Movie Critique The focus of this critique is on the film Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, and Vincent Cassel. A movie about a young woman’s consuming desire for perfection as a ballerina in the role of a lifetime. Throughout this film the mise-en-scene was raw and grainy with diverse camera angles that gave an out of control feel that added to the instability within the scenes. As the film progresses the viewer becomes increasingly unsure
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He advanced into cinematography in 1914 and soon after made memorable films such as The Three Musketeers (1921), Robin Hood (1922), The Thief of Bagdad (1924), and the much-admired The Lost World (1925). By the 1930s, he combined his creative talents “with director James Whale, for whom he photographed the first three of Whale's quartet of horror films: Frankenstein (1931), The Old Dark House (1932), and The Invisible Man (1933)” (Wikipedia). Edeson’s cinematic technique can be seen elsewhere in
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the movie was worth the time invested. Today, after enjoying the HUM/150 course I am in another level of awareness. The same films which captivated me before I am now able to understand why and how the film used techniques such as lighting, cinematography. Other theatrical elements such as settings, costumes, makeup, lighting, props and other methods by the filmmakers are now noticeable. These elements are repeatedly visible throughout the film. I now look at movies for the films auteur and
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Film Form and Analysis Cinematography Cinematography describes the process by which a film strip is exposed to light to create an image. It encompasses many factors: the camera’s distance from the action, camera angle and direction, type of lens, camera movement, and lighting, among others. The art of cinematography also includes mise-en-scène—the arrangement of objects and movements in the frame. Shot Types The amount of visual information included in the image depends on the distance of the
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everyone has the right to be free and sometimes you have to stand up and make sacrifices to keep your freedom. Standing up for freedom is never an easy task as shown in 300 but, everyone deserves to be free. In discussing the storytelling, acting, cinematography, editing, sound, style and directing, the impact of society on the film, genre, a formalist approach to analysis, and the overall textual theme of 300 I will attempt to back up my belief. Storytelling 300’s narrative structure is the first-person
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thehungergamesmovie.com) Prior to being a film, The Hunger Games was an award winning novel. The film was transformed from novel into a successful award winning fantasy film that captured the hearts of audiences world-wide through storytelling, acting, cinematography, editing and sound. The purpose of this review is to explore those elements and the film’s overall textual themes from a formalist approach. The film derives from the science fiction novel written in 2008 by Suzanne Collins. “The Hunger Games
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DEAR WIKIPEDIA READERS: You’re probably busy, so we’ll get right to it. This week we ask our readers to help us. To protect our independence, we'll never run ads. We survive on donations averaging about $15. Now is the time we ask. If everyone reading this right now gave $3, our fundraiser would be done within an hour. Yep, that’s about the price of buying a programmer a coffee. We’re a small non-profit with costs of a top website: servers, staff and programs. Wikipedia is something special. It
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INTRODUCTION The film Rain Man was released in 1988 and won the Best Picture academy award that same year. I chose the film because it represented a wonderful mix of story, filmmaking, acting and comedic timing. It is my assertion that acting was the most powerful element of this film and crucial for the emotional arc required from the lead actor Tom Cruise. STORYTELLING The story of Rain Man is presented in a way that keeps the viewer in the dark as the story develops; delivering surprises
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The culture and history of France have been highly influential among filmmakers and have affected the construction of a variety of films. One such film is, Jean Pierre Jeunet’s highly successful film Amelie (2001). The French believe that the success of a film isn’t measured by the money it makes, but by the number of people who watch it. They believe that everything cultural must be protected from the domination of the markets, a concept known as L’exception Culturelle (The French Cultural Exception)
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William Wyler’s Ben Hur (1959) is a classic, set during biblical times in Jerusalem. Cinematography was done by Robert L. Surtees making it a top notch film. The classic recently just got a modern take on it in 2016. Timur Bekmambetov took his take on the century old story alongside Oliver Wood as the cinematographer. The story is told during the time of Christ with the Roman Empire in full swing. Judah Ben Hur played by Jack Huston (2016) is a Jewish prince who is accused of attempted murder and
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