is a very entertaining movie yet it will leave you emotionally connected to the events that took place. It would not have reached its current success if it wasn’t for the unique cinematography. In the coming sections I will be talking about the shots‚ angles‚ lighting styles‚ symbolism and colour. Realism The realism of this movie is pretty clear‚ where Spike Lee was trying to convey the physical reality of the black people who live in a culturally diverse network. There were several characters in
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part of true love with Romeo. This is supported through a high angle shot of Romeo looking upon Juliet‚ this evokes the idea of Juliet being placed on a pedestal by demand rather than by will. The costuming of Juliet also reveals her pureness and naturalness compared to her mother next to who is artificial and fake. Baz Luhman transitions Romeos High shot with montage shots of the Capulet family‚ this is displayed through a low angle shot of the family looking down towards Romeo. This weakens Romeo
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as they are all made for her. Salim decides that Latika is now his‚ not Jamals. “I’m number one now”. He emphasizes this through the closing of the hotel room door‚ which is seen in a close up shot from Jamals perspective. Salim again takes control of Latika in scene 24 which is seen through the wide shot of Salim giving Latika his car keys. This scene highlights Salims control over Latika yet again‚ however it also displays that Latika is finally making decisions for herself‚ to go after Jamal‚
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portrays conformity negatively though the use of camera angles such as high angle shot of Shirley Hastings and Les Kendall’s dance class showing to conform is to be inferior. Pink also supports the idea that individuality is better than that of conformity though the use of a low angle shot of a “female president” showing her power and portrays a strong image. The importance of appearance is shown in Stupid girls though the use of low angle camera shot to show power when they portray a woman president
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Rabbit Proof Fence Discuss the symbolism and motifs in the ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’. What do they represent and how do they contribute to the story? The film ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ conveys the importance of family‚ belonging and country to the Aboriginal people and provides the audience with an insight of the division between the Europeans and the Aboriginal people. The Director‚ Philip Noyce displays these themes by the use of symbolism and motifs. Symbolism is the use of one object to represent
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large part of the school’s philosophy. The speech the headmaster makes also highlights how important success and tradition is to the school. We later on see a small montage of the students in different classes being taught in very customary ways. The shot of the Latin class repeating back a list of verbs highlights the school’s rigid but conservative learning environment created by Peter Weir. These images of the school continue throughout the film but it is not until the end that the extreme consequence
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scheme to generate fear is put in place. Behind this pernicious act‚ is an innocent intention. These two ideas‚ of evil and innocence‚ can be depicted from the opening credits. The director‚ M. Night Shyamalan cleverly intertwines intriguing camera angles‚ chilling images‚ and eerie‚ yet pure music to convey these themes. Composers often convey emotion through their music in the form of different instruments. Particular instruments are more suited to portraying certain emotions‚ and audiences can
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camera angles are used to portray intelligence‚ fear and unknowing. Howard says there is no special camera angle or lighting that can show great intelligence and that the actor’s eyes must signal interior brilliance. Lighting is a characteristic that frames emotion and sets scenes and paired with camera angles enable strong emotions to be shown.! Some techniques used were: point-of-view shot & perspective from Nash‚ music‚ noir lighting for dramatic effect‚ high and low angle shots‚ panning
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English 105 Feeder 3.1 Living in Isolation In Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air a traveling businessman‚ Ryan Bingham‚ played by George Clooney‚ uses traveling as his way to escape reality. Bingham avoids all types of human relationships and isolates himself from his world . After getting to know a young uand–oming (connect those words with a -) co-worker at his firm‚ Natalie‚ he realizes there is more to life than sky miles‚ airports‚ and hotels. Because of this awakening and an epiphany at his
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attempting to trespass into Kane’s life. In fact‚ the mansion can be seen as a metaphor for Kane‚ while the fence is the demeanor he puts up to block others from his true thoughts. The importance of this idea is reiterated in the final scene; our last shot is of the sign and a view from outside Kane’s manor. The story has come full circle. The movie provides the viewer with a series of flashbacks and flashforwards that‚ as a result‚ contributes to the story’s non-linearity. Compounding the difficulty
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