On 1976‚ the film Logan’s Run was released into theatres based on the novel of the same title. Since the release‚ the film has gotten multiple good and terrible reviews regarding its plot and its special effects. The film won a Special Effects Academy Award and was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration. After watching Logan’s Run‚ it was evident that the special effects used in the film were terrible if you were to compare it to todays special effects. Since it
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is a mystery and thriller that leaves audiences in a constant state of suspense. Rear Window opens by showing photographs of high risk environments hanging on a wall of an apartment. This leads one to believe that whoever owns the apartment lives a high risk and adventurous life. However‚ once the broken camera is shown‚ it is understood that the main character‚ L.B Jefferies‚ is a photographer before it is stated through dialogue in the film. Early into the film we
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Summary of Ideology‚ Genre‚ Auteur By Robin Wood In Robin Wood’s essay: Ideology‚ Genre‚ Auteur‚ Wood revisits Hitchcock’s films and analyses the different characteristics in the films. Wood focuses mostly on Shadow of a Doubt and It’s a Wonderful Life in which he compares and describes the different values of Hollywood cinema. One of Wood’s major points to hear two opposing views. Wood stresses that a critics job should be to look at a piece as a whole rather than at the particular aspects of one
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With I Confess‚ Hitchcock broke his professional lull after The Strangers on a Train (1951). Setting the film in Quebec‚ Canada‚ with a strong French heritage & a city steeped in Catholicsm and its striking church architecture served well for the story. Father Michael Logan (Montgomery Clift) acted as a true Catholic priest‚ friend and employer who hasn’t disclosed the confessional secret of Otto Keller (O.E. Hasse)‚ the caretaker of local catholic church and thus putting his own life in jeopardy
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Lack of speech‚ lack of music at first‚ when Norman Bates walks in the camera focuses on the shadow behind the shower curtain and the music starts when Bates is revealed behind the curtain with a knife. The music starts (same sound as a curtain reel moving that screechy sound)‚ when Marion Crane starts screaming it zooms in on her face. The camera flicks between the two characters showing that there is a struggle. Camera doesn’t show Bates’ face as it’s supposed to be a surprise as to who is the
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House of Night Series – Marked [pic] Zoey Redbird lived a typical life. She dealt with problems any typical teenager would deal with. But that was of course before she was Marked as a vampire fledgling. Once you’ve been Marked‚ there’s no turning back‚ and 16-year-old Zoey has got no choice but to accept her new life. Some people might think that being Marked is bad news. Even Zoey thought that it was bad news. But as soon as she started living as a vampire‚ she started to realize that Nyx
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Hitchcock’s use of lighting and shadows in Strangers On A Train is very meaningful and cleverly masked. To add to the character development and understanding of Bruno and Guy‚ Hitchcock uses light very early on in the film‚ to help demonstrate the characters of Guy and Bruno. The window of the train compartment in the first scene‚ casts lines of shadows onto Bruno’s face‚ similar to those of jail cell bars. Because of this‚ we can infer early on that Bruno’s character isn’t to be trusted and that
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A Rose for Emily Characterization refers to the techniques a writer uses to develop characters. In the story A Rose for Emily William Faulkner uses characterization to reveal the character of Miss Emily. He expresses the content of her character through physical description‚ through her actions‚ words‚ and feelings‚ through a narrator’s direct comments about the character’s nature‚ and through the actions‚ words‚ and feelings‚ of other characters. Faulkner best uses characterization to examine the
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The Similarities of Alfred Hitchcock and Edward Hopper Alfred Hitchcock‚ also known as‚ “The Master of Suspense”‚ was a director to a variety of award winning films. Many Hitchcock movies will be noticeably inspired by numerous paintings‚ including the work of iconic artist Edward Hopper. Hopper‚ born in New York‚ was well known for his realist paintings. Comparing the paintings and films‚ one will see the similarities displayed between the two. Alfred Hitchcock and Edward Hopper are linked by creating
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’The Man Who Loved Flowers’ is a short story written by Stephen King in 1977. The story takes place on a beautiful spring evening in New York City. From the outside it looks like a normal day in the Big Apple with a lovely atmosphere because of the weather and time of year. However‚ there is a lot more to add and the theme of crime and violence plays a big role. A limited third person narrator tells the story. The viewpoint is from the main character and most of his feelings are known. As the title
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