Die hard is considered to be one of the greatest action movies made in the 1980’s-1990’s era. It was this movie that shot Bruce Williams to fame. Directed by John Mctiernan in 1988, Die hard was a movie with great acting, great action sequences, excellent on screen chemistry between actors and many more such qualities. However, one important thing that not many notice is the outstanding photography of the film. It is the astonishing photography of the movie that made movie goers sit on the edge of
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see, but a love story mirroring reality. /for me, the simplicity of this film made it to have more impact to the audience. Everything is natural because of how the story was put into action. The acting is heartfelt, the script is striking, the cinematography is beautiful, and the direction is simply masterful. Somehow this film is an anti-love story but I can say that this is what reality may bring us. We may not agree but it is communicable because we may also experience it. Sana Dati is not a
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8½ Produced by Angelo Rizzoli. Directed by Federico Fellini. Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi. Viewers expecting to sit back, relax and switch off for a couple of hours - this film is not for you. A barrage of dream sequences interrupted by brief encounters with endless characters; this is a piece of shamelessly self indulgent psychoanalysis on Fellini's part. Of course, this is exactly what he intended. The main character is that of Guido (played
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industry, like principally the US market of films. The film industry and the film industry in Europe The film industry is composed by the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios or cinematography. The film industry has a complex consumption because the creation of a movie need to take in consideration many features. Indeed, it is required to analyse the time allocation you want; the product characteristics such as actors that you want
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film where Sarah crawls up the bones to escape as both the pile of bones and the trees have an uncanny resemblance as they both look sharp and pointy; both are on a diagonal slope and are both shot in the same angle and view. This clever piece of cinematography showcases the film and even just being the first, few second shot symbolises already what may be in store
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Cigarette smoke, dark, alleys, and linear shafts of light seeping through half-closed venetian blinds--these are the visual elements we typically associate with film noir. More often, however, the genre can be defined thematically, usually relating to the protagonist’s futile efforts against forces out of their control (Defining Film Noir). The world portrayed by these films does not make much sense and there is no apparent rhyme or reason behind the inevitable twists and turns. This atmosphere of
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parallel between the nation of Panem and Nazi Germany, enhancing the movie’s connection between propaganda and genocide. At the beginning of this scene, the people of District Twelve are being rounded up for the annual reaping. As part of the cinematography, the scene initiates with an aerial shot, focusing on the people of the district being rounded up. The camera then shifts from an aerial shot to a ground-level handheld camera in motion. The camera follows the emotions/facial expressions of the
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The interrogation room scene consists of a range of cinematic techniques that comprise of setting and lighting which serves the purpose of assisting in the knowledge of the audience’s interpretation of the scene. The scene commences with minimal lighting from the luminous light above the doorway and the lamp on the desk. This symbolises the darkness of the Joker as the lamp casts a light which shows the Jokers' face but possesses the space behind him hidden in darkness, the significance of this
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Executive Summary This survey was done to help the student services department to understand workshops and seminars suitable for art students. To achieve this purpose, this survey was done by collecting data from 22 art students in art school. Data collection was by the use of a survey questionnaire containing two questions. The first question sought to rate how students were interested in undertaking different workshops. The last question was open ended seeking to understand other workshops that
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How Dreams Connect to Wish Fulfillment Dreams are a very diverse subject in cinema because of the various ways they are portrayed and played out in a film. They are open to have anything happen in them, and the advancement in cinematography and postproduction makes it possible to take many different artistic directions when filming dream sequences in a film. It is also possible for a dream to have meanings and purposes, such as playing a role in fulfilling a wish that someone cannot normally
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