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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particularly Hithcock’s films use the image of woman in glasses as a signifier for the uncanny nature of the less-than-ideal female‚ the one with the threatening gaze. Miriam in Strangers on a Train‚ Ann Newton in The Shadow of a Doubt‚ Midge Wood in Vertigo and Dr. Constance Peterson in Spellbound offer excellent examples. Dr.Constance Peterson in a Psychiatrist usually an anomaly in a male dominated profession in the 1940s- which demands acute observation and male gaze - excels in it. The Freudian
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Cinematic brilliance can be defined in many ways. Some filmmakers‚ like Hitchcock or Kubrick‚ are obsessive planners who create meticulous blueprints in their minds. Others prefer more organic methods -- cutting loose with the camera in an attempt to catch lightning in a bottle‚ whether it be an actor’s spontaneous gesture‚ a sudden reflection of the light‚ or the inexplicable poetry of a single moment in time. Throughout his brilliant career behind the camera‚ Conrad Hall‚ ASC‚ had a keen eye
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“The Shawshank Redemption” uses a very unique style of cinematography in order to capture the audience‚ with each film technique having a purpose to fulfill. The part of the movie that will be discussed is the scene where the main character “Andy” breaks out of the prison. This is a very significant scene as it symbolizes many things‚ Including the most important of which‚ is freedom. In The Shawshank Redemption‚ the use of long takes‚ close ups‚ and slow zooms toward the characters make the story
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called a push pull. The Push pull would make the foreground steady while the background moves closer. This would cause the audience to pay attention to certain parts in the movie or to feel distorted. The main example of this one would be when in "Vertigo" James Stewart looks down. He would use P.O.V (point of view) a lot mainly in Rear Window. It works extremely well in that film because you feel like you’re in James Stewart shoes. Close ups were used when a character discovered something important
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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 poem ‘The Patriot’ is based on a man who has worked and fought for his country‚ which is clear in the title of the poem. The poem goes on to say that the public have not understood his intensions and they have punished him with the sentence to death. To begin with‚ the first stanza sets the scene and the setting of the poem‚ allowing the reader to understand where the writer is and what the poem is generally about. It says: “It was roses‚ roses‚ all the way”. Connotations of ‘roses’ are love
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Poetry Explication Just as poetry is a permanent mark of feelings that last forever on paper‚ tattoos are permanent symbols that last forever on the skin. Tattoos and poetry can easily be combined such as in Kim Addonizio’s sonnet‚ “First Poem for You‚” the speaker admires her partner’s nature themed tattoos in a darkened room. This may seem to be a simple poem‚ but by utilizing tattoos as symbols‚ including tactile and visual imagery in her poem‚ and using the sonnet as her structure‚ Addonizio
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In Mark Twain’s “Two Ways of Seeing a River” and Charles Yale Harrison’s “In the Trenches‚” the authors use sensory imagery to enhance the reader’s visualization on the plot. In addition‚ both authors effectively demonstrate the use of imagery. In Twain’s “Two ways of seeing a River‚” he uses sensory imagery to describe his change of view on his once great river; however‚ in Harrison’s “In the Trenches‚” he effectively uses multiple types of sensory imagery to show the wartime life of the narrator
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