Shrek - Review.
Shrek Shrek is a animated fairytale about an ogre. Once upon a time in a swamp far away there lived an ogre named shrek (mike Myers). Shrek loved his privacy and would do anything to be left alone! One day he lost all of his privacy because ha had become bombarded with fairytale creatures, which Lord Farquaad had dumped on his land. Determined to get his land back shrek and the donkey (Eddie Murphy) went to dunloc lord Farquaads castle. Farquaad sent shrek and the donkey on a quest to rescue princess Fiona from the heavily guarded castle in which she was trapped. Shrek rescued the princess and falls in love mean while Fiona has a dark secret she wants to reveal. Shrek over hears part of the conversation that the donkey and Fiona have and he gets the wrong idea. Shrek goes off in a huff and returns with Fiona's new groom lord farquaad. When shrek finally comes to his senses he stops the wedding and declares his love for Fiona she loved shrek back and then Fiona revealed her true form as an ogre. Then the dragon ate farquaad. Shrek and Fiona lived happily ever after. William Steig bases Shrek on the children's novel. Shrek has a u certificate "u" Shrek has several messages, one of which is don't judge by appearances. Shrek sees himself as a big fat ugly green ogre and often refers himself to an onion. Onions have layers like ogres. This shows he has low self-esteem.
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.
Mitchell Ward 28/11/06 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. 'Saving Private Ryan' is a war film directed by Steven Spielberg. It was first released on September 11th 1998. The film lasts for two hours and fifty minutes. 'Saving Private Ryan' won five Academy Awards (Oscars) including best director in 1999. The film has got a few well known actors starring in it including Tom Hanks who plays Captain Miller, Matt Damon who plays Private Ryan and many more. Steven Spielberg tried to get across the realistic view of the war rather than a typical heroic war film, where it all ends happily. Steven Spielberg said, 'The last thing I wanted to do in this picture was use the war simply as a springboard for action and adventure. I was looking for realism all of the time'. Rather than being a heroic adventure film, you see a lot of deaths including some of the main characters which never really happens in the typical adventure war film. The deaths are very high detail, as you see soldiers lying on the floor with guts hanging out and soldiers getting limbs blown off, very close up and graphically. This makes you very shocking and the gory images stay in your mind a lot longer. To higher the sense of realism, handheld cameras was used in a
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?
GCSE Media Essay 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? The touching emotional 'Saving Private Ryan' was directed by the world famous Steven Spielberg, who has directed many great films such as: the abominable Schindlers list the tension filled Jaws and the exciting Raiders of the lost ark, 'Saving Private Ryan' was a joint production between Paramount and DreamWorks a company that George Lucas owns. (Who happens to be another award winning director) 'Saving Private Ryan' has many known actors that include: the double award winning Tom Hanks / Captain John Miller, Tom Sizemore / Sergeant Horvath, Matt Damon / Private James Ryan to name but a few. The actual film was actually set in Normandy and that's where it was filmed the rush up the beach was filmed where the real rush happened a mere 54 years before. Spielberg says in an interview not long after the film was released "I was looking for realism all the time" and if you watch the film then you can see he obviously achieved. Before any actors appear on the screen with an America flag on it but the colour sucked out of it so before anything happens you can see that this film isn't going to be patriotic by that I mean the Americans aren't going to defeat everyone without losing anyone
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.
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. 'Saving Private Ryan' was first released on September 11th 1998, a joint production from Paramount and Dreamworks Pictures. It was directed by Steven Spielberg, who had previously had worldwide success with Jaws (1975); Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); E.T. The Extra-Terrestial (1982); Jurassic Park (1993) and Schindler's List (1993) - to name but a few! The film went on to win five Academy Awards (Oscars) including Best Director in 1999. Some of the leading actors in the film were Tom Hanks (Captain Miller), Tom Sizemore (Sergeant Horvath), Edward Burns (Private Reiben), Matt Damon (Private Ryan) and Vin Diesel (Private Carparzo). Damon and Diesel have since gone on to establish themselves as major 'A List' actors with a number of big successes. The movie begins and ends in one of those battlefield graveyards neatly lined with white marble crosses. An elderly man (who we later discover to be Private James Ryan) has come with his family to visit the grave of the leader of a platoon (Captain John H Miller) that had brought him home from the battlefield after three of his brothers were killed in other action in World War II. On finding the grave he is overcome with emotion and his memory sweeps back
Analyse the ways that the director builds suspense and scares the audience in the film JAWS.
Analyse the ways that the director builds suspense and scares the audience in the film JAWS Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg is a mind gripping film showing the path of a ferocious Great White shark and the body parts it leaves behind. Steven Spielberg has used camera angles and music to build suspense and scare the audience. Jaws is set in a small town called Amity Island which means friendship this film is meant to be on July 4th 1977 which is American independence day linking to the shark wanting to fight the people of Amity's independence. This shark has come and stalked this friendly island killing the holiday makers that dare go into the sea. This film took audiences and critics by storm unleashing a new age of film. During the title sequence the music begins very slow creating a creepy atmosphere also you automatically know that the music represents a shark because the music used always represents sharks or danger. We also know that it's a shark because the tempo of the music was extremely fast. The music then builds up and starts to get louder making the shark seem more threatening. The music on the beach and the people create a safe atmosphere. These two atmosphere contrast making a connection between the two atmosphere in which one atmosphere is safe with the other atmosphere showing the signs of danger. At some stages the music stops which increases the sense
Analyse the ways that the director builds suspense and scares the audience in the film jaws.
Zoe Regoczy Analyse the ways that the director builds suspense and scares the audience in the film jaws Steven Spielberg's all timeless classic Jaws, is a thrilling adventure of man against beast. It takes place on an island that depends on its summer tourist business, when the summer season in threatened by a series of shark attacks three men must battle this shark. Made in 1975 The way in which Steven Spielberg created the characters makes Jaws far more than just an action film. For example, Brody created sympathy because he was new at his job, scared of water and under great commercial pressure from the community to keep open the resort. In the first half of the film, Brody fights the Mayor who represents commercial interests, while in the second half, when his caution is proven right he fights the shark. There is additional tension between Hooper and Quint, two characters of very different nature. The tension is evident when they are sitting in the Ocra, comparing their scars. Quint frequently insults Hooper about his science, knowledge and even his "city hands". Spielberg does this to make us, the audience feel uncomfortable. Humour releases the tension created - often a device used before an attack as it lull's you in to a false sense of security, like in the drinking scene, where they are singing and joking with each other. This humour is subtly incorporated in
Analyse the ways that the director builds suspense and scares the audience in the film Jaws.
Media coursework essay Analyse the ways that the director builds suspense and scares the audience in the film Jaws. Jaws the 1975 blockbuster film directed by Steven Spielberg. The screenplay, written by Spielberg and Carl Gottlieb based on a book by Peter Benchley of the same name. The film portrays a rogue killer great white shark, which stalks the waters around the town of Amity on Long Island - a busy holiday resort. The three major characters that eventually track the shark are: - Chief Brody played by Roy Scheider - the towns' principle police chief, who is an outsider to the town as he originally lived in New York. He doesn't like water as he has a childhood fear of drowning. Hooper played by Richard Dreyfuss - a marine biologist. Quint played by Robert Shaw - a grizzly fisherman and WWII veteran who is obsessed to hunt and kill the great white shark, he owns a boat named 'Orca ' the only natural predator of sharks. The story is set around the 4th July, an American holiday to commemorate independence day, therefore the beaches will be full of people and there will be lots of activity in the water. Spielberg uses different camera techniques and shots as well as music to build up the tension. Music plays a big part, the 'shark theme' a two note 'da-dum' musical score is used right from the opening credits and is linked to the underwater view of the shark,
Analyse and Comment on the Opening Sequences of the 2 Films of Lord of the Flies.
Analyse and Comment on the Opening Sequences of the 2 Films of Lord of the Flies In this essay I am going to look at the two opening credit sequences of the two Lord of the Flies films and give my opinion on the effect that each procedure gives. The film adaptation of William Golding's classic moral parable by Peter Brook has been praised as a rare instance in which the movie is better than the book, whether this is true or not is a matter of opinion. Shot in black and white the stark images add depth and weight to what is a chilling study of the suggested inherent or innate defects of society and man. The film was released in 1963 as a PG, which was a very advantageous time to release the film. It was in the height of the cold war, when the film's implications would have been most fully understood and the film although it was quite low budget would have had a lot of press interest which would have helped to promote it etc. In this version of Lord of the Flies Peter Brook performs his credit sequence using still photos but moving the camera. These photos are black and white. The credits lie over some of these images but not all. The first photo is of a huge, old, very English boarding school and in the background there is the sound of a school bell ringing. It does not look like a public school as it looks like the pupils there would range from around seven to thirteen
Only a critical political economy approach can adequately explain how the media work today.
Only a critical political economy approach can adequately explain how the media work today. Discuss this statement with reference to two of the following: advertising; news and current affairs; television; radio; newspapers; or magazines. To accept such a statement requires an absolute disregard for all other media studies theories and models. The word 'only' in the statement will play an essential part in the overall discussion of the statement, as it is the inclusion of this word which turns the question from objective to subjective. Without the 'only', the statement would seem quite feasible and approachable, but with it, seems unreasonable and quite unfair. While a critical political economy takes a comprehensive approach to understanding the media by linking various institutional aspects, it cannot account for our understanding of the entire media institution. This is where other approaches to understanding the media, such as textual analysis and content analysis help answer the questions that a critical political economy approach to media cannot. To effectively demonstrate this point, two popular media sources, news and current affairs along with newspapers will be referenced in this paper to show how wider structures influence society's choices and decisions as an audience, as customers and as citizens. A major difference between critical political economy and
Saving private ryan
English Media Essay 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 The film is American and based on the American landings on Ohama Beach on D-Day in 1944. It is directed by Steven Spielberg and has a cast including awctors such as Tom Hanks. This film broke many boundaries like for example Tom Hanks used to be a good guy in all of his films but since this film he seems to have a dark side. This film was made to break the stereotype of American soldiers. The film is about a team of American soldiers that go in the search of Private Ryan as all of his other brothers have died in the war so the group go to retrieve him. As the film goes on you learn more about the individuals. The film one five Oscar awards including Best director. They have used clever techniques to make the film look more realistic such as desaturated colour, which dims it down and gives it an authentic and original look. The use of also use handheld cameras also makes you feel like you are actually there such as when a soldier jumps off the boat into the water the camera follows him under. I think that the battle scenes are very realistic as there is a lot of blood and death. You see many men getting shot and also see death and guts and even unattached limbs! The first thing
