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    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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    GATTACA Essay In the world of GATTACA‚ a person’s future is determined by their DNA. I wouldn’t want to live in this world‚ because your future and personal like/personality‚ you‚ are already chosen‚ so you have no choice of want you want your future to be like. In the movie GATTACA‚ Vincent has a dream to go to space but he can’t because of his DNA sequence. So he decides to become someone else in order to get a good job and fulfill his dream. Jerome has perfect DNA but he is disabled‚ so he agrees

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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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    Gattaca examines science‚ religion‚ genetic engineering and ethics. By opening the movie Gattaca with quotations from Willard Gaylin and Ecclesiastes‚ director Andrew Niccol invites us to ponder the tension between science and religion with regard to the ethics of genetic engineering. This tension is further sustained through the complex relationship of the main protagonists Vincent and Eugene‚ who must ultimately conquer their own physical limitations in order to find ``God’’. As the titles

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    story of Vincent shows in Gattaca that there is possibility of beating the genetic engineering system. Vincent is one of the last naturally born babies born into a sterile‚ genetically enhanced world‚ where life expectancy and disease likelihood are ascertained at birth. Myopic and due to die at 30‚ he has no chance of a career in a society that now discriminates against your genes‚ instead of your gender‚ race or religion. Vincent an invalid‚ dreams of working within Gattaca and making it into space

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    Analyse how techniques were used to create impact in one important section of “Once Were Warriors” Directed by Lee Tamahori. In the film‚ “Once Were Warriors” the visual techniques camera shots and angles‚ lighting and sound effects were used to create impact in the party scene. The impact created shows us‚ the audience‚ that alcohol can lead to violence. Firstly‚ the director uses camera shots and angles to create impact in showing us the relationships between the characters and how they become

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    How does the director Steven Spielberg use filmic techniques to build suspense and tension for the audience in the film Jaws? Steven Speilberg directed the epic blockbuster film‚Jaws‚ alongside producers David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck. He is an American film director‚ producer‚ screenwriter and undoubtedly one of the most influential personalities in the history of filmmaking. Additionally‚ Spielberg is the highest grossing filmmaker of all time and his movies have earned in the region of four

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    The film American Beauty‚ directed by Sam Mendes is a film about imprisonment and escape from imprisonment (Mendes‚ 1999). American Beauty explores the breakdown of a suburban family man whose life journeys from self loathing and emptiness to freedom and liberation but at the ultimate cost of his life. Mendes effectively employs a range of techniques to help convey the meaning of this film such as set design‚ camera angles‚ colour and soundtrack. Cinema often uses structured set design and camera

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    How does Gattaca show that strength of character is more important for determining one’s destiny than biological makeup or genetic potential? Gattaca by Andrew Niccol explores creatively the possibility of a world dominated by genetic engineering. Gattaca is a world that wishes to eliminate genetic imperfections within its elite‚ upper class. Within this world‚ an invalid‚ Vincent Freeman challenges the assumptions of the society and through his actions and attributes‚ proves that you need

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    He preferred shooting on location instead of using the film studios due to the natural light obtained on location. He also had certain tricks that he would use with his camera techniques. One he would use to add intensity to a scene would be called a push pull. The Push pull would make the foreground steady while the background moves closer. This would cause the audience

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