The medium of film is enriching as it is able to transmit powerful themes and/or social issues to an audience‚ leaving them with a new understanding. Explain how this statement is true of the set film you have studied. "On the Waterfront"‚ a well-known film by Elia Kazan‚ tells the story of the old former professional boxer Terry‚ energetic‚ at New York Harbor when union leader Johnny Friendly sent Terry’s brother Charlie to kill Terry’s friend Joey. Eventually in front of the bloody reality
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narrative and narration. The film "Speed"‚ starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock is classed as a film where narrative plays a very large role in delivering the viewer with a broader understanding of the story or plot of the film. Narrative meaning a "chain of events in cause-effect relationship occurring in time and space" (Bordwell and Thompson‚ 2005).What the above statement merely translates to is a word were all very familiar with namely‚ story. The narrative of a film typically begins "with one
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by Mr. McGuire to Benjamin Braddock‚ the main character. The film‚ The Graduate‚ directed by Mike Nichols in 1967 shows the audience how hard it is to stand out in a “plastic” world through the uses of screenplay‚ performance‚ cinematography‚ music and sound. Nichols wanted us to feel what Benjamin felt as well as be engaged in his decisions. Nichols achieved this by using subjective shots in the film. The cinematography in this film shows many symbols that are often the protagonist’s point of view
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Contrast of colour Within the film the rich and wealthy are shown with a brighter light and the poor working class are shown with a dark lighting. The composer of the film expresses this contrast of colour to define the social context of the time. This great divide between the wealthy and the working
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Metropolis: “Breaking down the utopia” In January of1927 Metropolis was released to the German public. The film‚ which was directed by Fritz Lang‚ was one of the first science fiction movies in the history of film. The film focuses on the differences between the working class who power the city and the wealthy whom indulge in it. The film was host to many German stars at the time such as Alfred Abel and Brigette Helm. As this conflict is going there is a separate yet relative
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has greatly increased. We see a lot more blood‚ murders‚ and in greater detail. From 1960’s to the Early 2000’s‚ Movies have greatly changed in terms of violence. The first movie I choose to do was‚ “Gladiator”. It was released in the year 2000‚ and also won the Oscar for best picture. The director was Ridley Scott. The motion picture shows a lot of blood and people get slaughtered. In addition‚ the film has a lot of hand to hand combat with multiple types of arms included; swords‚ axes‚ and maces
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The Cotton Club Movie By Derick Sweeten The Cotton Club was a famous night club in New York during the early 20’s and 30’s. In this film Harlem’s Cotton Club of the 1920’s was beautifully recreated and with Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington performing in there. This club flourished during the prohibition era in the late 20’s and early 30’s. Richard Gere plays Dixie Dwyer‚ a young musician who works for mobsters in an effort to advance his career. Dwyer falls in love with Vera Cicero played
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Sankofa Film Analysis Who is Haile Germia? Haile Germia is an Ethiopian filmmaker‚ film director‚ screenwriter who was born March 4‚ 1946 and raised in Gondar‚ Ethiopia who now lives in the United States. He immigrated here to the United States in 1968 to pursue acting‚ and enrolled in the Goodman School of Drama located in Chicago. He is best known for his film Sankofa which raised a lot of awareness to the African American community. He is also known for the Los Angeles school of black filmmakers
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DOCUMENTARY FILM ANALYSIS Among the four documentaries‚ I have chosen “F*ck You Buddy” in “The Power of Nightmares” and “Love and Power” in “All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace” to be the materials for me to analyze in this paper. First‚ “F*ck You Buddy” is an episode produced by Adam Curtis‚ who is an English filmmaker who has been exploring Sigmund Freud’s theories in the aspects of sociology‚ psychology‚ philosophy‚ and political history throughout his career. In this episode
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The Corporation Film Analysis The Corporation was based on a book written by Joel Bakan. It is a documentary film that looks at the history of corporation and follows them up until present day to illustrate their dominance in society. I found this film very interesting with me once being part of the corporate world and finding my way onto another career path for many of the reasons illustrated in this film. This film had an underlying statement of corporations’ number one concern was profit
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