Attempt to stylistically analyze the film, Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994).
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What are the most significant features of film noir in “On the Waterfront” and “Double Indemnity”?
James Trebilco What are the most significant features of film noir in "On the Waterfront" and "Double Indemnity"? It is evident that certain features combine to portray moods and feelings to the spectator. The black/dark elements of film noir portray the history of America through the 1930's. The sinister character publicizes the unemployment and the depression, and then the affluent prosper of America is shown by the decorum of the pure character. Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity) and Elia Kazan (On the Waterfront) both have incorporated all of the general themes of film noir to produce skilful relations to powerful emotions. Being the theme of the film genre - film noir (black film) embraces the fact of black - light or lack of. The use of shadow to depict each character is a substantial part of either film. The way light falls upon, or the context that the light is in, is subdued but recognisable. Venetian blinds are used several times throughout "Double Indemnity" these reveal the isolation and entrapment of the character at that instance. It is a motif that is shown several times relating the burdens that are carried to being in prison. The lighting and music is linked very closely - at the beginning of "Double Indemnity" there is a scene where it is all white and the music is vivacious and pleasant, signifying purity and freedom, there are no enclosed spaces
Spiderman (Sam Raimi, USA, 2002)
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To what extent does the film, ' The life of David Gale' qualify as a thriller?
Media studies assignment To what extent does the film, ' The life of David Gale' qualify as a thriller? It is difficult to state a clear definition of a thriller because thrillers cross over many genres of films. However, the single greatest characteristic of a thriller is the obvious one. It "thrills" as someone visualizes it. The plots are scary; the actors are at great risk and the films are made in a way that makes the viewer really want to continue to watch the film. As the mystery style (whodunits), not all or even most mysteries are thrillers. Many murder mysteries are more like puzzles, clever, intriguing, devilish, funny, learned, eye- opening, and so on. However, to be considered a thriller, a murder mystery must have those characteristics that 'thrill'. If a murder mystery sweeps you up into a thrilling, action-filled ride with great danger and scary scenes, then it is called a mystery thriller. In the film 'The life of David Gale', the setting was set in three different places, this consisted of a the prison where about half the film was shot because he was sentenced to prison until it was he time for him to be executed. It was also shot in a motel where Betsey and Zack stayed while they were trying to investigate about the murder of Constance. The last place where it was shot was in the university where he was lecturing students before
Micro Analysis of Ezekiel 25:17 Scene from Pulp Fiction.
Micro Analysis of Ezekiel 25:17 Scene The Ezekiel s\25:17 scene of pulp fiction, starting with Marvin opening the door and ending with Brett being shot, contains many important cinematic techniques in order to create the director's desired effect. Quentin attention's intentions for this scene is to create a lot of tension by constantly building it up using a variety of techniques. He also mixed humour with the violent gangster behaviour to create black comedy feel to the film. The scene begins with Jules and Vincent, the hit men, entering Brett's apartment. It is immediately identifiable from the mise en scene who the important characters are. Jules and Vincent are dressed in black suits which not only shows that they are important men but also the black colour of their clothing symbolises death, which is essentially what they are to the occupants of the apartment compared to the young men's more casual shorts and t-shirt and lighter coloured clothing, a dichotomy is created showing the difference between the two sets of characters. The first thing that Jules says as he walks in is "hey kids" and followed "how you boys doin"?. this shows that the gangster know that they are superior to them as he continues to refer to them in this throughout the scene this friendly way of speaking also adds to the tension being gradually built up through Jules change in attitude from
Does a Film Genre Change Over Time? Answer With Reference To Specific Films You Have Studied.
DOES A FILM GENRE CHANGE OVER TIME? ANSWER WITH REFERENCE TO SPECIFIC FILMS YOU HAVE STUDIED. Genres are thought to have common codes, characteristics and conventions. When common and identifiable elements of films, music, television programmes etc... are grouped together, they are referred to as genres. The problems arisen with genre categorization are the different aspects of genre comparisons. Genres can never, and will never, be precise categories. Films, as cultural products, need to be individually distinctive for audiences to enjoy them. This is unlike industrial products that are usually made in a standardised form. Furthermore, some films may be so original that they're not like any other film or it maybe a cross between different genres. Stephen Neale states that the previous genre theories are static, they only deal with listable entries. Neale believes that these ideas can't deal with elements that operate through repetition. But genres aren't static and therefore cannot be clearly defined. New examples may develop the range of themes and characteristics. For example, the 60s westerns, starring Clint Eastwood were very different from the john Wayne westerns of the 1940s and 1950s. The 'hero' of such films was no longer clearly in the right, and the violence became much more explicit and bloody. Given the uncertainty of audience tastes and the general decline
The Power of Language and Communication in the Sci-Fi film "Arrival".
Disclaimer: The following paper includes spoilers, that can easily ruin the film is you haven’t seen it before. The Power of Language and Communication in a Film Arrival (2016) is a sci-fi drama film directed by Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve. Villeneuve is one of the most influential directors of our times and I believe that the audience is still in the process of discovering the beauty and the ultimate mastery of his storytelling techniques with each and every film he releases. I specifically have chosen the film Arrival, since it is a perfect example of how film narrative should be constructed in relation to its themes and moods. The film is based on the short story “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang. The opening scene starts with brief moments of life of the main character Dr Louise Banks portrait by brilliant actress Amy Adams. We see her giving birth, raising her child – Hannah, we see her relations with her daughter having its ups and downs during the coming-of-age period, and finally, we witness how her daughter dies of an unknown disease. Then we cut to the initial timeline of the story (Act 1), where Louise is working as a lecturer at a university, specialised in linguistics. Inciting Incident starts with the invasion of aliens who had sent their unidentified objects to Earth. Dr. Louise Banks together with Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) are sent to
GCSE Media Coursework
GCSE Media Coursework Discuss how successfully Twelve Angry Men works as a thriller despite the limitations of setting, storyline and characters. I think that Twelve Angry Men works well as a thriller despite the fact it takes place in one room only, the lack of props, and the main characters all being men and not being particularly attractive. These things may seem negative but they all add to the oppressive atmosphere and agitation that is maintained throughout the film. Intimidating camera angles and music add to the suspense. The director of the film, Sidney Lumet casts Twelve Angry Men with great vigilance with all characters having individual backgrounds, views and attitudes. Threatening camera angles and facial expressions show the characters' personalities and feelings at that moment in time, for example, Juror 3 looks menacing and angry when the camera is below him looking up, and his face is in a grimace. Overall, I think the film is an effective thriller. The director subtly creates an incredibly stuffy and agitated atmosphere during the film in a number of different ways. Several of the jurors are smoking, which could mean they are stressed, and this adds to the unpleasantness of the small, cramped Jury Room. Some of the jurors pace up and down during the discussion, which makes the viewer nervous and this adds greatly to the tension. The sounds of the fan and
Genre and Narrative
Genre and Narrative Introduction The two areas I have decided to look into for my assignment are genre and narrative, firstly I will begin to look at narrative, and the media text I am going to be referring to is Quentin Tarentino's Pulp Fiction. The protagonists are John Travolta (Vincent Vega), Samuel Jackson (Jules Winnfield), Uma Thurman (Mia Wallace), Bruce Willis (Butch), Ving Rhames (Marchellus Wallace), Amanda Plummer (Honey Bunny), Tim Roth (Pumpkin). Main Body Narrative is a fundamental characteristic of fictional films. A narrative film contains various human stories and documentaries. Also, the meaning of narrative gives to us to understand the sense of films with the consequence to understand the sense of the world. Narrative is the story comes about in the film and the all links of events of story of films??-. "We can consider a narrative to be a chain of events in cause-effect relationship occurring in time and space. A narrative begins with one situation; a series of changes occurs according to a pattern of cause and effect; finally, a new situation arises that brings about the end of the narrative" (D. Bordwell & Thomson, 1997:90) "We make sense of a narrative, then, by identifying its events and linking them by cause and effect, time, and space. As viewers, we do other things as well. We often infer events that are not explicitly presented, and we
heidegger and marcuse
Outline the key similarities and differences between Heidegger and Marcuse in relation to the impact of modern technology This essay will look closely at the two philosophers Herbert Marcuse and Martin Heidegger and outline the similarities and differences between them in relation to the impact of technology. Herbert Marcuse's thoughts towards technology were political and the way he thought about the U.S government was also in his writing. Heidegger's work looks closely at the question of the meaning of being. One important difference that should be noted is that Heidegger argued that technology will become outraged and we should get away from it, he believed that. Science and technology has helped to keep up with this twisted view of the world. Heidegger kept returning to the same question of "what is the meaning of being?" According to Heidegger's argument technology is a system and it's a mode to human existence. The Question Concerning Technology (1953) deals with the issue of immorality in modern society, what Heidegger called the "darkening of the world". In the book he suggests that within the enframing is the essence of technology and in that is an opportunity to experience a feeling of limitation. Unlike Heidegger Marcuse's writing shows his dissatisfaction towards modern society and the urgent need of revolution against the confining forms of mechanical
