How does the director Steven Spielberg use filmic techniques to build suspense and tension for the audience in the film Jaws? Steven Speilberg directed the epic blockbuster film‚Jaws‚ alongside producers David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck. He is an American film director‚ producer‚ screenwriter and undoubtedly one of the most influential personalities in the history of filmmaking. Additionally‚ Spielberg is the highest grossing filmmaker of all time and his movies have earned in the region of four
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John has broken those rules‚ as you are breaking them now”. Schaeffer manipulates the truth to make Schaeffer seem like he is good and Book is evil. The use of a low angle on Schaeffer significantly shows his dominance and superiority to Carter and the audience and adds more fear. In contrast To this Carter is shown at a low angle shown through Shaeffer’s point of view. The use of Carter sitting down and Schaeffer slowly walking around him creates strikes fear into both the audience and Carter
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1. “Forget the big players in the world; it is the people in the margins of our society whose stories are most compelling.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Respond to this question with close reference to one or more text(s) you have studied. The Heke family that feature in the ground-breaking New Zealand film from 1994‚ ‘Once were warriors’ directed by Lee Tamahori are clearly a family living on the margins of society. They live in a state house next to a busy and
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medium close up of Susan’s face as presenting the sequence from her point of view. A series of shot-reverse-shots between Kane and Susan offer insight into how her personality has coloured her recollection. From Susan’s vantage point‚ a long shot‚ Kane is minuscule‚ lost in the darkness behind him‚ perhaps lost in the shadow of his former greatness. Conversely‚ Kane’s view of her is shown with a much closer shot. She occupies a larger portion of the screen‚ suggesting that she considered herself to be
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distinctively visual is shown throughout these texts is through the use of motifs‚ different angle shots‚ colours‚ lighting and reading paths. These techniques aim to show the important themes in both texts such as time‚ hope and love. In ‘Run Lola Run’ time is shown to be an important theme right from the beginning. We can see this in the first few seconds of the film when there is a low angle shot looking up at a pendulum swinging then the camera pans up to show us a gargoyles head for a clock
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THE RABBIT-PROOF FENCE 1. How does the sound add to your understanding of the context? The sound sort of tells you that movie is set in a desert like place. 2. What is the effect of the Ariel shot of the desert landscape‚ followed by the distant shot The Ariel shot shows you that there is not a lot there‚ that there was people here for thousands of years and that they get by‚ by using their survival skills that have been passed down generation by generation. 3. How does Noyce position
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Into the World – Educating Rita • Educating Rita 1991 Director by Willy Russell • EDUCATION = CHOICE • Explores of a variety of texts that deal with aspects of growing up and transitioning into new phases of an individual’s life. ( Growth and change occurs CONTRAST: • Male/ Female • Educated class/ Working Class • Disillusioned/ Cynical/ Enthusiastic • Elite “Howards End” E.M. Forster/ Mass culture “Ruby Fruit Jungle” Rita Mae Brown CONFLICT:
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John: Run Lola Run directed by Tom Tykwer‚ is an intense‚ fast paced action film with implications about fate‚ love‚ chance‚ time‚ choice‚ and consequence. Not a second in this movie is boring‚ as it is as high paced as the title implies‚ whilst being both physically and mentally straining. At the beginning of Run Lola Run‚ two quotes are shown; one about time and the other is a philosophical statement about what a game is. These two statements viewed together arises an idea and an important concept
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film ‘Life is Beautiful’ is through the use of many types of camera angles. The scene where Guido’s wife asks the Nazi soldier to get onto the train with her family uses different types of camera angles. One of which is the low camera angle as she demands to go onto the train. The use of low camera angles places the viewers in a position where they are looking up at Dora making her more dominant and powerful. The low camera angle highlights her power‚ not only because she isn’t Jewish‚ but also because
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mouth is also open which means that he is probably speaking‚ which implies that he is probably confident. Mockery and confidence are both traits that can be found in Iago’s character in Othello. One can also notice that the picture is taken from a low angle shot‚ which suggests superioty and someone who puts himself on a pedestal. This again shows Iago’s arrogance and over confidence in himself‚ and suggests that others are inferior compared to him. Evil can be characterized as a person who causes
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