The film Metropolis is a unique film. If one thinks about the time in which the film was made and then thinks of how little technology was available to the film industry‚ they would see how awesome the film truly is. A specific scene that had two camera angles involved in it was when Maria was saving all the children from the flooding. It was filmed with a crane‚ but it also moved around her on a dolly to show all the children gathering around her. This scene involved two common camera shots that
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Characteristics of the Postmodern Horror Film In our world today‚ box offices are flooded with giddy teenagers seeking a thrill from horror movies. Horror movies date back all the way to the 1890’s so what is it exactly that keeps viewers wanting more? According to Isabel Cristina Pinedo‚ there are four key elements to the success of the contemporary horror film. Today’s successful films constitute a violent disruption of the everyday world‚ transgress and violate boundaries‚ throw into question
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Sleepy Hollow’ film Review Blood and murder usually go down a treat for the people who love gore but this is not the case in the movie Sleepy Hollow’. Repetition is the key to an ultimately predictable film. Just as in any other film we see a substance with a resemblance to blood fall onto a piece of paper. This tells our minds the movie will have elements of horror. Then two hands‚ male and female‚ clasp. A headless horseman then appears decapitating an innocent man on the run in the woods
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Insidious Insidious is terrifying in a completely different way than most horror movies. While the genre continues to creep toward exorcisms‚ thrill killers and the mentally deranged. It’s not out to scare viewers as much as it is to creep them out. The Lambert’s have just moved into a new house. Renai quit her job to focus on music and raise the kids‚ but the latter is proving to be more time-consuming than expected. There’s boxes to unpack‚ a baby who won’t stop crying and a husband who’s
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Directors have the important job of communicating the ideas and themes of their films. Their power comes from the choices they make‚ aside from the script. Directors are artists‚ they make intentional choices to give the film a specific meaning and help communicate the ideas in it. The Benchwarmers is a great example of intentional choices made by the director. The Benchwarmers is about a group of three young adults‚ Gus‚ Clark and Richie. They have been treated like losers all of their lives and
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entitled "Life is beautiful" or also known to its original title‚ "Le Vita E Bella" is an Italian film that plays a huge role to everyone who could watch it. It is directe by Robert Benigni‚ which also plays as Guiod in the film. Released by Miranax Films in 1997 with rated PG-13. It is written in Italian but with English subtitles by Vincenzo Cerami. There are also other key actors to make that film complete. Nicolleta Braschi as Dora‚ the wife of Guido; Giorgio Lantarini as Joshua‚ their 5-year
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Sheridan‚ uses the manipulation of the camera angles which help Day-Lewis portray Christy as someone that suffers due to his disability. In the film Day-Lewis shows his ability to immerse himself fully as a character Day-Lewis and became Christy and lived the life of only being able to use his left foot. Day-Lewis plays Bill “The Butcher” Cutting in the film Gangs of New York an evil mean leader of the natives. Day-Lewis gives the audience a shiver as a
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director and auteur. Welles legacy was well established before his work in films primarily he gained a lot of praise for his radio broadcast of the War of the Worlds. Besides this Welle’s filmography is probably what he is most well known for with such films as Touch of Evil‚ The Magnificent Amerbsons‚ and of course Citizen Kane. Citizen Kane to this date is regarded as one of the greatest films ever made however the film itself and Welles only received a best screenplay award. Welle’s was essentially
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Form 4 Unit 2 Summative Assessment Velicia Lee G1 Bombax Introduction Nowadays‚ technology keeps on improving‚ new skills‚ new techniques are introduced to the world continuously. In the film industry‚ the improvement of technology has no doubt brought a lot of benefits to it. The film industry certainly is the leading role of the entertainment industry. The Bureau of Economic Analysis has revised the calculations for the GDP all the way back to 1929‚ showing that it has actually been
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considered a leading American playwright for ages. His ability to create dramatic plots involving political and moral issues made him famous for plays like Death as a Salesman. But can such greatness achieved through plays also be achieved through film? It is a rarity when a movie based on a book or play follows closely to the plot intended‚ and it’s even more of a rarity when the tone‚ mood‚ and characters of that book or play are channeled precisely as the author intended. The movie version of
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