Gravity was nominated‚ and won‚ the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 2014. After one look at the space inspired thriller you can see there are plenty of reasons why Gravity won and earned the award. Gravity’s cinematographer‚ Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki‚ worked closely with director Alfonso Cuarón and visual effects supervisor Tim Webber to create a film set almost entirely in zero gravity. The audience is not just seeing space‚ but they are taken along what seems to be the most realistic view
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expressive meaning of testing and reorganising gender roles within a family as a structural institution. Analysing the relationship between the film’s content and form with reference to five film elements being genre‚ narrative‚ mise-en-scène‚ cinematography and acting supports this statement. The film depicts the story of the Kramer family: Ted (Dustin Hoffman)‚ Joanna (Meryl Streep) and their only child‚ Billy (Justin Henry). Ted is a career driven man often neglecting his role as a father. Joanna
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The Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola‚ uses a style of cinema that was unheard of until the creation of this movie. Coppola‚ a master of tone‚ uses many different forms of cinematography in order to make the audience feel the emotions in which he wants them to feel. Through different forms of cinematography‚ along with different styles of rhetorical elements in dialogue‚ Coppola was able to effectively portray the post-colonialism oppression against immigrants while explaining the necessary
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The Pantages in one of the many outstanding landmarks of Hollywood. In the past‚ it has been a movie house‚ with live vaudeville acts between features. For ten years the Pantages Theatre was the habitation of the Academy Awards Presentations. The Pantages was primarily a movie house for several decades. In 1949‚ Howard Hughes acquired the Pantages Theatre‚ changing its name to the RKO Pantages Known as “The Biggest Night in Hollywood”‚ The Academy Awards ceremonies took place at the Pantages each
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Seasons Diego Rivera’s artwork Puesta de sol 15 (Sunset 15) created in 1959 is a two dimensional painting created by using oil and tempera on cardboard‚ and is a prime piece that exemplifies my theme of nature through the seasons. This entire art project itself works together as a whole to create my theme‚ and Sunset 15 works to exemplify nature during the summer season. Sunsets are something typical of the summer season‚ and while Rivera’s take on a sunset is interesting‚ and uniquely different‚ we still
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is about the techniques and conventions of your project‚ namely your use of the micro elements February 05‚ 2013 Narrative Genre macro Representation February 05‚ 2013 Mise-en-scene Special Effects Editing micro Cinematography (camera) Sound February 05‚ 2013 FILM LANGUAGE (MEANING FOR AN AUDIENCE) { macro • REPRESENTATION • NARRATIVE • GENRE
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parodies are found in the film industry. The Simpsons is a great example of a show that uses parodies. The Simpsons usually has parodies of films‚ most conspicuous example is the film Citizen Kane. In the episode Rosebud‚ the use of symbols and cinematography creates a parody of the classic film Citizen Kane to appeal to many demographics. The use of identical or similar symbols in The Simpsons episode Rosebud is one of the several ways that the producer can appeal to multiple demographics through
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shape the United States as it is today. The bureaucracy is a very important part of the government today and has influenced the world in a large way. There have been many attempts to reforms the Federal Civil Service‚ such as the Sunshine Act‚ Various Sunset Laws‚ contracting our procedures‚ the performance incentives for employees‚ and the whistle blower protection. There were both pros and cons while attempting to reform the Federal Civil Service system. The Sunshine Law made mandatory to federal
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The Art of Film The first Important film directors and their films. Le Prince - “Roundhay Garden Scene” and “Leeds Bridge” (1888). This film is an incomplete “Actuality” showing Le Prince’s family in the back yard of their home. It is not a narrative and the event lasts only briefly. The types of shots and camera angles. (Lecture and Giannetti) Camera Angles • Shot Size • Camera Orientation Shot Size Designations • Long shot • Medium shot • Close-up Realism‚ Classicism‚ and Formalism. (Lecture and
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neighborhood street is important to this movie because the story is about the community dealing with being suppressed and racism. In Do the Right Thing‚ the film is shot on location with the addition of Sal’s Restaurant. The street corner is Malcom X Boulevard and Quincy Street‚ Bedford-Stuyvesant‚ Brooklyn. The set of Sal’s Pizzeria plays a major role in the movie. Sal the owner is an Italian man running a business in an all-black neighborhood. The scene of Sal smashing Radio’s boom box shows how things
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