Film noir is a genre based on moods of fate‚ evil‚ and undesirable outcomes. In the film The Big Sleep exemplifies film noir from the visual using the black and dark atmosphere. The genre film noir has a dark downbeat sort of feel to the theme. Film noir is very dramatic and in the movie when a character dies the movie has the orchestra play a dark‚ gloomy‚ grim type of music. The lighting in film noir is also used in the movie. During the car rides the lightening is clear showing what audience should
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The film Metropolis is a unique film. If one thinks about the time in which the film was made and then thinks of how little technology was available to the film industry‚ they would see how awesome the film truly is. A specific scene that had two camera angles involved in it was when Maria was saving all the children from the flooding. It was filmed with a crane‚ but it also moved around her on a dolly to show all the children gathering around her. This scene involved two common camera shots that
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Ben Petrie’s short film‚ Her Friend Adam‚ exemplifies the single moment when a seemingly‚ and normally distressed relationship ultimately bends so far that it‚ and all involved – break. Premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival‚ Her Friend Adam magnifies the short period of time it takes for a single couple to lose all hope and trust‚ while falling apart. Clocking in at roughly 16 minutes‚ this spiraling disaster captures the comical‚ fatal‚ and at times uncomfortable gestures each participant
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horror-like‚ hallucinatory state of Richie’s room becoming distorted for Ed‚ the close-up of Ed’s face‚ and the 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
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In The Shawshank Redemption the film maker uses a variety of filmic techniques to position the audience and shape their responses to the characters and events of the film. Discuss. Themes: Justice‚ Redemption‚ Techniques: * Parallel - when two or more things are compared. Red and Brooks. The experiences of the men when they leave prison are paralleled (they follow the same pattern). He wants us to see the parallels between the two characters and show the effect of institutionalisation (developing
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wondering what his purpose in life is. He’s always wondered what’s going on in the town below him. One day something very scary happened‚ a visitor came. He doesn’t know what to once he was exposed to the town. This is very usual in Tim Burton’s films. Tim Burton’s eerie style is best conveyed through his use of pan‚ establishing shot‚ and front/back lighting. Tim Burton‚ in Edward Scissorhands‚ uses pan to reveal the setting. For example when Peg walked in the mansion‚ Tim Burton used
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rationally to find an equal solution to a problem like the Collaborating Owls. Moreover‚ in the movie‚ I found several persuasive techniques. One of the persuasive technique I found is looking at eyes of people whom you are trying to persuade. In other words‚ if you do not want to be persuaded‚ you should not look at the eyes. In the movie‚ I could see this technique everywhere. For instance‚ the beginning of the movie‚ when cops came to Russian spy’s room‚ one of them sit in front of the spy and
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Kathryn Hess English 12/ Hero’s quest period 8 Mrs. Dunn In the beginning of the movie Freedom Writers‚ the students initially only trust their peers from their racial groups. This is because they only trust the people in their gangs. Almost all the kids were in racially segregated gangs. At first‚ Ms. Gruwell has difficulty getting anything accomplished. Many of these students have never been shown any respect in the past. Eva and some of the other students tell Ms. Gruwell that they will not
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A Knights Tale is a useful text in conveying medieval life and society. It displays many aspects of medieval life and society like jousting‚ the feudal system and living conditions in the middle ages. A Knights Tale also demonstrates a connection between Chaucer’s pilgrims and the modern audience. A Knights Tale display’s many different aspects of medieval life and society. It shows the Feudal system with the different people shown from Royalty (the prince)‚ Noblemen (Adamar)‚ lower classes such
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Briar Bayler This essay will look at the friendship and relationship between Rosa and Raymond Parks in the movie The Ride to Freedom: Rosa Parks Story‚ which was directed by Julie Dash. This movie was set around the 1950’s in Montgomery‚ when almost everything was segregated‚ from drinking fountains and libraries to buses and hospitals. The movie was based on the real-life story of Rosa Parks‚ who stopped segregation in buses when she refused to get up and out of
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