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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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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a 1953 Disney film‚ The Living Desert. (1) After working as a camera assistant on a few feature films in the early 1960’s‚ Hall became a camera operator. Though he had been a cinematographer for television series and movies‚ he got his first cinematography credit for a theatrical released film in 1965. In 1967‚ Hall was praised for his rich and complex composition as he was the director of photography for two modern classic films‚ Cool Hand Luke and In Cold Blood. In 1969 he won his first Academy
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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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In the film Me Before You directed by Thea Sharrock there are many good uses of cinematography. In the beginning of the film there are a lot of shots that show Lou standing and looking towards Will while Will is in his wheel chair facing the opposite direction. This helps develop the relationship Will and Lou have in the beginning as a relationship where they don’t really like each other but have to get along. In the beginning when they show Lou and Will together there is not a lot of music or talking
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Note: This is part of a "philosophy in film" class. We watched a movie in class‚ talked about it‚ then figured out how different film concepts applied to the movie. I got an A in the class‚ but I don’t remember what I got on this paper. I am sure it was an A though. Text: Different camera positions in a movie can have a great effect on the way the audience interprets or feels about a movie. This is also done by the way each scene is composed and designed. In A Clockwork Orange‚ all these concepts
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In the film Citizen Kane‚ Herman J. Mankewicz and Orson Welles are the screenwriters. The genre for this film falls under drama and mystery. Throughout the film there were many lines from Jedediah Leland that contain a strong and powerful significant. A line that stood out the most was stated by Jedediah Leland he mentions‚ “That’s all he ever wanted out of life was love. That’s the tragedy of Charles Foster Kane. You see‚ he just did not have any to give.” From this line I can interpret that Jedediah
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The Administration for Children Services mission is to protect and promote the safety and well-being of NYC’s children‚ families‚ and communities by providing excellent child welfare juvenile justice‚ and early care and education services. The Child protective (Case Manager) services duties are to protect and strengthen children families and young adults by intervening and implementing services for families when needed. They are to provide resources to places where the families can receive assistance
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Every movie and TV show is different but they all share one thing in common‚ cinematography. Cinematography is how something is shot. Within cinematography are three categories; photographic aspects‚ framing‚ and duration. Photographic aspects are the concrete decisions that deal with specifics of the photographic elements; contrast‚ the difference between black and white and light and dark; exposure‚ the amount of light per unit area; and tonality‚ the amount of contrast there is. Framing is what
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Vertigo & Psycho Like most other directors Alfred Hitchcock had a certain stylistic feel to his movies. He was arguably one of the greatest directors and most definitely the king of suspense. Whether you enjoyed his movies or not they were still intriguing pieces of art that at the time left audiences walking out of the theatre in a sense of hysteria. His films have rained terror on his audiences for decades and two in particular have especially caused a level of frenzy‚ Psycho and Vertigo
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