Black and white film noir evolved in the 1940’s during World War II. This time period of film replicated the post war tensions and anxieties that plagued American society during and after the war. The repetitive trend of these films was dark and almost always based on crimes that involved love and betrayal. 1941- Citizen Kane Director- Orson Wells This film was one of the earliest film noir’s produced and was budgeted at $800‚000. Wells was the director‚ star and producer. Wells also collaborated
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Alister Grierson’s film Kokoda (2006) is historically accurate to a limited extent. The film is based on the experiences of 39th Battalion fighting against Japanese forces in the 1942 Kokoda Campaign. The representation of the Australian Soldiers and the Japanese Soldiers were in favour of the Australians. Unbiased representation is important to understand both sides of the war. The problems with food and equipment supply do not quite show in the film‚ although the audience still gets a feel to
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Christopher Nolan Many know Christopher Nolan for his directing skills. He has directed movies such as Interstellar‚ Inception‚ and the Dark Knight. While he is a talented director‚ he also is a talented screenwriter. He has been the screenplay writer for movies such as Memento‚ Insomnia‚ Inception‚ and many others. This will go into the writing process Nolan goes through and the steps he makes when writing a screenplay. In 2010 a writer named Ed Brubaker asked Nolan a few questions about his
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Professor Duessere Final Paper Film to express War When film started to become more prevalent as a mass medium‚ it was a way to capture and express the world. Initially‚ the film industry was captivated by the relatively quiet and simple nature of the world around them‚ but slowly it produced a window into spectacle and wonder that captured audiences. Directors also used film to push their thoughts and perceptions about the world into their films‚ and over time‚ film became a mirror reflecting on
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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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Zachary: a letter to a son about his father‚ I honestly didn’t know what to expect when I started watching it. The documentary deals with the death of Andrew Bagby‚ a young doctor. HIs childhood friend Kurt Kuenne narrates‚ directed and wrote the entire film‚ while using a lot of home video;s from both their childhood and adulthood. This movie is brought out every single emotion I had‚ though I felt myself going from sad to angry throughout the movie. The story begins telling audiences about the death
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Professor Laura T. di Summa PHI 3060-TTH 4:10PM November 11‚ 2012 Theatre and Film in Panofsky Film as art has vastly developed throughout the history of film. In the beginning‚ people had an aesthetic interest in formal moving pictures. As time progressed‚ technical inventions combined with folk art mentality lead to incremental artistic film techniques that aided in perfecting the new art form. Film has progressed from simple recordings of basic movements‚ to documentaries and shortly
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than of a fiction film. When I first viewed ‘Senna’‚ I was made to go with what the film maker had put and my response was a visceral response feeling compassion with his parents. I was less critically aware of what I was watching as I was lead to believe what I was watching. However‚ on the second viewing I thought more about and questioned what I was watching and hearing on the screen‚ so my response was more intellectual than visceral. Before watching a documentary film I believe that it
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standard that many future directors would follow with his classic 1939 film “Stagecoach”. Although there were a plethora of western films made before 1939‚ the film “Stagecoach” revolutionized the western genre by elevating the genre from a “B” film into a more serious genre. The film challenged not only western stereotypes but also class divisions in society. Utilizing specific aspects of mise-en-scène and cinematography‚ John Ford displays his views of society. The film consists of many cliché
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“Precious” is a tormenting yet hope-filled story of “Precious”‚ based on true accounts adapted from the Novel ’Push’ by Sapphire. This film comprises all the main elements: main characters‚ plot‚ setting‚ dialogue‚ formatting‚ momentum‚ and genre. The theme covers rising from the pits of despair to the heights of self-fulfillment and triumph. This plot-driven movie is set in a poverty-stricken Harlem neighborhood about 1987. Often tough to watch‚ it is a dreadful and heartrending story of a poor
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