Backlighting: The main source of light is behind the subject‚ silhouetting it‚ and directed toward the camera. Bridging shot: A shot used to cover a jump in time or place or other discontinuity. Examples are the falling calendar pages‚ railroad wheels‚ newspaper headlines‚ and seasonal changes. Cut: The splicing of two shots together. This cut is made by the film editor at the editing stage of a film. Between sequences the cut marks a rapid transition between one time and space and another‚ but depending
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Color in film went through a self-contained evolution much like sound. Many films of the silent era‚ for instance‚ used processes such as tinting and toning to give an overall color to the frame (Thomspon & Bordwell 34). Thompson and Bordwell comment on the process that “color could provide information about the narrative situation and hence make the story clearer to the spectator” (34)‚ much like the use of photogénie and mise-en-scene by the Impressionists and Expressionists. Other films‚ such
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Analysis of True Grit Trailer Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Analysis of True Grit Trailer Western as a genre is widely known for the use of a variety of camera angles and shots to enhance action. A 2010 western film directed by the Cohen Brothers and called True Grit is distinct for its interesting plot and cinematographic language. The directors masterfully use various camera angles and shots in order to enrich cinematographic language of their film. The Cohen brothers use different
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Tim Burton is a childlike yet wicked director who makes amazing and mysterious movies. His movies have a playful but grim affect in every single one. He enjoys using certain cinematic techniques to show his mysterious effect. Tim Burton shows his unique styles in the most in these movies‚ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ and The Nightmare Before Christmas by using low-key lighting‚ close ups/low angles‚ and non-diegetic sound to convey his mysterious yet whimsical style.
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The extraordinary film‚ Citizen Kane‚ was directed by Orson Welles in 1941. Orson Welles is not only the director of the film but the protagonist as well. This film was very different for the industry during the time it was released‚ it brought forth many new camera techniques. The film introduces the film with a dead screen‚ which was something completely new to the audience. Once the film starts‚ the camera tilts up the fence to “enter” the famous castle and it also adds some some suspense because
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FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ CENTER FOR HUMAN SCIENCES AND LETTERS DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY DEGREE COURSE IN FULL STORY The Historical Relationship between History and Film Thyêgo Douglas Araújo dos Santos Teresina‚ November 2012 FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ CENTER FOR HUMAN SCIENCES AND LETTERS DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY DEGREE COURSE IN FULL STORY
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Nights of Cabiria and La Dolce Vita left me absolutely stunned‚ in awe of what I had just witnessed. I found both of these films to be unspeakably beautiful‚ and in my opinion‚ the best out of all Fellini’s major motion pictures which I have attempted to view this semester. Both films are unmistakably "Fellini" in the characteristic that define his films‚ especially through the world of fantasy‚ and deserve a thorough comparison. In La Dolce Vita‚ we are given a glimpse of a filmmaker
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Jazmyn Lynn Salivio-Topasna-Archuleta O’Leary English. Period Six. January 17th‚ 2014 Style Analysis Essay Tim Burton applies low-key lighting so he can flood the scene with shadows and darkness‚ which creates suspense and/or suspicion. For example‚ in the film “Charlie and The Chocolate Factory”‚ The lighting is used in Willy Wonka’s factory showing that it is every kid’s dream to visit it. Although it is his fantasy‚ Charlie knows that a fantasy is all it ever will be. To represent this
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I Am Tim Burton Who is Tim Burton? He’s that movie director that’s loved by Johnny Depp and reminds you of Edgar Allen Poe. Tim Burton is an abnormal movie director he brings unusual things to your TV screens that you won’t even think of. He’s the type of director that mixes up bad and good in one theme. Tim Burton‚ being an outsider as a young child‚ has led to his success as a movie director. Growing up as a child Tim Burton watched old scary movies and played in the cemetery
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Orson Welles’ undeniable masterpiece‚ Citizen Kane (1941) is one of the most acclaimed and discussed films of all times‚ having also frequently been awarded with the title of “greatest film ever made”. The critics and audiences’ fascination with the picture is deeply linked to its acknowledged status of nonconformity and defiance towards the formal rules that made up the classical Hollywood cinema film style between 1917 and 1960 (David Bordwell‚ Janet Staiger and Kristin Thompson 1985). Effectively
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