Compare The Way In Which 'Double Indemnity' And 'Blade Runner' Use Film Noir Conventions.
Sam Rawson E7 Started on: Sunday 26th January 2003 Completed on: Sunday 9th February 2003 Compare The Way In Which 'Double Indemnity' And 'Blade Runner' Use Film Noir Conventions Introduction In 1944, shortly after the Second World War, a flood of American films could be found in France. The critics noticed many recurrent images throughout these B-movies, which were smaller films shown before the main feature. The films became known as a genre: film noir. Film noir is French for 'black films'. We tend to relate the colour black to death and pessimistic thoughts. This ties in with the negative theme of the films and the outlook of the characters. The physical symbols that make up the genre of these films include mirrors, staircases, Venetian blinds, fire escapes, telephones and bright neon lights. The camera shots are often dramatic and very angular, and among the scenes used are rain-lashed streets, fog-bound train stations and empty echoing buildings. The use of lighting is a very important feature of these films and contains very sharp contrasts of light and darkness. This is known as chiaroscuro lighting. The empty echoing building shows how alone the people in this world feel Plot Summaries Summary of 'Double Indemnity' The story converges around top insurance salesman Walter Neff. The narrative is told by the use of male voice over (MVO) and flashback.
Digital imaging and how it has affected culture though the means of film and TV - What is its history and what are the possibilities for the future.
Digital Imaging and how it has affected culture though the means of Film and TV. What is its history and what are the possibilities for the future. By Jack Stringer (2003) Essay: Digital Imaging is still a relatively new medium and has endured much criticism along the way, much more is still to come. But I feel it's inevitable that it will become a dominant medium for artist in the future. Knowing what the future possibilities are means that you will be at the forefront of the new wave of ideas. Who would of believed the Internet would of grown the way it has today, reaching millions of people all around the world. Each person having his or her own beliefs, inspirations, and uses for the Internet. The Internet has only come around because of technological developments that have meant that computers are much more affordable these days. In the following pages I will try to explain these changes and developments, everything is feeding off it surroundings so we can't help but to be influenced by them. Many areas of culture are yet ready to accept digital imaging as either an art form or merely just to believe what it shows as being real. This was discussed in the book 'the photographic image in digital culture', it talks about how are preconceptions can cause people not to trust a digital image. Over the years painting was considered the best way of representing an object or
The differences and similarities between "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Blade Runner - The Directors Cut"
Science Fiction, Society and Science The differences and similarities between "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Blade Runner - The Directors Cut" Introduction There have been many science fiction films made and many of them have been highly rated. Although there have been so many highly rated science fiction films none of them have reached the level of the two greatest science fiction films of all time and they are "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Blade Runner - The Directors Cut". These two films, in over twenty years have never been bettered and they have been the inspiration for many films. They are really the foundations of any science fiction film. On the outside these two films look very different and look like they have nothing in common. Through extensive reading on these films there is more in common with each of them then first thought. There are many concepts in each film that many writers have gone into. There are also many writers that contradict each other. The writing on each of the films have been very good because there are so many different ways of looking at each film and each writer has chosen what they see in the film to write about. The "York Film Notes - Blade Runner" was a very unbiased book. The book went into a lot of the theories of the film; it also went into detail on each character, which was very useful in order to understand them. One aspect the
Racism In the Media.
RACISM IN THE MEDIA Introduction Mainstream media across the world have been accused of 'virtually whitewashing' the airwaves. Many ethnic minority groups claim to experience hostility, marginalisation and discrimination regularly from many media institutions. There is an endless struggle for minorities to gain professional access to the media, as the monochromatic view of black people as scrounging immigrants, dysfunctional families, drug-dealing thugs and pimps fails to go away. Factors such as state-ownership, Trans-National Corporations and major advertisers have transformed the creative sphere of the media into a capitalistic, profit-obsessed empire, and view the role of the ethnic minority as a hindrance to ratings and the status quo themselves. Commercialism and capitalistic structures are taking over the media's promise to be creative and democratic. Racism in the media is not a process of name-calling or stone throwing, but it is a noticeable lack of ethnic minorities participating in the media and the way in which they are excluded from structures of the media. Many English speaking communities maintain their cultural control through mainstream media with a peculiar form of professional standards called 'our style our standard'. These keep out well qualified first generation ethnic migrant journalists and broadcasters from mainstream media. British and American
The project consists of designing a software application that can be used by customers of a motorcycle company that is based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
Contents Contents 1 Introduction 3 Introduction 4 Company Requirements 5 Action Plan 6 Research 7 Research 8 On Line ordering Research 9 Advantages 9 The Barbour Report 2001 10 The Barbour Report 2001 11 Research 12 Research 13 Research 14 Research 15 Research 16 Research 17 Research 18 User Guide and screen shots of Application 19 User guide 20 User guide 21 User guide 22 User guide 23 User guide 24 User guide 25 User guide 26 User guide 27 User guide 28 User guide 29 User guide 30 User guide 31 User guide 32 User guide 33 User guide 34 User guide 35 Evaluation 36 References 37 Bibliography 38 Appendix 39 Technical Guide 40 E-mail sent 41 E Mail received 42 Minutes of Meetings 43 Minutes of Meetings 44 Minutes of Meetings 45 Minutes of Meetings 46 Minutes of Meetings 47 Minutes of Meetings 48 Testing Log 49 Introduction This project is part of a HND Business and IT course that has been carried out at Wakefield College. The project consists of designing a software application that can be used by customers of a motorcycle company that is based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. This software can be used by requesting / collecting a CD from the company. The type of application that has been chosen is a multimedia-orientated design that includes a catalogue of the company's products and services. This design follows on from the
What in your view, are the main problems involved in attempting to produce policies and regulations for the Internet and other new media?
Internet & New Media What in your view, are the main problems involved in attempting to produce policies and regulations for the Internet and other new media? Douglas Brunton University of Leicester Tutor: Vincent Campbell 23 October 2012 ________________ INTRODUCTION The Internet and new media have changed the world. The Internet, “…the electronic network of networks that link people and information through computers, and increasingly through other digital media technologies” (Di Maggio et al 2001) is the fastest growing media channel in history and the most pervasive example of the new media. The new media can be positioned as the result of digitisation and convergence. The transformation of analogue, media specific texts into network neutral digital code has prompted the convergence of three traditionally separately regulated sectors of the global economy - computing, telecommunications and the information and media sectors. This convergence and the apparent ubiquity of the internet have led to profound changes in each of the sectors and the development of global information economies based on “the production of ‘intangibles’ […] code, media, content, design, information and services” (Coyle, 1999) and ultimately to the convergence of communication regulation. In this context, and for the purposes of this paper, Braman’s definition of new media
How BBC World(TM)s World News Today and CNN International(TM)s World News Asia produces their evening news shows
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Does the representation of race hate crimes, in films, namely American History X, actually reflect the reality of the crime issue?"
Angie Kay SOCI 211- Offending Images: Crime, the media and society "Does the representation of race hate crimes, in films, namely American History X, actually reflect the reality of the crime issue?" Media representations of issues, particularly those which are crime orientated, affect the way in which we think and act in response to such issues. Before beginning to examine the way in which the media work and also the degree to which their representations of knowledge affect society, it is important to understand what the media is exactly and its function in society today. Knowledge mediated by a medium could be in the form of television, film, print, radio and more. Altheide (1985) describes the media as "any , process, technique or technology that produces something visible from something invisible, providing a means to visualise, identify and locate meaning. Although media rely on symbols for communications, they also do something more: media arrange, define and communicate meaning"(cited in Ericson 1995:287). The media, whether it be the press, television, radio or films, report a variety of issues in a variety of ways. Young (1996), states that the media is a means through which issues, for example those specifically related to notions of racial difference, are mediated and articulated. In 2000, approximately 6500 press clippings from the CRE's Cuttings service
Behind the scenes
Behind the scenes Meet Joe Black is the culmination of two decades of gestation on the part of director/producer Martin Brest and was inspired by a character from the 1920s stage play adapted for the screen in 1934 as Death Takes A Holiday. "I first saw the original film over 20 years ago," Brest says, "and it intrigued me; haunted me, really. There was a suggestion in the old movie of what might be a great story, but it was a story that had yet to be discovered. We had to start from scratch because rather than do a remake I wanted to explore an element that sparked my interest." Brest first started thinking seriously about the project as early as 1982, but the proper approach remained a puzzle. He worked with several writers and various drafts were penned over the years while he was busy with other projects. At last, the screenplay Brest envisioned began to take shape: a story that revolved around a wealthy, powerful, universally-respected businessman and his family. The impetus of the story would be the man's-William Parrish's-assessment of his life and the astonishing appearance in his house of an otherworldly presence. The twist, however, is that the screenplay concerns itself not with any dark side of the subject but with it's life-affirming aspects. Interacting with the man prompts the otherworldly presence to assume a human form-Joe Black-so that he can learn about
Crime Film
COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE WAYS IN WHICH GENRE IS ESTABLISED IN THE OPENINGS OF TWO CRIME FILMS In this essay I will compare the similarities and contrast the differences between two crime film openings. I will be comparing 'Sin City' and 'The Bone Collector'. I will analyse the two film openings and see how they establish their own crime film genre. Genre is a way of categorising a film. From genre, producers are able to market their films to a target audience. With some films it is difficult to categorise them as a certain genre as they may contain more than one genre. A hybrid genre is a film which contains more than one genre. An example of a hybrid genre is 'Spanglish' the genres in this film are comedy, romance and also drama. Most films nowadays are hybrid genre as they appeal to a larger audience. Some films contain more than two genres and it is difficult decide their genre. Quentin Tarantino often mixes many genres in his films and because of this we are unable to fit it into a certain genre. Some genres are almost the same and share many similar conventions. Horror and Thriller films share the similar conventions, both films have the death element; both genres have suspense, there are some sort of violence, a villain and are generally very dark. Crime films provide the audience with excitement as well as fear. We do not know the criminals next move and this
