Ethnographic films have focused on one key component‚ reality. It is the goal of ethnographic filmmakers to do their best to try to‚ in their minds‚ to the best of their abilities‚ express that perfect representation of the real. According to Peter Loizos‚ real[ism] “appears as it does in real life” as if the camera is an unseen observer; “Realism is life as it is lived and observed” (Loizos 165-66) and reveals the “whole bodies [...] whole people [...] whole life” (Loizos 7). That reality can only
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Reflection on The Shoelace Film - Anna Stewart 1. What is framing‚ composition and the rule of thirds and why should I apply this knowledge to my own film making? Choose one film still of your choice to show your understanding of these film concepts. The Rule of thirds is where the focuses of the scene are lined with the guide lines and their intersection points. The use of the rule of thirds draws the viewers eyes to see all parts of the composition. When it comes to film composition refers to
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real-life video footage that was shot at the time. Throughout these events of Oscar’s day‚ he had run into many incidents and interactions with people‚ such as Katie‚ that challenged not only his‚ but their assumptions as well. In the beginning of the film‚ Oscar is approached by a stray pit-bull while he is filling up his car at the gas station. Oscar realizes that
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Film is a different medium through which to convey historical experiences of war and its social and cultural contexts. As learned throughout class‚ memoirs and non-fiction portrayals of war are excellent sources in which to learn of war and its effects on society and vice versa. Film‚ however‚ is no better or worse than these books. Throughout the semester‚ the class learned of the development of modern warfare since the Civil War in the late nineteenth century and the society that surrounded these
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Matthew Foster Intro to Documentary Film Midterm Paper What Is Documentary Film? I once heard a quote from an unknown man who said‚ "Words are only words until you invest some meaning into them." I didn ’t fully comprehend what he meant by this statement. Surely every word has its own definition‚ giving it some type of meaning. So why would they being meaningless without me? Not until I entered this class and focused on documentary film did I re evaluate this statement. What the man meant
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Impact on Society Film has played a huge part in American society since 1878 when Edward James made the first real motion picture. Ever since Edward’s first movie production‚ film has made many technological advances that change the way we look at film today. This is obvious when you go to a local movie theatre today rather than looking at movies from the 1900’s. I am very interested on finding out information about the impact of film on society. I personally think that today’s film has many different
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Introduction. Although the quality of movies is vastly degrading these days‚ there are still some great family-oriented movies. These are films which can be watched and enjoyed by everyone regardless of age and gender. Watching movies is an exercise that can be best enjoyed with family and even friends where everybody can have fun together and build everlasting memories. The following is a list of the top 5 family movies you can share with your family members as well as your loved ones to double
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The film Koyannisqatsi (1983) had opened the public’s eyes to the possibility of extensive time-lapse cinematography and the non- verbal style of filmmaking. Filmmakers such as Frances’ Jean Painleve made similar films before but nothing had been made such as Koyannisqatsi (1983). The other films where similar but made more towards the experimental film audiences. Godfrey Reggio the director of Koyannisqatsi (1983) and Ron Fricke the cinematographer showed how the modern world was moving from a
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When conducting an interview for the American Film Institute‚ actor Jeff Bridges‚ discussing 1941’s Citizen Kane‚ said its director was "twenty-five years old‚ and he didn’t know what he couldn’t do...and Greg Toland gave him all the confidence in the world (2011‚ 0:28 sec.). Bridges was of course talking about the late‚ great Orson Welles. But who was Greg Toland? Well known in Hollywood at the time‚ Toland was a longtime cinematographer who had not only won an Academy Award for 1939’s Wuthering
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While writing allows single out a common thread to many events‚ a film is bound to display the unique moments captured by the camera. To miss out on certain occurrences‚ due to technical issues linked with the use of a camera‚ reduces the possibility of being objective through film‚ as all aspects of social reality may not be presented. In order to address this problem‚ certain producers have distorted reality‚ thus not creating a simple account of fieldwork experience. Particularly‚ Nanook of the
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