PLOT SUMMARY – SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Danny Boyle Jamal Malik‚ an 18-year old Mumbai slum kid‚ get right through to the last question on ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’ and the chance to win 20 million rupees. But straight after the show breaks for the night‚ he is arrested on suspicion of cheating. The show’s quizmaster Prem Kumar‚ himself a product of the slums‚ is unwilling to share the limelight with the young upstart. A night of mistreatment and torture fails to elicit a confession‚ so
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Connections- Slumdog Millionaire 1. Jamal’s personality and morals remained relatively constant throughout his life despite many traumatic and difficult experiences. From what I have seen in the movie‚ I can conclude that Jamal is a kinesthetic learner‚ meaning that he obtains his knowledge physically. These events shaped Jamal positively‚ because through his life experiences‚ he has acquired and obtained a great amount of general knowledge‚ more than what is expected from a “Slumdog”. As the great
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Yanni Thomas 4 December 2013 Professor Stanley COMM 1375-60 Mis-en-scene and Cinematography in The Breakfast Club This film written and directed by John Hughes follows five students at Shermer High School in Shermer‚ Illinois as they report for Saturday detention in 1984. While not complete strangers‚ the five are all from different cliques‚ there’s John Bender "The Criminal‚" Claire "The Princess‚" Brian "The Brain‚" Andy "The Athlete‚" and Allison "The Basket Case." The school’s disciplinary
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on how Kazan implemented various visual elements to add depth to the characters. This is achieved through elements of mis en scene giving a visual representation for the theme of control‚ that others fight to hold over Terry. Terry’s brother Charley‚ and his boss Johnny Friendly are the two most influential characters who have charted the course of Terry’s life. In a key early scene after Joey has been murdered Terry walks into a billiard room where Johnny is meeting with his men. Johnny is fun loving
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Violence and Corruption – Distinctive Images in the Opening Scene The opening sequence of Slumdog Millionaire creates distinctive images that overwhelm the audience and foregrounds the concept of violence and entrapment. The film confronts the viewer from the first frame where an extreme close up of Jamal’s restrained torso is presented. The camera then pans to again focus on an extreme close up of his frightened face to emphasise the brutality and helplessness of his situation The juxtaposition
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A Film Review about “Slumdog Millionaire” Rate: R Runtime：2 hrs Genre: dramas Theatrical release: 09-01-2009 Cast: Dev Patel ‚ Irrfan Khan‚ Anil Kapoor‚ Madhur Mittal‚ Freida Pinto Director: Danny Boyle Screenwriter: Simon Beaufoy Producer: Christian Colson Composer: A.R.Rahman Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures Have you ever asked yourself how long will love be? Will it be forever or just a few months‚ years? Have you ever believed in true love which can survive through hardship‚ selfish
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Slumdog Millionaire and Poverty Porn In the article Slumdog Millionaire and the Troubled Place of Cinema and Nation‚ Nadine Chan discusses how the rag-to-riches romance‚ Slumdog Millionaire has more often than not been labeled as “poverty porn” due to the way it exploits a poverty stricken Mumbai society and promotes “slum tourism”. While some critics accuse the film of exploiting western perceptions of India‚ with its depictions of impoverished slums ruled by gangsters‚ as well as other unwholesome
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Camera angles used in the opening scene of Slumdog Millionaire It starts off with a low angle looking at the cricket ball being hit into the sky‚ followed by a close up to Jamal’s face. Then switching shots from the falling ball and Jamal’s face‚ as he is getting ready to catch the ball. As the ball is about to hit the ground there is another low angle‚ at that moment a plane flies over‚ to emphasise the plane is much higher and going extremely fast. Next there is a tilted angle looking at
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Ram Mohammad Thomas is a boy from the Indian slums who has entered a "Who wants to be a millionaire" style television quiz show. Despite his lack of formal education‚ his life experiences have perfectly equipped him to answer each question that comes up. Because the show’s organizers are sure that he must have cheated‚ they ask him to explain how he was able to answer such difficult and obscure questions. Each chapter deals with another question and answer‚ and as the book progresses his very colorful
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Mise-en-scene is a term originates from France. It means‚ put in the scene. For film‚ it has a broader meaning‚ and refers to almost everything that goes into the composition of the shot including framing‚ movement of the camera and characters‚ lighting‚ set design and general visual environment‚ even sound as it helps elaborate the composition. Mise-en-scene can be defined as the delivery of cinematic space‚ and it is precisely space that it is about. That space‚ the mise-en-scene‚ can be unique
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