Filmmakers use many different tools to help their audience understand the message in their films‚ and to better understand the psychological nuances of their characters. Some of these tools include acting‚ framing‚ cinematography‚ and editing. These tools can be used to show any range of emotion‚ in many different ways; extreme close ups on characters to show uneasiness‚ tears on an actors face to show sadness‚ fast cutting to make the audience feel rushed‚ or cool or warm colors to convey emotion
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In the 2007 film Atonement‚ director Joe Wright uses characterisation and explicit symbolism to explore the themes of truism and misconception. He uses this to comment on how the abuse of power is carried out by people who are seemingly civilised. Wright used both non-diegetic and diegetic sounds to draw comparisons between the seeming civility and the actions of Briony and Paul Marshall. Various mis-en-scène elements‚ such as the characters’ appearances and speaking style‚ are effectively used to
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Documentary Film Techniques Ambient Sound This is sound that is present‚ or available‚ in the context of the scene being filmed. It may consist of the background sounds such as traffic‚ birds‚ wind‚ children playing‚ machines working etc. Archival footage Use of direct cinema or other documentary footage or photographs from the past in order to review events that took place in the past or provide some perspective on events from the past. Bird’s eye view A shot in which the camera photographs a
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(2008 film) Hunger Film poster Directed by Steve McQueen Produced by Laura Hastings-Smith Robin Gutch Written by Enda Walsh Steve McQueen Starring Michael Fassbender Liam Cunningham Music by David Holmes Cinematography Sean Bobbitt Editing by Joe Walker Studio Film4 Channel 4 Northern Ireland Screen Broadcasting Commission of Ireland Wales Creative IP Fund Blast! Films Distributed by Icon Film Distribution Release date(s) March 15‚ 2008 (2008-03-15) (Cannes Film Festival)
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Memento is a psychological thriller film written and directed by Nolan which released in fall of the year 2000. Touched on earlier‚ I talked about how writing in a non-linear fashion was hard for Nolan. So when writing Memento‚ he wrote it in a way that he wanted his audience to view it.
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so in this film‚ it shows the unfortunate events that keep happening in the real world with women. Gabourey Sidibe plays a troubled teen with an abusive background as Claireece "Precious" Jones and her journey of salvation. This movie shows the life of Precious dealing with the rape of her father‚ the abuse of her mother and the relationships around her. Lee Daniels directing the movie helps the viewers see the character’s pain with film elements. There are different elements in the film that shows:
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Description of Film Scene 1 The opening scene of this film shows Jerry a recently appointed sheriff‚ sitting at the town’s bar drinking whiskey. He is very sad due to the recent death of the former sheriff‚ Mark. Jerry is then informed that Jazzelle has been kidnapped. Jerry is told that Jazzelle’s horse was found by the river and he believes the Cherokee may have taken him. Scene 2 Jerry is in his office very disturbed about how to rescue Jazzelle. This is a key moment in the film as this is when
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imaginations to provide his audience with entertainment. Looking at the two films My Left Foot and Gangs of New York‚ we are presented with two controversial characters played by Day-Lewis. Presented in these two films‚ Day–Lewis allows the audience to forget that they are watching a film by allowing them to become part of the world that has been created by the actors as well as the directors and their incredible filming techniques. Day-Lewis in My Left Foot took the idea of preparation of portraying a
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Donnie Darko is an almost confusing film about time travel‚ schizophrenia and the manipulation of one ’s fate. The film focuses on a teenage schoolboy named Donnie Darko. Donnie is not mentally healthy but he is very intelligent and has extremely high Iowa test scores. He also has a tendency to hallucinate and do destructive things when sleepwalking‚ such as flooding his school and burning down a house‚ due to this he is on strong medication and sees a therapist on a regular basis. After a near death
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The film Koyannisqatsi (1983) had opened the public’s eyes to the possibility of extensive time-lapse cinematography and the non- verbal style of filmmaking. Filmmakers such as Frances’ Jean Painleve made similar films before but nothing had been made such as Koyannisqatsi (1983). The other films where similar but made more towards the experimental film audiences. Godfrey Reggio the director of Koyannisqatsi (1983) and Ron Fricke the cinematographer showed how the modern world was moving from a
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