The Godfather Rarely can it be said that a film has defined a genre‚ but never is that more true than in the case of The Godfather. Since the release of the 1972 epic (which garnered ten Academy Award nominations and was named Best Picture)‚ all "gangster movies" have been judged by the standards of this one (unfair as the comparison may be). If a film is about Jewish mobsters‚ it’s a "Jewish Godfather"; if it’s about the Chinese underworld‚ it’s an "Oriental Godfather"; if it takes place in contemporary
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Film – 8 3 October 2013 Cinematography Woody Allen utilizes many different camera angles and lighting techniques in his movies. The way he uses lighting can affect the mood and make things seem confusing with dark lighting or‚ on the contrary‚ make things seem all the clearer with more lights. A variety of modified lenses can help tell a story on their own with color filters‚ black and white‚ as he used in Manhattan‚ and shorter and longer lenses for depth perception. These shots can tell us
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macMacbeth vs. the Godfather Changing from good to evil The change from good to evil can happen to anyone. It can happen to the best of people‚ just like Macbeth in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Copalla’s the Godfather. In these two completely different stories‚ the protagonists Macbeth and Michael Corleone‚ start off good and transition into evil and gain too much power for them to handle. Changing isn’t a choice for either of them and evil just presented
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The famous trumpet theme of Godfather movie embodies the character Godfather as he stands as the character is presented to us. Noble and yet emanating a sense of solitude he allows an audience in which woes or wishes will be expressed. One can’t help but wonder… how does such a figure come to possess‚ wield and symbolize such a power. Following such a solemn introduction‚ almost whimsical‚ the waltz unfolds. at 0:35 Light‚ possessing minor harmonies pulsating with the energy and feigned happiness
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ANALYSIS Check MateThe Cinematography and Lighting of The Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 motion picture adapted and directed by Frank Darabont from a short story by Stephen King. This film is in the classical style combining elements of both formalism and realism. It also combines elements of the dramatic‚ escapist (prison break)‚ and romantic genres. The film’s symbolism is made apparent through the use of many techniques and elements‚ but the cinematography and lighting effects
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The Godfather is one of the greatest films of all time. The story begins in the 1940’s with Don Vito Corleone’s daughter’s wedding. This is where we first see how powerful "The Don" is as he is granting requests as true to Italian mafia traditions‚ no request can be denied. The requests are from a regular worker to a famous singer who wants a part in an upcoming motion picture. The story focus on the Mafia crime world and inner workings of it including who is on the payroll as the Carleone family
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Godfather Death The authors Jacob and Wilhem Grimm in the story “Godfather Death” The readers envision genuine circumstances that individuals trust they confront each day. The story “Godfather Death‚” comes down to choices‚ bad choices such as cheating can take a man’s life. The metaphor the authors used is God‚ Satan and Death‚ who is the protagonist in the story. The father has 12 children that he can hardly accommodate‚ so the father is out in the street searching for suitable godparent for his
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terms/concepts are director‚ cinematic language‚ mise-en-scène‚ diegetic sound‚ and cinematography. In the three times Academy Award nominated film Field of Dreams‚ The director‚ Phil Alden Robinson‚ builds the film with his artistic‚ cinematic language featuring unique mise-en-scene‚ as well as depicting characters who hear voices in diegetic sound‚ and includes an imaginative cinematic vision in film cinematography techniques. The director regulates the dramatic and artistic elements in the film
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Django starts off as an average slave but by the end of the film‚ turns into the greatest gun slinger in the west‚ saves his wife‚ and lives happily ever after. According to Robert Richardson‚ the cinematographer of this film‚ the goal of the cinematography was to use iconic American West backgrounds as a montage to show Django traveling and growing as person and bounty hunter. Tarantino used panoramic long shots and a widescreen aspect ratio to show the vastness of the American West and to symbolize
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Notes on the performances of Marlon Brando and Al Pacino in the Godfather in the light of Roland Barthes ‘The Third Meaning’. In Roland Barthes’ essay‚ “The Third Meaning‚” he posits two levels of meaning in a film or photographic image: the first is the simple or informational level which simply tells you everything you can learn from the setting‚ the costumes‚ the characters‚ their relations and so forth; and the second is the symbolic level‚ which shows you the connotations inside an image
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