viewer feel closer to the action as the camera follows the soldiers from cover to cover. Steven Spielberg also uses handheld cameras to give the film a newsreel cameraman feel to it. Steven Spielberg uses
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A Boy and His Dog is the post-apocalyptic tale of Vic (the boy) and his sidekick Blood (the dog) who wander the desert wastelands of what was once the outskirts of Phoenix‚ Arizona in a perpetual quest for food and sex. Filmed in 1974 and released in 1975‚ the low budget independent film was the winner of the 1976 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation‚ placing it in the company of such better known blockbusters as 2001: A Space Odyssey‚ Star Wars‚ Blade Runner and Jurassic Park. Although it
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importance in giving the audience of a film an idea of where the people in the movie are. If done well‚ sometime the audience can even feel as if they are in this setting with the characters. Sound also plays an important role in films whether is is sound coming from people talking‚ a crash‚ or even a soundtrack of a film. It gives the audience a chance to feel submerged into the film and participate along with the characters. Guardians of The Galaxy‚ a film directed by James Gunn‚ involves may aspects
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This film is closely based on the true events of the shameful Tuskegee project‚ for which the few survivors received a formal apology from President Clinton in 1997. Heat-haze and sultry music evoke the sensuality of the poverty-stricken‚ deep south. In the film Ms. Evers’ Boys‚ a group of doctors withholds penicillin from a group of black men who are suffering from syphilis. The movie itself depicted a true‚ historical (and quite controversial) study known as the Tuskegee Experiment‚ which took
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New queer cinema Boys Don’t Cry Boys Don’t Cry is a movie examining the life of the late Teena Brandon. It is an intense movie that follows her journey to self-discovery and essentially her passing. Boys Don’t Cry not only explores how difficult it is to be queer but also what it means to have a sexual identity crisis (as Brandon puts it). Brandon goes through so much to cover his true identity and in the end nothing is enough. This adaptation of a true story engages and walks the watcher
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Dead Poets Society Directed by Peter Weir Film Techniques Essay Keating believed in educating the boys to be “free thinkers”. How did this teaching of his philosophy have a positive and/or negative impact on the boys? How has Peter Weir used film techniques to reflect this positive and/or negative impact? Throughout the duration of the film‚ Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir‚ a number of film techniques are expressed to reflect the positive but also the negative impacts of Mr
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It doesn’t matter if it’s 1948 or 2018‚ boys will be boys. Boys’ media is full of daring men to look up to as to what masculinity should be. Some of the most withstanding versions of these pillars of manliness were‚ and remain to be‚ soldiers‚ and superheroes. But how have portrayals of the men in popular culture changed? The message of the man’s man has become more violent. When it comes to soldiers‚ the common perspective is that the marines are the toughest‚ most macho there are‚ but how that
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inclusion of red serve the purpose of depicting the severity of Ed’s psychosis. For most of Bigger Than Life‚ wider shots remain central to the film‚ with close-up shots being used sparingly‚ but strategically. Previously‚ the emphasized close-up shots had solely been applied in order to depict Ed’s turbulent mental state. For instance‚ a close-up of Ed’s face is used after he delivers a speech in his classroom to his students’ parents‚ conveying to them with a strong sense of superiority how they need
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Mass Media MEANING OF MASS COMMUNICATION Mass Communication is the term used to describe the academic study of various means by which individuals and entities relay information to large segments of the population all at once through mass media. In the United States‚ many university journalism departments evolved into schools or colleges of mass communication or "journalism and mass communication"‚ as reflected in the names of two major academic organizations. In addition to studying practical skills
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Sheridan‚ uses the manipulation of the camera angles which help Day-Lewis portray Christy as someone that suffers due to his disability. In the film Day-Lewis shows his ability to immerse himself fully as a character Day-Lewis and became Christy and lived the life of only being able to use his left foot. Day-Lewis plays Bill “The Butcher” Cutting in the film Gangs of New York an evil mean leader of the natives. Day-Lewis gives the audience a shiver as a
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