One of the biggest milestones reached in the film industry was the narrative‚ movies that actually told a story. The first narrative movie was The Great Train Robbery‚ created in 1903 by Edwin S. Porter. The silent film is only about 10 minutes long‚ but was the precursor to the action and western genres. The popularity of the movie proved that motion pictures could be commercially successful. The plot of The Great Train Robbery was actually inspired from a real event. On August 29‚ 1900‚ four members
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10 Top Conspiracy Theory Films Humans have always been intrigued by secrets. From the earliest times we’ve tried to find conspiracies‚ sometimes even where none exist. There are thousands of conspiracy theories‚ ranging from the esoteric and the paranormal to regular assassinations and wars. And cinema too has had its fair share‚ some of which are definitely worth looking into. Here are the ones that have conspired to get into the top 10 list. “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962) is a political thriller
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When looking at the film Citizen Kane‚ it uses mise-en-scene to help paint a better picture throughout the film. Mise-en-scene‚ better known as staging‚ is the overall look and feel of a movie (Barsam;Monahan p.542) The first example that comes to mind when thinking about mise-en-scene is when Charles Kane Foster is running for office‚ he is giving a speech and in the background is a large poster of his face. For the majority of the film there are very few shots taken where Kane is not present
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During the 1940s‚ a new style of film emerged‚ which was later referred to as "film noir." These films were set apart from others due to their gritty nature and overall dark quality. They were inspired by the culture of the 1950s. There is a common belief that the 1950s was a time of complete bliss for everyone involved. In fact‚ it was a time of global distress due to communism and nuclear weapons and misogynist gender roles. Film noir movies were excellent at portraying the culture of fear of the
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Americans. William F. Cody was on tour with his Wild West show during 1883-1917‚ which reenacted battles against the Plain Indians. Similarly‚ Robert J. Flaherty distinctly focused on capturing the old ways of the Itivimuits tribe in his 1922 docudrama film‚ Nanook of the North. Under the direction of these two men‚ both types of entertainment were explosively popular across North America and Europe. The creators of these crowd-pleasing forms of entertainment held Native Americans at a high level of
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fascination with pirate tales like many of the film’s viewers. In some ways‚ the characters in the Pirates of the Caribbean perpetuate romanticized pirates tales‚ but in other ways they fall short. Pirates of the Caribbean is a series of blockbuster films inspired by a Disney attraction and many classic pirate stories. "The Curse of the Black Pearl" is the first movie in the series and it is set in the Golden Age of piracy. The filmmakers clearly made an effort to reproduce the Englishmen’s way of life
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Conrad Jarrett is the protagonist of this film. He is a teenage boy who has just came back home after staying in a psychiatric hospital for a few months. He was placed in said psychiatric hospital because he had wanted to commit suicide. Now that he is back home‚ Conrad feels distant from his friends and family members. We find out later in the film that Conrad is actually dealing with post-traumatic stress which was brought on by a sailing accident that took his own brother’s life. Beth Jarrett
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In the film industry they use something called elements to explain what is going on in the storyline‚ and in the movie Forrest Gump‚ the way they used different film elements helps in the explanation of the plot and assists in moving the storyline along. The different elements that I will be talking about are Effects‚ Costumes‚ and Camera movement/transitions. In Forrest Gump they used many different effects to emphasize and explain exactly what is happening. One way that they describe what is happening
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tending to the domestic duties. During this period of time the struggle of racial discrimination had exist and played a role onto to the main characters of the film. Through the film it showed that African Americans were both often incarnated‚ out of jobs‚ only can obtain low wage jobs‚ and couldn’t assimilate with the rest of the community. This film was able to showcase the rising of the black middle class‚ and the ability to obtain a “better” life then what the government standards has stated for African
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horror movie. I can’t assure you that this film is definitely bloody and includes some disturbing bloody imagery one might expect from a R-rated thriller flick. However‚ was this movie held up as the people were anticipated as? Well‚ technically‚ the answer is definitely a ’No’. Why? Because‚ it is very miss-marketed‚ hilariously awful‚ was an absolute flat comedy not a horror nor thriller‚ and one of M. Night’s worst movie ranked. The central story of the film does not make sense at all. The story is
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