saving private ryan

Saving private Ryan 'Saving Private Ryan' was first released on the 11th of September in 1998. The film was a joint production from Paramount and DreamWorks Pictures which was directed by the well-known Steven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg is a highly known director because of many other amazing movies that he makes, that are known around the world. These films include titles such as 'Jaws', released in 1975, 'Jurassic Park', released in 1993, 'Schindler's List', which was released in 1993, and 'Minority Report', which was released in 2002, along with many other famous titles. 'Saving Private Ryan' is a two hour and 43 minutes long film, the perfect time for a film in this genre, which won five Academy Awards ( Oscars) which included the best director award in 1999. The film is based around World War Two, where the invasion of Normandy had taken place. The film is most notable for the epic 24-minute battle scene, which portrayed the Omaha beachhead assault on the 6th of June in 1944. It followed a group of soldiers into the battle, some of which are known for other great films, such as Tom Hanks who had played Captain John H. Miller and several other rangers. These other rangers had included actors such as Tom Sizemore as Sergeant Horvath, Edward Burns as Private Reiben, Barry Pepper as Private Jackson, Adam Goldberg as Private Mellish, Jeremy Davies as Corporal Upham and

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Saving Private Ryan

Charlotte Coekin Analyse the Methods used to make the opening battle sequence of 'Saving Private Ryan' both shocking and realistic, and say how effective you find it as an introduction to the film. Released on the 24th of July 1998, 'Saving Private Ryan' promised to stun its audience with a war time epic unlike any other. While breaking many of the traditional conventions of a war film, the plot is loosely inspired by the true story of the four Niland brothers, three of whom were killed in action. When the decision was made to retrieve the fourth it sparked intense controversy over the mission to risk eight lives for the sake of one; a controversy which is addressed throughout the film. While directed by Steven Spielberg and featuring an all star cast, 'Saving Private Ryan' uses hand held cameras and sophisticated special effects to capture the chaos and confusion under went by this band of men, incidentally winning five academy awards in the process. Having released this wartime epic Spielberg was questioned as to his aims: "The last thing I wanted to do in this picture was use the war simply as a springboard for action-adventure. I was looking for realism all the time." And indeed this film portrays the realism of war like no other with an opening sequence that is shattering in its accuracy and ruthless in its portrayal of violence - an opening sequence which I will

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Saving private ryan

Saving Private Ryan 1st July 2008 Media Saving Private Ryan is an academy award winning film produced in 1998 and directed by one of the best arguably known directors, Steven Spielberg. This film is particularly well known for its opening scene of approximately 25 minutes where it displays the invasion of the American army in the Omaha Beachhead in June 6th 1942. 'Saving Private Ryan' shows the war in a different light to how previous war films have shown it. This film is less about brave soldiers and war heroes and more about the cold hard reality of war. This film probably has the strongest appeal to young men and boys, like many war films it contains guns and violence. This film stands apart from other war films, the way in which it doesn't show the soldiers as war heroes but just as average men. I think this film is purposefully contrasting everything to attract and capture our attention, whether it's the switching of scenes, the props, the camera work or the emotion of the actors. There's never a dull moment. It goes from the touching emotional quiet, family film atmosphere of the first scene to the second scene which is a roar of rushing water and shouting men as war ships prepare to land and men are shot as they attempt to reach the shore. The opening scene of the film catches the

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Saving Private Ryan

Charlotte Vaudeville GCSE Media Coursework Analyse the methods used to make the opening battle sequence of 'Saving Private Ryan' both shocking and realistic, say how effective you find it as an introduction to the film. The successful film 'Saving Private Ryan' was released on September 11th 1998, a joint production from paramount and DreamWorks pictures. This film is based on a World War II drama as US soldiers try to save their comrade, paratrooper Private Ryan, who's stationed behind enemy lines, fighting the Germans at Neville. Steven Spielberg was the director for this excellent film; he also directed other blockbuster films such as 'E.T', 'Jaws' and 'Jurassic park'. Vin Diesel, Matt Damon and Tom Hanks star in this epic movie and the film was guaranteed to be a success with these actors, portraying the roles of the soldiers, as they were highly admired by the public. The film won five academy awards (Oscars) including best director in 1999 and got another 52 wins and 52 nominations, it was also voted 'number one war film' in a recent channel 4 poll. The film focuses on a small group of soldiers lead by Tom Hanks who have to recover the only surviving brother of the Ryan family. Steven Spielberg tries to make the film as realistic as possible and in an interview he says 'I wanted the chaos up on the screen, I wanted the audience to feel the same as those recruits

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Who Am I?

Jayant Mathur ToK Homework 4/09/04 Who Am I? In this write up I will answer one question, Who Am I? One can look at themselves from many different aspects such as religion, culture, media, family etc... The first aspect of myself I would like to discuss is religion. I am a Hindu. Hinduism has been around for a long time. Hinduism is one of the oldest religions ever recorded. Hindus have a lot of qualities, which are instilled during childhood. For example all Hindus are commanded never to eat Beef because it is a holy animal (like Cleopatra and the cats). Hindus were recognized as one of the most devoted peoples during the reign of the Maharajas and some still are. We believe very deeply in god. However during childhood, depending on our background, our parents explain to us what a good Hindu is, and this is the example we try to follow in order to be a 'good' Hindu. Thus I think I am a 'good' Hindu based on what my parents have taught me. The next aspect I want to discuss is culture, which is related to my religion. I am an Indian and our culture also runs a long way back in time just like Hinduism. I think that all Indians have the same culture, however our culture is more evident in the upper classes. My culture is a very strict one, where children are taught to obey their parents, listen to them, and above all respect them. My culture is a very

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Van Helsing

The opening sequence of a film is particularly important as the film maker needs to attract the attention of the audience. Discuss the ways in which the opening of "Van Helsing" ensures the audiences attention The Universal icon rotates around while the non- diegetic drum beat plays in the background, then the colour is drained from it creating a monochromat0ic effect, then combusts. It graphic matches into a wooden torch being held by a mysterious man with a menacing smile, obviously about to cause damage or harm. Then a pan shot through the trees over the large mass of people, note the music still continues- a loud militaristic beat juxtaposed with sounds of a choral influence. The lightning is consistent, causing sharp noises and spontaneous flashes of light. All of this is being used to create tension of what is soon to happen. More various shots of villagers holding axes and sticks, their angry expressions tell us they're pursuing somebody, or about to destroy something. While the film continues the word 'Transylvania' fades in at the bottom of the frame setting the seen for the audience, this also reveals to us that Dracula, a mythological character created based on Mary Shelly's original idea of 'Dracula' set in Transylvania. Film director Stephen Sommers has adapted Dracula into the film as the antagonist of the plot. He resides to be the iconoclast of the story and

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Violence In The Media

How does violence in the media affect the viewers? For many years violence in the media has been a major issue. Some believe that being exposed to violence on television, gaming and other in other media can have a negative impact on the way we think and act regarding violence. In particular the media is said to have a greater impact on children and teenagers. Although there is others who believe that violence is natural and does not affect the audience, various experiments and studies have been done to show what effect the media has on children but the argument is on going. At the beginning of my study on violence I believed that violence did not have any affect on the viewer/listener, but I discovered that in my opinion violence does affect a very few amount of people in a negative way. After researching the case of Nathan Martinez, who became obsessed with hit movie 'Natural Born Killers' which resulted in him killing two family members, acting and dressing in the same way as the character Mickey in the movie, this seemed to be more than just an excuse for his behaviour but the true cause. But the question is should the fact that a very small amount of mentally unstable viewers stop the rest of us from watching anything violent? As well as studying the case of Nathan Martinez I also studied popular children's television programme 'Power Rangers', best selling video

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