an important idea in the film. Explain how visual and verbal features helped you to understand this idea. “Writing is a weapon more powerful than fists could ever be.” Norman Jewison highlights the power of the written word and education over physical strength throughout The Hurricane. He allows the audience to realise the full extent of this power by employing camera techniques‚ voiceovers‚ dialogue and lighting effectively. Through these visual and verbal techniques he teaches the audience that
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is a movie full with plot twists and action packed scenes. In this particular scene‚ I will be analyzing various techniques are used to heighten the intensity of the film in order as it occurs. The director uses dimensional film techniques in both major and minor ways that are used to further the story. Many of these are subtle‚ yet calculated choices that go into the making of a film. The first element that proceeds throughout the duration of the movie is its aspect ratio. The aspect ratio of this
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chilling tag-line of multi award winning American Beauty has great relatability‚ from the lives of all of the characters to the hidden beauty on showcase throughout the film. It cannot simply be filed into one genre‚ instead being a drama‚ comedy‚ tragedy and more. Director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Alan Ball fine-tuned the film‚ resulting in a triumph of writing‚ acting and directing. The movie follows the last few months of everyman Lester Burnham’s (played by the seemingly ideal Kevin Spacey)
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The movie‚ Little Miss Sunshine‚ is a fantastic film about a dysfunctional family traveling cross-country in a small compacted VW mini van. During the family’s journey‚ they learn about not only themselves‚ but the painful truth of life in general. Starring Greg Kinnear‚ Steve Carell‚ Toni Collette‚ Alan Arkin‚ Abigail Breslin and Paul Dano‚ the film masterfully intertwines comedy with a serious message about a person’s dreams coming to fruition. The film casually pokes fun at the concept of the
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Visual Techniques in Film and Television Visual Literacy in Business (ACB0918A) May 26‚ 2009 Visual Techniques in Film and Television Television and film run hand in hand in this day and time. While film or motion pictures are created for the “big screen‚” television was created to be viewed at home. As it states in World Book Advanced‚ “television is one of our most important means of communication. It brings moving pictures from around the world into millions of homes” (Curtin
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In the adventurous and comedic film‚ “Stand by Me” directed by Rob Reiner‚ follows the tale of four close friends‚ all around twelve years old‚ who live in the small fictional town of Castle Rock‚ Oregon‚ in 1959. Vern Tessio‚ known as the childish one‚ overhears his brother discussing a dead body of Ray Brower located just outside of town who was supposedly came in contact with a train. The four friends decide to leave Castle Rock with hopes of becoming heroes for finding Ray Brower’s body. On their
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In the film Half the Sky‚ filmic elements cinematic techniques are used to produce the meaning of raising the awareness of women abuse through documentary. Several filmic elements were used in the film‚ including interviews‚ narration‚ the use of sorrowful music and the use of close-ups. In terms of effectiveness‚ interviews‚ music and close-ups are more effective in bringing the meaning of the movie. However‚ narration is less effective in my opinion. To start off with‚ one of the filmic elements
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From 1994 is a short film directed by Danielle Krieger and Casey Warren. The film is a little over four minutes in length and takes place in both the years 1994 and 1999. Based off the true experiences of Casey Warren‚ the log line is “What would you say to a loved one if you only had one chance to say it all?” The film opens with a wide truck to the right‚ revealing a child’s bedroom which contains a telescope‚ legos‚ and other items which would make sense to belong there. We then cut to a shot
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never buy them. She sits in her car thinking about how she is going to sell her merchandise. She tilts her side mirror to look up at Edwards castle. She walks into his home and then finds Edward in a dark corner. There were a range of different film techniques used to show how Peg and Edward felt. There was a wide shot which included both characters and the background which changed how the audience felt at that moment. Peg doesn’t show any fear because she wants him to feel like he’s safe. This is showing
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In the film ‘Remember the Titans’ directed by Boaz Yakin‚ there is an important character named Gerry Bertier. Throughout the film‚ we see Gerry Bertier mature‚ become less narrow-minded and more accepting of his football playing counterparts. We see these qualities come out when Yakin uses film techniques such as dialogue and camera shots to show how Gerry Bertier develops as a character. ‘Remember the Titans’ is a film set in Virginia‚ USA‚ in 1971. This film is about the integration of a school
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