The book "Donnie Brasco" is based on the undercover life of the author‚ Joseph D. Pistone‚ an F.B.I agent who penetrated one of New York City’s five families in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Joseph D. Pistone served in the FBI for 28 years‚ including six years of undercover life in the New York Bonanno crime family‚ where he operated as a jewel thief under the name Donnie Brasco. Due to his undercover work‚ more than 200 members of the Mafia were put behind bars. Joseph D. Pistone was born in
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Although that the film is a rural comedy‚ Berlanga imitates some of the most important film genres: western‚ film noir‚ epics and Soviet Realism. These different genres‚ most of them American‚ are used in the dream sequences of the film. With those dreams‚ the director tried to explain the fears and ambitions of the characters and to make a relationship between the genres and the ideology of the characters. The first character that we see dreaming in the film is Don Cosme who is the priest of the
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The Great Gatsby is a 2013- drama romance movie directed by Bar Luhrmann‚ featuring Leonardo DiCaprio‚ Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire‚ based on F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel. It is narrated from Nick Carraway’s point of view‚who recalls the old times when he met Jay Gatsby‚ after moving to Long Island. He became his neighbour and began to attend his lavish parties‚ before realizing the wealthy man aimed at something he wished to have for himself; Daisy’s love. Unfortunately‚ the woman he loves was
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All the costumes in this production fit the era properly‚ from the tight‚ skin-showing clothing all the way to Benedick’s costume at the party to Hero’s big puffy wedding gown. The lighting was a major element in this production. It‚ along with the music‚ helped deepen the emotions portrayed by the cast members. For example‚ the dim purple lights during the parties for Hero and Claudio made it easy to see they were in a club or a bar. The characters and the music gave off the energy that would actually
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To protect and serve every American know that quote. Expect for the people who made it Police Officer. In the movie crash the main topic am going to talk about is Officer Matt Dillon but his character name is Ryan. Officer Dillon is a cop that has been working on the force for a long time. In one of the scene in the movie crash Officer Dillon pull over Terrance Howard and Thundie Newton Terrance Howard wife in the movie because Terrance Howard wife was giving a gift to Terrance Howard if you know
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Courageous The movie Courageous directed by Alex Kendrick is one of the best movies ever made. Based off of a true story‚ it is a must watch drama and inspirational movie.This movie is about fatherhood and religion‚ how one incident can bring a group of people so close to realize what is important in life. Courageous has extraordinary emotional appeal and conveys a message every audience wants; once finished‚ this movie will keep people talking for days. Courageous brings a diverse
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does have strong relations to the characters in the Bible. Let’s start with the most obvious of characters; Donnie is a Christ figure. At the climax of the film‚ Donnie‚ having seen through a portal to the future (the 28 days‚ 6 hours‚ 42 minutes‚ and 12 seconds in which most of the movie takes place)‚ decides to stay in bed even though he knows the jet engine is headed straight for him. Donnie embraces certain death‚ knowing that he is saving the lives of people‚ even Jim Cunningham. Other characters
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Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare and Hour by Carol Ann Duffy Sonnet 116 and Hour are love poems that aim to describe love as a powerful force to be reckoned with. Both poems are traditional sonnets with 14 lines that express love as a “bright” “star” that almost brings light into people’s lives. Sonnet 116 describes love as a “star to every wand’ring bark” suggesting that it is the north star that guides ships home. The north star does not move so won’t let you down if you were to follow it. Perhaps
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Visual Film & Television Techniques Visual Techniques Film is the idea of individual motion pictures‚ the field of film as an art form‚ and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording photographic images with cameras‚ or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects. (Film‚ n.d.) To create a film you need cameras‚ projectors‚ film stock‚ and lenses. The first films were created by the use of a cranked camera. They were shot on a single reel
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aimed to set the visually stunning tone for Thor with the introductory scene that was filmed in New Mexico. The state’s huge expanse and open landscape was the ideal setting in that it was able to convey the vastness of the Marvel universe that the film is based upon. With regards to the visual aspects of the movie‚ one of the early challenges that the visual design team faced was choosing the type of texture to depict Asgard’s “Bifrost Bridge”. The team spent months researching crystals‚ quartz‚
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