Film Theory & Analysis Vertigo (1958) Vertigo‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1958‚ is a psychological thriller that is said to be Hitchcock’s most personal and revealing film. Vertigo was a failure in the box office‚ but later became to be the premier of pure cinema. Through the use of formal elements such as lighting‚ color‚ spacing‚ and sound Hitchcock brings the film off of the screen and into the audience’s head. The themes presented in Vertigo: love‚ sex‚ obsession‚ and
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Film 1: Avatar‚ 2009; director: James Cameron Avatar tells the story of a bitter and discouraged former Marine named Jake. Jake always thought that since he was sadly in a wheelchair that there was nothing else to live for. But when Jake is recruited to join an expedition to Pandora he is ecstatic. On his journey he meets a lot of wonderful “Na’vi”. During his journey Jake learns a lot of great values and remembers what it feels like to love life (Film Jabber). Avatar is mainly influential because
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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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My Best Friend’s Wedding Courtney-Anthony-Br English 225 Introduction to Film Instructor: Hazar Shehadeh May 9‚ 2013 “My Best Friend’s Wedding” is a romantic comedy that hit the movie scene in 1997 about a 27 year old woman who made a pact with her best friend and former lover that by age 28 if neither was married that they would marry each other. Four days before her 28th birthday her best friend calls with news of him getting married. Now she has to decipher whether she wants to be
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We all watch films‚ and documentaries. Generally‚ we learn some things from them‚ but can we be sure what we learned is true‚ and objective? If the films compare and analyze the context (religion‚ language‚ etc.) well‚ we call these kinds of films as ‘ethnographic’ films. A simple question can be appeared in our minds: which films are the ethnographic films? We will try to find an answer to this question with discussing the intentions‚ the wholeness and the ethics of ethnographic film-making.
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Project 1 “Psycho” After the silent films‚ war movies‚ and popular music came the new American cinema during the 1960’s. Old traditions were ignored as new modern and popular styles were adapted. People were subject to civil rights issues‚ sexual liberation‚ assassinations‚ and war that were all televised. Things were changing and movie directors had to take advantage of the new opportunities and be creative‚ creating horror films. One of the first films to set the pace for the new generation
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Critical Film Review – 25% Due date: August 8 For the critical review assignment‚ you are required to choose a film. The first section of your review will provide a brief overview of the film. The main content of the review will provide a thorough critique of how the film engages themes‚ characters‚ setting or any film aesthetics to represent race‚ gender‚ class‚ religion or any other social issues that we have examined in class. Purpose: The aim of the critical review is to allow you to apply course
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West Bengal University of Technology BF-142‚ Salt Lake City‚ Kolkata-700064 Media Science Revised Syllabus(To be applicable for the students who admitted in the academic session 2004-2005‚ 2005-2006 & 2006-2007) Nomenclature of BMS will be changed to BMS(H) for the Batch starting from Academic Year 2008-2009 FIRST SEMESTER A. THEORY: A. THEORY Code 1. 2. 3. 4. MMS-101 MMS-102 MMS-103 MMS-104 Subjects Development of Mass Communication Laws & Ethics in Mass Communication Print Journalism & Comparative
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Synopsis of film Introduction The second wave feminism has brought about several new feminist film theories. Concepts such as the gaze and scopophilia were introduced in the analysis and study of films‚ notably from individuals such as Laura Mulvey‚ Gaylyn Studlar and Gilles Deluze. Laura Mulvey uses Freud’s psychoanalytic theories and concepts as “political weapons” to argue that cinematic spectatorship is influenced by patriarchal society (Mulvey‚ 746). Women in films are often used to depict
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Film Techniques Folio Defining what you need to know about film ______________________________________________________________ What do you know about film? ( How did they do that? ( Why did they put that in? ( What was the point of that? ( Why did that character do that? ( What’s this film really about? These are just some of the questions which might arouse you when you are viewing‚ or studying‚ a film. And‚ clearly‚ your
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