Le Code Noir (The Black Code) The Code Noir was a decree passed by King Louis XIV of France in 1685 and ended in 1848. It had a great impact on the sugar industry and trade involving French colonies and territories. The Code Noir contains 60 articles each with its own right and specification. The Code contained rights on slavery‚ restriction of the freedom of black people‚ banishment of Judaism‚ rejecting African cultures and that Catholicism should be the only religion of the colonies. Background
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An Expressionist Vision German Expressionism is a unique film style that came out of Weimer Germany‚ the period between World War I and World War II. It focused mainly on the visual aspects on the screen meant to express emotions that trigger more personal reactions from the audience. According to David Hudson‚ German expressionism was an exploration "into juxtaposing light and shadow" as well as madness and obsession in an urban setting complete with complex architectural structures. When Fritz
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The social importance of film in the 21st century is extremely evident to be a powerful form of communication. Through sound and images filmmakers make use of technical‚ symbolic‚ audio and written codes to convey strong messages. These themes are portrayed in all types of films such as documentaries‚ commercials and even Hollywood blockbusters. As time moves forward so does the ability to connect‚ through film‚ with the social aspects of our age. Every story‚ every image‚ every sound has an impact
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Double Indemnity and Memento Double Indemnity‚ directed by Billy Wilder‚ and Memento‚ directed by Christopher Nolan are films that make use of femme fatale concept. According to Dictionary.com‚ a femme fatale is “an irresistibly attractive woman‚ one who leads men into difficult‚ dangerous‚ or disastrous situations”; a woman with the ability to control men with their charm and beauty that they posses. The woman tend to satisfy their needs which having the men committing a crime or by inspiring
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offices‚ in cars and buses‚ and on airplanes. We carry films with us in our laptops and iPods. We press the button‚ and our machines conjure up movies for our pleasure. For about 100 years‚ people have been trying to understand why this medium has so captivated us. Films communicate information and ideas‚ and they show us places and ways of life we might not otherwise know. Important as these benefits are‚ though‚ something more is at stake. Films offer us ways of seeing and feel- ing that we find deeply
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thing to consider is that the late 1920’s were a much more relaxed‚ party era‚ while the early 1940’s were an era of strict decorum. While Hammett’s Spade is depicted as demeaning and a womanizer‚ the film makes him out to be a traditional clichéd hero‚ which is subsequently detrimental to the film and disregards Hammett’s original vision of Sam Spade. The book conveys a more complex portrayal of Sam Spade‚ whereas the movie presents an idealized‚ simplistic version of Spade. In the novel‚ Spade
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think for any main character.) By his looks/appearance‚ “He [Spade] looked rather pleasantly like a blond satan” (p. 3). Suggesting he is not angelic looking like lets say Humphrey Bogard (an indication that the movie isn’t true to the novel). The film ruined the ironic un-charming hero concept the novel have and so do I as one of my first example of the “things-are-not-what-they-seemed-theory-for-Hammett’s message.” Spade is callous‚ avaricious‚ and shares a similarity with Mike from ‘The House
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Born in Cergy-Pontoise‚ France‚ Céline Sciamma has been a strong female presence in the French film scene. Now‚ with three features under her belt‚ she shows no signs of stopping. She’s gotten awards from international and French festivals such as Cannes‚ Lumières‚ César and more. Sciamma’s work primarily revolves around coming of age stories‚ specifically sexual queer awakenings and gender nonconformity. Sciamma identifies herself as a gay woman and much of her work explores the intersection of
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According to Film Art‚ film actor’s performance style is most affected by A) the microphone placement. B) the camera distance. C) the aspect ratio. D) the lighting. 6. "Frontality" of staging means that A) a character is placed in the extreme foreground of the shot. B) a character is facing toward the camera. C) one character blocks our view of another. D) a character is moving toward the foreground. 7. Georges Méliès was A) an early director of fantasy films. B) an important
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In the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon the character Brigid O’Shaughnessy functions as a typical Femme Fatale. She possesses qualities of the classic Femme Fatale such as the ability to manipulate the males around her for self-gain. Brigid O’Shaughnessy is a very attractive woman and she knows it‚ she uses her beauty and sexuality to get men to do what she wants treating them like puppets on a string. In the film‚ Brigid plays the innocent damsel in distress card to mask her true intentions which usually
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