French Film Noir: Touchez pas au Grisbi and Ascenseur pour l’échafaud Azaria Wassyihun Film Noir is often regarded as a uniquely American phenomenon. The particular context these films were produced in‚ marked by the post-war period‚ infused these films with a unique style Hollywood had never encountered before. America might have been the adequate setting for this unique phenomenon to occur‚ but film noir would not be the same without it’s international aspects. Famous Austrian born directors
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How has the role of technology affected independent films and their film-making process? The distribution of film has changed phenomenally during the last 10 years. Advances in technical equipment have benefitted the film-making process. Independent directors are now able to create high-quality films on a small budget. New technology‚ such as social media is one of a more prominent mediums used in modern filmmaking. In fact‚ many modern films choose to market and distribute themselves in this
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Film Noir‚ meaning “black film’ in French‚ was the trending style and genre in American culture between the 1940s and the 1950s. It is a combination of European cynicism and the American landscape. Film Noir has its origins from German Expressionism and French Poetic Realism. Nino Frank‚ who was a French film critic‚ was the first to introduce this black and white genre to Hollywood in 1946. Many of the directors who introduced Film Noir where refugees from Nazi‚ Germany. From that moment in time
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There were many changes in marketing and distribution of films from end of the silent period to the modern digital period. There was a studio system that existed at the end of the silent period and collapsed in 1949 with a court ruling. During this same time a sales era of marketing existed. After the Second World War the sales era was replaced with a new way of thinking and sales and marketing were not synonymous anymore. Marketing after World War II meant finding out what consumers’ needs and wants
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The director’s in respective films manipulate cinematic techniques such as shot selection‚ lighting and sound to display different emotions. This allows the audience to break down the meaning and importance of the current scene. It also allows them to form an emotional connection with the characters. One of the greatest strengths in Insomnia is Christopher Nolan’s ability to keep his protagonist in every shot despite the perplex and moody-blue vibe of the movie. This means that despite the director’s
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In Disney’s film “How to Train a Dragon” begins with hiccup a weak young boy accepting the fact that his father will never proud to have a son like him. Hiccup has a dramatic change of heart after meeting an unlikely allie that inevitably becomes his best friend and together they save the island of Berk. Just like in many of Disney’s films Hiccup is different from the rest of his people‚ an unlikely hero‚ an underdog‚ who ends up saving his village from total ruin as well as gains a lifetime friend
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Exploitation films have been produced since the beginning of film‚ but once the Production Code was no longer in effect‚ more these films could be produced and at a faster rate. One genre of exploitation cinema is the drug crime film. Starting as early as the 1930s‚ filmmakers made movies about the dangers of doing drugs. These films were often cheaply made and aimed at a small audience (Clark 4). They were theatrically simple‚ with an uncomplicated narrative: “these are films whose entire function
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Wanjiku Mwangi ENC 1102 Research Paper Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Fostering Critical Thinking in Writing Classroom Using Film Composition Composition has long been established as a core element to the writing objective. Much effort has been used to classify different themes‚ styles and conventions within written works. This investigation into this particular medium has made for a scholarly outlook on writing. What was once a medium for simple communication; is now able to express varying
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in large groups‚ as there is too great a zombie threat outside campus boundaries. Fortunately for ourselves‚ there is an end in sight. according to that seen on The Walking Dead‚ based on the research of Matthew Patrick in his YouTube video‚ “Film Theory: How The Walking Dead will END!” These zombies will only have a life span of just over two years‚ due to the fact that‚ after such a period‚ their bodies will have reached the decomposition stage of black putrefaction; resulting in their insides melting
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get involved in criminal activities‚ crime as unconnected to social conditions‚ the role of gender in crime‚ redemption for criminals‚ and punishment for criminals. Disney films and images function as cultural icons and a way of teaching and educating not only children but the whole public. Henry Giroux (2002) called Disney films “teaching machines”‚ as its characters merge their life with reality and gains an important position in implying the idea of criminal justice ideology‚ and roots of crime
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