Film Review-The Hunger Games Director and co-writer-Gary Ross The Hunger Games‚ it’s a harsh and relentless story based upon the first novel out of a trilogy of books by Suzanne Collins. The book is narrated by 16 year old Katniss; a young woman who lives in a post-apocalyptic America divided into 13 districts and ruled by one‚ the Capitol. In this imaginary future‚ ruled by the Capitol‚ an apparatus of their control is the Hunger Games‚ an event established in the aftermaths of a rebellion against
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According to Film Art‚ film actor’s performance style is most affected by A) the microphone placement. B) the camera distance. C) the aspect ratio. D) the lighting. 6. "Frontality" of staging means that A) a character is placed in the extreme foreground of the shot. B) a character is facing toward the camera. C) one character blocks our view of another. D) a character is moving toward the foreground. 7. Georges Méliès was A) an early director of fantasy films. B) an important
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light at specific times to create a picture on the light sensitive material. 2. What is a convex lens? A convex or converging lens will bend the light torward the center of the lens because one or both sides of the glass curve outward it also takes the various rays of light and bends them toward the same point which will eventually allow an image to form. 3. What three components make up a film camera? Define each part. The three components that make up a film camera are‚ 1. The mechanical element
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ATS 1305: Contemporary Film Studies Assessment Task 1: Film Form Assignment Name: Chong Sarah Man – Yee‚ 22882618 Film Form on Hero (Zhang Yimou‚ 2002) “Film form‚ in its broadest sense‚ we mean the overall system of relation that we can perceive among the elements in the whole film” (Bordwell and Thompson 49). In this formal analysis‚ I will be considering film form in relation to the film Hero directed by Zhang Yimou. Large aspects of film form such as mise-en-scene‚ shot‚ editing
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Different genres of films and their impact on the spectators No other art form has had quite the impact on our lives that the motion pictures have. Everybody loves stories. We want to watch different movies‚ depending on the mood‚ temperament and circumstances. The most important thing is to choose the right genre. The term genre is used a lot around the movie industry to break down the type of film into categories. It’s difficult to place a lot of films in a single category
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were mostly for pure entertainment‚ never delving too deep into the human psyche or touching on subjects outside of the day to day lives of the upper crust of society. Films never touched on the real day lives of the average person who‚ ironically‚ paid to those types of movies. During ww2 films served a similar purpose. Many of the films at the time were created to boost morale of people at home and to support the troops. They were understandably created to make the public at home feel a little less
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multi-million dollar superstars. Beginning with short silent films‚ movies have evolved over the years in different stages including: the Golden Age‚ the political era‚ sequels‚ and what is now the age of special effects and high budget films. The industry today that creates movies costing unimaginable amounts of money began with the simplistic‚ silent film. Although many are forgotten today‚ these short films were a key part in developing motion pictures created over the ages. Beginning with The Great Train
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Code and convention of horror film: A horror film follows certain code and convection to achieve its purpose of scaring and alarming the audience. The following are some of them: Setting/location: The location used for this genre of a film is isolated and lonely area that has been abandoned or an area where the victim will feel vulnerable. For example small communities‚ dark streets‚ narrow alleyways‚ roads‚ woods‚ haunted places‚ farms‚ country sides and cities etc… sometimes places with ‘dark’
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In this scenario‚ a large film making conglomerate wishes to examine a number of potential film making projects. Each project is to be ranked according to its feasibility‚ measured by the ability to adhere to a number of corporate objectives. There are seven proposed movies to be judged and the conglomerate will produce four to six each year. First is to examine each of those projects to the corporate objectives‚ compare and contrasting project selection criteria and justify why a project meets
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Film noir "Film Noir" is a term that was applied to a style of American cinema that was popular in the 1930’s and 40’s. The term translates to "Black Film‚" which refers to both the characteristic lighting and the dark subject matter. Noir films often depict different aspects of the criminal underworld‚ and are most commonly set in the ’mean streets’ of the city. Many of the most recognizable early noir films were mysteries involving a hard-boiled detective like Sam Spade (played by Humphrey Bogart)
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