AS Film Studies. An Analysis of a film extract 1500 words. (30 marks) Choose a film‚ select a 3-5 minute sequence and analyse how one or more micro elements create meaning and provoke response from you and the audience. I have chosen the 1960’s movie ‘Psycho’ produced by Alfred Hitchcock. ‘Pyscho’ was a landmark movie that cost only $800‚000 to make‚ yet has earned over $40‚000‚000 worldwide‚ this is due to the fact that it pushed and broke the boundaries of the horror genre. The film received
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individual. The short trop fest film “Be My Brother” by Genevieve Clay 2009‚ represents these ideas through the films central characters. The film deals with society and people with disabilities feeling displaced within society due to prejudices. It also displays the notions of disconnection and isolation within the family home of the main character and his brother. The viewer here develops a strong connection to the idea of alienation and not belonging. The short film “Be My Brother” explores the
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the Red Lantern‚ is a beautiful and brilliantly made film in its own right. If‚ however‚ the team of Orson Welles and Greg Toland had produced the same film it would take on an entirely different look and feel. The film would reflect Wells love for creating physical representations of thematic metaphors and the long take and Toland ’s brilliant use of deep space photography and mobile framing. Under the direction of the Wells-Toland team‚ the film would take on subtle‚ yet significant differences
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alienation from the rest of the world. This particular scene‚ which occurs at the exact midpoint of the film‚ depicts two separate sequences. The first sequence shows Blake escaping his house in order to avoid talking to a friend‚ and the second sequence is a long‚ drawn out shot of Blake recording various looped instruments. The formal features of this scene amalgamate to make it a powerful microcosm of the film by both displaying and representing the main theme of Blake’s inner struggle to escape his thoughts
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about changing self? The film Silver Lining’s Playbook‚ directed by David O’Russell presents many ideas about changing self. The film has shown me new ideas about self-change‚ and has broadened my understanding of the dynamic processes that are involved. It displays that changing self can involve both internal and external catalysts‚ and that changing self involves a shift in understanding that is made possible by adopting a new or revised point of view. Firstly‚ the film Silver Lining’s Playbook
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Sunshine presents a Cinderella story about an average little girl who wants to be a beauty queen. The glamour‚ wholesomeness and charm of pageantry that Olive strives to become helps portray the theme of growing up. The film director and producer help to do so with the use of film codes and conventions. I have chosen the opening scene of the movie to demonstrate this. As you can see at the very first image shown in the movie where just olives eyes are shown‚ it is immediately evident these eyes are
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World conveyed in the film Billy Elliot? ‘Into the World’ describes a concept of a growth and change experienced by an individual – whether the change is physically‚ emotionally or intellectually- from the transition between one stage to another. In this transition there are often barriers and obstacles which the individual faces and needs to overcome. The notion of ‘into the world’ is clearly displayed in the film Billy Elliot (2000) directed by Stephen Daldry. The film Billy Elliot set in Durham
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Avatar is now the greatest money earning film in history so it’s obviously popular with audiences. The key reason for this popularity is because the director has strategically chosen what to use in their target audience in terms of age‚ social class and gender. For age‚ Avatar attracts a wide range age probably between 18 – 34 males where they are more looking forward to the action when the Na’vi tried to defend their home tree against the humans. Technology might also play a role into hooking the
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As once said by a famous film directer named John Lee Hancock who said that directing a film whilst integrating your own personal touch is as if it is more of your signature than a mere piece of writing. “When you direct a film‚ that’s more of your signature than writing” John Lee Hancock. This quote made by the film director John Lee Hancock introduces the idea that a film is a part of a person just as a signature indicates someones identity and that it is a part of them‚ this philosophical idea
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movie Out of the Past directed by Jacques Tourneur fits within the traditions of film noir because it has some similar themes associated with it‚ such as doomed love. Robert Mitchum plays the doomed‚ double-crossed ‚ ex-private eye as Jeff Markham. The femme fatale is played by Jane Greer as Kathie Moffat‚ who is trying to escape her future. Kirk Douglas as Whit Sterling plays the ruthless gangster czar in the film. The formal cinematic elements in the movie are used to vividly describe the movie
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