Slumdog Millionaire – The Movie is about Jamal Malik‚ an orphan from the slums of Bombay‚ or now called Mumbai. He is participating on the show “Who wants to be a millionaire” and with every question he answers we get a retrospective view of his life when he explains how he knew the answers of the questions to a police investigator. Through these retrospective views we learn about his long lost love‚ Latika. When Jamal returns to the show after being freed from custody he calls his brother to
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In both ‘Slumdog millionaire’ and ‘Millions’‚ the director Danny Boyle explores the subject of brotherhood. Furthermore‚ in both films‚ Boyle makes the same suggestion that the strength of brotherhood bonds is tested when circumstances change to increase pressure in the relationship. In both films‚ this theme is explored through the development of the characters in the opening scenes‚ the rising action and the climax. In the film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ we are taken to the city of modern Mumbai and
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Violence and Corruption – Distinctive Images in the Opening Scene The opening sequence of Slumdog Millionaire creates distinctive images that overwhelm the audience and foregrounds the concept of violence and entrapment. The film confronts the viewer from the first frame where an extreme close up of Jamal’s restrained torso is presented. The camera then pans to again focus on an extreme close up of his frightened face to emphasise the brutality and helplessness of his situation The juxtaposition
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Ram Mohammad Thomas is a boy from the Indian slums who has entered a "Who wants to be a millionaire" style television quiz show. Despite his lack of formal education‚ his life experiences have perfectly equipped him to answer each question that comes up. Because the show’s organizers are sure that he must have cheated‚ they ask him to explain how he was able to answer such difficult and obscure questions. Each chapter deals with another question and answer‚ and as the book progresses his very colorful
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Camera angles used in the opening scene of Slumdog Millionaire It starts off with a low angle looking at the cricket ball being hit into the sky‚ followed by a close up to Jamal’s face. Then switching shots from the falling ball and Jamal’s face‚ as he is getting ready to catch the ball. As the ball is about to hit the ground there is another low angle‚ at that moment a plane flies over‚ to emphasise the plane is much higher and going extremely fast. Next there is a tilted angle looking at
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CS8119 Midterm Assignment – Sound This essay is based on the opening title sequence of “Slumdog Millionaire (2008)”. Throughout the scene‚ the filmmaker uses the soundtrack titled “O Saya” by A. R. Rahman and M.I.A‚ which focuses heavily on orchestra and moves at a fast pace. The scene was started with a group of children‚ who lives in slum of Mumbai‚ playing baseball and screaming‚ anticipating the main character‚ Jamal‚ to catch the ball. Audience would have expected the continuation
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In the book & the movie Kidnapped what I found interesting in the movie was when the gun did not shoot when the captain tried to kill Alan and it worked when Davie shot the Captain I also found interesting was when the uncle of Davie said “Why are you here” with gun pointing at Davie. Another part that was interesting was blowing up the ship instead of cashing the ship. The finally part that I found interesting was when Alan killed the head of the Red coats the Red fox. I never thought Alan
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sacrificial love to lost love to romantic love to unconditional love to the love of humanity. Through the years people have written novels‚ films‚ and short stories dealing with the theme of love and all the ways it is shown. All the different kinds of love are relevant in the three works The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom‚ Night by Elie Wiesel‚ and Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan. Through the characters actions‚ feelings‚ and experiences the theme of love
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Analysis of a scene: How is tension created? (Slumdog Millionaire Scene 4) In the fourth scene from the movie "Slumdog Millionaire"‚ Salim and Jamal manage to escape from Maman and his henchmen by jumping on a departing train. In this scene Tension is created in different ways. So for example when Salim is to fetch Jamal for his "casting" the two boys are shown in an extreme long shot when they are disappearing in the darkness. The spectator is left to wonder if Salim will really betray his
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Multiple Source Paper Slumdog Millionaire: The Feel-Good Movie When Danny Boyle’s film Slumdog Millionaire came out at the end of 2008‚ people instantly fell in love with it. In 2009 it was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won eight‚ which was the most won by any film that year. Everyone seemed to be very drawn to the “feel good” aspect of the movie where a poor kid like Jamal‚ the main character of Boyle’s film‚ can overcome the massive obstacles thrown in front of his path to success and
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