Ixcanul is a quietly painful movie on the love and betrayal‚ hope and disappointment‚ resistance and defeat‚ but most importantly it is a story Jayro Bustamante tells us about Kaqchikel culture. The movie pictures the life of the Kaqchikel‚ the indigenous Maya people living on the slopes of volcano in Guatemala as both brutal and sadly beautiful. The lack of embellishments‚ short yet insightful dialogues‚ slow pace and realistic‚ detailed account of surroundings and characters produced an extremely
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Bob Fosse was born in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ United States on September 23‚ 1987. Fosse began his unusual career as a dancer in the late 1940s‚ touring with companies of Call Me Mister and Make Mine Manhattan. After playing the lead in a summer-stock production of Pal Joey‚ then choreographing a showcase called Talent 52‚ Fosse was given a screen test by M-G-M and went on to appear in the film Kiss Me Kate. This appearance‚ in a highly original dance number‚ led to Fosse’s first job as a choreographer
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FICTV Show Proposal: (Title of Show Here) | | | Section 2: Show Information Synopsis: FICTV’s first competitive reality show! “The Race” is a scavenger hunt across upstate New York that will take place during Fall Break 2006. Three teams of three students will race around beautiful Upstate New York‚ completing tasks to earn clues to a hidden location that they
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Informative Speech An informative speech explains something you’re interested in or describes how to do something. Here are a few guidelines on how to write an informative speech. 1. In order to give a good informative speech first thing you have to do Is to choose a good topic‚ and if you are doing your speech for school‚ pick a topic you are familiar with. It will help you to be a better speaker. 2. It will be helpful if you will include things you do and like into your speech. But it
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Cinematic techniques: Aerial shot: A shot taken from a plane‚ helicopter or a person on top of a building. Not necessarily a moving shot. Backlighting: The main source of light is behind the subject‚ silhouetting it‚ and directed toward the camera. Bridging shot: A shot used to cover a jump in time or place or other discontinuity. Examples are falling calendar pages‚ railroad wheels‚ newspaper headlines‚ and seasonal changes Camera angle: The angle at which the camera is pointed at the subject:
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First generation of positive prints was sharp but inferior to DT in color. * In 1980 Kodak upgraded its interpositive and internegative stock. Special Effects * Success of 70s films like Star Wars started a drastic change in American filmmaking. * Lucas’ effects wings ILM hold up to contemporary standards. * ILM has been the industry most films have used for special effects. * 1970s cinematic realism wanted a style that seemed to capture immediate events. * Began to use
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Continuity in film is understood to be the flow of logical events conveyed via the editing‚ which can be further broken down into temporal and spatial continuity. If done properly an audience could easily be led to believe that they were watching a scene that was shot continuously but from different views/angles‚ in other words‚ the audience should not become aware of the cutting at all. Matching action is one of the key formal devices when discussing continuity‚ it is the physical movement that
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Test #1: Study Notes Chapter 1 Cinephile: a lover of cinema Filmography: a list of films There are distinct types of explanation in film history: 1. Biographical History 2. Industrial/Economic Historybusiness procedures 3. Aesthetic Historyfilm art (form; style) 4. Technological History 5. Social/Cultural/Political Types of Explanation: 1. Chronology 2. Influence 3. Trends/Generalization 4. Periods (by positing trends‚ historians generalize) 5. Significance Methodological Individualism:
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Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas. The film series‚ consisting of two trilogies‚ has spawned an extensive media franchise called the Expanded Universe including books‚ television series‚ computer and video games‚ and comic books. These supplements to the franchise resulted in significant development of the series’ fictional universe‚ keeping the franchise active in the 16-year interim between the two film trilogies. The franchise
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experience‚ the visual multiplicity of split screens which connect her with Manni‚ sensory reinforcement. she has a purpose‚ visual purpose of the film is to chart her ongoing determination to save her lover. "stream of consciousness " style of filmmaking without the narrative unity foind in mainstream films. vision is used in preference to dialogue to communicate and shape meaning‚ positioning the audience to empathise with Lolas plight admire her resilience and resourcefullness. Structural Elements
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