Hitchcock’s Psycho is truly a masterpiece which uses the low budget to create something more than expected. Hitchcock uses his knowledge from television to push the boundaries of what a horror film can be. It shows total artistry and control to make such a cheaply budget film a classic in the horror genre. He is able to use his budget to give the audience what they deserve. He is given some sort of magical power because he able to grasps the audience with minimalistic ideas. For an inexpensive film
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Gladiator Julius Mitchell ENG 225 Prof. Jonathan Beller 13 March 2011 What would you do if you were engaged in a twelve year campaign; you have a wife and son who are waiting for you‚ but you are asked to be king and leader of your country? Would you refuse your king‚ and turn your back on your country‚ for the sake of two? Ridley Scott‚ director of Universal Pictures “Gladiator‚” brought to life‚ writer David Franzoni’s epic tale of Maximus‚ an inspiring and powerful Roman General
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A Shutter of Surprise Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up in 2006 to bring the world the organized crime masterpiece‚ The Departed. The film was a huge success and swept the major awards at the Oscars that year‚ bring home such prizes as best picture and best director. The win cemented Scorsese as the greatest living filmmaker and he finally got the respect he deserves from the Academy. DiCaprio is one of the best actors of his generation. Titanic‚ The Aviator‚ and The Departed areall
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Effects Written by: Brett Amato Special effects in motion pictures has evolved over the years into an involved science of illusion and visual magic. The following is a comprehensive perspective depicting the rapidly expanding realm of cinematography. In times of old‚ special effects in movies was limited to an individual’s creativity and the constrictive limits of the tools available. However the results of early special effects masters astounded audiences in their age in the same manner
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Screenplay by Rakesh Roshan Honey Irani Robin Bhatt Story by Rakesh Roshan Narrated by Amitabh Bachchan Starring Hrithik Roshan Vivek Oberoi Priyanka Chopra Kangna Ranaut Music by Songs: Rajesh Roshan Background Score: Salim-Sulaiman Cinematography S. Tirru Editing by Chandan Arora Distributed by Filmkraft Productions Pvt. Ltd Release date(s) November 1‚ 2013[1] Running time 152 minutes Country India Language Hindi Krrish 3 is a 2013 Bollywood superhero science fiction film produced
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Francois Truffaut continued on to say that Alain Resnais’ Night and Fog‚ made in 1955‚ was the “greatest film ever made”. The 30-minute film based on the horrors of the Holocaust and Nazi concentration camps after World War II combines Resnais’ own cinematography with original images and footage of the captives in their unfathomable state. The film is lead with a somber narrative that not only accompanies the sobering images being shown but both compliments them and puts them into perspective. Carl R.
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The Cameraman (1928)‚ an MGM Buster Keaton feature‚ is one of the last truly great feature films of the silent era. From the artistic balance it finds between the simplicity of an all-too-familiar storyline and the complexity of technique and cinematography‚ to the very-entertaining and captivating performances of its actors‚ the film that was nearly lost to the annals of motion-picture history is a multi-faceted gem that is joyous to watch. Simplicity is one of the big keys to the success of The
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Among the dead were frontiersmen Davy Crockett and the Bowie brothers. This paper will explain how John Hancock interprets the history of the Alamo‚ along with the characterization of William B. Travis‚ Davy Crockett‚ and Jim Bowie and finally the cinematography of the movie of the story of the Alamo. Colonel William B. Travis was a main character of the Movie. Travis was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel of the Legion of Cavalry and became the chief recruiting officer for a new regular Texan army
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Never has the fine art of cinematography been so perfectly executed than by Orson Welles in his perennial film‚ Citizen Kane. Whether a fan of the story or not‚ every true admirer of movies can appreciate the cinematic techniques utilized by Welles to capture the life of his enigmatic main character. Many aspects of the movie have been analyzed thoroughly‚ but what I would like to examine is an idea that is often overlooked. As the movie fades in‚ an eerie chain link fence and a sign reading NO TRESPASSING
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In the film‚ ‘Run Lola Run’ directed by Tom Tyker‚ various verbal and visual techniques are used to give and display to the audience several strong ideas. Verbal techniques such as music‚ and visual techniques such as snapshots‚ cinematography and others‚ emphasized and helped to display the important themes and ideas to the audience in ‘Run Lola Run’. These ideas and themes included ‘The Relentless Passage of Time’‚ and ‘The Role of Fate and Chance’. These all centre around the main character
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