Gavan Duffy TVF Media analysis assignment Classical Hollywood Cinema In the following essay I have been asked to write a 2000 word essay discussing the main characteristic features of the classical Hollywood narrative film. This is a style of clarity where the viewer should not be confused about space‚ time‚ events or characters motivations and although a number of classical narrative traditions have been modified‚ or even rejected‚ this unfussy style of making movies it is still very much
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The Black widows Film noir is about lies told by the criminal. Film noir is referred to black film. According to Christopher Wehnern‚ Noir films were lit differently‚ filmed differently‚ and told much different kinds of stories than what the French had last seen before the war‚ the mood and theme of these films were very dark‚ and narratives were cold‚ gloomy‚ and caliginous. Double Indemnity was written by James M. Cain in 1936‚ Edmund Wilson states‚ that Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view
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Marlowe - The Big Sleep What are my traits? Marlowe runs a single man operation out of the Cahuenga building in Los Angeles. He is tall and big enough to take care of himself. And his interests are Liquor‚ women‚ reading‚ chess and working alone. He is educated enough that he can speak English if he’s required to’. Marlowe used to work for the district attorney‚ but was fired for insubordination. Philip Marlowe‚ a private detective. Tall‚ dark‚ and rugged‚ with a poker face and a quick
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According to Telotte in Voices in the Dark‚ “ the film noir seems fundamentally about violations: vice‚ corruption‚ unrestrained desire‚ and‚ most fundamental of all‚ abrogation of the American dream’s most basic promises—of hope‚ prosperity‚ and safety from persecution.” (Telotte 2). Although Telotte makes claims only about the film noir in this quote‚ her claims can also be applied to other forms of literature that belong to the same genre‚ Noir. The hard-boiled
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CHINATOWN Jose Menjivar Intro to American Film and Culture Chinatown is a American neo-noir film‚ directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson‚ it was made in 1974. The film features many themes of the film noir genre‚ a multi-layered story that is part mystery‚ part psychological drama‚ the femme fatal character‚ and many more. It was released by Paramount Pictures. The story‚ set in Los Angeles in 1934‚ was inspired by the California Water Wars‚ the historical disputes over land
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Frank Miller‚ Robert Rodriquez and Quentin Tarantino. In this film‚ there are many unique techniques used by the directors to portray emotions‚ hidden meanings and to determine mood. Sin City is a bold and brutal adaptation of the graphic novels written by Frank Miller. Mise-en-scene is a cinematic term‚ which refers to techniques used by directors to help construct a specific onscreen representation. It consists of the setting of the film‚ costume and make up‚ lighting‚ staging‚ and last of all‚ time
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introducing a new style of film in which dark‚ dramatic lighting and abstract set design were used to convey emotion. Films included an antagonist who was usually depicted as an iconoclast and their actions often resulted in pandemonium and terror. Out of German Expressionism came Film Noir‚ a coined phrase used to describe dark and cynical films that followed World War II (Dirks). Expressionist films like Nosferatu‚ are attributed to the creation of modern-expressionism in American films. Nosferatu and No
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Double Indemnity (1944 Billy Wilder) 1) Give a brief description of the narrative‚ what are the cause and effect links‚ which propel the narrative? Walter Neff is a successful insurance salesman for Pacific All Risk returning who sits down at his desk and tells a story into a Dictaphone to Keyes. A story about how Walter meets Phyllis during a house call to renew an automobile insurance policy for her husband. A flirtation occurs not until Phyllis wonders how she could take out a policy on her husband’s
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The Lady From Shanghai is one of the great classical film noir‚ which was directed by Orson Welles in 1948 and he adapted it from the novel called If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King in 1938. The theme of this movie is about conspiracy and murder‚ it tells a story of the intrigues between several characters and finally to the terrible collective madness and death. Even though this film only takes 87 minutes‚ every scene composition and camera movement‚ including the movie lines is unforgettable
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Black and white film noir evolved in the 1940’s during World War II. This time period of film replicated the post war tensions and anxieties that plagued American society during and after the war. The repetitive trend of these films was dark and almost always based on crimes that involved love and betrayal. 1941- Citizen Kane Director- Orson Wells This film was one of the earliest film noir’s produced and was budgeted at $800‚000. Wells was the director‚ star and producer. Wells also collaborated
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