Observation Paper “The King’s Speech” The main characters in the king’s speech are the King who’s called Bertie in the movie and is played by Colin Firth‚ the Queen Elizabeth who is played by Helena Bonham Carter and Lionel Logue who is played by Geoffrey Rush. Also through out the movies you see the Kings daughters and many other people who play a role in his life. Mostly it focuses on the king‚ his wife‚ and the doctor. The Kings Speech is nothing like a usual wartime movie. Instead it’s
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by Michael Gambon‚ passes away leaving the throne to older brother‚ King Edward VII (Guy Pearce). Kind Edward chooses to abdicate the throne to marry a divorced woman‚ Wallis Simpson‚ who is played by Eve Best. Forced into power‚ The Duke’s wife‚ Helena Bonham Carter‚ who is well known for her out of the ordinary and merciless characters is loving and devoted to her husband‚ goes out of her way to help him. This is very out of character for her because in this movie she plays a loving‚ caring‚ and
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Palahniuk‚ is an American novelist and a freelance journalist who was born in the early 60’. Fight Club – Palahniuk’s first novel which won many awards was also made into a film‚ directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt‚ Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter. Fight Club is the story of a young man‚ tired and frustrated with the way he runs his life – his nowhere-going job‚ his superficial relationships and his way of wanting to own things‚ which will eventually end up owning him. The story
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Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein is a 1994 drama directed by Kenneth Branagh‚ starring Kenneth Branagh as Victor Frankenstein‚ Robert De Niro as the Monster and Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth. The plot starts off when Frankenstein’s beloved mother dies during the birth of his younger brother William‚ sparking his desire to “cure” death. He studies many scientific texts and frantically experiments in order to find a formula that could revive the dead. Eventually‚ he works hard to bring a life form back
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Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot Editing: Chris Lebenzon Music: Danny Elfman Principal Characters: Ewan McGregor Ed Bloom (Young) Albert Finney Ed Bloom (Senior) Billy Crudup Will Bloom Jessica Lange Sandra Bloom (Senior) Helena Bonham Carter Jenny (Young)/Jenny (Senior)/The Witch Alison Lohman Sandra Bloom (Young) Robert Guillaume Dr. Bennett (Senior) Marion Cotillard Josephine Bloom Matthew McGregory Karl the Giant David Denman Don Price (Age 18-22)
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was made in 2010. The movie is an American live action/computer animated fantasy film directed by Tim Burton. It was released by Walt Disney Pictures‚ one of Hollywood’s “Big Six” film studios‚ and film stars including Johnny Depp‚ Mia Wasikowska‚ Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway. The movie is based on a nineteen year old girl named Alice going onto an audacious adventure. Alice has been confronted by an unwanted marriage proposal to a man‚ not knowing of how to reply‚ Alice gets overwhelmed
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“Finding One’s Self in Times of Trouble”: An explication of the Helena Maria Viramontes’ novel Under the Feet of Jesus. Helena Maria Viramontes’ Under the Feet of Jesus portrays the maturing of Estrella‚ a young Latina that seems to awaken in many different aspects of her life. The author’s use of Estrella give the book its strength and potency. Estrella is an affectionate character‚ which is at the center of all the important issues. She is used a symbol to represent the small amount of strength
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Fight Club “Its only after we’ve lost everything are we free to do anything”‚ Tyler Durden as (Brad Pitt) states‚ among many other lines of contemplation. In Fight Club‚ a nameless narrator‚ a typical “everyman‚” played as (Edward Norton) is trapped in the world of large corporations‚ condominium living‚ and all the money he needs to spend on all the useless stuff he doesn’t need. As Tyler Durden says “The things you own end up owning you.” Fight Club is an edgy film that takes on such topics as
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10. Watch the STREAMED VIDEO of the rehearsal of the ‘Get thee to a nunnery’ scene. What are the main issues the actors and director discuss? Relate their ideas to the Branagh version of III‚1‚ 56-155. Director‚ matthew francis Ophelia‚ robin Gordon Hamlet‚ david mann Matthew Francis interprets the scene as starting at a point where Hamlet is lost‚ he was a much simpler character in the beginning of the play. There is much regret and sadness on Hamlet’s part after losing the one he loved‚ Ophelia
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How do the editing and mise en scene help to construct meaning and provoke response in the ‘Alice in Wonderland’? In Tim Burton’s 2010 remake of ‘Alice in Wonderland’‚ the micro features that relate to his production style give the classic narrative a quirky and alternative edge. I have chosen to analyse the scene where Alice makes her entrance into ‘Wonderland’ and meets some of the main characters. In this scene the director uses lighting‚ editing and mise en scene to present the idea of an ‘alternative
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