story of their own. They tell more than just the story‚ but the underlying thoughts behind the film. This can be seen in Blade Runner by Ridley Scott‚ THX 1138 by George Lucas‚ and Children of Men by Alfonso Cuaron‚ as the landscapes help develop the complexity of the story. The directors of these films use setting and landscape to express and contribute to the development of the main argument of each film. In Blade Runner‚ Ridley Scott immediately constructs a dark‚ gloomy‚ and worn out Los Angeles
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Director Martin Scorsese’s Academy-Award winning movie The Departed shows Billy Costigan having a character epiphany. Billy early in the film is set on being a cop. He goes through the Academy and graduates as a trainee. He wants to be a cop so badly that he takes Captain Queenan and Sergeant Dignam deal to go undercover. He does so only after Dignam takes several jabs at his pride telling him he isn’t a cop and will never be a cop: “Hey asshole‚ he can’t help you! I know what you are‚ okay? I know
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opposite.” With the ever-expanding Australian film industry starting to be recognised now on a global scale‚ this is no better reason to showcase all Australia has to offer. From our rich sense of culture‚ to light hearted humour‚ the Australian film industry’s time is now – and what better way to shine than with the box-office hit‚ The Sapphires. Based on true story‚ The Sapphires aids in the exploration and celebration of the ways in which Australian films have
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There were many mise-en-scene incorporated in the Strip Mall trilogy. This was shown by the flashing lights and letters that seemed to come together as words. In the Dreamscapes film the content was stronger than the Strip Mall trilogy. Because there was a story based around the pictures‚ than just letters thrown on a screen. Although each film had a different storyline‚ they both use similar techniques to show it. Whether through sound‚ lighting‚ or soliloquies. Manipulating time and space involves
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Do not look at the job application or ask what the pay is like because the road of an Immokalee farmhand is a road with potholes‚ spikes‚ and marauders. Throughout the majority of the film‚ I saw‚ facts pushed forward to explain why the workers are paid so little and how that affect their livelihood. The workers are paid a penny per pound of tomatoes and at the end of the day‚ the equaled only 48 dollars for a larger amount of the farm
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3/7/13 Film Review: Primary Colors The film I reviewed for this assignment was Primary Colors; the film is very closely related to Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign. The film stars John Travolta who plays a charismatic southern governor by the name of Jack Stanton. Jack is trying to win the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States. Henry Burton‚ an idealist is impressed by Jack’s warmth and likeability with the people so he joins Jack’s team as a political adviser
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The film I have chosen to analyse Angelina Jolie’s biopic film‚ Unbroken which was released late 2014. The film begins before World War II started in 1936 and finishes in the year 1945 when the war ended. During the war‚ it was the norm for militants and even civilians to be captured and taken to prison camps to be tortured for information or used as slave labour and tortured because they were the enemy. The main protagonist‚ Louis Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) is a young Olympic runner hopeful whose
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Summary: Discusses the Australian film‚ The Castle. Explores how Australia is depicted in the film. Provides a plot summary. The Castle conveys a variety of messages about Australia. This is primarily done through the experiences of the members of the Kerrigan family‚ a typical Australian family .For the Kerrigan’s‚ every day is a good day because it is nurtured by the seeds of love‚ gratitude‚ and reverence. Although others in the drama look down their noses at this family‚ they possess the
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the backs of a story that is not hers to tell” (Jones 2). The movie gains the attention of millions of viewers due to how melodramatic it is. Even though Ablene finds it to be a disgrace and unfairly relatable to her life‚ this view does not detract from how good the movie is to everyone else who likes it. Despite the movie being more favorable to whites‚ its accuracies of the characters tribulations and their relationships in the white households are depicted well; in contrast‚ the reasons why blacks
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Film Analysis: Pocahontas The animated Walt Disney movie Pocahontas is based on a true life story of a young Powhatan Indian girl named Pocahontas who falls in love with John Smith. In the making of the movie‚ Walt Disney‚ attempts to relate to the early 17th Century historic event of Europeans settling in Jamestown; however‚ Disney did not portrait the true story. Disney rewrote the story by making it a beautifully romantic and animated love story like a Cinderella fairytale. In the Walt Disney
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