JOURNAL 1 Date: November 18‚ 2015 Cindy Pages This Week: 208 Pages This Quarter: 208 I am reading Psycho by Robert Bloch and I have finished the book. This book is about Norman Bates who suffers from an identity disorder causing him to become his mother‚ Norma. In this journal I will be characterizing and questioning. G: Throughout the story‚ Norman Bate’s identity disorder caused him to displayed characteristics of two very different people. Y: Norman Bates R: Introverted
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10 Prime Examples of A Good Movie Calvin Johnson Most everyone in the world enjoys a great movie. There are many different elements that make a good movie. A few elemtents are: photography‚ mise en scene‚ movement‚ editing‚ sound‚ acting‚ drama‚ story‚ writing‚ and finally ideiology. If a movie excels in one of more of these things the movie is destined for success. There are 10 movies that are prime examples of the things that make movies good. There are three types of film: realism
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Norman Mark Reedus is an American Actor‚ he is best known for his role as Daryl Dixon on AMC television series The Walking Dead and also Norman is best known for playing the role of Murphy MacManus in the 1999 movie‚ The Boondock Saints. Norman Reedus age 47 was born in Hollywood‚ Florida‚ on January 6th‚ 1969 to his mother Marianne Reedus and his father Norman Reedus. Norman was raised in Los Angeles and lived in many different places such as‚ Japan‚ Spain‚ and Ireland. Norman graduated High school
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“tulip” logo which have become some of the most recognized logos of the era. When the reel of film for Otto Preminger’s controversial new drugs movie‚ The Man with the Golden Arm‚ arrived at US movie theatres in 1955‚ a note was stuck on the cans - "Projectionists – pull curtain before titles". Until then‚ the lists of cast and crew members which passed for movie titles were so tedious that projectionists only pulled back the curtains to reveal the screen once they’d finished. But Preminger wanted his
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(Helena Bonham Carter) and her “meat pies.” Although the movie is filled with blood and gore‚ the film is all around beautiful‚ from the backstory‚ to the outstanding music. “The melody is gentle and mournful. And when he completes it‚ Sweeney garrots another customer. The gorgeous song serves to make the murder all the more horrible...it really does create an entirely new kind of horror-movie” (Podhoretz 2). Sweeney Todd is truly a must-see movie that will not only make one cringe‚ but fall in love
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used to exclude threats because if we can’t see it‚ it’s more terrifying- the unknown. Camera movements: Panning is used in horror movies when a suspicious character comes into play‚ the camera follows the character to emphasize on his part in the movie. Moreover it is used in chase scenes to follow the victim as he is trying to get away. Hand-held camera: This produces a jerky movement which creates a sense of reality in the scenes. Furthermore horror movies use it to create chaos and shaky trembling
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On 1976‚ the film Logan’s Run was released into theatres based on the novel of the same title. Since the release‚ the film has gotten multiple good and terrible reviews regarding its plot and its special effects. The film won a Special Effects Academy Award and was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration. After watching Logan’s Run‚ it was evident that the special effects used in the film were terrible if you were to compare it to todays special effects. Since it
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wonder what will happen next. Because it is dark‚ there is something eerie about why these people are up so late at night. Similar to Hopper‚ Hitchcock uses mysterious shadows to create this particular mood. This is seen through a still image of his movie “Rear Window”. During this scene‚ the main character Jeff‚ who is a wheel chair bound photojournalist‚ is confronted by Lars Thorwald‚ a traveling jewelry salesman who Jeff believes murdered someone. Lars shows up in Jeff’s apartment and the lighting
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Discuss the ways in which Hitchcock sets the scene for the audience in the opening minutes of his film ’Rear Window’(1954) - 500 words Camera shots - Close up‚ medium shot‚ long shot‚ wide shot‚ framing. Camera Movements - Pan‚ track‚ crane‚ zoom‚ reverse zoom‚ tilt Editing - Cut‚ montage‚ fade in/out‚ dissolve‚ super impose‚ slow-motion Sound - Soundtrack‚ musical score‚ sound mixing and editing Other useful terms - scene‚ sequence‚ mise-en-scene‚ lighting‚ actor‚ theme‚ narrative‚ style and
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it is understood that the main character‚ L.B Jefferies‚ is a photographer before it is stated through dialogue in the film. Early into the film we meet Stella‚ Jefferies’ nurse. Their conversation foreshadows the events that happen later in the movie. Stella tells Jefferies’ that if he keeps staring out the window‚ he might see things he should not see. This leaves the audience wondering each
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