According to Film Art‚ film actor’s performance style is most affected by A) the microphone placement. B) the camera distance. C) the aspect ratio. D) the lighting. 6. "Frontality" of staging means that A) a character is placed in the extreme foreground of the shot. B) a character is facing toward the camera. C) one character blocks our view of another. D) a character is moving toward the foreground. 7. Georges Méliès was A) an early director of fantasy films. B) an important
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In the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon the character Brigid O’Shaughnessy functions as a typical Femme Fatale. She possesses qualities of the classic Femme Fatale such as the ability to manipulate the males around her for self-gain. Brigid O’Shaughnessy is a very attractive woman and she knows it‚ she uses her beauty and sexuality to get men to do what she wants treating them like puppets on a string. In the film‚ Brigid plays the innocent damsel in distress card to mask her true intentions which usually
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Blade Runner- Film Noir Technique Christine Groom Stuart 9/22/10 Debate rages over the definition of what constitutes a Film Noir. The consensus seems to center on the time period in which noir films were created which is early 1940’s through late 1950’s. It was an era of film making that used low budget sets‚ light and dark elements of lighting‚ altered space (sparse)‚ and sharp photographic focus shot at odd angles. Scripts were often based on pulp novels from the 1930’s. The protagonist
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Casual Argument- Due Sept. 25‚ 2015 Motivated to Save the World There is a popular writer by the name of David Brooks. According to the text book (“Good Reasons pg. 362”). David is from New York and has written articles for Wall Street‚ New York Times‚ PBS as well as other books and magazines. David wrote a piece entitled “Sam Spade at Starbucks”. In this article David talks about‚ what he refers to as social entrepreneurship. Mr. Brooks explains that although it is a good thing to want to do well
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the style of films created in the early 1920s‚ but as a “generic term for most of the art cinema of the Weimar Republic in Germany‚ and beyond Germany‚ echoing down film history across the periods and genres‚ turning up in the description of Universal horror films of the 1930s and film noir of the 1940s.” The influence that Elsaesser is referring to is of great importance to both film noir and horror films. This influence can be seen simply through looking at Robert Wiene’s exemplary film‚ The Cabinet
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themes from Kubrick’s film. The unorthodox arrangement of scenes accompanied by meticulously crafted development of character side stories can be seen in both features. Furthermore‚ these films subject matter both have to do with a planned heist gone awry resulting in the deaths of all but one character that is later apprehended by the authorities. The underlying themes also mirror one another quite seamlessly especially when it comes to trust and character conduct. Each film does a fine job at gripping
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There were many changes in marketing and distribution of films from end of the silent period to the modern digital period. There was a studio system that existed at the end of the silent period and collapsed in 1949 with a court ruling. During this same time a sales era of marketing existed. After the Second World War the sales era was replaced with a new way of thinking and sales and marketing were not synonymous anymore. Marketing after World War II meant finding out what consumers’ needs and wants
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many stylistics and thematic elements in both films the Killer and Internal Affairs. The theme of honor and friendship is present throughout both films. The structure of both films follows two men on opposite sides of the law who find a relation to each other in their opposition to a greater evil being a triad boss‚ who playing both sides. Both films have the elements of trust and betrayal‚ extreme moments of violence‚ and dark humor. The plot in both films were also somewhat similar because you have
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Cockroach Killer made from San Francisco Leaves Science Investigatory Project Presented to the Faculty of Mother of Divine Providence School Science Department Marikina Heights‚ Marikina City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Subject in Science and Health 7 Presented by: Karl Andrei I. Bibal Tatiana Kirsten R. Cardenas Christian Paulo D. Pichay August ___‚ 2013 Table of Contents Chapter I A. Background of the Study B. Statement of the Problem and Objectives
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was the first science fiction film made‚ which symbolized a new mark in the film industry. It was produced in Germany in 1927‚ directed by Fritz Lang. This film tells a story of the world of thinkers and workers. The thinkers are people who live in a life of luxury. The workers are the people who live underground working with machines‚ in order to support the city above. The acting and the music also played an significant role in the film. The music pleasantly complements
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