The blockbuster film Ocean ’s Eleven‚ released in 2001‚ was the first film of a trilogy of heist films directed by Steven Soderbergh. This big budget crime-thriller remake of the 1960 ’s Rat Pack favourite conveys the intricately thrilling plot where Daniel Ocean leads a rag-tag group of con artists and ex-cons for the monumental heist of 3 major Las Vegas Casinos. This sequence is significant because it sets up the diegesis of the film and also gives us an insight into the character of the protagonist
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An individual detailed analysis on the style‚ editing techniques Mise-en-scene and cinematography in the film "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind". Michael Gondry’s Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (2004) is not your typical Hollywood rom-com. Its cinematic style is very original and by far out of the ordinary for its genre. The use of techniques and the way the film is produced is the reason why it is so memorable. The non-linear narrative is based around a middle-aged guy who falls in
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PressReleasePing Dr. Oz and Martha Stewart to Speak at Create Your Future Health Summit on June 13-14 at Santa Clara Convention Center Dr. Mehmet Oz will headline the third annual symposium on health and wellness‚ ?Create Your Future Health Summit‚? sponsored by the Peninsula Special Interest Lions Club (PSILC) on June 13 and 14‚ at the Santa Clara Convention Center‚ 5001 Great America Parkway in Santa Clara. Dr. Oz and Martha Stewart to Speak at Create Your Future Health Summit on June
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In the film Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles‚ the soundtrack‚ composed by Bernard Herrmann‚ is implemented precisely to work concordantly with the cinematography in order to evoke specific emotions. Hermann uses the rise‚ fall‚ and build up of his music in order to arouse a sense of drama‚ tension‚ and peace in the viewer. By doing this‚ Welles and Herrmann further promote many overlying themes they attempt to convey throughout the movie. Towards the beginning of the film there is a scene
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NOTE: Parenthetical Citation is used. Selection came from an anthology‚ thus making the page numbers irrelevant. Please modify page numbers to coincide with your text. Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried" presents the central idea that amongst society‚ it is normal to react to atypical situations in an atypical way. Jimmy Cross‚ O’Brien’s protagonist‚ was developed to exemplify this atypical reaction. Cross allows the reader to believe and appreciate "the things they carried" as well as creating
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sets‚ and general cinematography ought to have been good‚ but not so good as to capture the audience’s attention; the point was to transport the audience into the movie world and distance them from their lives (“The Hollywood Style”). One exceptional example of this style is the movies Wizard of Oz. Not only did this movie utilize sound and color‚ as well as the classic plotline of ‘a journey home‚’ but it also accomplished the goal of the Classic Hollywood Style; Wizard of Oz uses fantastical backgrounds
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Boggs‚ J. M.‚ & Petrie‚ D. W. (2008). The Art of Watching Films. Boston: McGraw-Hill. Rotten Tomatoes-Inception. (2010‚ July 20). Retrieved July 24‚ 2010‚ from Rotten Tomatoes: www.rotten-tomatoes.com Gone with the Wind‚ 1939 Machete‚ 2010 The Wizard of Oz‚ 1939 Vantage Point‚ 2008
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well-documented reading sees The Wizard of Oz as being about the collapse of the Populist Movement in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. In this scenario‚ Dorothy represents the common citizen‚ the Tin Man is the industrial worker‚ the Scarecrow is a stand-in for farmers‚ and the Cowardly Lion is politician William Jennings Bryan (seen by many at the time as being all talk and no action). They travel along the Yellow Brick Road (the gold standard) to see the Wizard‚ who could represent President
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the movie The Wizard of Oz is also a hero. The movie is filmed in Kansas on a farm where Dorothy lives with her Aunt Em. Toto‚ Dorothy’s dog‚ bites Dorothy’s neighbor Miss Almira Gulch. Miss Almira Gulch gets a sheriff to take Toto away to be destroyed. Toto runs away from the sheriff and back to Dorothy. Dorothy takes Toto and they run away from home. As Dorothy is going back home an approaching tornado appears. Dorothy and Toto are then carried away to the magical Land of the Oz. Anxious to get
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The 1939 film‚ The Wizard of Oz’‚ was a colour and sound explosion that is as cherished today as it was when it was first released. But what a lot of the public doesn’t realise‚ is that the movie is based on the first of 14 books written by L. Frank Baum. Publish in 1900‚ "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" marked the beginning of a new type of fairytale. Baum steered away from the Classic European style fairytales like those of Hans Christian Anderson and the Grimm brothers‚ into a more light-hearted
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