On its list of the “100 Greatest American Movies of All Time” the American Film Institute has Citizen Cane (1941) in the coveted number-1 spot‚ and this is hardly surprising. Citizen Kane challenged the traditional narrative and technical elements of Hollywood filmmaking of its time‚ and holds up today as a true masterpiece of filmmaking. Citizen Cane (1941) Orson Welles directed‚ wrote and starred in this brilliant film which “revolutionized the medium and has since been considered the most important
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"Star Wars" was arguably the first in a new breed of high concept‚ high budget sci-fi action films. It was directed by George Lucas and originally released in only a few cinemas in 1977. However‚ the buzz around the film grew‚ and it is now one of the highest grossing films of all time‚ and along with its sequels‚ prequels and re-mastered re-releases‚ has a large cult following. I feel this is because of Lucas` ability to engage the audience through careful use of sound and camera technique; The
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of French cinema‚ numerous directors have chosen to set their films with the background of a traditional‚ nostalgic France‚ especially when set in the city of Paris. These films tend to feature a setting of a “stereotypical France” -or with elements people tend to think of when France is brought up- with prim and proper people and brightly colored‚ clean streets devoid of any trouble or complication. A countless amount of these films also tend to star a fully white cast to portray the old‚ outdated
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‘The Truman Show’ is a comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir. The film talks about a man - Truman Burbank who’s unaware of being in a reality television show for the whole of his life. The scene of Truman in the cellar is significant in the film because the audience is able to see the feelings deep inside of Truman and how it raises the tension. The camera shots and angles used in this scene illustrate Truman’s emotions perfectly. Meryl’s unreasonable clothing and voice elicits curiosity from
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Show how the opening scene introduced ideas that were concluded in final scene. The movie Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccole‚ it a dystopian film a bout a man Called Vincent Freeman who is known to be a “God child” which in certain cases you would think to be a good thing but in this movie natural born children are considered the bottom of the heap. In this film discrimination exists not based on skin color‚ socio-economic class‚ culture or religion‚ but on whether or not you were genetically
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Citizen Kane Scene Analysis The scene we’re analyzing starts off with a shot of the New York Daily Inquirer. It’s a close shot‚ taking up the entire screen. I feel this close up is to show the viewer that the newspaper company is going to be the primary focal point for Kane‚ and his two partners at this point in the film. After the close up‚ the camera pans down to show Kane and Leland sitting in a car looking up at the building. Kane says “Take a good look at it Jedidiah‚ it’s going to look a
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metaphors‚ rhythm‚ point of view‚ and much more. In general‚ a viewer comes to understand scenes by making detailed models of events. What might be termed the “classical” camera stands in for those procedures that have been successful in the past. When a viewer’s confidence in his or her predictions is high (i.e. the viewer’s constructed‚ mental models are well developed and reasonably supported by evidence)‚ the film achieves a high degree of “reality...” (Branigan‚ 2013) People watch; it’s what they
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FILM ANALYSIS: TITANIC Name and Surname : Diyar Yılmaz Number : 21160169 Department : English Translation and Interpretation Studies Lecturer : EBRU ERDOĞAN DİYAR YILMAZ 21160169 Translation and Interpretation Department‚ 4th Grade UNSINKABLE Titanic is an epic romance film‚ which also contains certain historical and authentic aspects of the time it narrated. The film is released in 1997 and is directed‚ written and co-produced by James Cameron‚ also widely known
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Scene Analysis Paper The Godfather The Godfather‚ filmed in 1972‚ is known as one of America’s number one classics! This film holds many scenes where violence and control is portrayed. The Godfather is my favorite old movie! This movie holds everything from exciting action scenes‚ to world famous actors like‚ Marlon Brando‚ Al Pacino‚ James Cann‚ and many others. The Godfather holds many different themes‚ but the one theme that is most noticeable throughout the movie is violence
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Beautiful Launderette’ kick started his career in the mid 80’s. The film is a perfect slice of Thatcherite Britain and great gay romance. ‘‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ is the story of Omar‚ a young restless Asian man caring for his alcoholic father in Thatcheriste London. Escape comes in the form of his uncle’s many varied business ventures…’ (Nicola Osborne. (2005). My Beautiful Laundrette. Available: http://www.eufs.org.uk/films/my_beautiful_laundrette.html. Last accessed 08th March 2011) Freas’s
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