the mis en scene‚ the film takes place in the 1940’s. The costumes support that era. For instance‚ one of the main characters Det. McPherson wears a trench coat and fedora which was standard clothing for that era. I feel that the mis en scene was effective throughout this film. In the scene were Det. McPherson is talking with Bessie about how the bottle of scotch appeared in Laura’s apartment‚ he
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I think the the adaptation of the nunnery scene by Kenneth Branagh was the most effective of the ones we viewed‚ for through its symbolic use of setting‚ its inclusion of the complete Hamlet text‚ and the emphasis placed on the shifts in tone between the young lovers Hamlet and Ophelia‚ it incorporates subtleties of theme and meaning of the original play‚ which other adaptation fail to convey. The main reason why Branagh’s adaptation‚ according to me‚ was the most successful was because he tried
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The father and the daughter have many similar and different characteristics in “April Showers” by Edith Wharton. The daughter‚ Theodora‚ is humble and is trying to make a better life for herself in her family. The father has a sense of pride that that influences him to slightly disrespect the women around him. Both of the characters have a hidden personality that the reader does not get to fully take heed of until the end of the story. The characteristics of both of the ses character both relate
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I’m very excited to have been asked to score this film by Joel Plunkett. He has filmed a beautiful scene of what I viewed to be two people that care for each other deeply. The male appears to be leaving as the female rushes to say her goodbyes or stop him from going. This is how I intend to transform this scene: the character of Caroline is frantically looking for Joel‚ her best friend‚ on the day he is leaving town. Caroline having been nervously awake late into the night‚ causing her to accidently
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Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) remains a caveat to the Americans chasing the American dream. He presents the fruitless chase of American dream by Sam Loomis (John Gavin) cannot marry Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) because of his financial difficulties. In order to lead an ‘American life’ in the suburbs they need money. The aspirations‚ desires everything ends in tragedy for both. For Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) also the idealised figure of mother crumples down from its edifice and hence the exaggerated
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In the second is the parking lot scene which is where their adventure really begins. On their way to go vacation‚ Thelma and Louise decide to stop at a bar to have drinks. Thelma then meets a guy‚ and starts chatting and dancing with him. While they are at a parking lot outside the bar‚ things start to get out of control‚ the guy tries to rape Thelma. After a moment‚ Louise happens to hear and comes out with her gun pointed at the guy‚ saying let Thelma go. After letting her go‚ and when asked to
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technique‚ camera positions and angles shots‚ story telling and aural techniques. The most innovative technical aspect of Citizen Kane is the extended use of deep focus technique which is considered to be the most significant contribution to cinematography. This technique allowed him to photograph backgrounds with as mush clarity as foregrounds‚ as opposed to having only the people and things in the foreground in focus. Such a technique is noticed in the scene where Kane ’s parents are filmed discussing
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NOTE: Because the sequence that follows was directed by the director of The Godfather‚ I should inform you that the table of contents will inform you that there will be many other openings discussed before this one. Eavesdropping on an Eavesdropper: The Opening of The Conversation In 1974‚ while Watergate was capturing headlines‚ a movie about eavesdropping written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola was released. In The Conversation‚ Gene Hackman portrays Harry Caul‚ a virtuoso
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Michael Vazquez April 4‚ 2013 Personality in Bret Ellis American Psycho In American Psycho‚ the antihero and of course main character Patrick Bateman shows complete signs of insanity. In reality he is mentally unstable and lacks ability to control his blood-thirst desires. He is deceitful‚ dishonest and disloyal to his fellow co-workers (whom are almost on the same level as himself)‚ his fiancee and of course his victims. His world as we view it depicts him as an intelligent
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unorthodox culture and way of living. He ends up falling in love with their culture and fights for them in their war against the much larger and technologically advanced Japanese Empire. The scene I choose is the "sparing in the rain" scene‚ in which Capt. Nathan Algren spars with wooden swords. This scene shows the true strength and will to live that the Capt has as he gets beaten time and time again but continues to get up and keep fighting. The director Edward Zwick does an amazing job with
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