Gattaca is a movie in which many common themes are apparent. The themes that will be discussed are Potential‚ Determination and Perfection. Although many more themes occur in Gattaca‚ these are the most relevant ones. Potential comes up a lot during Gattaca because that ’s what the entire movie is based on. The reason some one would get gene modification in the first place would be to increase there "potential". The doctor even said‚ "don ’t you want your son to be able to have the best life possible
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As once said by a famous film directer named John Lee Hancock who said that directing a film whilst integrating your own personal touch is as if it is more of your signature than a mere piece of writing. “When you direct a film‚ that’s more of your signature than writing” John Lee Hancock. This quote made by the film director John Lee Hancock introduces the idea that a film is a part of a person just as a signature indicates someones identity and that it is a part of them‚ this philosophical idea
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movie Out of the Past directed by Jacques Tourneur fits within the traditions of film noir because it has some similar themes associated with it‚ such as doomed love. Robert Mitchum plays the doomed‚ double-crossed ‚ ex-private eye as Jeff Markham. The femme fatale is played by Jane Greer as Kathie Moffat‚ who is trying to escape her future. Kirk Douglas as Whit Sterling plays the ruthless gangster czar in the film. The formal cinematic elements in the movie are used to vividly describe the movie
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beginning of the clip from The General‚ the use of costume and camera position helps to clearly introduce and identify the characters of the film. The clip opens with a medium close up shot of the protagonist Johnnie Gray as he looks into the distance‚ showing his importance in the film and directing the audience’s view towards the other characters of the film (General Thatcher and the ten men) respectively. A few of these men first appear in a long shot‚ hammering the top of the train. This builds
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Philip Lee Joor Baruah Monday- 11:15-12:30 Film 20A 30 October 2014 Citizen Kane Sequence Analysis Essay Mise-en-scene‚ cinematography and editing are visual elements in film that create meaning in the shots/sequences of the film. Ultimately it is these factors that can establish narrative agents and their relations‚ drive the narrative and place the view in a certain point of view of the narrative. Orson Welle’s 1941 film‚ Citizen Kane‚ is considered significant for its technical innovations with
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Name: Dorcas Bamigboye. Student Number: 7781917. Course: FILM 2380. Instructors Name: Jonah Corne Reading Response 2 In the essay The Ontology of the Photographic Image‚ Andrew Bazin argues that film and photography surpass painting as a form of visual art because they in a sense capture time and the moment as it is in the moment i.e. they in a sense freeze time. This argument might have been true at the time this essay was written but this above statement is not true at this time. When a painting
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Sequence Analysis – Poison Poison (1991) by Todd Haynes depicts the life of a scientist who accidently drink an elixir he brewed and must face the consequences. Tom the protagonist and his female colleague Nancy‚ takes a walk to town as a way to overcome Tom’s nervousness over his new appearance. He receives a lot of disgusted stares from onlookers as the sequence progresses and ultimately exposed of the reason of his skin condition. The sequence this essay will analyze portrays the back and forth
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one each from Sections A‚ B‚ and C. Each essay answer must be 500 words. You may write about the same film more than once ONLY if you are writing about different subject matter. You may not write about the same film more than twice. You may write only on films viewed in class. Films viewed outside of class are not eligible for analysis. Please indicate‚ by number‚ your answers. Eligible Films: Casablanca‚ In the Heat of the Night‚ The Graduate‚ The Shining‚ Silence of the Lambs‚ LA Confidential
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Both Tony and Rick are faced with a dilemma throughout Argo and Casablanca‚ respectively. They catch themselves getting more and more involved with the escape plan‚ and then their emotional connection leads to altruistic actions. Both Argo and Casablanca have a scene that underscores these characters transitions. On the first movie Mendez‚ have a heated up conversation with his boss on the phone‚ while on the other movie‚ Blaine points a gun at an official. Up to this part‚ the characters were
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disgrace to the South". This method is extremely prevalent today. When comparing this scene to a more modern film‚ such as the chase scene from The Dark Knight we watched in class‚ Harvey Dent and Rachel are speaking to each other at the beginning of the chase scene in shot-reverse-shot. In modern films‚ shot-reverse-shot is so commonly used that it is difficult to
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