also made America a lot stronger. This attack shaped America into the great country I live in today. On the morning of Sunday‚ December 7‚ 1941‚ a strange plane flew over the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor‚ dropping bombs on eight of the American battleships. These strange planes were Japanese bombers that destroyed 180 American warplanes‚ 2‚400 American servicemen and civilians‚ and wounded
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The works of David Fincher came into the spotlight a few years into his career. Two of his productions aided with his plunge into astonishing stardom and due recognition. These two films are the ones that will be my main focus during this analytic research. Seven and Fight Club truly thrust Fincher into the public eye. While the genres of these movies are dissimilar‚ they vary only slightly in the final outlook. Both films play up the psychological aspect of fear and‚ mental torment thrives throughout
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It seems during this war‚ countries keep creating weapons to protect themselves and hurt their enemies. Countries expected this war’s fighting tactics would be the same as previous wars. This is untrue due to all the industrializing taking place with weaponry. Some modern weapons in today’s war include rifles‚ tanks‚ and poisonous gases. Also‚ trench warfare is a tactic greatly used. The standard rifle used by the British during this war is a Lee-Enfield 303. It is a very reliable gun that can
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Boyle’s unique signature in his films include narration‚ in a prudent and an often subdued manner‚ is typically tied together with montages and voice over narrations to bring forth an energetic realism‚ as well as allow the audience to completely immerse themselves into his characters’ mind. Coupled with Boyle’s fondness for non-linear narratives which can be related to the notions of dream and reality‚ narration sets the pace and tone of the feature‚ with the audience being prompted by the omnipresent
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Bowling For Columbine starts with archival footage of the National Rifle Association. It is included to imply that the film is endorsed by the NRA but as the footage is in black and white‚ compared to the rest of the film it seems that Moore has already begun positioning us. This archival footage implies that the NRA is outdated and the inclusion is therefore seen as another form of irony or social satire. A short sequence then plays with Moore narrating‚ showing milkmen‚ farmers doing their everyday
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His steady transition as drug lord happens during the end of the first arc. We are then shown a series of transitional montages as to how he built his empire. II.) The Godfather – The film has one big arc that is then sectioned into 3. A minor transitional arc within the film is Michael and Apollonia marriage and her death marks a smooth transition to the rise of Michael
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German Expressionism: “Nosferatu” vs. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” German expressionism is a movement that started post World War 1‚ and before the Second World War. It used a unique technique of shadowing and distinctive camera angles. The films during the movement told stories that mimicked the forbidding reality of the German’s life. For example‚ in “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari‚” the set design was painted to get the specific diagonals and claustrophobic atmosphere. Throughout the film‚ the
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’Kurt Cobain’s Suicide Letter’ published in 1994 uses techniques such as emotive language‚ rhetorical question and repetition in an evocative way to reveal his character and point of view. ’Fahrenheit 9/11’ released in 2004 uses techniques such as montage‚ voice-over and symbolism to reinforce historical and personal viewpoints in a unique style. All texts‚ through the use of the aforementioned techniques‚ present us with the concepts of History & Memory which then position the audience to understand
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Photography is considered to be the origin of documentary film‚ capturing life as it is. Usually the photos were taken of people and places documenting it. What is unique about Robert Flaherty’s footage of Nanook inside his igloo? What Robert Flaherty did that was unique was he set up ice stacked to look like they were in an igloo‚ but in reality they were not. This gave him enough light to get the footage for the scene. A documentary documents an event but what else does it convey? A documentary
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medium. These film techniques are utilised to epitomise the superficiality of modern society‚ where character is based on visual representation and image. In the opening sequence‚ the modern audience is visually enraptured by the quick-paced‚ vigorous montage of Cher’s ‘world’. However‚ this visual medium of Cher’s lavish and superficial lifestyle is contrasted with Cher’s voice-over. “But seriously‚ I actually have a way normal life for a teenage girl.” The gap between the position of Austen as the
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