Since the invention of film‚ many movies have earned their place as benchmarks in cinema history‚ such as Casablanca‚ citizen kane‚ and The Wizard of Oz. All of these have been (and still are) looked upon as iconic examples of creative and intuitive filmmaking. In today’s society‚ films are chock full of special effects‚ whether its gunshots‚ explosions‚ or aliens; some films nowadays can even make money without a good plot‚ peppering the viewer with nonstop action sequences with no thought for story
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Brian Ivie grew up in Orange County in the 21st century. He spent his childhood remaking movies like Lord of the Rings with his friends. As he grew older‚ he became addicted to porn as well as other films. He eventually realised he could use his filmmaking skills for good. On the other hand‚ Esther grew up in Susa‚ Persia before Christ. She was raised by her cousin Mordecai after her parents’
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(mylvielle and MYLVIE) Figure [ 1 ] In considering the way that films are put together‚ many feminist film critics have pointed to the "male gaze" that predominates in classical Hollywood filmmaking; Patricia Earens says that” Hitchcock depicts women in classic Hollywood cinema as they are inevitably made into passive objects of male voyeuristic and sadistic impulses; how they exist simply to fulfill the male desires and express their anxieties in the audience” TANIA MODLESKI Hitchcock ‚ feminism
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New York City. These two icons lived in the city during the 60s‚ 70s‚ and parts of the 80s — an era of counter-culture where rebellious artists took up various drugs and acted out against the government. Ranging from music‚ art‚ photography‚ and filmmaking‚ they were molded into the individuals they turned out to be in the end. The duo lived in many houses‚ apartments‚ squatters‚ but one “home” or “shelter” made a lasting impact on them artistically — the Chelsea Hotel. Evidently‚ Smith and Maplethorpe
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�PAGE � What sort of social critique does this Street Angel (1937) present? What does it say about issues involved in "modernization"? What symbols are portrayed in Street Angel (1937) Introduction Every country has specific famous era in which their cinema portrays the reality of their society‚ the 1930 ’s was the era in which China ’s cinema bent itself towards portraying society and modernization. A lot of distinctive features developed by Chinese film over the last hundred years are the
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After many people read novels‚ and then watch the film‚ you hear them leave the theater saying that movie was nothing like the book. That can be true‚ but a movie has to be judged while keeping in mind that it has both a budget and a time limit‚ which only allows most movies to focus on the crux of the story. However‚ where books attempt to give a depiction of their characters and capture their essence‚ a good director can encapsulate and portray the fundamental nature of the characters clearly
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1897 book Dracula. In Nosferatu‚ Murnau created some of the most detailed images in German expressionist cinema during the Weimar years. Nosferatu’s shadow ascending their stairs toward the woman who awaits him evokes an entire era and genre of filmmaking. There are vivid scenes in the film when Nosferatu’s ship glides into the harbor with its freight of coffins‚ rats‚ sailor’s corpses and plague are some the most recognizable details of Murnau’s film. Much of the scenes in Nosferatu were shot in
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The Truman Show is the story of a thirty-year old man whose entire life has been broadcast to a global audience as a television show. As Truman catches on to the made-for-television nature of his entire world‚ the film focuses on the negative effects of living during a television culture. This film can be read for symbolism and social meaning of the current television culture that we live in today‚ not just entertainment. The story of The Truman Show allows the audience to grasp that even "real"
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Before World War I‚ films were being made mostly European countries and in Japan. When the war interrupted European filmmaking‚ however‚ the American film industry began to dominate the world market. In the years between 1917 and 1927 the silent film reached the peak of its development. United States had the largest film industry and American films dominated the international market. Germany and Japan still had some movie industries but mostly left to domestic. Many nations found film production
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focus is on poverty‚ war‚ and occasionally hope. It is a tool used to allow the outside world experience the truth and realism the citizens of italy had experience. Neorealism films were shot on location‚ with non-professional actors‚ using various filmmaking techniques like the long take. In the case of Bicycle Thieves‚ its focuses was on poverty‚ as the main character and his son travel in order to find his missing bicycle so that he can obtain a job. Throughout the film we are shown how poor the
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