The Patriot Film Analysis The Patriot is an American historical film starring Mel Gibson and directed by Roland Emmerich. It is set in South Carolina‚ one of the thirteen British colonies set in America. The film follows the story of a “Patriot” named Benjamin Martin. This character is a portrayal of American Revolution War hero Francis Marion. In the film Benjamin‚ is recognized as a war hero from the French and Indian War. However he has retired from a life of battle and is attempting to follow
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All these situations that the Jews had to live during the Jewish Holocaust in the WWII are shown in the film The Pianist (Roman Polanski‚ 2003) from the point of view of Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody)‚ a Polish Jew pianist that escapes and hides from the Nazis in order to survive. The movie is the witness of Szpilman so we can see what he saw and what happened to him. In the film you can see how the life of the Jews change in a moment‚ our protagonist was playing the piano in a radio of Warsaw when
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There is nothing better than watching a film and then being able to go to the location and relive the moments while standing there. It makes me feel like I am a part of it. The feeling I got while walking the halls of Alcatraz‚ setting in the same room Billy Bob Thornton filmed in Sling Blade‚ setting on the grass they actually played baseball on in Field of Dreams‚ hearing the ire tells of what went on in the Winchester House as you are looking at the stairs to nowhere‚ or hiding in the same foxhole
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Before World War II‚ the quintessential film contained bright‚ happy‚ and optimistic tones. However‚ when the United States entered the battlefield‚ motion pictures became less optimistic. As Americans discovered the circumstances of the war‚ the filmmakers of the time felt hopeless as well. Ultimately‚ movies became hard boiled‚ unheroic‚ and unromantic. This movement is known as film noir (or black film) because the movies of this era contain a dark mood and tone. It would continue to thrive until
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Recording 101: Film Scores! Did you notice that background music playing when you are watching Harry Potter? How about the songs they sing in the Lion King? Nobody could ever miss the Star Wars theme at the beginning of each movie! The music you hear in the background is the film score and multiple scores create the soundtrack. This music is incredibly important in the movie as it adds mood‚ setting and drama. According to Steven Spielberg‚ films without music are “dry and lifeless.” Have you ever
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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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Liquid Film Motors [pic] Fiona McLaughlin Zoe Cheng Loreto College Coleraine Comments Abstract We have carried out an experimental and theoretical study of liquid film motors. This phenomenon was first reported in 2009. Two papers have been published on arXiv.com‚ the first describing the phenomenon (Shiryaeva et al)‚ the second offering a theoretical model for the observations (Amjadi et al). The
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Media genres are a reflection of society. Film noir is a movie that conveys a mood of pessimism‚ fatalism‚ menace and cynical characters. French critics used it to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s. The term literally means ‘Black Film’ and features extremely negative themes. Fedora hats‚ trench coats and nighttime make up some of the distinguishing features of film noir. Film Noir of this era is associated with low-key black and white visual styles that have roots in
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Film noir is generally associated with a ‘dark’ type of film in the era following WWII. Film’s that are categorized in this genre are marked by a style that generally contains certain distinguishing elements – dark rooms with Venetian blinds‚ dark alleys‚ rain-slicked streets‚ dark offices and low key lighting. The plot usually deals with the dark aspects of humanity-greed‚ murder‚ deceit and paranoia. There are also distinguishing characters‚ the main character a detective or an investigator usually
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team work. These values will be discussed about how these values are pre in the film and discussing how they occur in the film. Mateship is one of the strongest themes that stands out in the movie. For example Darryl‚ who finds his house in danger because the council want to expand the airport and acquire their home‚ he ran straight to Jack his elderly neighbour to check if he was doing ok. This kindness and caring Darryl shows all throughout out the film‚ by checking on others and their well-being
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