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Dialogue Every Other Sound
458 wordsSwordfish In the opening scene of the film a major character (John Travolta) has a monologue; it is one of my favorite monologues I have ever seen in a film. The scene is carried out in a very interesting way, all the while never losing sight on the main subject. Slight variations in the focal length, lighting, sound and of course the composition of each shot, it is the most well thought out scene in the film. Although I am no supposed to discuss the context of the scene, it is what adds a certa...
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The Crucible Movie Review
564 wordsThe Crucible Movie Review This captivating screen version of The Crucible is based on Arthur Miller's play in 1953. Nicholas Hytner did an excellent job at directing this movie. There are a few faults in the film, but overall it was a wonderful movie. The first fault in the movie was the beginning scene. The scene was supposed to be a night scene. But it looks as if it was early morning. I think Hytner shot the scene during the day and tried to use the night vision but it did not work so well. A...
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Sunset Blvd Mise En Scene
2,211 wordsThe Thematic Intentions of Sunset Boulevard The film Sunset Boulevard directed by Billy Wilder and staring the main characters of Norma Desmond, Joe Gillis, and Max Von May erling is ideal example of how important film making techniques help depict a movie's core theme intentions with vivid clarity. Classic Hollywood is the first thing that comes to mind when one speaks about this film's style. This signature category combined with the visual style of realism and it's continuity editing; detaile...
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New Beginning For Action Films
1,041 wordsMission Impossible II: The Modern Spy Film In a film genre filled with heavily accented hero's, fancy cars, beautiful women, and plot distracting action scene's, Mission Impossible II breaks away to stand out as a modern reincarnation of the past spy / action films. Tom Cruise returns to play Ethan Hunt, who is a mercenary working for an underground international agency. He has been assigned to stop renegade agent Sean Ambrose, played by Doug ray Scott, from destroying the world. Along with Crui...
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Makes For Bad Films And Spielberg
889 wordsAll that Jaws Throughout the history of modern cinema, we as a people have seen various films that have caused fear, hope, laughter, love, and various other emotions. The movie Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg, was a very well-written film, but the insignificant parts made me lose focus on what was occurring. I thought this movie lacked in a few fields such as special effects, acting and background illuminations. However, the special effects were well-organized for being created in 1975. Overa...
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Film The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
1,004 wordsOne Life Aquatic Steve Zissou is a world known, and partially renowned oceanographic explorer. He has been depicted through his documentary films as a larger than life character, yet it seems that each unsuccessful film shows more and more of his humanity. The film introduces us to Steve Zissou when he is at an all time low in his career, having just lost his best friend and crewmate Esteban. Steve is now searching for something more amazing than anything he has ever done, just to reaffirm his p...
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Shots 1
459 wordsI. Editing. Termsi. Scenes are comprised of shots 1. Any movie ii. Editing is the joining of one shot to another 1. Dialogue is the clearest example. An establishing shot shows a change in scene 1. American Pie - Showing the outside of Stiffler's house before going into the party scene iv. A shot is a segment of film 1. Any Movie. Historyi. Birth of A Nation was the first film to use extensive editing ii. Who Framed Rodger Rabbit? was the first film to use humans and animation together. Dances w...
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Film And David Selznick
2,531 wordsDavid Selznick and Since You Went Away'I have a different concept of producing than other producers. Some producers are money men, and others are just lieutenants. For me to produce is to make a picture. As a producer, I can maintain an editorial perspective that wouldn't have as a director. I consider myself first a creative producer, then a showman and then a businessman. You need all three things to succeed in the business today. ' -David O. Selznick The film Since You Went Away was released ...
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Cool Hand Luke
513 wordsNever Say Die! Of all the films that were released in 1967 few had the power and stamina of displaying detailed characterizations in the manner of which 'Cool Hand Luke' did. Its strong message of individuality was a welcomed choice in the 20th century's most turbulent decade, which of course were the 1960's. Based on the novel by Donn Pearce and adapted for the screen by Pearce and Frank R. Pierson and Oscar nominated for Screenplay Adaptation, 'Cool Hand Luke' opens with a lazy and most effect...
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Modern Version
472 wordsThe most important purpose for adopting a Shakespearean play to film is showing the action and the real emotion of the play. I feel the Dicaprio version fulfills this purpose better than the Zeffereli version for the following reasons. Overall it is more entertaining, more attention is paid to action scenes such as the intensity of the feud, and the music really suits the play and makes it that much easier to watch. When I say the modern version is more entertaining I mean that it is far more ca...
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Of Hitchcocks Films
676 wordsNorth by Northwest was created in 1959. It is an exciting, classic Alfred Hitchcock caper thriller. The box-office hit film is one of the most entertaining movies ever made and one of Hitchcocks most famous suspense / mystery stories that were created during his entire career. The quick-paced, glamorous espionage thriller contains a tongue-in-cheek odyssey away from the city. One of the films posters advertised: Only Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock ever gave you so much suspense in so many direc...
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Dude And Mod Lebowski
587 wordsAll of the relationships among the elements in the film the Big Lebowski may seem to be enigmatic with each other, but this style of film creates an integrated system of disunity. The Coen brothers demonstrate this style through various motifs through out the film, from the main character's name to what he drinks. The film is a perfect example of a film which has the theme of disunity. In the film the main character Jeffery Lebowski, refers to himself as "the Dude". This element of the story bec...
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Scenes In Bonnie And Clyde The Criminals
1,522 wordsDick Taylor Film 101 M W 12: 00-1: 50 4/14/01 Bonnie and Clyde: The Violence Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde influenced a new era of cinema with its gruesome and bold depictions of violence and crime. These depictions displayed violence with exaggerated blood and gore. These violent scenes involved women and young kids. Crime was displayed in detail with a dash of humor. This was an extreme move in 1967 from the movies before Bonnie and Clyde. In movies before Bonnie and Clyde, women and youth we...
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Smith's Life As A Convenience Store Clerk
735 wordsClerks Clerks is a raunchy, obscene, cheap, and extremely funny movie. It was written and directed by film school dropout, Kevin Smith in 1994. Clerks is an independent film that was funded for under 30,000 dollars. Smith raised the money by selling his comic book collection. (Ellis) The film ended up grossing $3.1 million on its initial domestic release by Miramax. (Humpry) Films produced for this amount of money would be considered amateur. However, it won top prize in the Critic's Week sectio...
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Swimming Pool Scene When Romeo And Juliet
1,197 wordsThe problem that faced Baz Luhrmann when he was directing the new version of Romeo and Juliet was that he didnt know whether there would be an audience for Shakespearean stories in a modern culture. So Luhrmann didnt make this film with the old-fashioned, Shakespeare "purist" in mind. Instead, by using lively, modern images (swimming pool etc.) with a modern rock soundtrack and young good-looking popular actors, he has taken Romeo and Juliet to an audience that would normally think of Shakespear...
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Film The Usual Suspects
1,393 wordsDavid Sondergaard General Writing: Film Prof. Anus tup Basu How to Create a Classic Movie: The film The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, U.S.A., 1995) has a plot that circles around and around before finally hitting the mark. It is hidden under deceit, lies, and misgivings. Because everything is told from the perspective of one person, or in the first person, nothing is clear. Could that person be lying Or is it that he is just the mere pawn of a darker and more evil force, without even realizing i...
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Cronenberg's Use Of Technology In Existenz
1,318 wordsDavid Cronenberg's eXistenZ is not your average science fiction film. In fact when watching the movie, you would realise it's far from it. eXistenZ provides a dramatic, futuristic outlook to virtual-gaming with the use of organic technology. The film begins with superstar game designer Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh) making a rare appearance in front of a small audience providing an advanced showing of her newest creation in gaming, eXistenZ from Antenna Research. The advanced screening of...
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Use Of Film Techniques Including The Narrative
1,928 wordsThe film "Shakespeare in Love" through the use of various film techniques and the way in which it is produced, explores many themes and issues relating to the narrative, one of the most prominent being that of reality vs. fiction. The statement "This film, in the way it is crafted, suggests that fiction is more important than real life". is one that is not entirely correct as throughout the film, reality is demonstrated as inescapable and plays a much larger role in the lives of the characters t...
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Film Like Romeo And Juliet
1,732 wordsFilm is probably the most effective way of portraying a story. They don't just tell the story, they can also make the audience feel part of it. Film makers can choose what they want their audience to see and feel, making the viewer emotionally attached. All genres set up expectations in an audience and never disrupt the expectations, for example, the audience always knows that a James Bond film will be full of action, he will defeat the villain and get the girl. I will examine the way films tell...
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Moral Tone And Mood Of The Film
686 wordsUsing at least two key scenes, describe the way in which mood, atmosphere and moral tone are established in "The Third Man"I really got to know Vienna in the period of the black market". Mood, atmosphere and moral tone are vital to an audience's understanding of a film as such aspects evoke emotion for the characters involved, and so appeals to our basic understandings and decencies as human beings. Indeed, "The Third Man" too evokes such emotions as through the use of setting, camera work and i...
