depleting Pandora of its environmental wealth. The movie Avatar is a great success with its great action scenes, its creation of futuristic vehicles, the creation of new alien life forms, the expert use of CGI, the beautiful and awe inspiring cinematography, and the selection of vivid and brilliant colors for use throughout Pandora. Avatars introduction and use of the Combat Amp Suit, Grinder Vehicle and Scorpion Gunship helped in taking the combat scenes from an everyday science fiction fight
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When thinking about influential women in film, Marilyn Monroe and Katherine Hepburn are names that come to mind because of their work in front of the camera. However, less known, yet possibly more influential than them in the cinematography business, Leni Riefenstahl shaped the cinematic world through her work behind the camera. Although being on the “wrong side of history” in terms of her alleged alliance with Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler, having the influence of the Nazi philosophy shaped her films
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Critique of Master and Commander Critique of Master and Commander * The “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” is an impressive action/adventure movie that takes place during the time of the Napoleonic War. Based on the novels of Patrick O’brian, it recreates the world of the British Navy in 1805 with such detail and intensity that the sea battles become stages for personality and character (Ebert, November 14, 2003). Captain “Lucky Jack” Aubrey of the HMS Surprise is played by
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Nicolaescu entered the realm of cinematography by chance. A friend offered him a job in the Bucharest Studios of that time. He didn't expect a career in directing, but his short poetic movie called Memoria trandafirului earned some attention at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. In 1967,Dacii (1967) became the first Romanian hit-movie in Western Europe. Subsequently, Nicolaescu was internationally appreciated as a worthwhile historical films director. He had the privilege to work in France, Germany and
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The film is based on the book Malleus Maleficarum that deals with the prosecution of witches, which in turn is translated to the screen with a more philosophical explanation added to the film. Christensen’s work revolutionized cinema’s view of cinematography, editing, and even narrative, which would then inspire filmmakers in the coming years after 1922. Haxan starts out as a documentary about the persecution of witches during the middle ages. The film is then divided into seven chapters with
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Introduction In current world of moviemaking, films are often created to meet the formula that appeal to today’s audiences. Modern movies offer high action, incredible special effects, 3D, or 3D animation to capture the audience’s attention, but one Oscar winning film deviated from this traditional recipe, “The Artist”. French director Michel Hazanavicius brought back to life the bygone era of silent movies and broke the current Hollywood blueprint. A quote from the novel “The Chosen”
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| |Identify aspects of |There is one scene that really comes to mind, during one of the interviews between Hannibal and Clarice, Hannibal refuses to help in the investigation until| |cinematography in your |Clarice shares information about herself. As she begins, we see Hannibal, coaxing her, it is a medium close –up at a slight low angle, then we see Clarice,| |selected film. Discuss them in|it starts as a point-of-view medium
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Among the dead were frontiersmen Davy Crockett and the Bowie brothers. This paper will explain how John Hancock interprets the history of the Alamo, along with the characterization of William B. Travis, Davy Crockett, and Jim Bowie and finally the cinematography of the movie of the story of the Alamo. Colonel William B. Travis was a main character of the Movie. Travis was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel of the Legion of Cavalry and became the chief recruiting officer for a new regular Texan army
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Ibrahim Kamit (apply key concept to film) Jurassic World (2015) Release: 12th June 2015 in USA Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi IMDB 7.1/10 (380,350 votes) Rotten Tomatoes 72% (critics) 79% (audience) Metacritic 59/100 CinemaScore (poll) ‘A’ grade from A+ to F scale Director: Colin Trevorrow Main stars: Chris Pratt Bryce Dallas Howard Irffan Khan Vincent D’Onofrio Ty Simpkins Nick Robinson Jake Johnson Budget: $150 million Box office: $1.670 billion Opening Weekend: $204
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Santiago; the characters that appear are a blend of the real people, friends and enemies as well as those he created in his books. The script is solid, with a contribution by Diaz-Abaya's long time collaborator, Ricky Lee; the soft tones of the cinematography helps to create an atmosphere of magic appropriate to the story of a legendary hero, and the acting by Cesar Montano is quite remarkable. Jose Rizal was screened as part of the Panorama section of the 49th International Berlin Film Festival, 1999
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