one of the highest grossing films of all time‚ and along with its sequels‚ prequels and re-mastered re-releases‚ has a large cult following. I feel this is because of Lucas` ability to engage the audience through careful use of sound and camera technique; The use of the scrolling story in space sets up many audience expectations‚ that the action will be set in space‚ and that it will base around a struggle between the rebels and the Empire. Narration is a fairly formal method of exposition‚ linked
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supremacies. The film Gran Torino‚ directed by Clint Eastwood uses all of these key factors with such grace that the audience can not help but be enthralled in the story line. The purpose of this essay is to uncover how the use of camera angles and other techniques‚ indicate and represent different characteristics within a scene‚ and also to discuss the conflicts between the two races and Walt’s point of view towards them. Gran Torino is a story that follows Walt Kowalski‚ a recently widowed Korean War
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Class: Beginner‚ Mon‚ Wed 3-6pm Book : Sanford Meisner On Acting Author: Sanford Meisner Pages read : 1-85 Note: I have read this book once before I started this acting class but now I am reading it again. One of the mottos in Meisner acting technique is to be specific. I suppose one has to be specific so that the behaviour that comes out of him is true and not wishy washy. This will be a difficult habit for me to break as in life I am not often specific. This is because I want to give myself
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change-looked down upon because of my gender; His message made me feel otherwise.” (Debra Wilson‚ 1775) In his speech‚ Henry aims to convince the colonist that the opposing forces must‚ “Give me Liberty‚ or give me death” compacted with dexterous rhetorical techniques such as imagery‚ anaphora‚ repetition‚ and pathos to assemble a believable‚ undoubted‚ well-founded speech. Henry begins his speech assertively with “No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism‚ as well as the abilities of the very worthy
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What is irony and how is it used in the story? Irony is a stylistic device‚ used by the author to keep the drama in the story going‚ for the reader’s enjoyment. It is the twist or unexpected event which blends the elements of the story together. In the instance of O. Henry he combines exaggeration [or hyperbole] and irony to add humor in the story. O. Henry is a master of irony and exaggeration‚ so that his stories have flavor and depth. In "The Ransom of Red Chief‚" O. Henry uses the three devices;
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Backlighting: The main source of light is behind the subject‚ silhouetting it‚ and directed toward the camera. Bridging shot: A shot used to cover a jump in time or place or other discontinuity. Examples are the falling calendar pages‚ railroad wheels‚ newspaper headlines‚ and seasonal changes. Cut: The splicing of two shots together. This cut is made by the film editor at the editing stage of a film. Between sequences the cut marks a rapid transition between one time and space and another‚ but depending
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makes the unreachable places achievable. The scene ‘Escape’ is a re-enactment of the Afghan girl‚ Sharbat and her families escape from Afghanistan to Pakistan and highlights the concept of ‘Against All Odds’. The documentary uses a range of film techniques such as symbolic use of objects like costumes. An example can be the scarf that Sharbat was wearing when the photo was taken in 1984. The scarf had holes which were from burns and symbolically this represents the anguish and torture that she had
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portray this tragedy of war. In this analysis the main method of approach to the study of the film will be focusing on the Australian cultural values and myths that are presented in Gallipoli and how they are conveyed through the use of film techniques and the elements involved. Overall through the study of the above it will be shown how Gallipoli works as a cultural text and how readers interpret these cultural meanings. Gallipoli starts off being presented in circular narrative‚ revolving
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The cinematography techniques used throughout the movie portray Frankenstein to have similar characteristics as God. The whole clip is one that shows Frankenstein in that he has the power to create life. At1 minute and 10 seconds into the clip the shot is from a high angle.
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1. Alliteration Alliteration is a literary device in which two or more consecutive words‚ or words that are nearby in the same sentence‚ start with the same letter. It is often used in poetry‚ literature‚ slogans‚ and other propaganda because it is usually impressive and memorable. For example‚ Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. 2. Assonance Assonance is the repetition of a pattern of similar sounds within a sentence. It is used to produce a form of rhyme throughout the whole
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