Romeo + Juliet Modern day audiences expect a film such as Romeo + Juliet to contain themes such as action‚ impressive visual aids and music. Baz Luhrmann uses elements of cinematography to entice a modern audience into his adaption of William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet. Luhrmann uses a modern day audience to make the movie appealing to teenagers‚ whilst including modern day themes such as Love‚ violence and gunfights. The camera shot used to introduce the city of New Mexico are used to draw in
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Media genres are a reflection of society. Film noir is a movie that conveys a mood of pessimism‚ fatalism‚ menace and cynical characters. French critics used it to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s. The term literally means ‘Black Film’ and features extremely negative themes. Fedora hats‚ trench coats and nighttime make up some of the distinguishing features of film noir. Film Noir of this era is associated with low-key black and white visual styles that have roots in
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By: Thomas Kallergis Film Critique: Analyzing the Star or Director Through Their Films Spike Lee - Modern Star Director - She’s Gotta Have it‚ Crooklyn‚ Inside Man Spike Lee‚ born Shelton Jackson Lee‚ is a modern Black director who was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia but grew up in Brooklyn‚ New York. It can be said that Mr. Lee is not one to shy away from controversy‚ be it in his films or public statements. The production company that Mr. Lee founded is called “40 Acres and a Mule” referring to
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The film Pleasantville directed by Gary Ross is about two modern teenagers‚ David and his sister Jennifer‚ somehow being transported into the television‚ ending up in Pleasantville‚ a 1950s black and white sitcom. The two are trapped as Bud and Mary Sue in a radically different dimension and make some huge changes to the bland lives of the citizens of Pleasantville‚ with the use of the director’s cinematic techniques. Ross cleverly uses cinematic techniques such as colour‚ mise-en-scene‚ camera shots
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forward to the future trying to synthesize these two imaginary places” This notion of both reaching back to the past and forward to the future‚ can be seen in Ridley Scott’s 1982 Blade Runner. The film although set in L.A. in 2019‚ shows many aspects of both the 1980’s culture and that of the 1940’s‚ when the film noir genre rose to popularity. Aspects of these cultures and time periods can be seen in the retro architecture and couture. The architecture in particular shows this contrast‚ with the ruined
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into making a horror film. Horror films are projected to create a psychological sense of fear; however‚ humans tend to enjoy and crave the heart-pumping adrenaline rush of terror. Some believe it is the calling of curiosity while others think it is the section of insanity that imbedded itself into our mind. Trepidations are not a trend that has set forth in the twenty first century; we humans hunger after the thrill of terror ever since Roman times. In addition‚ horror films closely relate to events
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The Film Experience 2e‚ Chapter Quizzes Ch 05 completed Total score: 20 out of 20‚ 100% [pic] 1. The brief superimposition of one image over another where the first image fades out and the second image fades in is called [pic]a. an iris out. [pic]b. a dissolve. [pic]c. a cutaway. [pic]d. a zoom. 2. A primary purpose of a cutaway shot is to [pic]a. break the 30 degree rule. [pic]b. break the fourth wall. [pic]c. expand time. [pic]d. condense time. 3. An initial long shot that
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would invoke peace in the adults of the future. To do so‚ they came up with Man: A Course of Study or MACOS‚ a film based‚ year-long social sciences course for 5th grade students. Despite the program being created in good faith and containing revolutionary concepts‚ it was eventually evicted from the curriculum by enraged parents and conservative politicos. The core of the program was a film series which followed an Inuit family living in remote Canada. The footage showed the life and culture of the
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is given the greenlight by 20th century Fox and the budget of 11 million dollars to film his creation. The film was released on Memorial Day weekend of that year‚ and we all know the rest is history. Now‚ flash forward to modern day. The United States is overseas battling foreign powers‚ the nation’s first African American is in the Whitehouse‚ and Justin Bieber is dominating our air
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Hanif 1301234I Film Review Movie: Banting Director: M. Raihan Halim Distributed By: Papahan Films Cast: Izyan Mellyna Ishak‚ Mastura Ahmad‚ Fauzie Laily‚ Osman Zailani‚ Jimmy Taenaka Words: 649 A truly entertaining film for the masses‚ M. Raihan Halim’s ‘Banding’ makes its way into the local big screens‚ taking theatres by storm. Released in October 2014‚ ‘Banding’ was set to rock the local cinemas as the first Singapore Malay film since the 1970’s. ’Banting’ is one the eight films selected by the
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