Yanni Thomas 4 December 2013 Professor Stanley COMM 1375-60 Mis-en-scene and Cinematography in The Breakfast Club This film written and directed by John Hughes follows five students at Shermer High School in Shermer‚ Illinois as they report for Saturday detention in 1984. While not complete strangers‚ the five are all from different cliques‚ there’s John Bender "The Criminal‚" Claire "The Princess‚" Brian "The Brain‚" Andy "The Athlete‚" and Allison "The Basket Case." The school’s disciplinary
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An individual detailed analysis on the style‚ editing techniques Mise-en-scene and cinematography in the film "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind". Michael Gondry’s Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (2004) is not your typical Hollywood rom-com. Its cinematic style is very original and by far out of the ordinary for its genre. The use of techniques and the way the film is produced is the reason why it is so memorable. The non-linear narrative is based around a middle-aged guy who falls in
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how Kazan implemented various visual elements to add depth to the characters. This is achieved through elements of mis en scene giving a visual representation for the theme of control‚ that others fight to hold over Terry. Terry’s brother Charley‚ and his boss Johnny Friendly are the two most influential characters who have charted the course of Terry’s life. In a key early scene after Joey has been murdered Terry walks into a billiard room where Johnny is meeting with his men. Johnny is fun loving
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rational‚ thoughtful‚ and democratic Weimar republic Republic slowly lost its grips on the government‚ giving way to the delusional‚ fascist Nazi Party. In the film M‚ Fritz Lang uses mise-en-scene‚ editing‚ cinematography‚ and sound to embodyin order to manifest Hans Beckert’s mental illness‚
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Romeo and Juliet by Baz Luhrman In this piece of coursework I will analyse four shots from the opening sequence. I will analyse the film techniques in Romeo and Juliet such as the mise-en-scene‚ the casting and costume‚ camera angles‚ lighting‚ captions‚ music and other techniques that have been used in order to make this film successful. In the opening sequence of Romeo and Juliet it doesn’t really focus on their love but mostly the feud between the two families and how they are caught between;
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ways verbal and visual features are organised and combined for different meanings‚ effects and purposes. Unit Learning Outcomes – By the end of this unit‚ students will be able to: 1. Identify‚ analyse and evaluate the elements within the mise-en-scene‚ cinematography and post-production of a film in discussion and writing. 2. Analyse the central components of the film (exposition/conclusion‚ character/relationships‚ theme‚ narrative‚ genre‚ motif/symbol) using the above terminology correctly
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Cecilie Skogheim FS 101 Term Paper VERTIGO Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock‚ 1958) is an American film noir psychological thriller. Hitchcock made Vertigo during a very creative period (1958-1960) of his life. In that time period he released three historic films‚ Vertigo (1958)‚ North by Northwest (1959)‚ and Psycho (1960). Each film took a radically characteristic approach to the genre suspense thriller‚ and Hitchcock made a massive change to the thriller genre. His films were not black and white anymore
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This clip from the 2009 science fiction disaster film 2012 shows the scene where Kate Curtis (Amanda Peet)‚ the protagonist’s former wife‚ and her boyfriend Gordon Silberman (Thomas McCarthy) experience a massive‚ earth-shattering earthquake in a supermarket. The editing in this scene primarily serves to induce suspense in the audience. Suspense is created is using cross-cuts between the settings of outside the supermarket and inside. By cutting between the dialogue of couple inside and brief looks
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Csicsery-Ronay October 10‚ 2008 Editing in The Shining In his classic horror film‚ The Shining‚ Stanley Kubrick utilizes many different elements of editing to create unique and terrifying scenes. Kubrick relies on editing to assist in the overall terrifying and horrifying feel created in the movie. Editing in the movie creates many different effects‚ but the most notable effects created add to the continuity of the film as well as the sense of fear and terror. One scene in particular stands out as
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History of editing: In the first years of film‚ editing wasn’t used as it is today. When film first came about‚ people mostly used films to make actualities. Actualities mean a short film of an actual event. For instance‚ a ship pulling into the harbour‚ or a train passing by. These films didn’t have much of a story. However‚ it wasn’t long before films made by the Lumiere Brothers‚ and the Edison company‚ contained a plot. (include a little about plot vs story here) These filmmakers would set
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