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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Literature: An Inspiration for Film Masterpieces ought to have a muse. A muse doesn’t always need to be a beautiful woman femme fatale‚ either‚ as popular belief might suggest. It simply must be an inspiration; a child with a watering can for Renoir‚ a quarrel with a woman for Ray Charles. Inspiration can be everywhere‚ so why not in words? Literature can be- and often is- a grande muse for people. One of the most popular ways literature embraces it’s splendid inspirationalism is through the big
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Directors have the important job of communicating the ideas and themes of their films. Their power comes from the choices they make‚ aside from the script. Directors are artists‚ they make intentional choices to give the film a specific meaning and help communicate the ideas in it. The Benchwarmers is a great example of intentional choices made by the director. The Benchwarmers is about a group of three young adults‚ Gus‚ Clark and Richie. They have been treated like losers all of their lives and
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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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Film analysis of the opening scene in the film Laura (1944). In the opening scene of the film Laura‚ there is much to analyse. Be it from unusual casting options‚ to the cinematography‚ it seems that the director Otto Preminger knew exactly how to make the audience to think when making Laura. Casting is of a big importance when analysing the film Laura. What is interesting about Premingers work is how he makes unusual casting decisions‚ that always seem to make the feature a success. It seems
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A Film Analysis of Inception If “true inspiration is impossible to fake‚” explains a character in Christopher Nolan’s existentialist heist film Inception and If that’s the case‚ then Inception is one of the realest films ever made. In July of 2012 Nolan crafted a movie that’s beyond brilliant and layered both narratively and thematically. It requires the audience to take in a collection of rules‚ exceptions‚ locations‚ jobs‚ and abilities in order to understand the text‚ let alone the fascinating
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Rear Window DIRECTOR: Alfred Hitchcock YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1954 COUNTRY: USA LANGUAGE: English Week 1: Discuss the relationship between spectators and cinema in relation to the film style of Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock. Stam‚ Robert and Roberta Pearson‚ “Hitchcock’s Rear Window: Reflexivity and the Critique of Voyeurism‚” in Deutelbaum and Poague‚ eds‚ A Hitchcock Reader‚ 2nd ed‚ Chichester‚ UK. & Malden‚ MA: Wiley-Blackwell‚ 2009. Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear
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Northwest – 1959 Psycho – 1960 Director Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Cary Grant (Roger Thornhill) Eva Marie Saint (Eve Kendall) James Mason (Phillip Vandamm) Genre: An American Spy‚ Horror‚ Thriller‚ Romance film References http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/north-by-northwest/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053125/ wired.com Paragraph 2: When the random dude makes a comment about the crop duster not dusting crops it creates foreshadowing??? In this paragraph… closest of his films to be considered “action”
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The Crucible is one of the film that is made from the play. There are some differences between them because some parts were cut off and some parts were made up to fulfilled the mood in the movie. In the book‚ the authors used a lot of devices to set mood and tone‚ and develop characterizations such as figurative languages‚ sensory imagery‚ and sentence style to create particular effects. In order to make the film even more intensive and interesting‚ the film makers need to use various techniques
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