‘AUGUST RUSH’ ESSAY A scene I enjoyed in the film was Evan being bullied at the orphanage. It showed the harsh reality he was living in before he escaped and became an amazing musician. My reasons for enjoying this scene are the lighting‚ dialogue and camera-work. Firstly‚ the camera shots and techniques were used cleverly to impact the viewer’s emotions. The scene starts off with a shot of the moon. Moon-shots allude to horror and give a foreboding sense. You get a glimpse of Evan’s reality
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“Growing Up‚ Wired For Distraction” talks about the effect of technology on the lives of many people‚ specifically teenagers. The 3 main claims in the article are that technology distracts students from doing things they need to‚ has created a lack of self control and a focus on other things than what’s important‚ and it has harmful effects on the brain. Many students have suffered from these things‚ causing all different issues. Starting off‚ technology provides a distraction from homework or
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constructing‚ designing‚ or any production related problems. One unique responsibility of the art director is the art director helps cast any animals needed in the film. Overall‚ this source introduces many responsibilities of the Art Directors in filmmaking. Evaluation of Source This source introduced many new responsibilities of the art director that I was unaware of. It introduced that art directors are responsible for designing props needed in films. This gave me the idea to sketch out props
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Born on August 6‚ 1928‚ in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ Andy Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who became a leading artist of the 1960s Pop art movements. He ventured into a wide variety of art forms‚ including performance art‚ filmmaking‚ video installations and writing‚ and controversially blurred the lines between fine art and mainstream aesthetics. Warhol died on February 22‚ 1987‚ in New York City. QUOTES "I’d prefer to remain a mystery. I never give my background‚ and
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Born on August 6‚ 1928‚ in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ Andy Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who became a leading artist of the 1960s Pop art movements. He ventured into a wide variety of art forms‚ including performance art‚ filmmaking‚ video installations and writing‚ and controversially blurred the lines between fine art and mainstream aesthetics. Warhol died on February 22‚ 1987‚ in New York City. At the age of 8‚ Warhol contracted Chorea—also known as St. Vitus’s Dance—a
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As discussed in class Michelangelo Antonioni’s early documentaries rely a lot on silence‚ which seemingly helped bring a more real presence to the world within the films. Antonioni’s first documentary was Gente Del Po‚ about the inhabitants of the Po valley near his hometown. It covered every aspect of the hard lives the fishermen of the Po Valley had to face. One interesting thing about the film is that a bulk of it was lost due to damage. However‚ Antonioni’s showed determination as he created
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The spread of television in the years following World War II dramatically affected filmmaking in America by providing filmmakers with their first real commercial competition outside of their own industry. Hollywood responded by giving audiences what TV could not; sex‚ violence and realism. World War II gave the movies a bit of breathing room from the commercial spread of television. While technological innovations were accelerated for the budding TV industry‚ these technologies were focused almost
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Throughout the five weeks of the course I have encountered several techniques and approaches to evaluate films. Viewing films goes deeper than the pleasure and enjoyment as a viewer one must be aware of other aspects and different approaches that go with filmmaking such as auteur cult‚ psychoanalytical‚ personality‚ humanistic‚ genre‚ political‚ gender‚ and eclectic. I will discuss auteur and genre this two are one of many techniques and approaches that influence my viewing the most. Auteur is one approach
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events in the narrative ALTERED REALITIES Drugs‚ mental illness and technology provide a dark‚ unstable or psychedelic world The human condition is often explored. Dualism in characters HIGHLIGTING TECHNIQUE A focus on recognizable filmmaking techniques that highlights the construction of images. This reinforces the knowledge in viewers that they are watching a film. TIME BENDING Time travel provides another way to shape reality in postmodern film and can be linked to the characteristic
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Lizeth Leon 10/13/2012 Film 160-5070 Boyz N the Hood Boyz in the Hood" is a film that protray’s social problems in South Central Los Angeles. Tre‚ Ricky‚ and Doughboy are the main characters in this film that grow up together in their neighborhood or as they called it "the hood". All three characters struggle with different internal issues which helps them grow as young men. Tre is a good student who has dreams of furthering his education by going to college. With guidance from his father
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