky.html | A detailed blog post on the techniques that Darren Aronofsky uses
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Auteur Criticism for Moulin Rouge! by Baz Luhrmann As a director Luhrmann has only five films under his filmmaking belt; Strictly Ballroom (1992)‚ Romeo + Juliet (1996)‚ Moulin Rouge! (2001)‚ Australia (2008)‚ and his latest film‚ The Great Gatsby (2012) (Horn‚ 4). Even with such a short list of films he has directed‚ Luhrmann’s directing style is recognizable and obvious for all of his movies. The most noticeable characteristics of this director are his films’ favorable close-up use of editing
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THE SHINING The key to a great movie is using cinematography to control the mood and tone of a piece in order to affect the viewers’ feelings. In Stanley Kubrick’s "The Shining"‚ the cinematographer manipulated the lighting to create a certain mood and cast of light onto the scenes. Since lighting is the key to cinematography‚ it can have a major impact on a films narrative. During the scene of The Shining‚ entitled "Great Party‚ Isn’t It?" the cinematographer used light to put emphasis
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Tim burton uses many techniques that reflect him as an auteur. Uses clothing’s and colour to juxtapose characters‚ give them meaning and set a mood. He uses significant turning points to give the character a meaning. There’s contrast between Edwards house and the suburbs to show the differences between Edward and the citizens‚ and uses themes like prejudice and conformity to show it was a normal suburb for the 1950’s to 60’s. Tim burton uses clothing and colour to juxtapose characters‚ give them
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