Film analysis of the opening scene in the film Laura (1944). In the opening scene of the film Laura‚ there is much to analyse. Be it from unusual casting options‚ to the cinematography‚ it seems that the director Otto Preminger knew exactly how to make the audience to think when making Laura. Casting is of a big importance when analysing the film Laura. What is interesting about Premingers work is how he makes unusual casting decisions‚ that always seem to make the feature a success. It seems
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When searching for images from Notorious (1946) almost every one of them includes a half full/empty bottle or glass. In a film about the aftermath of worldwide war‚ somehow alcohol and its dangers work their way into being a major theme. The film begins with the two main characters throwing down a few drinks and then partaking in a drunken car ride away from their problems. Eventually‚ they are pulled over and we see Alicia (Ingrid Bergman)‚ in a drunken fit‚ lash out at Mr. Devin (Cary Grant)‚ who
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In the example scenes from True Detective (Cary Joji Fukunaga‚ 2012) analyse and discuss an ontological shift from movie theatres to home-based cinema ‘screens.’ “The Golden Age of Television” is a phrase often used to describe today’s entertainment landscape‚ with successful shows such as ‘Breaking Bad’‚ ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘House of Cards’ getting huge viewing figures underpinned by undeniably high quality content. This shift in the quality and ambition of television marks a change in its ontology
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Film Analysis Assignment James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies(1997) Among all the films on the list‚ I chose James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies to write an analysis paper. This film was released in 1997‚ and it was the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series. Question 1: As an action film‚ the theme is to versus evil as normal. British navy warship was attacked by a torpedo and was destroyed in the territorial sea of China. The British Admiral Roebuck decided to send warships to retaliate
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I’m very excited to have been asked to score this film by Joel Plunkett. He has filmed a beautiful scene of what I viewed to be two people that care for each other deeply. The male appears to be leaving as the female rushes to say her goodbyes or stop him from going. This is how I intend to transform this scene: the character of Caroline is frantically looking for Joel‚ her best friend‚ on the day he is leaving town. Caroline having been nervously awake late into the night‚ causing her to accidently
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throughout the movie. The main theme of the movie is lack of communication and miss-communication amongst the characters. The film is divided into four parts: the American couple‚ the shooter kid‚ the Japanese girl‚ the two Americans children’s nursery maid that brings them to her sons weeding in Mexico. Each of these stories is close to the other‚ and the causes of each story are from the people’s distrust and misunderstandings. The movie Babel is a profound work about the human condition of not listening
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The Shooting Scene: North by Northwest In the film North by Northwest (1959)‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ is about a successful new york advertiser is accused of being a government agent by a iniquitous group of spies‚ who pursue him cross country while he tries to stay alive and clean up the mess that’s been made. There is a superb use of mise-en-scene within this film‚ especially the gun shot scene‚ that catch the viewers attention‚ and make a much more noteworthy movie. The significance
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In the second is the parking lot scene which is where their adventure really begins. On their way to go vacation‚ Thelma and Louise decide to stop at a bar to have drinks. Thelma then meets a guy‚ and starts chatting and dancing with him. While they are at a parking lot outside the bar‚ things start to get out of control‚ the guy tries to rape Thelma. After a moment‚ Louise happens to hear and comes out with her gun pointed at the guy‚ saying let Thelma go. After letting her go‚ and when asked to
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of French cinema‚ numerous directors have chosen to set their films with the background of a traditional‚ nostalgic France‚ especially when set in the city of Paris. These films tend to feature a setting of a “stereotypical France” -or with elements people tend to think of when France is brought up- with prim and proper people and brightly colored‚ clean streets devoid of any trouble or complication. A countless amount of these films also tend to star a fully white cast to portray the old‚ outdated
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Dope is a film directed by filmmaker Rick Famuyiwa‚ released in 2015 about three high school students that get caught up in a huge drug scheme. The story revolves around Malcolm and his two best friends‚ Jib and Diggy‚ as they find themselves with a huge possession of drugs following the birthday party of Dom: the local drug dealer. Malcolm comes to terms that he must sell all the drugs while concurrently making sure he gets accepted into Harvard. The movie is filled with adventure‚ comedy‚ drugs
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