cinematography techniques differ from The Wachowski Brothers’ The Matrix (1999). One of the first major differences between the films is the amount of close-ups that are involved in The Matrix and Metropolis. Metropolis consists of very few close-ups and an abundance of wide shots. The wide shots linger‚ giving the audience the ability to see everything happening within that frame composition instead of cutting away to a new angle. One scene in particular stands out with close-ups from this film. While
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guaranteed to leave the viewer thinking long after the film ends. Released in 2001‚ the movie stars many famous actors‚ including: Guy Pearce‚ Carrie-Anne Moss‚ Joe Pantoliano‚ and Stephen Tobolowsky. Considered "one of the best movies of the 2000’s‚" Memento is a complicated‚ head-spinning adventure of revenge‚ heartbreak‚ and manipulation. In this movie review‚ I will analyze the thematic significance regarding Nolan’s choice of filming techniques‚ music‚ and symbols. The plot develops around two
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Jaws Media Essay “Jaws” is a thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film is about a great white shark that cause havoc to the small township of Amity‚ New England. The film is set around the 4th of July with the shark’s first victim dying only a few days prior to one of the busiest days of the year‚ t. This is significant because in the USA the 4th of July is one of the biggest national holidays of the year‚ nearly all Americans will not be working and as it is in the middle of summer
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Filmmakers use many different tools to help their audience understand the message in their films‚ and to better understand the psychological nuances of their characters. Some of these tools include acting‚ framing‚ cinematography‚ and editing. These tools can be used to show any range of emotion‚ in many different ways; extreme close ups on characters to show uneasiness‚ tears on an actors face to show sadness‚ fast cutting to make the audience feel rushed‚ or cool or warm colors to convey emotion
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In the 2007 film Atonement‚ director Joe Wright uses characterisation and explicit symbolism to explore the themes of truism and misconception. He uses this to comment on how the abuse of power is carried out by people who are seemingly civilised. Wright used both non-diegetic and diegetic sounds to draw comparisons between the seeming civility and the actions of Briony and Paul Marshall. Various mis-en-scène elements‚ such as the characters’ appearances and speaking style‚ are effectively used to
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Wild Animal Profiles African Elephant | Mammal. The largest living land mammal‚ the African elephant weighs 3500 to 7000 kilograms (3.5 to 7 tons) and stands 3.4 meters (11 feet) high. The elephant’s remarkable trunk serves variously as a nose‚ arm‚ hand‚ foot and multi-purpose tool. The trunk is strong enough to uproot a tree and delicate enough to pick berries‚ and it enables the elephant to reach as high as 7 meters (23 feet). Humans can hear only 20% of the vocal sounds an elephant makes;
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In the book The call of the wild‚ by Jack London‚ a dog learns the cruelty and the freedom of the wild as he becomes a tough sled dog. This nonfiction book focused on Buck‚ a dog who was taken from his home in Southern California and sent to become a sled dog in the Klondike. Buck becomes a strong sled dog and is taken in by many dog sled owners‚ where he experiences the cruelty of man and the wild. When John Thornton‚ one of his owners‚ is killed by the Yeehat Indians he avenges him by killing several
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Documentary Film Techniques Ambient Sound This is sound that is present‚ or available‚ in the context of the scene being filmed. It may consist of the background sounds such as traffic‚ birds‚ wind‚ children playing‚ machines working etc. Archival footage Use of direct cinema or other documentary footage or photographs from the past in order to review events that took place in the past or provide some perspective on events from the past. Bird’s eye view A shot in which the camera photographs a
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the Wild‚ one of the themes Jack London uses is the theory "the survival of the fittest." This theory‚ developed by Charles Darwin is based on the idea that those who are strong and who are able to adapt to their environment are the ones who will survive. Throughout the pages‚ the reader sees the mentality that is adopted of "kill or be killed" and the story is told of how Buck goes through a transformation from ranch pet to a dog of the wilderness‚ in a quest to answer the call of the wild. The
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(2008 film) Hunger Film poster Directed by Steve McQueen Produced by Laura Hastings-Smith Robin Gutch Written by Enda Walsh Steve McQueen Starring Michael Fassbender Liam Cunningham Music by David Holmes Cinematography Sean Bobbitt Editing by Joe Walker Studio Film4 Channel 4 Northern Ireland Screen Broadcasting Commission of Ireland Wales Creative IP Fund Blast! Films Distributed by Icon Film Distribution Release date(s) March 15‚ 2008 (2008-03-15) (Cannes Film Festival)
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