Final Film Critique Richard Hogan ENG 225: Introduction to Film October 25‚ 2011 Final Film Critique Introduction The movie‚ The Shawshank Redemption (1994)‚ is based on a character Andy Dufresne. Andy is a young and successful banker who is sent to Shawshank Prison for murdering his wife and her secret lover. His life is changed drastically upon being convicted and being sent to prison. He is sent to prison to serve a life term. Over the 20-years in prison‚ Andy retains optimism
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9:30 A.M Avodian September 20‚ 2012 War from the Beginning War films have been around for quite some time. They have many different aspects to them. Each film has a little bit different view‚ depending on what the director wants the audience to get out of the movie. Some target the importance of how horrific and heart breaking war was‚ while others were used to inspire their country to support their troops. There are films though that go straight to the point of war and show all of the intense
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Genres and Genre Film (Romantic Comedies) Stephanie Stratton ECE 225 Alex Vuilleumier 3/3/15 A genre is a type or category of film that can be easily identified by specific elements of its plot‚ mise en scene‚ setting‚ style‚ and character types. (GoodyKoontz‚ & Jacobs‚ 2014). Romantic comedies are my favorite genre of movie. Romantic comedies seem to be the least flexible of all the genres of movies. The plot in a romantic comedy involves a romance that leads to comic situations. Romantic
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Shakespeare’s Macbeth chronicles the ambitions of the title character through a text rich with power‚ murder‚ and revenge. Geoffrey Wright contorted these elements to fit the crime thriller sub-genre of film which uses action and psychological aspects to build tension and suspense (TSL). This sub-genre personally motivated Wright‚ for he wanted to convey the text from a psychological and materialistic view as was relevant to his home in Melbourne‚ Australia. According to Gary Braver‚ bestselling
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junior year‚ I was assigned as a film editor for a project. At first‚ it took me an extensive amount of time to figure out all the editing software because I was not familiar with the key commands and effects‚ but as I played around with it‚ I quickly overcame most of the obstacles and achieved what others desired in each project. As a result‚ I discovered a new talent I enjoyed‚ film editing.
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The blockbuster film Ocean ’s Eleven‚ released in 2001‚ was the first film of a trilogy of heist films directed by Steven Soderbergh. This big budget crime-thriller remake of the 1960 ’s Rat Pack favourite conveys the intricately thrilling plot where Daniel Ocean leads a rag-tag group of con artists and ex-cons for the monumental heist of 3 major Las Vegas Casinos. This sequence is significant because it sets up the diegesis of the film and also gives us an insight into the character of the protagonist
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moving between editing the different types of production I will need to understand the key issues of editing music video‚ documentary and drama‚ learning the skills and techniques each edit type requires. By learning what each type of edit needs individually I will be able to compare the different types of editing to find out the key differences in them. These differences will help me to find what the key issues an editor faces are‚ when moving between editing different types
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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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The Graduate‚ a film based on the novel by Charles Webb‚ is directed by Mike Nichols‚ whose famous works also include Working Girl and Catch-22. The Graduate was released in United States on December 22‚ 1967. The screenplay for the film is done by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry‚ and the cinematography by Robert Surtees. A few of the main cast members include Anne Bancroft (as Mrs. Robinson)‚ Dustin Hoffman (as Benjamin Braddock)‚ Katharine Ross (as Elaine Robinson)‚ William Daniels (as Mr. Braddock)
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Considered as one of the most important films of the 1960s for its innovative content‚ Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde made significant contributions to development of editing in modern filmmaking. Rather than rely on plot alone‚ Dede Allen used the editing of time and space to not only communicate the violent nature of certain scenes‚ but also integrate the underlying tone of sexuality within the film. This is seen throughout the film‚ from Bonnie and Clyde’s first meeting to their final deaths
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