objective was to tell a story cinematically. For the film‚ I chose the role of the director because I knew a numerous amount of different camera shots in which I could choose to use. The editor was given her role because she knew how to incorporate my ideas into the film. The cinematographer‚ on the other hand‚ was given his role because he had prior knowledge about cameras and could capture my vision for this film. In order to create the desired film‚ a genre was established; therefore‚ I made the executive
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Introduction to Film Art Fall 2013 Malcolm Turvey Office: Heimbold 304F Extension: 2644 E-mail: mturvey@slc.edu Syllabus Required Textbook: David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson‚ Film Art: An Introduction (New York: McGraw Hill‚ 2012; 10th edition) Class Schedule: NB: Readings marked (X) must be downloaded from MySLC Week 1 Conferences 9/10: NO CONFERENCES Screening 9/10: Collateral (Michael Mann‚ 2004‚ 120 min.) 9/11: Read: Introduction: Film as Art Film Art‚ Chapter 1
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the process of envisioning and designing a film‚ which includes the key players of what it takes to design a film. My film of choice I will talk about and give examples for is Zoolander (2001). Film Production Director- Ben Stiller Production Designer- Robin Standefer Art Director- Stephen Alesch A film director is the person who directs the making of a film. In some cases the film director can control the artistic and dramatic aspects of the film . They also visualize the script while depending
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How useful and reliable is the film JFK for historians studying the assassination? The film ‘JFK’‚ directed by Oliver Stone‚ explores the exploits of the heroic Jim Garrison and his controversial investigation into the assassination of the president John F. Kennedy in 1963. Oliver Stone’s film ‘JFK’ presents a particular view and interpretation of the circumstances surrounding the assassination. The film insinuates that there was a large conspiracy involving the CIA‚ FBI‚ the military-industrial
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Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality‚ primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record.[1] A ’documentary film’ was originally shot on film stock—the only medium available—but now includes video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video‚ made as a television program or released for screening in cinemas. "Documentary" has been described as a "filmmaking practice‚ a cinematic
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very interesting name that just screams military film. Based on the name‚ I did not think that it would be a documentary but I am very glad I went to class to view this particular film. Robert McNamara‚ is probably one of the most interesting men that I have watched on a documentary. 85 years old and answering every question he was asked with wit and with a charisma that no other man I have seen ever do with such ease. The perspective of the film regarding the reality of war was rational (at least
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The director uses film techiques to tell the story ad create a respose in the audiece. These techiques are. Shots wide shot- a wide shot is a shot that shows the setting as well as the character. This kind of shot is used so the audience can understand the characters physical experience with the setting. normal shot- a normal shot usually shows the characters waist and up. This is a standard shot that helps to focus attention on the action. close up- a close up shot is a shot in which the camera
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The film adaptation of the novel‚ Ordinary People‚ directed by Robert Redford has received massive amounts of critical acclaim since its release in 1980. It has been nominated for several Academy and Golden Globe Awards‚ among others‚ and won four of the Academy Awards‚ five of the Golden Globes‚ and numerous critic awards. The film’s achievement is due to the eloquent screenwriting by Alvin Sargent‚ powerful‚ emotion evoking drama from Judith Guest’s original story‚ and phenomenal acting by Timothy
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Film Reaction Idiocracy Watching this film was entertaining. I’ve seen it before on Comedy Central and thought it was funny to see how the U.S. was like hundreds of years later. I was excited to know that this film was on the list for doing this paper because I have seen it. This movie was right up my alley because the writer and director of the film is none other than Mike Judge. Of course‚ I’m a fan of his shows‚ especially “Beavis and ButtHead”. Anyway‚ the movie was about two main characters
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ADAPTATION AS INTERPRETATION The debate on cinematic adaptations of literary works was for many years dominated by the questions of fidelity to the source and by the tendencies to prioritize the literary originals over their film versions. (Whelehan:2006) Adaptations were seen by most critics as inferior to the adapted texts‚ as “minor”‚ “subsidiary”‚ “derivative” or “secondary” products‚ lacking the symbolic richness of the books and missing their “spirit”. (Hutcheon:2006) Critics could not forgive
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