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    Although that the film is a rural comedy‚ Berlanga imitates some of the most important film genres: western‚ film noir‚ epics and Soviet Realism. These different genres‚ most of them American‚ are used in the dream sequences of the film. With those dreams‚ the director tried to explain the fears and ambitions of the characters and to make a relationship between the genres and the ideology of the characters. The first character that we see dreaming in the film is Don Cosme who is the priest of the

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    The lighting techniques used in Edwards’s film influence greatly the meaning of the shot. Tim Burton used a dreary light‚ an expression to display the mood of the movie. Lightening made the characters’ setting and several things look mysterious. The first appearance of Edward happens to be a dark corner of an empty room. In a mare look up‚ Edward is clothed in stiff black fabric encaging his upper body. The dark character of the room makes the Avon woman stare and want to come closely to examine

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    The science fiction thriller filmGattaca’‚ directed and written by Andrew Niccol‚ set in the “not too distant future”‚ it portrays a society in which genetic engineering has created an advanced yet dystopian world. In this world‚ we can clearly see that people have secrets and they are willing to lie‚ cheat and even kill to get where they want to be and to be their very best. No one is who they seem to be and everyone has something to hide. Throughout the film‚ there are 3 main characters that

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    Film Techniques Used in the Great Debaters Racism is the belief in the superiority of a particular race (Canadian Oxford High School Dictionary). From hundreds of years ago till present day‚ racism has and always will be an injustice in society. Back in mainly the 1900’s‚ racism was very dominant in communities‚ specifically in the Southern States of the US. For example‚ the film The Great Debaters focusses on a black debate team in Marshall‚ Texas in 1930. The team starts off debating other black

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    It cannot be taken for granted that all human beings are born with the physical traits that would fuel them smoothly to their destinies. However‚ as the film Gattaca reveals‚ success is “by no means guaranteed” to only perfect beings‚ just as it is not completely unreachable by weak beings. Niccol reveals that through fortitude and commitment‚ even a weak individual can take hold of his or her dreams and create unexpected twists in the society. He also shows how one’s determination‚ the ability to

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    outcomes of contemporary issues in society. Andrew Niccol’s Gattaca reveals the possibilities of future technological development and the effect of genetic modification on society. J.G Billard’s Billenium puts forward the possible threat of overpopulation and the issues linked to it. Francis Lawrence’s I am Legend portrays the potential possibility of a virus outbreak resulting from a mutation of a successful cancer cure. The film Gattaca explores the impact that future technological advancements

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    Gattaca Film Review Gattaca is a science-fiction film released in 1997‚ lead starring Ethan Hawke‚ Jude Law and Uma Thurman. The film details a man’s (Ethan Hawke/Vincent Freeman) physical breakthrough of the barrier of attaining his dreams of becoming an astronaut‚ but not being able to due to a heart defect imprinted in to his DNA. The film begins showing the birth of a baby and the process that goes with such an ordeal in ‘the not-too-distant future’. This baby was Vincent‚ who was genetically

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    Symbolism‚ music‚ dialogue and imagery‚ used throughout different moments in the film‚ are all techniques used to show the religion Mattie uses to come to terms with her grief. Religion has a huge impact on a human being and can shape a person’s universal interpretations‚ the way they think‚ understand and the actions they pursue. It affects a number of cultures in different ways‚ seeing as there are many different types of religion. Although religion is beneficial in some capacities‚ it also causes

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    In the move Edward Scissorhands‚ there is a man that was created by an inventor and has scissors as hands. He is an invention with a heart‚ and actual body parts. He would wear a black suit and have black hair. He is very pale with scratch marks on his face. He and his father lived in a mansion away from the community. The character would live on the top floor of the mansion and have a bed with pictures and newspaper articles on the wall. He was taken down to the neighborhood by a lady selling cosmetics

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    The film Metropolis is a unique film. If one thinks about the time in which the film was made and then thinks of how little technology was available to the film industry‚ they would see how awesome the film truly is. A specific scene that had two camera angles involved in it was when Maria was saving all the children from the flooding. It was filmed with a crane‚ but it also moved around her on a dolly to show all the children gathering around her. This scene involved two common camera shots that

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