the creative mind of Alfred Hitchcock came many a classic film‚ but two that stand out are the thrillers Rear Window and Psycho. These films capture the viewer and create an atmosphere so unique and fresh that you feel as though you personally know the characters; sometimes you even feel like you’re becoming the characters. Although the films have many similarities they both have completely different moods and themes. Most importantly the films can still hold up against today’s incredibly high-budget
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A re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger‚ a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams‚ resulting in their real death in reality. Nightmare on Elm Street 10 genre is horror he’s centralized looking down not facing the audience or giving eye contact gives a feeling of unease to the PTA as we don ’t know who the person or creature is so it causes ambiguity in the audience ’s eyes. Binary oppositions of dark and light so could
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Textual Analysis: The Blair Witch Project Horror movies always have one thing in common; the victim(s) and the monster. The monster typically is a human who uses some kind of weapon to demise their victim‚ and the victim usually finds a weapon to use against the monster‚ usually killing them. In the movie‚ The Blair Witch Project‚ that is not the case. The Blair witch is never seen in the movie‚ but uses nature to haunt her victims. The victim’s on the other hand only have a 16 mm camera‚ and
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There was a major biographical impact of the director‚ Tim Burton‚ and his ideas‚ on if not all‚ most of his films. Tim Burton’s horror childhood was definitely reflected in his movies. There are three major features of Burton’s life impacting two of his movies‚ ‘Edward Scissorhands’ and ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. These features are loneliness and rejection experienced as a child including Burton’s disturbing social life‚ relationship with family‚ especially his father and also his hobbies
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United States until 1921. A time when film makers were out to prove that film was indeed art. In the year 1921 525 films were released out of those 525‚ 50 still exist today‚ one of those 50 is The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. At the time of its release in America‚ horror films were virtually unheard of because filmakers felt that the subject matter was tasteless or even repulsive‚ not to mention difficult to adjust to the silent screen. The first horror film on record was Frankenstein in 1910. Elements
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Reality of College Life The Hunting Grounds‚ was created to expos the rape crimes among the college campus in the U.S. This film was produced by Amy Ziering and directed by Kirby Dick‚ they were able to depict the hard reality of being at college and how unsafe some of them were. In the reviews of The Hunting Grounds‚ Michael Philips and Thomas Lee could not deny the impact the film had on their emotions and the epidemic that was occurring. To begin‚ in Thomas Lee’s review he was able to grasp the
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Watching all the Asian films this semester has greatly changed my view of Asian directors‚ actors‚ and Asian films in general. It has opened my eyes and it let me see the creativity and the kind of quality that Asian Cinema has to offer. I used to think that Asian Film was corny and boring. Also‚ I used to think that it was just trying hard to follow its western counterparts. I was wrong. Asian film has its own identity and is unique in its own fascinating way. In Asian film‚ or just in Asian countries
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young man of today can go without food but not without a film. The cinema is the cheapest and the most popular form of amusement. Laborers can afford to miss their evening meal‚ not their evening show. Students prefer films to reading books. Thus‚ cinema exercises a very powerful effect on society. Cinema is a universal teacher. It educates the people in different branches of learning. Our film producers have made very purposeful films to collect public opinion against some of the social evils
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FILM REVIEW: REUNION All of us would like to have a good past memories. As we all know high school life is the crucial part of becoming into grown-ups teenager. Once you enter high school things change‚ "some of your best friends become bitches. Homework goes in the trash; cell phones are being used in class. Detention becomes suspension‚ soda becomes beer‚ and gum becomes pot. Bikes become cars. Lollipops become cigarettes. Lip-gloss becomes makeup. French kisses become sex." High school can
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September 3‚ 2014 Lecture 1 Professor Barry Keith Grant Terrance McDonald – Course Co-Ordinator Cinema – Industry‚ a social institution‚ entertainment‚ an art form. September 5‚ 2014 Lecture 2 Becoming a Film Student An introduction to screening and viewing practices September 10‚ 2014 Lecture 3 The Beginnings of Cinema Peter Mark Roget (1769-1879) Persistence of Vision Thaumatrope (1824) Animation Cel Zoetrope Invented in 1833 by British Mathematician William George Horner Panorama
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