...The film Walkabout, by director Nicolas Roeg illustrates humankinds disconnect from the natural world. Throughout the film there are various scenes that colorfully portray this disconnect. The children give us the biggest images due to the story being based around them and their struggle to survive in the Australian Outback. There was one scene that truly demonstrated this theme. In this scene the children find an oasis. They see animals eating the fruit from the tree as well as drinking the water in the small pond. They begin to relax and get comfortable. They stay the night there and by morning all the food and water is gone. Shortly after, they meet the aborigine boy and ask him for water. He then simply sticks a branch in the ground of were the pond was and gets water. This scene showed the children’s disconnect from nature because they had no idea what to do. As soon as the easy way of getting necessities was gone, they panicked. The children did not see the plethora of ways to obtain food and water. Because of the comforts of modern society, they did not have the skills or the mindset like the aborigine boy has. In modern society, we do not have to hunt for our own food, causing us to not be able to see food that nature has provided for us. In the beginning of the film the two children are shown swimming in a pool with ocean right behind...
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...applied to portions of or scenes in a movie. They can show the tendency of the movie to lean toward one style over the other, but rarely can be applied to an entire movie. Both realism and formalism use reality as a foundation, but differ in how the reality is emphasized or shaped. The style of realism typically captures events as they happen, similar to how a person would view the events in real life. The portrayal should be depicted with a minimum of distortion. Realism attempts to preserve the idea that the world of film is unaltered, as if viewing the world through a window. A documentary film is an example of extreme realism. The style of formalism shows scenes as they can be imagined. They’re deliberately stylized and / or distorted using methods such as slow motion or adding colors into scenes. For example, in Shcindler’s List, a scene is shot in black and white except for a little girls red jacket. The viewer is forced to watch this little girl because we assume that she is important since she is the only color in a washed out scene. Formalism depicts scenes in a way that a person can not see with the eye in real life. Avant garde films are an example of extreme formalism. In the movie The Matrix, color, shots, and angles are used to illustrate the idea of formalism. Throughout the movie, color is used to add depth and help establish the mood in the scene. In all of the scenes inside the matrix a lens filter is used to cast the scene in a green tint reminiscent...
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...ignorance leads to a false perception of reality, which highlights the 2 major themes in the film of Truth and Perception and Guilt and Atonement. Justin uses gardening as a means to feed this ignorance, just as society itself uses work, family and other matters to hide from the harsh reality. But as his wife Tessa dies under unusual circumstances it leads Justin into the real world, where the truth can no longer be covered up and he must follow the road to atonement. In an early scene of the film, Justin, like society is consciously removed from reality. Before this scene we are shown wide and establishing shots of Lake Tuitakana in Africa where we see mars-like images of the red sands and bright blue water streaked across the landscape. This scene then fades into the British High Commission Embassy, where there is a complete contrast in colours. We instead get a Wide Shot of the building with dull colours of grey and dark greens and blues. This shot also shows Justin “skiving” as he waters his plants. Although he is in charge of Aid distribution in Kenya, he is choosing to remain in his own perfect world “a world with no weeds”, where he stays in the office and has never once gone outside of the British High Commission. When Sandy breaks the news to Justin about Tessa being dead, a close up on Justin’s face is held for an amazing 48 seconds. It allows the viewer to watch his emotion unravel as the news unfolds. But because as he has been so removed from reality due to his false perception...
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...characters, Roy and Alexandria. The film[‘]s black and white opening scene introduces us to Roy and also prevails [presents?] his injury while acting as a stunt man in silent films. Alexandria on the other hand, had fallen and is suffering a broken her arm. The cripples find each other within the hospital where Roy begins to tell Alexandria an epic story, a story which brings color into their dull, sick lives. Throughout the movie, the fantasy world of the story and the reality of Roy and Alexandria’s life [lives] begin to mesh into one, and through this, it is evident that they’re friendships [their friendship] with each other is what brings the color and life back into one another’s once lonely lives. The film begins with Roy’s fall while working as a stuntman for black and white films. Not only is the colorless, silent film making it evident that the film is taking place in a time before colored film existed, perhaps the 1930’s, the black and white is significant to the scene because that is when Roy becomes crippled, which in a sense takes the color out of his life. After that scene, the film then cuts to a beautiful mansion, which happens to be the hospital Roy and Alexandria are resided at. Outside of the hospital, we are shown both vibrant cool and warm colors, the bright blue sky, the intensity of the orange in the oranges and greens in the landscaping, which makes it appeal as a happy, lively place. When the scene shoots to inside of the hospital, it is complete opposite from...
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...MACBETH: ACT I SCENE I The opening scene is important in establishing a mood or atmosphere for the audience. The scene is set in an open space, a place removed from the ordinary business of men and the unusual social rules. The weather is extravagant and hostile. The ‘fog and filthy air’ suggests unusual darkness and healthiness. The conversation of the witches isn't how ordinary men speak; the use of rhymes is a feature of the witches’ speech throughout the play, it intensifies a sense of incantation, of magical charms. ‘When the battles lost and won’ and ‘fair is foul and foul is fair’ a paradox is offered. What are opposites for us seem to be interchangeable for the witches. The details of the opening urges our imagination to sense a confusion of the usual human order, a reverse of human values, a world of darkness and foulness, a sinister challenge to ordinary goodness. Noble values of goodness and beauty are reversed in the threatening and confusing atmosphere of ‘fog and filthy air’. They seem to know the outcome of the battle before the battle is over. The opening creates a worrying vacuum in which evil can flourish. SCENE II Shakespeare seems particularly interested in depicting heroic soldiers such as Macbeth whose undoubted valour on the battlefield is tragically no help to them in other kinds of situations. The military alarum is a contrast to the thunder and lightning of the first scene, the play shifts from the wide world of the witches to...
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...Billy Elliot Analysis template |Description of scene: Opening scene: Mood, direction of plot and characterisation is established. | |Scene numbers: One, two, three | |Link to Into the World focus: Billy’s natural world is established | |Action |Film techniques used |Meaning conveyed | |Billy puts record onto record player. He |Extreme close up. There is no sound. |There is a sense of anticipation. The | |begins playing the song. |Costume: Billy is dressed simply, |audience is waiting for something to happen| |( to 1 min; 14 secs) |predominately in a bright yellow singlet. |and wondering what it will be. | | |The singlet symbolises both childhood | | | |(children wear singlets) and his working | | | |class background (‘working class’ men | | | |stereotypically wear singlets). It is also | ...
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...Across the Universe Film Analysis Alisha Liboma English 225: Intro to Film Professor Denise Orpustan-Love July 30, 2012 The Beatles were one of the worlds most influential and iconic bands who evolved in the 1960’s from Liverpool, England. For years people have found refuge in their lyrics that calm, inspire, and awe us to this day. Across the Universe not only provides the audience with a more in-depth look at the Beatles’ lyrical explorations, but also incorporates the use of filming techniques such as, cinematography, editing and sound techniques. It also gives us a closer look at the Vietnam War, struggling singers, love and life during a revolutionary period in U.S history that would prove to be unforgettable. This review will encompass topics such as “mise en scène,” (Goodykoontz, 2011), storytelling, cinematography techniques and the meanings behind the directors actions in a film. The names of the characters in Across the Universe, with the exception of the character “Max,” played by Joe Anderson, were all derived from original Beatles songs. For example there is a character named “Jude,” from the song, “Hey Jude,” who’s character is played by Jim Sturgess, as well as a character named “Lucie,” played by Evan Rachel Wood, and, “Prudence”, played by T.V Carpio. In any part of the movie you see, you can find a character of a Beatle’s song. Using the Beatles’ music to create a flow to the movie allows for all types of audience members to connect to the film. While...
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...THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF TELEVISION In today modern world television is the most popular and recognized from of media and most homes in the western and developed worlds own one. That small (in some cases rather large) box sitting in your lounge is your connection to the outside world. It is an indispensable item and many of us cannot imagine life without it. As with everything there are advantages and disadvantages with the television. The main advantage is televisions ability to bring you news as it happens. A second advantage is the fact we are using more than one sense when viewing. The final advantage in this essay is the vast amount of information and documentaries available for viewing. However the first disadvantage is the amount of time spent watching television is often considered a waste of time. The second disadvantage is the fact that families may be in the same room but with the television on may not even acknowledge each other. The final disadvantage illustrated in this essay is that young children are often being exposed to sex scenes and scenes of violence. Firstly, for many of us the television is our first or only source of news and current events. Most channels have news updates up to four times a day and current affairs programmes which take a deeper look at the news that has affected the world that day or week. Theses programmes are often family friendly and are sometimes the only form of media available or easy to understand for children or...
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...I will also be exploring the use of symbolism and how well it contributes towards the narrative in the short film. We will be looking at two different scenes in the film, the beginning scene and the end scene, we will examine on how well Chris and Maciek use the symbolism to tell a narrative...
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...our ideas to one another. This is similar to one of our culture in our own country. No matter transmission or ritual, they are both related. We communicate through culture and the world is changing so fast. We have to catch up the stage so that we won’t left behind. It’s true that we filipinos are naturally fond of watching movies where we base our life, Filipinos are truly one of the most cheerful and optimistic people in the world. We love to laugh, share jokes and make fools of ourselves all in the spirit of fun. We find humor in almost every situation no matter how dire or depressing it is. Even in the midst of poverty, you can still see the smiles on the faces of the little kids playing on the streets or witness the animated expressions of the men and women gathered together sharing stories in their tambayan. Humor even finds its way into politics, the historical impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona has had its share of quite a number of funny and dramatic moments. In every aspect of our daily lives, we can always make the best of any situation and turn it into a fun circumstance. And it’s this natural hopefulness that gets us through the different problems we encounter every day. In good and bad times, in sickness and health, we are counted on laughters , dramas , tears to lift us up. Since the television and technologies arose; Filipinos have been forever glued to moving pictures inside a box. From toddlers to grandparents, countless hours have been spent...
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...cinematography, conventions and SWAT codes. Movies are created with a purpose and for most movies that purpose is to entertain and inform the audience about certain issues that exist in our social norms or some other thing that the directors of the movie may want to send across to the audience. A casual viewer could watch the entire Matrix without assessing all the other philosophical and Intertextuality references and still enjoy the movie. The Matrix is a very entertaining movie and it uses Technical codes such as Computer graphics to keep the audience engaged and greatly entertained. The Matrix was one of the few movies to use the visual effect of slowing down fast moving objects called “Bullet Time”, this effect was most memorable in the scene where Neo fights the Agent on top of the building and when he gets shot at by the agents in the building after his revival. This effect gives the audience a sense of awe as Neo and the agents are shown to be able to move extremely fast, comparable...
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...Eugenio’s childhood home) for the summer. While this premise sets the scene for vast amounts of sexual tension and scenes of two young twenty somethings getting sweaty in and around a charming but crumbling Argentinian home it also offers it’s audience a chance to reflect on the excitement of attraction, the pure laze and welcomed melancholy of long summer days, how nostalgia colors our need to be closer to someone from our past and how innocence in it’s purest form is something that needs to be celebrated. The initial scenes of Martin’s destitute life, are truly heart wrenching. Everything is shown subtly, there are no emotionally manipulative scenes here, no internal sorrow ridden monologues and no tears, despite the lack of all these tried and tested cinematic devices, the brilliant screenplay alone draws you in and makes you feel for Martin. It was hard to watch Martin take showers from public taps, and store the money he is given for his work as a handy man in a rusty tin he hides away in a patch of empty land in a suburb he calls his “home”. Acts of kindness shown to him are shot in a simple, uncomplicated fashion and as these scenes warm your heart they equally make you feel perturbed at how poverty isn’t just a concept attributed to slum dwellers in a third world country it’s just there… all around us… and this should seem like the most obvious thing in the world to most of us but how many of us really think about how some families,...
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...Colors are everywhere in our world. In the world of Jim Stark in the movie Rebel without a Cause, colors provide insight into the feelings of the character, the tone of the scene, and insight into what will happen next. Feelings are all around us, emotions drive us, and we subconsciously express our emotions through things we do and say. In Rebel without a Cause, the director provides the viewer clues to let them know how characters are feeling. One color that is encountered is red. Jim wears a red coat when he goes to school the first day, as well as when he goes to meet the antagonist, Buzz, for a “chicken run”. This color can represent many things. One is Jim’s anxiety. He is starting in a new town, with new people, and a new school. He is anxious to fit in and find a place he is comfortable in. On the other hand, this could represent anger. He is angry at his parents for constantly moving around-forcing him to start over numerous times. He is also angry because his father is emasculated by his mother- forced to clean, and even wear an apron, in addition to his mother making all the decisions; in this time (of the 1950’s), the roles were reversed in social norms- women cleaned and men were in charge and made decisions for the household. Another reason for his anger might be that he was practically forced into dangerous activities to fit in, while he just wanted to stay peaceful and not cause trouble. In movies, setting the tone of a scene is important, and nevertheless...
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...Some people believe that it was Shakespeare’s intention to create a hopeless and pessimistic ending and leave the audience overwhelmed with tragedy. Indeed, W.R. Elton supports this final interpretation: ‘No redemption stirs at this world’s end; only suffering, tears, pity and loss and illusion.’ However, others believe that Shakespeare leaves little glimmers of optimism flickering in this ‘gored state.’ Shakespeare carefully structures that play to build a mood of pessimism as the play unravels towards its climax. Kent’s character plays a vital role in helping create this final bleak mood. Throughout the play Kent has been a positive, hopeful character devoted to his King: ‘let me still remain the true blank of thine eye.’ By this final scene he is presented as a character overwhelmed and without hope. Kent’s pessimistic and negative language would severely impact on the audience. To see such a noble and strong character so utterly without hope would shatter what little hope the audience has left: ‘All’s cheerless, dark and deadly,’ the lack of light suggests how bleak and hopeless the country is now, ‘deadly’ suggests a lack of...
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...POPMUS 305 The Punk movement as a reaction to stagnant music scene of the 70s Ivan Stevanovic 3461726 The Punk movement is often seen as a reaction to what was regarded as a blown up and stagnant, self-indulging music scene in the mid-70s. In wider perspective, it is considered not merely as a music genre, but more as a complex mixture of social, cultural, rebellious upheaval of the marginal, disillusioned young white generation, first in the US and UK and then in the rest of the western world. This essay will try to explore these statements and find out whether any of the two can be considered as the only cause for the emergence of punk. MUSIC INFLUENCES AND BACKGROUND One would say that any form of modern music in its initial phase is a protest, by default. That could be supported by numerous examples throughout the music history when rebellious young artists were crossing the boundaries of the conventional music genres and styles and often rejected from the music establishment. The stylistic music origins of punk could be found in second half of the twentieth century. First it was rock’n’roll of the fifties that shook the post war society with its wild rhythms and raw cords played on electric guitars amplified to produce more “noise”. The other influences were R&B, country and rockabilly and in the 60s many sub-genres that emerged on the rock music scene like: garage rock, frat rock, psychedelic rock, pub rock, glam rock, and proto-punk. Although its origins...
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