Rifat Ralfi Salhon Mr. Beckman ENG - 0001 18 Oct 2016 The Birth of a Nation is a Powerful Film I watched The Birth of a Nation prior to reading about the rape accusations towards Nate Parker in 1999. I believe this helped me create unbiased opinions‚ and helped me experience the movie to its full extent. First off‚ Parker’s passion as a first-time director shows blatantly in the movie. His efforts to fund the project‚ and his choice of cast reflect the vast thought process he had when planning to
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plot unfolds‚ vivid scenes and music help reveal an eerie twist that adds to the suspense the story already creates. Throughout the film‚ the audience is taken on a mind trip‚ switching off from Teddy’s fantasies and delusions to reality. The cinematography and music both play important roles in this film along with the on point performances of Leonardo DiCaprio and fellow actors/actresses. Shutter Island is filled with great visuals that create situations which make you question your own suspicions
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Charlie Chapman wrote and directed The Gold Rush‚ a 1925 American film. The producer and actor declared several times that this was the film he would like to be remembered. The film was silently powered‚ meaning that watchers had to pay undivided attention to capture the humor and the many aspects of comedy projected by Charlie. This essay explores the film The Gold Rush and how the film’s indications of early genre such as film‚ comedy‚ music and melodrama have helped develop and convey the film’s
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defies the odds and compels the emotions. It is truly “one of the greatest films of all time”‚ as it successfully incorporates immersive characters‚ relevant underlying themes such as greed‚ rebirth‚ freedom and hope‚ a stunning scored and great cinematography by Frank Darabont into one film. TSR upon watching can be interpreted in many ways and this is an element that makes a film much more diverse and intriguing. An example of an immersive character is that of Andy Du Fresne‚ played by Tim Robbins
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An extremely controversial subject that most people do not desire to be exposed to is human trafficking. The lack of mention that human trafficking gets in the media is often ignored as people continue to pretend that it doesn’t exist. Stories of people disappearing and getting abducted are in an abundance‚ yet when the survivors of human trafficking report their story‚ nobody is willing to listen. In the void of news media reports‚ non-profit government organisations have released videos and articles
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horror movies after he raised the bar with fluid camera movements as well as low lightening in his movies. Both of these techniques became popular for movies after the talented Freund used these techniques in Dracula. After a remarkable career in cinematography Freund changed his career and became a photographer in Hollywood. He was responsible for the famous sitcom I love Lucy in which 400 episodes were produced. Many Americans enjoyed the sitcom before his death in
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Although Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller “Psycho” was only created in the early 1960s‚ his ability to express the psychological battle between good and evil in cinema makes this masterpiece one of the greatest films of all time. With very precise costume design and suspenseful sound‚ Hitchcock is able to show his audience how the mind can be a weapon to any man or woman who uses it with negative intention. Tim Durks of AMC FilmSite.org wrote that “Hitchcock’s techniques voyeuristically implicate the
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The film “Slumdog Millionaire” directed by Danny Boyle‚ written by Simon Beaufoy‚ and produced by Christian Colson. The story is between Jamal Malik‚ the main actor in the film and contestant on show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” and Prem Kumar‚ the show host of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Jamal describes his history‚ explaining how he is able to answer each question. Jamal is 18 year old‚ an Indian Muslim from the Juhu slum is the contestant of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” The conflict
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be judgmental of the others but by the end they learn to respect one another because they aren’t so different after all. This movie is still very applicable and popular. The movie is so well received because of the characters‚ the message and cinematography. The film is an exaggeration of real life. In real life‚ high schools are divided into groups of people based on their appearance‚ interests and how they were brought up. The reason for this is people stick with others that are similar to them
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creates a large amount of tension to try to make the film more exciting and realistic. It is important for this film to be quite realistic because it is based on a true story. This is how tension is created in this dramatic‚ exciting scene using Cinematography and Mise-en-Scene. One of the many tense moments in this scene is when we see a tilt angle in which the crew are sitting silent in their quarters. The tilt angle emphasizes the fact that the boat is rocking dangerously and makes the audience
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