Television The Duffer Brothers certainly deserve kudos for creating ‘Stranger Things.’ Viewers are raving about the television series and for many‚ watching it was like taking a trip down memory lane as the science-fiction horror series has multiple cinematic influences from the past. It would not be wrong to call the series an ode to Steven Spielberg’s children movies and 1980s television. This Netflix tale reminds us of many past classics and anyone who grew in the 80s would find striking reflections
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Wong Kar Wai: A Top View "When did everything start to have an expiration date?" That ’s a question posed by a lovelorn cop in Wong Kar-Wai ’s 1994 film ChungKing Express‚ and in a sense that line is a conveys what Wong ’s films are all about. Wong Kar-Wai’s body of work has an immanent sense of flowing time and space that creates a blend that gives us the sense of fleeting time‚ memory and the chaos of the contemporary urban life. He is one of the most influential directors of Hong Kong with
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Distinctively visuals are created in the movie ‘Pleasantville’ directed by Gary Ross to form meaning and impact the audiences through the use of various cinematic techniques. Gary Ross creates distinctive visuals by using particular camera angles/shots also effectively using colours to create symbolic meanings within the movie. Like so in the scene ‘The Trial’ it is presented in a long shot or an establishment shot to present to the audience of the settings and context of the scene. The scene is
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Through evocative parallels‚ a comparative study of texts allows for the composer’s didactic vision to be demonstrated through integration of context and form. Fritz Lang’s German cinematic masterpiece Metropolis (1927) and George Orwell’s emblematic literary classic 1984 (1949) are very much products of their time‚ galvanised by the profound conundrums and pessimistic predictions of their own cultural and societal contexts. Although remarkably divergent due to absolute contextual disparity‚ both
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Screening Report on The Searchers John Ford did an excellent job at utilizing different framing techniques in his movie The Searchers. Ford used different framing techniques depending on the mood and location of the particular shot. During the opening scene of the movie‚ Ethan rides across the dessert with mountains in the background. Ford uses natural surroundings extensively during the movie. During transitional scenes when the actors are moving from one place to another‚ the shot is usually
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she in one of the photographs actually holds a copy of Die Woche in her hands.[7] Recent scholarship in film and media studies has drawn attention to the fact that product placement was a common feature of many of the earliest actualities and cinematic attractions that characterized the first ten years of cinema history[8][9] During the next four decades‚ Harrison’s Reports frequently cited cases of on-screen brand-name products‚[10] always condemning the practice as harmful to movie theaters
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cruel and heartless humans can actually be The love story: Without including the love story it would be a totally different movie‚ it attracts the viewers The main characters fall in love Without her help they would not had made it that far Cinematic effects (camera‚ sound‚ light): Camera shot: close-up‚ medium shot‚ over the shoulder shot‚ long shot Camera angle: straight on angle‚ high angle‚ low angle‚ bird’s eye Message: Don’t exploit others Take care of your friends and
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Considering editing‚ we cannot see a huge gap between the silent and the sound film. On the contrary‚ when comparing the directors before 1928 and after that time‚ it can be truly seen that there is an evidence that shows the close relationship. Certain cinematic values were carried over from the silent film to the sound film. However‚ the more important issue is to contrast certain styles and different concepts of cinematographic expression. According to Bazin‚ in the cinema between the years 1920
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the only form of art that contains both visual and audial elements‚ and the topic of the film can be about anything. A very common type of movie is historical based‚ which is a story that takes place at a very important moment in history. Some cinematic examples of this include some of the greatest movies of all time‚ like Schindler’s List‚ Braveheart‚ and Lawrence of Arabia. Another great movie of this genre is Saving Private Ryan. Released in 1998‚ the movie takes place in France during World
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"I believed at the time that for Japan to recover‚ it was important to place a high value on the self. I still believe this." - Akira Kurosawa As the first Japanese film director with international notoriety‚ Akira Kurosawa had a reputation as an artist and scholar that was tremendously admired. In addition he had remarkable stylistic influence on international filmmaking. Many who are interested in films or filmmaking are deeply impressed by the level of Kurosawa’s vision and his numerous
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