creative leeway to reinforce the plot using different filming techniques. In The Benchwarmers‚ director Dennis Dugan uses high and low camera angles to show the dominant figures in conflicts. He also uses high-key and low-key lighting to help the audience decide the protagonist and the antagonist. Dugan additionally uses an establishing shot during the baseball games to show the emotion on each of the players faces. All of these techniques are used to represent the conflict within the movie. Dugan used
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Cinematic techniques: Aerial shot: A shot taken from a plane‚ helicopter or a person on top of a building. Not necessarily a moving shot. Backlighting: The main source of light is behind the subject‚ silhouetting it‚ and directed toward the camera. Bridging shot: A shot used to cover a jump in time or place or other discontinuity. Examples are falling calendar pages‚ railroad wheels‚ newspaper headlines‚ and seasonal changes Camera angle: The angle at which the camera is pointed at the subject:
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"Ode to Autumn" does convey a "oneness with nature" through sensuous images and techniques. Alliteration‚ personification‚ imagery‚ similes‚ rhetorical questions‚ enjambment and positive connotations contained in this poem are all techniques that add to this idea. The alliteration in the line "mists and mellow" adds to the calming imagery represented in this poem. It creates a soft and somewhat tranquil tone. Another example of alliteration is "winnowing wind". This example also creates a melodious
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How does Williams portray the character of Stanley and his attitudes? In your answer you should consider Williams’ use of language choices and dramatic techniques Stanley is the primary male character in A Streetcar Named Desire. His dominating role encompasses the cultural values of Elysian Fields‚ where men are breadwinners and women are the homemakers. On first appearance Stanley is portrayed as a physically attractive man and dominating attitude towards his wife. He is he is a proud ‘American’
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Kayla Joseph May 5th‚ 2013 Is Volunteerism for Everyone Rough Draft The author of the excerpt “Shattered” was written by Eric Walters. This story is basically about a teenage boy named Ian‚ who is volunteering at a soup kitchen only because he needs earn credits for his civics class‚ so that he gets a car from his dad. Ian is miserable at the soup kitchen but at the end of the day‚ he realizes the importance
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the entire short story of “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”. Ambrose furthermore uses symbolism to foreshadow events in his story. He also uses imagery to indicate events that were occurring. Ambrose Bierce uses foreshadowing and other literal techniques to create a shock effect in his short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”. To begin with Ambrose Bierce uses foreshadowing a lot in this story. For example Farquhar noticed veining on leaves along the river and the bugs. This brings the reader’s
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later changes the ending. These changes also occur to the characters in the film also. Tykwer conveys this through colourful montages which create vivid images of the potential future of each character. Through these different outcomes and cinematic techniques‚ the film highlights the importance of
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screen with care and thought‚ such that he reveals the main ideas to the audience in the best way possible. In doing so‚ Tornatore can manipulate and influence the way the audience views and interprets this highly emotive film. Giuseppe utilises film techniques‚ specifically differing camera angles‚ to establish and represent his views and ideas within the film Cinema Paradiso‚ assisting him in creating either a sense of connection or disconnection between the audience and the actors. Giuseppe Tornatore
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from the war that haunt him from his past. Having also directed the film I was able to express the character Walt in such a way that emphasized three particular themes; racism‚ religion and family. I also used a wide range of cinematic and film techniques to help portray each theme. Essentially this is what made this film successful. Racism is a major theme that is shown particularly throughout the first half of the film because of Walt’s hatred towards foreign races‚ or as he calls them; swamp
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classes‚ manners‚ and stratification of life in America. Realists created this picture of America by combining a wide variety of "details derived from observation and documentation..." to "approach the norm of experience..." (3). Along with this technique‚ realists compared the "objective or absolute existence" in America to that of the "universal truths‚ or observed facts of life" (Harvey 12). In other words‚ realists objectively looked at American society and pointed out the aspects that it had
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