FILM STRUCTURE FILM STRUCTURE What is motion picture film? The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) describes it as “a thick flexible strip of plastic‚ complying with a dimensional standard as defined within‚ whose use is specific to the process of manufacturing a motion picture.” That definition leads to about a dozen pages of further definitions about various aspects of motion picture film. For our purposes‚ let’s take a look at how film is made‚ and how an image is formed on that film. THE
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Film noir is a type of film genre that portrays the underside of society. The genre began in the 1930’s and remained as a strong cinematic medium until the early 1960’s. Film noir literally means "black film" in French and features themes which are more negative than positive‚ with an overall dark and shadowy outlook--being filmed in black and white. This film genre takes in detective and crime noir as well as many gangster films of the 1930’s. Movies such as Bullitt and Vertigo are just a few examples
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What makes an excellent film? It took me a little while to come up with an answer to‚ "What makes an excellent film?" There really is no answer‚ actually. I believe that an excellent film is within the eyes and emotions of the audience. After researching and discovering what actually won Oscars and Golden Globe awards‚ it came down to what the people thought‚ and the popularity of a film. It is extremely hard to predict what will win these awards before the movie is even released to the public
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the film editor at the editing stage of a film. Between sequences the cut marks a rapid transition between one time and space and another‚ but depending on the nature of the cut it will have different meanings. Dolly: A set of wheels and a platform upon which the camera can be mounted to give it mobility. Dolly shot is a shot taken from a moving dolly. Almost synonymous in general usage with tracking shot or follow shot Editing: Editing refers to how shots are put together to make up a film. Traditionally
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context”. Although it doesn’t follow every guideline for a classic film noir film Chinatown is an example of the genre. The film simply takes place in modern times (when it came out). The 1970’s even provides a similar backdrop for the film to that of 1940’s film noir‚ a major war affecting the country. The film itself contains many key characteristics that noir will always be known for. Some of the characteristics include the style of the film‚ the femme fatale‚ and the emphasis of fatalism. I believe that
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1950’s Over past nine weeks we’ve embarked on a journey spanning seven decades of cult films and also received a brief education of our not so distant past. We’ve seen the outrageous‚ the good‚ the bad and the ugly‚ the weirdly dramatic‚ and the just plain weird of the last seven decades of cult films and how in the end somehow find away to incorporate a piece of American culture at the time. However‚ by far the most intriguing decade to me would have to be the nineteen fifties. There are many reasons
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The film industry was able to rush in a golden age of film by capitalizing on the need for Americans to have an escape from the harsh reality of the Great Depression; they were able to provide Americans with this escape from reality by utilizing the best of technological innovation of the time which included sound and color films. The film industry created an environment where Americans could pay a small amount of money to sit down and enjoy a film that took them away from the bleak times of the
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Extra Credit Film Opportunities Due: Week 16 You can choose up to 6 films (3 points each) to view and prepare a short (1-2 pages‚ typed‚ black ink‚ 12 pt. font‚ double spaced) paper discussing the film. You may want to choose one film from each group but that is not required. Please include the time of the class you are enrolled in and staple your papers. I will not accept emailed extra credit. For your write up: * Identify the anthropological topic or subject of the film. What do you
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Throughout the entire film of The Core the number of outrageous and unrealistics acts of so-called science just pile up‚ earning its reputation as a “science fiction disaster”. The movie received plenty of backlash especially in regards to the basis of its storyline: the ceased rotation of Earth’s core. In these circumstances‚ mankind would perish instantly‚ therefore no one even be alive to fix this problem‚ rendering the plot beyond unfactual. Director Jon Amiel depicts the most far-fetched scenarios
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thousandth of a second.[5] Nine years later‚ in 1882‚ French scientist Étienne-Jules Marey invented a chronophotographic gun‚ which was capable of taking 12 consecutive frames a second‚ recording all the frames of the same picture. The second experimental film‚ Roundhay Garden Scene‚ filmed by Louis Le Prince on October 14‚ 1888 in Roundhay‚ Leeds‚ England‚ is the earliest surviving motion picture. The first though to design a successful apparatus was W. K. L. Dickson‚ working under the direction of Thomas
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