Contrasting Cinematic Experiences To see or not to see? That is a question that many Americans ask themselves quite often. Whether you want to get caught up in a dramatic plot full of twists and turns‚ or be scared half to death by a horror flick‚ movies are a great way to escape reality for a few hours and just become lost in an immersive multimedia. In this essay‚ I will be contrasting cinematic experiences. Whether you enjoy a night out on the town‚ or relaxing on your own couch‚ there
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society. Dystopian Essay On one level‚ dystopian films have a direct relationship with society. By their very definition‚ dystopian films present a negative representation of a future or alternate society. They are often mis-labeled as science fiction films because of their futuristic setting but although here are obvious similarities‚ their overriding artisticness is more closely united to another genre: film-noir. Stylistically‚ many dystopian films hark back to the darkest times in Western Society’s
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In the film To Kill A Mockingbird‚ prejudice is an incredibly prevalent theme. Prejudice against a person’s persona is particularly prominent when Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill crept up to the Radleys’ Place at night and dared Jem to touch the house‚ lest he prove himself a coward. There is extremely high tension in this scene as indicated by the frightened expression on the children’s faces‚ which is shown by periodical close up shots. They were obviously scared of what they might see‚ and this emotion is
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Boulevard. So form there on he went up in the show business‚ his first film was in 1997‚ which was Guillermo Del Toro. A horror thriller film where he played the character Jeremy. Norman has starred in 55 plus different films such as Floating‚ Six Ways to Sunday‚ Deuces Wild‚ Blade II‚ Gossip‚ 8mm‚ American Gangster‚ Hero Wanted and Moscow Chill since he has started in career. He plays in all sorts of different movie genres like horror‚ romances‚ and ext. Norman now a days is best known for being Daryl
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Were you inspired by magic themed horror movies like Herschell Gordon Lewis’s The Wizard of Gore and Clive Barker’s Lord of Illusions? Or shock-rockers like Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson? DS: I was influenced by a lot of stuff. Like Universal monsters got me into the whole horror movie thing. G&C: Dracula or Frankenstein? DS: If it was Dracula vs. Frankenstein‚ I’m a Frankensteiner. But it was also other things like Tarantino films. I remember watching Reservoir Dogs before I was
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People can usually determine the genre of films they watch by analyzing the unique background music and setting tones incorporated into these films. During the opening establishing long shot of Amelie‚ the accordion and piano instrumentals along with the golden manipulated scenery convey the setting as peaceful and surreal. Amelie‚ a romantic comedy by Jean-Pierre Jeunet‚ is about a socially awkward‚ imaginative‚ and innocent waitress living in Paris. She gets pleasure out of helping the people around
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translator not an author‚ meaning that what he is showing in his art isn’t his own he is recycling these materials‚ and displaying them in his own perspective‚ which I believe is very humble of him to admit. Pfeiffer’s recreation of the “Amityville Horror” movie staircase is genius in my eyes. In the movie‚ as Pfeiffer described‚ the staircase is where a human being is standing at the top of the stairs and is gazing at the Devil at the bottom of the stairs. Pfeiffer created a small scale replica of
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be. One way you can divide these nightmares besides the plot‚ is by their severances‚ the mild not to bad ones‚ to the extreme horror story‚ wake up terrified ones. In one nightmare I had‚ it was super scary; I know I have watched too many scary movies‚ all those images and scenes in my head. One night I had fallen asleep quickly and sound found me in my own horror film. I was at a park playing soccer with some of my friends‚ it started off as a normal dream‚ normal things happening but not for long
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deserted and damp ever since the first incident occurred a few miles from here. Some poor girl went missing from her quaint little home‚ she was never heard from again. Now the atmosphere of my world seems bleak and dull as if I’m living in a horror film‚ I wasn’t the only one affected by this‚ the horrible atmosphere washed over the people of this town. Adding to this atmosphere it rained more often. The rain would bring with it an eerie fog that would sneak between everything like an ominous
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family went to bed. Later that night they were awoken by him screaming and thrashing around and before they got him‚ he was dead. An autopsy later showed there was no sign of why he died. The inspiration from this event launched one of the most popular horror series and notorious movie slashers. The essence of Freddy’s character was inspired by an experience Wes Craven had when he was a little boy. Wes heard a man walking outside of his bedroom window
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