Birdman Film Tech Analysis Paper #1 Charles Schloff COM 251 D010 21 January 20‚ 2015 The film Birdman directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu stresses the importance of cinematography in filmmaking and creates fluid transitions from one scene to the other‚ making the movie seem like it has been filmed all in one take. He also uses the motion of the camera‚ whether shaky‚ fast or slow moving‚ to stress certain people and certain scenes. He creates this fluidity to reflect the importance
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Theme of Casablanca Sometimes‚ one needs to give up something they cherish in order for things to turn out for the better. In the movie‚ Casablanca‚ this theme is distributed throughout. Each character has many decisions to face. Their reasons and motivations are very interesting and relate to the theme of the movie. Such as choosing between two people‚ letting go of a loved one‚ or going against their beliefs. Ilsa‚ a woman in the movie‚ has to choose between two men: Rick‚ whom she once
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Film Report: Casablanca (1942) Ques.1- Rick and Lazlo can be said to represent two different types of heroism. How would you categorize each one as a hero? What qualities‚ of any‚ do they share? How do they most differ from each other? Ans: Rick was a hero of friendship. He had been in a long mourn situation because of Ilsa. He loved Ilsa a lot but she did not accompany her from Paris to Casablanca‚ which became the reason of mourn for Rick. After some time in the movie‚ Rick came to know the
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The film Casablanca was released in 1942 in the setting of Casablanca‚ Morocco. Initially‚ I expected this film to be a typical romantic wartime drama involving a man and a woman torn apart by differing political views. I also expected a very simple love story involving one dimensional characters and somewhat superficial dialog. Lastly‚ like many of the older romantic films‚ I expected a happy ending with the two main characters living happily ever after. I can safely say that this was no typical
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historical movies known to date. That movie‚ Casablanca‚ based on the play "Everybody Wants to go to Rick’s"‚ still captivates audiences around the world. The setting of the movie is Casablanca‚ Morocco during the second world war. Casablanca is the jump off point to get to Spain and then to America‚ but refugees must obtain a fairly costly exit Visa to get onto the plane. In the middle of all this is Rick’s cafe. Rick’s former love Ilsa comes to Casablanca on her way to America and discovers Rick to
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Casablanca‚ often called one of the greatest love stories of all – time‚ is simply just one of those movies where you can’t call yourself a film lover without watching it first. In every sense of the word‚ it’s a must – see similar to its predecessor Gone with the Wind and its successors Singin’ in the Rain‚ Citizen Kane‚ and The Godfather. Casablanca tells the tale of the mysterious protagonist Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) who was thrown of out America‚ but made the best of it with his hard as
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about a thief (Cobb) with a rare ability to enter people’s dreams‚ and be able to reveal their secrets from their subconscious. He then gets offered an inverse task of planting an idea in a CEO’s mind. Mystery/sci fi films usually concentrate on cinematography‚ so they can bring out the genre of the movie by using lighting‚ and camera work‚ and props especially for sci
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Sacrifices in Love and War Casablanca is one of the best films produced by the World War II Hollywood propaganda machine. During this period of time‚ in 1943‚ the movie was among one of the one hundred war films that represents the Office of War Information’s early intentions of truthfully representing the war. The Motion Picture was filmed to educate the public about the issues surrounding the war as well as the causes of and reasons for the war. Casablanca is one of the greatest propaganda films
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On every greatest movies hit list‚ it is hard to get past number five without seeing Casablanca somewhere in there. Many of us born after the Korean War ask why is this movie so great? It does not have any special effects‚ there was no one scene that is extremely highly regarded‚ and the plot of a love triangle is one that has been done numerous times even previous to Casablanca. The answer is simple; Casablanca is everything that a movie should be. The plot was extremely well executed. The main
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Sam and his Piano are also an important symbol within Casablanca. Sam works for Rick as his piano player for his café‚ he is also his longtime friend since before the war. Sam is seen throughout the movie entertaining people and bringing joy throughout Rick’s café. Sam brings life into the refugees as they are seen singing along and dancing as he plays. Sam brings joy to refugees but brings out other emotions in Rick‚ he is the only person before Iilsa arrives that knows Rick’s past. Sam and Rick’s
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