Chawin Pathompornvivat Mrs. Sarr-Lewis Advanced Placement English Language & Composition 21st August‚ 2013 Summer Assignments 2013 Word count: 313 words “Close Reading: The Art and Craft of Analysis” Close reading informs a writer writing by revealing something new each time we read them. The process of close reading develop an understanding of a text that is based first on the words themselves. The skill called “close reading” is a fundamental for interpreting literature. Reading
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In the exciting year of 2007‚ the film There Will Be Blood was released. With Paul Thomas Anderson as both the screenwriter and director‚ it was going to be an interesting movie. The actors of the film had some likeability to them as well‚ it not being your everyday cast. Daniel Day-Lewis‚ Paul Dano‚ Kevin J. O’Connor‚ and Russell Harvard put together such an amazing cast‚ there is a reason why it has eight out of ten stars. This film will leave you wanting one of those unwanted sequels they pin
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Graduate‚ directed by Mike Nichols in 1967 shows the audience how hard it is to stand out in a “plastic” world through the uses of screenplay‚ performance‚ cinematography‚ music and sound. Nichols wanted us to feel what Benjamin felt as well as be engaged in his decisions. Nichols achieved this by using subjective shots in the film. The cinematography in this film shows many symbols that are often the protagonist’s point of view which caused the audience to feel a sense of support and empathy for the
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ball. Since this rule is being implemented the players will know they are safe in the back of their mind when fielding the ball (“Leagues official”). Rules in 2010 have been made to terminate helmet hits and from an offensive player to deliver a blindside block. NFL owners also approved a rule that penalizes (penalty) or a possible fine for the player hitting opponents with the crown of their helmets or with their helmets in general (“Leagues official”). There has also been cases of players with symptoms
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that seek a more confrontational experience. (p. 22) In typical mainstream cinema‚ the filmmakers follow a structure that presents the viewer with plots about sympathetic characters and their sometimes dire but ultimately solvable problems. The cinematography is designed and created with the idea to bring appeal and gratification to the audience‚ and to satisfy all their primal senses. While the so-called extreme cinema seeks the opposite – to remove the audience from the comfort zone‚ to provoke thoughts
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Abstract This paper will provide a broad analysis of the movie "Crash"‚ and yet a specific picture of visual narrative techniques and audio techniques. The categories contributing to the nucleus and major movie components are theatrical elements‚ cinematography‚ editing‚ and sound. The Academy Award winning movie Crash is a story about society ’s controversial subjects projected in an "in your face" depiction of lives that in some way or another‚ cross. Depth Analysis of the Movie "Crash" The over-all
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Scorsese’s film “Raging Bull” is considered by many to be one of the greatest “sports” films of all time. The plot focuses on the professional and personal life of boxer Jake LaMotta. In the opening sequence‚ the film uses narrative‚ mise en scene‚ cinematography‚ editing‚ and sound to provide a framework for the rest of the picture. These elements also help to establish the film’s themes of nostalgia‚ isolation‚ loneliness‚ and suffering. In addition to setting up the film’s themes‚ these elements also
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In the early twentieth century a director called D.W. Griffith of the United States proved that film narratives can be improved by adjusting the way in which the film is put together (Bywater & Sobchack‚ 1989). Griffith developed ways to counteract the little dialogue there was in those days and intensify the drama and emotion he could provoke in his fictional films (Fabe‚ 2004). He had three main methods: utilising the foundations of “filmic” mise-en-scene with his cast‚ filming his movies more
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directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ challenge of social‚ film conventions and audience expectations at the time. The scene reveals an underlying uneasiness in the character of Norman Bates. The extract‚ the parlour scene‚ shows how Hitchcock uses cinematography and mise-en-scene to reveal the many layers of meaning to the audience. The film technique contribute to the themes‚ issues of duality of human nature‚ family. The context of the parlour scene is when Marion has arrived at the Bate’s motel and
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as a bad place for women‚ has caused quite the frenzy. And‚ you know‚ rightfully so—the adaptation captures an anxiety many women face in an extreme patriarchal world: the right to control her own body. I won’t spoil too much for you‚ but the cinematography and light/shadows are strategic‚ designed to demonstrate all the ways that women’s bodies and subjectivity are under siege. There are many interesting and important feminist dystopias in written and television/film form‚ which I absolutely love
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