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    Professor Wager 02/11/2015 Mise-en-Scene             When someone asks you what your favorite movie is‚ what goes through your mind? When someone asks me that question‚ I instantly think of specific scenes from my favorite film that induce a strong emotional response. This seems to happen when thinking about any movie I particularly like. What makes these scenes so memorable that they still emit those same emotions when just thinking about them? The answer is mise-en-scene – the visual story that is

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    The Pursuit of Happyness

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    In Pursuit of Happyness With a terrific central performance by Will Smith‚ this is a well-made‚ sharply written and ultimately uplifting drama. “In Pursuit of Happyness” is about setting goals and achieving them. It is not about happiness‚ it is about money. The movie celebrates people who toil for better life by building the perfect career. Chris Gardner is convincing as a man who may have been stripped by his dignity but who still believes in himself. His strong human relationships skills

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    number of prison camps until the end of the war. The scene analysed is set in Naoetsu‚ Prisoner of War camp in northern Japan where Zamperini was tortured and forced into labour until the end of the war in 1945. The scene uses micro features to represent Zamperini as a very strong individual who refuses to give up and finds ways to triumph even when faced with extreme adversity. The two micro features I have chosen to analyse are mise-en-scene and cinematography because I believe that they create

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    The Untouchables: Mise-En-Scene Analysis Elliot Ness‚ a treasury agent‚ has been trying to stop alcohol from being smuggled into the United States. He feels that the key to putting an end to the alcohol distribution is to put gangster‚ Al Capone‚ behind bars. But there is a small problem‚ Ness can’t seem to be able to link the incoming alcohol‚ or any other crime to Capone. Until‚ Oscar Wallace‚ the uptight‚ " dorky"‚ government official‚ entered the picture to help Ness fight his battle for

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    A Single Man mise-en-scene

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    How has the mise-en-scene been constructed in the opening of A Single Man in order to communicate particular images to the audience? In the opening of the film‚ A Single Man‚ mise-en-scene has been used to communicate different images and messages to the audience. This has been done through the use of setting; performance and movement; and props and costumes. There are four different settings in the opening of the film. These settings are: underwater; ‘the snowed over road’; George’s bedroom and

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    Hero Film Mise En Scene

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    As far as film is concerned‚ I believe film maker Zhang Yimou has created a masterpiece with Hero. With stunning photography‚ intricate choreography‚ great acting‚ and an intriguing story‚ how could one disagree? The photography‚ mise en scene‚ ideology‚ acting‚ and narration‚ all blend together to reveal poetic reverence‚ philosophy‚ and questions of ethics. Yimou has composed a film which not only dazzles us with astonishing martial arts choreography‚ but also contains philosophical depth

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    ranges from the use of doorways as a frame for the shot‚ to the use of 70’s music as the background for this film. Overall‚ in my opinion‚ the style of Pulp Fiction is one of the main reasons the movie has been so popular for this amount of time. Mise-en-scene in Pulp Fiction is seen throughout the movie‚ but what fits its definition the best is the use of the briefcase. The briefcase seems to the normal filmgoer as a very important prop that helps develop the story‚ but most people know it as a red

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    Mise-en-scene in Taxi Driver Taxi Driver is about Travis Bickle‚ a "sick" taxi driver who is both a prophet and/or a mad man. We are never allowed to know what the movie itself thinks of him‚ we are never told to love him or hate him and the movie never states whether he is ethically right or wrong. This movie is not about the answers to the problems of the society. It is just about the questions and unknowns. It is just an interesting journey in the modern society that could make people

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    In this essay I am going to write about the film “Attack The Block” and look at how mise en scene is used to establish the film’s themes. In the opening scene when Sam was on her own walking down the dark streets of London the music was quite eerie‚ this gives the audience a sense of suspense as to “what’s going to happen next?” Then as the music continues to play in the background there are lots of children running with fireworks in their hands‚ however‚ it is dark so we can’t see their faces‚

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    There were many mise-en-scene incorporated in the Strip Mall trilogy. This was shown by the flashing lights and letters that seemed to come together as words. In the Dreamscapes film the content was stronger than the Strip Mall trilogy. Because there was a story based around the pictures‚ than just letters thrown on a screen. Although each film had a different storyline‚ they both use similar techniques to show it. Whether through sound‚ lighting‚ or soliloquies. Manipulating time and space involves

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