Orson Welles’ undeniable masterpiece‚ Citizen Kane (1941) is one of the most acclaimed and discussed films of all times‚ having also frequently been awarded with the title of “greatest film ever made”. The critics and audiences’ fascination with the picture is deeply linked to its acknowledged status of nonconformity and defiance towards the formal rules that made up the classical Hollywood cinema film style between 1917 and 1960 (David Bordwell‚ Janet Staiger and Kristin Thompson 1985). Effectively
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Tim Burton is known for his movies that are appealed by children‚ yet have a dark and eerie twist. His films all have certain cinematic techniques that create a spooky and creepy feeling. In these films‚ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ and Corpse Bride all use lighting‚ music/sound‚ and editing as these techniques. In Burton’s films he uses many cinematic techniques to create the dark and eerie feeling. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory‚ low-key lighting is shown when people
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Joseph Spath FIL-110 Written Assignment 2 Citizen Kane is a 1941 movie that is written and directed by Orson Welles. Welles also stars in the movie as Charles Foster Kane. The movie is told in a series of nine different narrative sequences that detail the life of the main focus and character‚ Charles Kane. There are multiple reasons why the movie challenged traditional techniques and elements of Hollywood at that time including the use of depth of field‚ a nonlinear approach‚ and mobile camera
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Steven Spielberg has an abundance of skills when it comes to producing and directing movies. His attention to detail is what grabs viewers‚ making them memorable and enjoyable. Using these skills as a Hollywood director/producer he brings to life‚ with storytelling‚ some of the most significant events in the world’s history‚ for instance slavery and the Second World War. Everybody understands‚ somewhat‚ these considerable events either from history books or their own research‚ but unless they lived
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is a mystery and thriller that leaves audiences in a constant state of suspense. Rear Window opens by showing photographs of high risk environments hanging on a wall of an apartment. This leads one to believe that whoever owns the apartment lives a high risk and adventurous life. However‚ once the broken camera is shown‚ it is understood that the main character‚ L.B Jefferies‚ is a photographer before it is stated through dialogue in the film. Early into the film we
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According to wikipedia Personality is the particular combination of emotional‚ attitudinal‚ and behavioral response patterns of an individual. Personality commonly refers to: Personality psychology‚ the theory and study of individual differences‚ traits‚ and types Personality trait theory‚ attributes by which people may vary in relative terms Personality may also be discussed in the context of: Personality disorders‚ a class of mental disorders that is characterized by long-lasting rigid
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Alfred Joseph Hitchcock‚ or ‘The Master of Suspense’‚ was born in August 13‚ 1899‚ in Leytonstone‚ London‚ England. He was a British filmmaker and producer who‚ in his 50 year career‚ greatly contributed to filmmaking’s growth as an art. His brilliance was sometimes too bright: He was hated as well as loved‚ oversimplified as well as overanalyzed. Hitchcock was eccentric‚ challenging‚ creative‚ and impassioned. Hitchcock started working as a title card designer for the London branch of what would
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The Evolution of a Director’s style: Baz Luhrmann Topic 1‚ by Chrysoula Soteriades Baz Luhrmann who is well known for his flamboyant and extravagant cinematic techniques‚ his contract with story telling by making audiences feel apart of his movies and his philosophy of not using naturalism all come together to make him one of the most well known directors of all time‚ in my opinion he has not completely evolved from his Red Curtain Trilogy up until The Great Gatsby because he is still as exaggerated
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farm all by himself. In the next few years he became a grave robber‚ a necrophiliac‚ a cannibal‚ and also took up arts and crafts in body parts. He is known as one of the weirdest serial killers of the twentieth century. He also inspired movies like Psycho‚ Silence of The Lambs‚ and Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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a) Childhood 1. Born in La Crosse County‚ Wisconsin 2. Lived on farm outside Plainfield‚ Wisconsin 3. Mother preached innate immorality of world 4. Read to them from Bible every day 5. Focused on verses dealing with death‚ murder‚ and divine retribution 6. Target for bullies 7. Mother scolded him for trying to make friends 8. Did well in school 9. Mother abused him 10. Believed he would become failure b) Family Deaths 1. Father 1.a) Heart attack b) 1940 2. Brother 2.a) “Brush Fire”
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