Philip Lee Joor Baruah Monday- 11:15-12:30 Film 20A 30 October 2014 Citizen Kane Sequence Analysis Essay Mise-en-scene‚ cinematography and editing are visual elements in film that create meaning in the shots/sequences of the film. Ultimately it is these factors that can establish narrative agents and their relations‚ drive the narrative and place the view in a certain point of view of the narrative. Orson Welle’s 1941 film‚ Citizen Kane‚ is considered significant for its technical innovations with
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of the unappreciated beauty surrounding us; however‚ Lester also begins to question the values of a world that seems perfect but is actually a suburban dystopia. Through their use of various filmmaking techniques‚ particularly cinematography and editing‚ Mendes and his collaborators create a vivid illustration of this dichotomy. In terms of depth of narration‚ American Beauty is a remarkably subjective film. Mental subjectivity actually serves as a baseline and framework since the movie unfolds
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Water (Cinematography review) The film centers on how widows of different ages‚ maturity‚ backgrounds‚ and personalities deal with their hopelessly limited fate at a single ashram(refuge). Chuyia (Sarala) is an eight-year-old widow who is initially unable to comprehend her future and questions her religion and placement at the ashram. Alternately‚ Chuyia’s childlike spirit inspires the other woman with liveliness and affection. Kalyani is a beautiful young woman forced into prostitution to earn
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the beginning of the film‚ the narrator is speaking of a man dying‚ and while the narrator is speaking images flash across screen at a faster rate to create tension‚ and this is known as accelerated editing. Accelerated editing is used quite frequently in the movie. Another scene with accelerated editing shows images of scientists giving a man a shot. As the scene progresses and the needle gets closer to his arm the photographs on the screen
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use of montage editing and shot composition effectively builds drama and conflict in Battleship Potemkin and its “Odessa Steps” scene. His choice of framed image conveys emotion and‚ along with camera position‚ engages and appeals to the viewer. The montage editing technique that Eisenstein uses creates a sense of conflict that supports the conflict and tension of the narrative. The marching boots create a rhythm that Eisenstein juxtaposes with the chaotic crowd scenes. The editing of the marching
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Film is applied to a motion picture that is considered by critics and scholars to be more serious or challenging. Movies entertain the masses at the multiplex. Cinemas are considered to be works of art Shot: One uninterrupted run of the camera. Editing: The process by which the editor combines and coordinates individual shots into a cinematic whole; the basic creative force of cinema. Cut: A direct change from one shot to another. Close-up: A shot that often shows a part of the body filling the
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amontillado Shot 1 Scene: Montressor leads Fortunado down the windy stairs into his catacomb Shot: long shot Sound: Diegetic Editing: fade in Lighting: low key Angle: High Movements: tilt from up down to them Shot 2 Scene: Fortunado begins to cough as he walks down further and further Shot: Medium shot then a close up as he begins to cough Sound: diegetic Editing: cut Lighting: low key Angle eye level Movements: pan as they walk through the catacombs Dialogue: “cough cough” fortunado
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amalgamate to make it a powerful microcosm of the film by both displaying and representing the main theme of Blake’s inner struggle to escape his thoughts and reconnect with reality. Through the effective use of mis-en-scene‚ cinematography‚ sound‚ and editing‚ this scene demonstrates a unique significance that makes it stand out from the rest of the film. In this scene‚ mis-en-scene functions to propel the viewer into focusing on the development of Blake as an alienated character. When the scene begins
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Art328 Film As Art Battleship Potemkin 1. Cinematic montage is a technique of film editing that uses short shots edited together to into a sequence to condense time‚ space and information. The Russian directors took the word montage to mean creative editing and considered this editing practice to have symbolic meaning as well. 2. Beginning in Eisenstein’s earlier days in theater production‚ He coined the notion of a “Montage of Attractions”. He envisioned the theater in terms of a
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------------------------------------------------- September 19th ------------------------------------------------- Film Form; Film & Critical Analysis – Chapter 11 * Step 1: Develop a thesis * What is interesting‚ disturbing or noteworthy? * Does that aspect illustrate a concept from lecture w clarity? Is it a good example of something we talked about in class? * Did it have a unique effect on you? * Step 2: Segment the film * What features stuck out the most
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