can see that he is out of place as he is used to schools that tend to be more small and crowded in the poor coalmining town of Scranton‚ Pennsylvania. We know that David is from a low socio-economic class‚ judging by the appearance of his house very close to the start of the film. We are given a high angle shot of their apartment‚ which suggests that his family was quite poor. Centred in the extreme long shot of the school‚ is the church. Mandel has done this on purpose to provide the audience with
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of freedom. The director employs the technique of dialogue when he has Red say‚ “They felt like free men.” The head guard even grabs a beer himself‚ dissolving the barriers between the guards and the criminals a little. Finally‚ we cut to a medium close up of Andy sitting away from the rest with a little smile on his face. The director keeps touching back on the theme of corruption and brutality in prison but illustrates how Andy survives by trying to feel normal. Feeling normal allows him to keep
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am sick of this wedding and it hasn’t even started” whilst looking at the poster of David Beckham in close up to dramatize the situation and emphasize her frustration. The storyline is about an Indian girl who loves soccer and dreams to play soccer‚ but we can see that there are oppositions interrupting her dream as a famous soccer player. We know that she is interrupted when her mother pops up in her daydream of commentators asking her mother how she feels about Jess becoming a professional soccer
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numbers of people in which are there to congratulate him on becoming a ‘man’‚ and then the camera zooms into a close-up of Brandon’s face to see the sheer joy of finally being accepted. Whereas when Olive finally walks out she is greeted by the judgemental stares of self-righteous teenage girls and sexually harassed by other guys seen through the use of the same full shot‚ however in her close-up showing the clear shame and sadness on her
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obvious to Vincent that he was not like the other children. The tall‚ imposing gate of the kindergarten slammed in Vincent’s face seems symbolic of the social chasm lying between Vincent and the valid children. In this scene‚ the movie utilises a close up shot of Vincent’s small‚ childish hand gripping the thick‚ steel bar of the kindergarten gate to further emphasizes to the audience of Vincent’s rejection. Not only is Vincent discriminated against by society‚ his family‚ to an extent‚ also rejected
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Anthony Nelson Cinema Appreciation THE2071 June 15‚ 2009 According to Louis Gianneti in his text Understanding Movies- Eleventh Edition‚ realism and formalism are general terms. These terms can be applied to portions of or scenes in a movie. They can show the tendency of the movie to lean toward one style over the other‚ but rarely can be applied to an entire movie. Both realism and formalism use reality as a foundation‚ but differ in how the reality is emphasized or shaped
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English Assignment The Pianist is about world war 2. The pianist is about how the Jewish were fighting with the Narzi because the Narzi wanted to take over the nation. Szpilman is the main character in the movie‚ he is known as a polish jew. He and his family are have limited resources and in order for them to gain money they had to sell their piano has sentimental value because it was treasured to him and his family. Szpilman and his family and the jewish were forced to move to another district
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‘Up’ The Movie Up is a movie directed by Pete Docter and produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Its lead actors are; Edward Asner‚ Christopher Plummer and Jordan Nagai. Up is an animation‚ adventure‚ comedy‚ drama and family movie which was released on the 3rd of September 2009 in Australia. This film struck me for its stunning and beautiful images. No doubt we face one of those movies that are meant to be enjoyed by children and their parents at the same time. The story tells about an elderly
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one-dimensional attribute. This scene uses the close-up and lighting techniques to portray Ardath and Helen as foreigners as well as the dimensionality of their characters. The function of the foreigner within the scene plays an integral role in understanding the time period’s common anti-immigration sentiment. A member of society during this time period would view this film with prior conceptions about the role of foreigners in society. The use of the close-up within the scene is a function of fear in
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us understand that it is probably a close relative of the boy’s funeral‚ maybe his mother or father. The little boy is neither sad or angry. He looks very confused. In the next shot we are put in the boy’s pov. The camera angle is low angled looking up‚ as if it was the small boy’s pov. The boy is looking up at an open coffin carried by grown men. This is how he is used to see his mother‚ above him with authority and power. The next shot is a medium close up and his facial expressions gives the
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