Film noir is a type of film genre that portrays the underside of society. The genre began in the 1930’s and remained as a strong cinematic medium until the early 1960’s. Film noir literally means "black film" in French and features themes which are more negative than positive‚ with an overall dark and shadowy outlook--being filmed in black and white. This film genre takes in detective and crime noir as well as many gangster films of the 1930’s. Movies such as Bullitt and Vertigo are just a few examples
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add sharp black and white cinematography‚ and you’ve got Film Noir. Film Noir can be defined as film that conveys moral natures and real-life situations‚ usually dealing with crime‚ seductive women‚ and guilt‚ through dark lighting and shadows. Film Noir encompasses detectives‚ femme fatales‚ love‚ beautiful cinematography‚ and snappy dialogue. A famous film involving a detective is The Big Heat. Dave Bannion is the detective in the film‚ and he is a tough cop who uses any means needed to uncover
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Films containing mainly physical comedy is often called slapstick. The phrase comes from a prop‚ the slapstick‚ which was invented in the 16th century‚ but physical comedy has probably been a liked topic. In ancient Greece‚ festivals of parades with masked characters‚ and endings with a comedy often happened. In these comedies‚ characters wearing lots of padding would get laughs by performing larger-than-life mock violence. Even today‚ movies and television continue the tradition of silliness. The
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Value of Film Statistics can be used to show that Britain’s film industry is now the third biggest in the world and a prime destination for inward investment. This success story was heralded by James Purnell‚ new Minister for the Creative Industries‚ in a speech to the Institute of Public Policy Research in June this year.[1] But what is the relation of this economic success to the vibrancy and breadth of our film culture? A further look at the statistics provided by the UK Film Council for
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What makes an excellent film? It took me a little while to come up with an answer to‚ "What makes an excellent film?" There really is no answer‚ actually. I believe that an excellent film is within the eyes and emotions of the audience. After researching and discovering what actually won Oscars and Golden Globe awards‚ it came down to what the people thought‚ and the popularity of a film. It is extremely hard to predict what will win these awards before the movie is even released to the public
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1950’s Over past nine weeks we’ve embarked on a journey spanning seven decades of cult films and also received a brief education of our not so distant past. We’ve seen the outrageous‚ the good‚ the bad and the ugly‚ the weirdly dramatic‚ and the just plain weird of the last seven decades of cult films and how in the end somehow find away to incorporate a piece of American culture at the time. However‚ by far the most intriguing decade to me would have to be the nineteen fifties. There are many reasons
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FILM STRUCTURE FILM STRUCTURE What is motion picture film? The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) describes it as “a thick flexible strip of plastic‚ complying with a dimensional standard as defined within‚ whose use is specific to the process of manufacturing a motion picture.” That definition leads to about a dozen pages of further definitions about various aspects of motion picture film. For our purposes‚ let’s take a look at how film is made‚ and how an image is formed on that film. THE
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in. An artifact that has‚ over time‚ depreciated in its popularity is the 1995 American drama film Rebel Without A Cause. Released on October 27th‚ 1955‚ this film may not be as relevant as it was in the past (you probably wont find it in a millennials’s film collection or Netflix cue)‚ but it’s most certainly significant as it served as a milestone in the creation of new ideas about teenagers. The film captures teenage angst in a meaningful way‚ where adolescents wish to be understood and heard
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Assignment on Bangladesh Films: Mainstream Films vs Alternative Cinema Submitted to Ariful Islam Lecturer‚ Department of English East West University Submitted by Sarah Elma 2013-2-40-035 Department of English East West University Submission Date: 20 June 2013 When mainstream cinema becomes too dull‚ people seek alternative methods. In Bangladesh‚ mainstream cinema started with FDC and has moved on to address the need of the community which is horror‚ suspense‚ romance-the combination of everything
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Being the film industry powerhouse that it is‚ Lucas film has a crucial role in fixing the erroneous cultural image of women and their role in society that has been generated by all types of media. Not only female characters constantly dominated by and presented as weaker than their male counterparts‚ they are also heavily outnumbered by them. Women are also still relatively rare in top media management positions. Furthermore‚ they are in large part excluded from the technical aspects of film production
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