Django starts off as an average slave but by the end of the film‚ turns into the greatest gun slinger in the west‚ saves his wife‚ and lives happily ever after. According to Robert Richardson‚ the cinematographer of this film‚ the goal of the cinematography was to use iconic American West backgrounds as a montage to show Django traveling and growing as person and bounty hunter. Tarantino used panoramic long shots and a widescreen aspect ratio to show the vastness of the American West and to symbolize
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Vertigo and The Yellow Wallpaper The 1958 film Vertigo is surrounded by themes of control‚ dominance‚ and illusion surrounding a male and female power struggle. One of Vertigos main themes is to create the perfect woman. This is also seen in the story The Yellow Wallpaper. The parallels with Vertigo’s protagonist’s quest for the ideal woman are evident with John and the treatment of his wife. John takes the authority over his wife like how Scottie took authority over Judy when he tries to recreate
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By TBF Camera Work in Vertigo For essay option two‚ I will discuss Vertigo and two ways the camera is used in the film. Although Hitchcock uses the camera in additional ways‚ for this purpose of this essay‚ I will cover how camerawork helps initiate an underlying sense of danger in the opening sequence and how camerawork‚ in the famous dolly-zoom shots‚ communicates the vertigo experienced by Scotty. Part I will talk about the opening sequence‚ touching on the first use of the famous dolly-zoom
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Film as Mirror in Hitchcock’s Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo is a master’s class in subtle and effective filmmaking - its noirish tale of obsession and loss is considered one of his best works. This is due in no small part to the directors’ use of the various elements of film as a mirror. Hitchcock intends to create a sense of repetition and a cyclical nature to the life of the characters in the film; following Scottie (James Stewart) through his descent and ascent into madness deals significantly
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Often nicknamed "The Master of Suspense"‚ he pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone‚ Essex‚ England. Hitchcock created more than 50 films‚ including the classics Vertigo and Psycho. Hitchcock received the AFI’s Life Achievement Award in 1979. Family Plot‚ Hitchcock’s final film‚ was released in 1976‚ four years before his death. He died in 1980. The Auteur theory is the theory of filmmaking in which the director
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In the film Me Before You directed by Thea Sharrock there are many good uses of cinematography. In the beginning of the film there are a lot of shots that show Lou standing and looking towards Will while Will is in his wheel chair facing the opposite direction. This helps develop the relationship Will and Lou have in the beginning as a relationship where they don’t really like each other but have to get along. In the beginning when they show Lou and Will together there is not a lot of music or talking
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features themes which are more negative than positive‚ with an overall dark and shadowy outlook--being filmed in black and white. This film genre takes in detective and crime noir as well as many gangster films of the 1930’s. Movies such as Bullitt and Vertigo are just a few examples of "black film." Although these movies were filmed in different eras‚ they share common aspects that really define the genre and will further be discussed. These aspects are as follows: film noir stories feature main characters
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Note: This is part of a "philosophy in film" class. We watched a movie in class‚ talked about it‚ then figured out how different film concepts applied to the movie. I got an A in the class‚ but I don’t remember what I got on this paper. I am sure it was an A though. Text: Different camera positions in a movie can have a great effect on the way the audience interprets or feels about a movie. This is also done by the way each scene is composed and designed. In A Clockwork Orange‚ all these concepts
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In the film Citizen Kane‚ Herman J. Mankewicz and Orson Welles are the screenwriters. The genre for this film falls under drama and mystery. Throughout the film there were many lines from Jedediah Leland that contain a strong and powerful significant. A line that stood out the most was stated by Jedediah Leland he mentions‚ “That’s all he ever wanted out of life was love. That’s the tragedy of Charles Foster Kane. You see‚ he just did not have any to give.” From this line I can interpret that Jedediah
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Every movie and TV show is different but they all share one thing in common‚ cinematography. Cinematography is how something is shot. Within cinematography are three categories; photographic aspects‚ framing‚ and duration. Photographic aspects are the concrete decisions that deal with specifics of the photographic elements; contrast‚ the difference between black and white and light and dark; exposure‚ the amount of light per unit area; and tonality‚ the amount of contrast there is. Framing is what
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