How cinematography and sound are used in a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) to create meaning and generate a response in an audience For this essay I will be focusing on the scene in which Melanie is heading to the school to see Annie when they are suddenly attacked by numerous birds while trying to get the school children to safety. I will be focusing on the two micro features‚ sound and cinematography. The sound that is used in a film can be used to deliver information about what
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THE SHINING The key to a great movie is using cinematography to control the mood and tone of a piece in order to affect the viewers’ feelings. In Stanley Kubrick’s "The Shining"‚ the cinematographer manipulated the lighting to create a certain mood and cast of light onto the scenes. Since lighting is the key to cinematography‚ it can have a major impact on a films narrative. During the scene of The Shining‚ entitled "Great Party‚ Isn’t It?" the cinematographer used light to put emphasis
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Music. It is in fact an exceptionally successful and well-known film at the time of its release. Others considered it as the high-point of the Hollywood musical. It is a triumphant film produced by 20th Century Fox that exemplifies award-winning cinematography‚ well-refined music and wholesome theatrical plays and performance. The story itself‚ the actors and actresses are indeed remarkable. I can assert that the movie is unquestionably joyous‚ uplifting and astounding. As a matter of fact‚ as I watch
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For my paper I have decided to view the original "Scarface" which was directed by Howard Hawks. This film stars Paul Muni‚ Ann Dvorak and George Raft. This film was made in 1932 and was in black and white. The film was to take place in Chicago and show a realization of the prohibition era. This was about the organized crime in Chicago and loosely base on the life of Al Capone. This film is a certain character that moves up on the mob ladder until his own weaknesses catch up with him. The main character
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The King’s Speech‚ directed by Tom Hooper‚ is a British biopic produced in 2010. The film illustrates the story of Bertie‚ later crowned King George VI‚ and his stammer affliction. It follows Bertie’s wife’s pursuit to help her husband‚ employing Lionel Logue‚ an Australian speech pathologist‚ to assist‚ and potentially cure Bertie of his speech condition. The King’s Speech unravels the tale of how two entirely adverse characters end up the greatest of friends. Leading cinematographer‚ Danny Cohen
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How does neil Marshall use cinematography and lighting to demonstrate symbolism and intertextual references in The Descent? In this essay I’m going to write about how elements of lighting and cinematography are used to build suspense throughout the film. The Descent is about six women who embark on a caving expedition‚ only to find that they become trapped inside of the cave and must defend themselves against a strange breed of monsters that lurk in the dark shadows of the cave. The scene I am
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In the first scene‚ medium close-up shot of a teenage girl as she talks about her disappointment in her father and that she pitys him; suggesting almost sarcastically that someone should ’put him out of his misery’ ‚another male out of shot suggests that maybe he could kill her father himself. This first establishing scene sets up the film and brings up the question why does she want her father dead‚ and does this male out of shot end up actually killing her father. The way the first scene is shot
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The blockbuster film Ocean ’s Eleven‚ released in 2001‚ was the first film of a trilogy of heist films directed by Steven Soderbergh. This big budget crime-thriller remake of the 1960 ’s Rat Pack favourite conveys the intricately thrilling plot where Daniel Ocean leads a rag-tag group of con artists and ex-cons for the monumental heist of 3 major Las Vegas Casinos. This sequence is significant because it sets up the diegesis of the film and also gives us an insight into the character of the protagonist
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An individual detailed analysis on the style‚ editing techniques Mise-en-scene and cinematography in the film "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind". Michael Gondry’s Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (2004) is not your typical Hollywood rom-com. Its cinematic style is very original and by far out of the ordinary for its genre. The use of techniques and the way the film is produced is the reason why it is so memorable. The non-linear narrative is based around a middle-aged guy who falls in
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In the film Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles‚ the soundtrack‚ composed by Bernard Herrmann‚ is implemented precisely to work concordantly with the cinematography in order to evoke specific emotions. Hermann uses the rise‚ fall‚ and build up of his music in order to arouse a sense of drama‚ tension‚ and peace in the viewer. By doing this‚ Welles and Herrmann further promote many overlying themes they attempt to convey throughout the movie. Towards the beginning of the film there is a scene
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