illicit love affair for more than 20 years. After reading the story and watching the movie‚ people can recognize some certain scenes in the film‚ which are expressed differently in the book: the characters’ personalities‚ the ways the filmmaker uses cinematic languages and the Western symbolizes to express the two men’s struggling
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"Around Europe in 16:9" Notes on editing and new road movie aesthetics. Abstract There are many ways a movie that involves travel may be labeled as “a road movie”. But what are the characterizations that distinguish a typical “road movie” from a movie that simply has roads involved? Usually‚ in road movies‚ a character embarks in a journey to accomplish a goal‚ to reach an objective‚ sometimes even to save the world. Not always though‚ as the anthropological literature testifies‚ the journey is more important
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from The Cutting Edge documentary. Moreover‚ anything discussed in class in the lectures could be on exam. You will have to answer 50 multiple choice items. Review Chapter 1: Looking at Movies Cinematic Language: The accepted systems‚ methods‚ or customs by which movies communicate. Cinematic conventions are flexible; they are not “rules”. Difference between movie‚ film‚ cinema: Film is applied to a motion picture that is considered by critics and scholars to be more serious or challenging
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silent films. Corrigan and White asked whether sound allows film to fulfill a mission to reproduce the world‚ as it is‚ or if sound hinders cinema’s visual expression. Considering Corrigan and White’s question as to whether sound helps or hinders the cinematic experience‚ I believe that if the addition of sound had been available for films before 1927‚ sound could have improved the film experience‚ but would not have been necessary for‚ The Battleship Potemkin and Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. The
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“Frankenstein”‚ (1818) and Ridley Scott’s hybrid genre film; mixture of science‚ detective‚ crime and thriller fiction‚ “Blade Runner” (1982) imaginatively portray individuals who challenge the established values of their times through the use of cinematic; camera shots and lighting‚ and literary techniques; imagery and allegories. Shelley’s text was composed during a post-neoclassical era known as the Romantic period and was heavily influenced via the Industrial Revolution. Scott’s text was composed
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obvious to see the representation of sexism in society because the proper use of acting and mise-en-scene throughout a film. A fine example of this view of society is the work “Crash” directed by Paul Haggis. Throughout this film‚ due to proper cinematic effect‚ a person can be manipulated into viewing women as a lesser product of society than men. In the film “Crash” a husband and a wife get their car stolen and when the two arrive at home‚ the woman is frantic and crying‚ however‚ the male is
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Gatsby‚ the A&E version made in 2000‚ and the Warner Brothers depiction in 2013. Both versions contain their share of faults as well as moments that do justice to the book‚ but the latter far outweighs the former in the newer presentation. The 2013 cinematic perspective of the book presents a greater understanding of the extravagance of Gatsby’s wealth as well as the identity of American culture at the time‚ highly emphasizing the “flapper” persona. Additionally‚ as far as scenery goes‚ the portrayal
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“The Road” The post-apocalyptic novel “The Road”‚ written by Cormac McCarthy was published in 2006.[1] It deals with the journey of a father together with his son‚ who try to reach the coast after America‚ its nature and civilisation has been destroyed by some catastrophe. Therefore some important issues are implied: travelling‚ fear of death‚ nuclear war‚ goodness‚ religion‚ cannibalism and of course the relationship between father and son. Maybe that is the reason why McCarthy dedicated
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Title World-renowned director Steven Spielberg creates what arguably could be considered one of the greatest war movies of all time‚ with his directing of Academy award winning film Saving Private Ryan starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon as Captain Miller and Private James Ryan. Saving Private Ryan opens with an old man at a graveyard when the movie flashes back to 1944 during the Allied invasion of Normandy‚ where two brothers are killed during the fighting. Later the viewer learns that earlier
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would be the “spatio-temporal size of the lexis”. The lexis is a unit that one reads or receives a piece of art through. The lexis for photography would be the paper that the photo is printed on‚ whereas the lexis for film would be a cinematic screen. The cinematic lexis is larger than that of a photographic lexis as the film can be ‘enlarged’‚ in multiple ways‚ by sounds‚ images‚ movements etc‚ whereas photographic paper remains silent and still (Metz‚ 2003: 1). Another difference between photography
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