new American cinema in the adventure and drama genre‚ and incorporates a parallel twist on the western’s genre. Director Dennis Hopper characterizes ideological meaning through performing in the film‚ and historically uses drugs in the production of Easy Rider and throughout the duration of shooting the film. Hippies‚ Billy played by Hopper‚ and Wyatt played by Peter Fonda set out on the highway to pick up drugs in Mexico to sell in Los Angeles to fund their pending retirement to Florida via a cross-country
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released in 2013. The plot of the film is narrated by Nick Carraway‚ one of the main characters in the film‚ depicting the fictional events surrounding the character of Jay Gatsby and his love for Nick’s cousin‚ Daisy Buchanan. Throughout the film‚ the director utilises various symbols including green lighting‚ pathetic fallacy and the ‘Eyes of God’ to highlight the themes and attitudes throughout the film. Colour was utilised to symbolise various elements in the film‚ including characterisation to
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society and films during the new Hollywood era of the 1960s and 1970s. John Schlesinger’s film follows the story of a young man who leaves his home in Texas to become a male prostitute in New York City‚ and the trials and tribulations he encounters along the way. The soundtrack accompanying the film does not entirely consist of a compilation score of popular songs but it was done in the contemporary style of the time. The main song that presents itself multiple times throughout the film is “Everybody’s
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War of the Worlds’ is a Sci-Fi Thriller. Extra-terrestrials have launched a global crusade on our planet and they wish to exterminate the human race and use the planet for their own sinister reasons. The director Steven Spielberg incorporates many film techniques in order to portray the drama of the story. Some of these techniques include costumes‚ lighting‚ and sound. All of these techniques add to the drama and help convey the story and the characters’ identity to the viewer. Costumes are used
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predict what was going to happen next. It was very easy to watch the lighting was perfect‚ and the director‚ Todd Phillips did a great job with all the shots. The movies music was composed by Christopher Beck. The movie had a few featured artists in this film‚ such as Kanye West‚ The Donnas‚ Usher‚ T.I.‚ Mickey Avalon and The Dan Band. For the closing credits the song “Right Round” by Flo Rida was
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young age Burton has directed unique films. A great example of this is his 1982 Hansel and Gretel‚ which aired only once due to the strangeness in its entirety. Burton uses non-diegetic sounds‚ low key lighting‚ and long shots in his work to display how one who overcomes his fear of being different has the potential for success. Tim Burton‚ in Hansel and Gretel‚ uses non-diegetic sounds to grow an uneasy feeling upon the audience. Throughout the duration of the film‚ Burton developed an evil presence
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outrageous actions make him a target and everything comes crumbling down. The 1983 movie Scarface starred Al Pacino as Tony Montana‚ a ruthless Cuban immigrant killing his way to the top of Miami’s cocaine-crazy underworld. (The film was loosely inspired by the 1932 film Scarface: The Shame of a Nation‚ which starred Paul
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believe what makes this film so great is the plot of the film combined with the actors ability to give life to the story. Gary Cooper who plays Kane in the film‚ is an upstanding and ethically good man. Since he demonstrates these characteristics in the film‚ he makes a believable Marshall. Another reason why this film is so great‚ is because of the hero premise. I believe this causes the "unsung hero" to resonate with the audience’s feelings. This is shown at the very end of the film after the Marshall
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first five years I spent getting my MFA in film at Columbia University and making my award winning thesis film‚ Loop Planes‚ which was produced by Killer Films and was an official selection at over 50 film festivals world-wide. The second five years I spent filming a documentary about young transgender folks‚ which besides being an integral part of the development of young teenagers to young adults… During that time I have also worked on over 100 short films. I was also a documentary filmmaking instructor
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CSULB knowing little to nothing about film and I wrote and directed a short film called Comfort Zone‚ which is one of my biggest accomplishments that has affected me as an artist and student. The biggest challenge I had to overcome in order to complete Comfort Zone was my fear of telling a story that was personal. I felt exposed and was terrified people would not like or connect to the film. On top of that I did not feel truly confident about directing my short film because I have never done anything
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