Film and TV Essay (U31‚ U33) Unit 31 “Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it‚ but to take it to a higher level require teh dedication and persistence that any art form does.” Walter Murch[1] The History Of Editing (L.O.1.1.‚ L.O.1.2.) Editing in early cinema was very basic and linear yet despite this it must have been one of the most exciting times in the film industry. Filmmakers had all the creative freedom at their finger tips as no one had
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Jazmine De Jesus English 102 04/08/2010 Essay #1 In the film “A Walk To Remember‚” Landon Carter ( sh )‚ one of the troubled popular students in high school‚ gets caught after he and his friends put a students life in danger. As a punishment‚ he has to participate in helping out in after school community service activities‚ including the high school play. While completing his punishment‚ he begins to develop feelings for Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore)‚ the reverends daughter. Landon starts trying
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The 1999 film‚ “Croupier‚” tells the tale of an experienced gambler who becomes a croupier to gain inspiration for his novel. Actor‚ Clive Owen‚ portrays an aspiring writer‚ Jack Manfred‚ who gambles in decisions within his life based on statistics to perfect the outcome. The film is set in late 1990’s London shortly following the establishment of the National Lottery in the UK in 1994 (Grun‚ L.‚ & McKeigue‚ P. (2000))‚ which also corresponds to McGowan’s fourth wave of gambling‚ the rise of casinos
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Jessica Jackson Film Review (Batman) 13 November 2012 Batman rated PG-13‚ released in 1989 was directed by Tim Burton and stars Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman‚ Jack Nicholson as Jack/The Joker‚ and Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale. The movie’s dark theme and so-so effects and stunt left me less than impressed. Throughout this summary‚ I’ll go over the plot‚ key character roles‚ and film techniques. Although I did not particularly enjoy the film‚ I’ll leave my opinions until the end. The
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Gandhi Film Analysis Towards the end the movie‚ Gandhi is laying down on his bed‚ weak‚ and unable to move. He has vowed to fast until the fighting between the Muslims and Hindus has subsided. A man comes to see him‚ and confesses that he has killed a boy and that he is going to hell. Gandhi simply responds with “Why?” The man responds by saying that the Muslims have killed his own son‚ and that anger caused him to get revenge. Gandhi‚ unfazed‚ says that he knows a way out. He tells the man to
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In the film Difret 2014 by Zeresenay Mehari and the reading “A Small Place” by Jamaica Kincaid‚ both the film and the reading portray either patriarchy or colonialism. This paper outlines that although individuals may think that there is a relationship between patriarchy and colonialism that there isn’t. Illustrations and meanings will be provided on to further explain this‚ as well as how colonialism has affected the indigenous world for worse‚ and lastly‚ the treatment of women. In the film Difret
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used in the medium of painting‚ poetry and architecture as well as by the ideas from German romanticism of the 19th century; gothic literature‚ myth and folklore; which spread to other medium such as film. German expressionist became popular in the 1920’s during the Weimar years. Expressionist films were heavily influenced by modern art (paintings)‚ Expressionist movie used exaggeration and distortion to create images that expressed a emotional and psychological despair and chaos through mise-en-scene
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Julito G. Tapic Jr. Film Critique (The Lost Secret) 1. Give the summary of the film. The film is about the main character‚ Orwell‚ who lost his memory. Sabina and Sline enter the story. Orwell recalls a conversation on an airplane and going through customs with a South American plant. Orwell remembers riding in Sline’s car and checking in to his hotel. Orwell recalls a phone call from Sline‚ the one who steal Orwell’s manuscript. Sabina puts something in Orwell’s drink in a restaurant during a
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S participation. During 1914 to 1918‚ film industry propaganda was infinitely good because it got people to enlist‚ promoted liberty bonds‚ and exposed the atrocities Germans were committing. The U.S. had no intentions in joining the war when it began. As a result‚ the U.S. army was in need of more recruits to help with the war effort. As a solution‚ the U.S. used propaganda to spark patriotism and fear among American boys. For example‚ in a propaganda film it shows a young man receiving a threatening
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The science fiction thriller film ‘Gattaca’‚ directed and written by Andrew Niccol‚ set in the “not too distant future”‚ it portrays a society in which genetic engineering has created an advanced yet dystopian world. In this world‚ we can clearly see that people have secrets and they are willing to lie‚ cheat and even kill to get where they want to be and to be their very best. No one is who they seem to be and everyone has something to hide. Throughout the film‚ there are 3 main characters that
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