Lack of speech‚ lack of music at first‚ when Norman Bates walks in the camera focuses on the shadow behind the shower curtain and the music starts when Bates is revealed behind the curtain with a knife. The music starts (same sound as a curtain reel moving that screechy sound)‚ when Marion Crane starts screaming it zooms in on her face. The camera flicks between the two characters showing that there is a struggle. Camera doesn’t show Bates’ face as it’s supposed to be a surprise as to who is the
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House of Night Series – Marked [pic] Zoey Redbird lived a typical life. She dealt with problems any typical teenager would deal with. But that was of course before she was Marked as a vampire fledgling. Once you’ve been Marked‚ there’s no turning back‚ and 16-year-old Zoey has got no choice but to accept her new life. Some people might think that being Marked is bad news. Even Zoey thought that it was bad news. But as soon as she started living as a vampire‚ she started to realize that Nyx
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Summary of Ideology‚ Genre‚ Auteur By Robin Wood In Robin Wood’s essay: Ideology‚ Genre‚ Auteur‚ Wood revisits Hitchcock’s films and analyses the different characteristics in the films. Wood focuses mostly on Shadow of a Doubt and It’s a Wonderful Life in which he compares and describes the different values of Hollywood cinema. One of Wood’s major points to hear two opposing views. Wood stresses that a critics job should be to look at a piece as a whole rather than at the particular aspects of one
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Hitchcock’s use of lighting and shadows in Strangers On A Train is very meaningful and cleverly masked. To add to the character development and understanding of Bruno and Guy‚ Hitchcock uses light very early on in the film‚ to help demonstrate the characters of Guy and Bruno. The window of the train compartment in the first scene‚ casts lines of shadows onto Bruno’s face‚ similar to those of jail cell bars. Because of this‚ we can infer early on that Bruno’s character isn’t to be trusted and that
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A Clockwork Orange and American Psycho are both used as texts by their authors to satirically comment on their different societies‚ Burgess writing as a warning of the chaos the social revolution of the 1950’s and ‘60s might bring‚ while Ellis is commenting on the commercialism of the incredibly capitalist 1980’s‚ and how humanism has almost been abandoned because of this. Both Burgess and Ellis’s satirical commentary of their societies is evident through the characters of their violent psychotic
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A Rose for Emily Characterization refers to the techniques a writer uses to develop characters. In the story A Rose for Emily William Faulkner uses characterization to reveal the character of Miss Emily. He expresses the content of her character through physical description‚ through her actions‚ words‚ and feelings‚ through a narrator’s direct comments about the character’s nature‚ and through the actions‚ words‚ and feelings‚ of other characters. Faulkner best uses characterization to examine the
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The Similarities of Alfred Hitchcock and Edward Hopper Alfred Hitchcock‚ also known as‚ “The Master of Suspense”‚ was a director to a variety of award winning films. Many Hitchcock movies will be noticeably inspired by numerous paintings‚ including the work of iconic artist Edward Hopper. Hopper‚ born in New York‚ was well known for his realist paintings. Comparing the paintings and films‚ one will see the similarities displayed between the two. Alfred Hitchcock and Edward Hopper are linked by creating
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’The Man Who Loved Flowers’ is a short story written by Stephen King in 1977. The story takes place on a beautiful spring evening in New York City. From the outside it looks like a normal day in the Big Apple with a lovely atmosphere because of the weather and time of year. However‚ there is a lot more to add and the theme of crime and violence plays a big role. A limited third person narrator tells the story. The viewpoint is from the main character and most of his feelings are known. As the title
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“I have always had a problem when people say something’s real or not real‚ or normal or abnormal. The meaning of those words is very personal and subjective. I’ve always been confused and never had a clearcut understanding of the meaning of those kinds of words” (BrainyQuote). This quote was spoken by the amazing director and producer‚ Tim Burton. This statement is evident in many of his films. Burton’s whimsical and twisted style is what makes his movies unique. He has his own distinctive style
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The film styles of Casablanca and It Happened One Night were completely different from that of Citizen Kane and The Best Years of Our Lives. Casablanca and the earlier films were all shot with very basic techniques where the frame just focused on the action. However‚ in Citizen Kane and The Best Years of Our Lives everything was in focus in the frame‚ even the events taking place in the background. Rather than just one main conversation or action being the concentration point of the film‚ there were
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