The movie is set in 1927 and it takes a look at Hollywood’s reaction when the sound was first introduced and used into the film production industry. In the movie, the opening sequence…
In the opening sequence of the film, aerial shots are used to establish the setting and show the vastness of the landscape and the harshness of the environment. Many sound effects of bees, flies and crickets are heard by the audience as Thomas walks to the bar, to indicate that the area around is a dry arid landscape.…
One of the most influential film movements in the 1940's was a genre that is known today as film noir. Film noir was a recognizable style of filmmaking, which was created in response to the rising cost of typical Hollywood movies (Buss 67). Film noir movies were often low budget films; they used on location shoots, small casts, and black and white film. The use of black and white film stock not only lowered production costs, but also displayed a out of place disposition that the conventions of film noir played upon. It is these conventions: themes, characters, lighting, sound, and composition, which are seen in the movie LA Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997). This paper discusses the techniques used in LA Confidential that link the movie with the typical cinematic conventions of the film noir style.…
How are we made aware of the filmmaker's attitude towards change? Refer to three specific episodes from the film. (excl. concl. stages)In Pleasantville, the filmmaker, Gary Ross, conveys his attitude towards change through the characters of David and Jennifer who are transported into the 1950s sitcom "Pleasantville". He doesn't necessarily demonstrate change to bear a positive result; rather, he addresses that change is essential to the development of society and self and that it is important to understand and accept change. Ross contrasts the ignorance and mindlessness of the unchanged people of Pleasantville with the hunger for knowledge that the changed (or coloured) people possess, communicating to the viewer that change and knowledge go hand in hand.…
Racism is a major issue that takes place in the film, it is viewed negatively and the director Alan Parker attempts to show to the audience the downsides and how devastating it is, how unfair it can be. The constant, terrorizing attacks against black people by the KKK in are horrific and cruel. Innocent people are killed and homes are put in flames or destroyed for no other reason than the fact that a group of people are racist against others. Film codes used help to place a negative feel in some of these scenes like the use of fire, symbolising evil towards the racist acts. The music performed as well by the black community show the great amount of sadness the people have to suffer. Many various camera shots/angles and lighting for separate scenes change the feeling and the mood. This use of film convections affect the views and opinions of the viewer’s towards the subject of racism, helping people understand the negative of it.…
The film Kick Ass starts of with Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) a geek who wonders why no one has ever tried to become a costumed superhero before. As his friend Marty (Clark Duke) explains, “Because they would get their asses kicked.” Marty’s not wrong. Dave doesn’t heed his pal’s advice, dons a wet suit, wields two batons, creates the alter-ego of “Kick-Ass” and goes out to fight bad guys. We soon see that despite Dave’s enthusiasm and bravery, he’s only playing at the amateur level. The pros are Hit-Girl (Chloe Moretz) and Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage), an adorable father-daughter duo who…
CHANGELING is a lurid tabloid tale that happens to be true - apart from one or two Hollywood embellishments. On all available evidence, for instance, its real-life heroine, Christine Collins, bore absolutely no resemblance to Angelina Jolie.…
Film noir, French for “black film,” is a style of film that is mostly used in American crime dramas, especially those that give emphasis to pessimistic attitudes and sexual motivation. The term film noir originated in 1946 by French Film Critic, Nino Frank.1 Many films in the film noir style have been inspired by detective stories, also known as “hard-boiled,” written by American Novelists such as Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. Noir’s consisted of sharp contrasts of light and dark, dramatic use of shadows and eerie backdrops. A film score for a film noir was often dark and pessimistic and contained dissonant harmonies.…
The unfamiliarity in addition to the relative unknown is what creates an underlying sense of dramatic tension throughout the film. Ridley has chosen to include lighting in the mid-shot depicting Los Angles. This is the first time we are exposed to the futuristic city. Slow-moving camera panning conveys a sense of drama and foreboding. Our eye is virtually guided towards he violent lighting strikes and fiery explosions, resulting in…
The first thing you hear is a small piece of music that puts us in the context of what the film will be shown as the introductory part of the movie where this also occurs it is the book in which the story is based . We will be located in the field by the instruments we hear mainly a banjo. The opening music is clearly an excerpt from the song you hear once the portable radio, and is notoriously recomposed by Alexander Desplat also proven to be the type of music and instruments that will be listening throughout the film, and to watch the scene Main beautiful scenery of a small mountain with a tree in red colors, brown, no doubt that the field will be the main…
As the film opens, the viewer is transported back to 1920 's Chicago. Billy Wilder utilized black and white film to create a mood of nostalgia and an improved use of shadows, and this helps to also play down the garishness of Tony Curtis’s and Jack Lemmon’s makeup. These contrast tones also helped the viewer to remember the gangster movies of the 20 's and 30 's. Prohibition was in full swing and a cabaret run by Spats, the mobster lord, is under surveillance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (www.filmsite.org).…
Visually, the setting and production design will bring you back to 1950s Ireland, which is highly distinct with the present time. The cinematography is nothing too special; it was shot in polished angles, and with dim lighting to establish the gloomy environment the film is trying to convey. In my opinion, this is the style used to make it closer to reality so it will capture the emotions of people.…
The film opens with a shot of the back of a mans head and then two men facing the camera. This opening scene grasps audiences with yet another enigma. This keeps audiences watching to find out who these people are. These enigmas are answered throughout the film mainly by the narrator. We then have a major narrative device, being that narrator. This narrator introduces character and our protagonist. We can tell he's a protagonist by how the camera focuses our attention to him. By the language used we can get an idea of setting. These actors have authentic London accents, thus suggesting our setting is London. The costume worn by these characters gives us iconography of London based Gangster films, this being the suit with a long coat over the top. The dialogue also fits with the Gangster genre as guns, diamonds and trouble are mentioned.…
Hollywood has the power to completely demolish and invade entire lives with negativity, hopelessness, depression, and emptiness. Billy Wilder recognizes these flaws that exist in Hollywood and demonstrates these flaws in his film noir, Sunset Boulevard; using lighting and the colors black and white to his…
The scene begins with the screen completely black and you can only hear music in low key that begins to get louder as the image comes into focus.…