TEXT RESPONSE ESSAY TEXT RESPONSE ESSAY On the Waterfront is a film that is as problematic as it is extraordinary‚ Director Elia Kazan’s beliefs are demonstrated within his main characters in “on the Waterfront”. Elia Kazan demonstrates his beliefs and situation through his character’s‚ such as explaining him testifying on his colleagues and such as relating the communist party to the mafia. Kazan throughout the movie tries to demonstrate his theories and philosophies though his main characters
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and contrast the cinematic techniques each film uses to persuade the audience that they are witnessing real story The films I have chosen are based on the favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro. The first being the cinematic film “City of God‚” 2002‚ directed by Fernando Mierelles and Katia Lund1 and “Dancing with the Devil‚” 2009‚ a film documentary by Jon Blair2. The two films are intended to be an insight into the violence in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Both films employ techniques to try to engage
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In Tim Burton films‚ the use of cinematic techniques helps the audience feel a sense of unease contrasted with a sense of comfort and safety. Burton uses techniques such as lighting‚ camera angles and shots and framing to depict and highlight different emotions throughout his films. Burton’s job working at Disney helped him develop a thing for comfort and safety due to the children’s stories and scripts he worked on at Disney. He also has an interest in peculiar objects and characters. When both
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Cinematic Techniques Writing The main idea or ideas of this paper is to show how Tim Burton used all of the cinematic techniques to create mood and tone. He uses all of these techniques to show fear or other feeling towards the subject that is happening. We watched three of his movies and he had shown many different angles of the camera and lighting. In the movie Bigfish Burton used close‚ medium‚ and long shots. Long shots were when he was jumping out of that plane or when he was fishing ing
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Tim burton used many cinematic techniques to create a fantastical and mesmerizing unique world that only he can create. The three cinematic techniques he uses to create his own unique style are music‚ lighting and shots. In the following essay i will describe in detail and give examples of the miraculous way Tim Burton creates a world of his own. One of the techniques Tim Burton uses to create his own world is music. Tim Burton uses music in his movies to set the mood or the tone for the scene
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friend here”. “The characters On the Waterfront struggle to understand what true friendship really is” Discuss. Set in the harsh environment of New York Docklands‚ “On the Waterfront” presents a picture of the life of longshoremen in the early 1950s‚ as they struggle to survive and make a living in the corrupt world dominated by the union leader Johnny friendly‚ who controlled the entire corrupt world. Friendly made all the decisions on the waterfront‚ as to who works‚ who pays extra money
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Sound is a cinematic technique that is used to display true characters. Specifically‚ there is a diegetic sound of Willy Wonka’s tune when the winners first arrive to the factory. The winners of the golden tickets‚ are greeted by Wonka’s very cheerful‚ colorful‚ and hyper
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“Anybody who sits around and lets it happen and keeps silent about something that knows that happened‚ shares the guilt.” On the Waterfront demonstrates that evil prospers when good men do nothing. Do you agree? Elia Kazan’s black and white film‚ On the Waterfront‚ reveals that unrelenting evil and corruption can overwhelm a community‚ but there are those who have “the gift of standing up” in the face of injustice. Terry Malloy‚ the film’s protagonist‚ is a seemingly morally weak henchman of Johnny
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certain things in his films. He can make the audience feel attached to the dark characters in his films. Many of the main characters seem to be odd or different‚ such as Edward in Edward Scissorhands he does this by using many different cinematic techniques. Each technique adds to the main theme throughout his films. Tim Burton uses sound and music‚ lighting‚ and characterization types to prove that being different does not make you an outcast. To begin‚ Burton uses lighting to prove that being
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Throughout Tim Burton’s movies‚ you can see his techniques evolve and become what is known as Tim Burton’s style. Burton’s movies have become a popular style‚ and his movies always bring crowds to the theaters. His fame grew with the production of Edward Scissorhands‚ from then‚ his techniques only grew‚ developing into his own unique style that many try to imitate. Several of his most obvious and aggressive techniques are his use of lighting‚ music‚ and colors. I am using several examples from his
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