In October 1927‚ the first feature film was presented as a silent film‚ The Jazz Singer. Made with a Vitaphone‚ “an instrument that synchronizes motion pictures and sound perfectly‚” it was a major hit to the general public (Eyman). After years of silence‚ someone finally decided to change the disc on the Vitaphone to film‚ introducing audible movies. Since then the introduction of Technicolor‚ Cinemascope‚ and Aromascope used first by the 1960 film‚ Scent of Mystery. All of these new cinematic
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differences between a film camera and digital camera. For instance‚ a film-based camera records images directly onto a light-sensitive coated film‚ while a digital camera records images (via an image sensor) onto flash memory cards. A digital camera comes with an LCD display which can be used for viewing images immediately after you have taken the shot‚ whereas for film‚ you have to bring it to a photolab for developing before you can see the picture There are many differences between film and digital
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Poster Analysis In the poster I have used is heart-warming and sentimental image to convey to the audience that the film is about the friendship and love of a boy and his dog. The mise-en-scene suggests that it is set in a rural place which also carries conventions of a tragedy genre. The poster suggests that it is a family drama and maybe even a tragedy film. The name of the film is ‘A Dog’s Life’; I picked a typography that suggests that it is written in chalk or crayon type texture to shows the
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Lantana is a 2001 Australian film‚ directed by Ray Lawrence set in suburban Sydney. The film’s central event is the disappearance and death of a mystery woman whose identity isn’t revealed until the end‚ despite her body being shown in the opening segment. The motif of the lantana‚ a weed prevalent in suburban Sydney is used to represent key ideas central to the film. The lantana consists of dense interlaced branches that spread quickly‚ producing brightly coloured flowers. It chokes and engulfs
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Mrs. Grinnell English 12 1st May 2005 Film and Video Production: Becoming the Future of the Silver Screen Every so often a movie is released with such tense anticipation and glamorous visual art that the public is drawn to this dramatic rendition of life in the theatre. For even just two hours or so‚ you are put into a different lifestyle. Action‚ drama
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9:30 A.M Avodian September 20‚ 2012 War from the Beginning War films have been around for quite some time. They have many different aspects to them. Each film has a little bit different view‚ depending on what the director wants the audience to get out of the movie. Some target the importance of how horrific and heart breaking war was‚ while others were used to inspire their country to support their troops. There are films though that go straight to the point of war and show all of the intense
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The Film Piracy Problem The Film Piracy Problem Teacher Overview Film piracy is the illegal copying and distribution of movies in print‚ videos‚ DVDs or electronic files. New developments in digital technology make server-based or peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing on the Internet convenient and relatively fast. A negative consequence of this new technology‚ however‚ is online theft of copyrighted material. This lesson introduces students to the problem of film piracy‚ focusing specifically on Internet
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Inception It’s a breath of fresh air when one of the most anticipated films of the year hits the big screen and actually lives up to the hype. 2010 has seen the building up of films such as Alice In Wonderland‚ The Wolfman and Robin Hood which have all fallen far short of expectations. Fortunately‚ Christopher Nolan’s latest mind-bending thriller‚ Inception‚ reassures us that high budget blockbusters can (in rare circumstances) be both spectacular AND smart at the same time. It would seem that
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In the film‚ Crash‚ how the characters connect to our identity unit along the lines of Ethnic Notations that we have been working on it includes racism‚ prejudice‚ stereotype‚ bias‚ social status‚ and so forth. For example‚ in Crash is similar to What Would You Do? along the lines of the interracial couple situation. In my opinion‚ I do not think there are good guys and bad guys in the film for the reason that it is complicated the majority the characters which were shown. Almost every character
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The term film noir can be defined as a style of film which was marked by a period of pessimism‚ self doubt and fatalism. The term was applied by French critics in the 1946 to a group of US films that were made during the war and that were released in quick succession after 1945. Ultimately there has been much debate surround the ambiguity of the term‚ but it is now understood that film noir is more of a narrative and stylistic tendency and ultimately “a critical category” rather than a genre in
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