Directors of movies can each tell the same story a different way. Using numerous film strategies, directors are able to evoke whatever emotions they want from the audience. In this way, the viewer’s emotions are out of their control allowing the movie to take on whole new meanings, simply by the way the movie is put together. Benjamin’s essay, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” observes the way humans interact and interpret film. In the quote assigned, Benjamin is saying that humans take pleasure in watching pain and other extreme sensations. This is because all humans experience these, and technology like film removes us enough to watch it unhurt but still enjoy aspects of the sensations. Filmmakers alongside viewers
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Whenever a bullet from the enemy sniper hits one of the American soldiers, slow motion is used to emphasize the action not the event. After each hit, the camera goes back to the other soldiers in real time. When slow motion reoccurs, it is for Kubrick to convey to the audience that it is impossible to replicate the moment of death. The moment of death is the most artificial moment in all of cinema. Using this distorted and slow motion view, Kubrick communicates to the audience that they are watching …show more content…
The characters are trudging along a river stopping at different destinations. Each time they pass a different destination, that specific episode in the film is concluded and the boat becomes larger in scale to the river. Therefore, structure is reflected visually with the river. Whenever a new place is reached or the boat is floating for an extended period of time, Coppola uses voice over narration in the form of Captain Benjamin Willard’s thoughts and voice. This film technique is used so that the audience can get in the mind of the Captain and better connect to his inner thoughts and feelings. Through this narration, the viewer is able to see how the intensity of the movie speeds up until the ending episode where the Captain finds himself in an obscure place of insanity, both physically and
Whenever a bullet from the enemy sniper hits one of the American soldiers, slow motion is used to emphasize the action not the event. After each hit, the camera goes back to the other soldiers in real time. When slow motion reoccurs, it is for Kubrick to convey to the audience that it is impossible to replicate the moment of death. The moment of death is the most artificial moment in all of cinema. Using this distorted and slow motion view, Kubrick communicates to the audience that they are watching …show more content…
The characters are trudging along a river stopping at different destinations. Each time they pass a different destination, that specific episode in the film is concluded and the boat becomes larger in scale to the river. Therefore, structure is reflected visually with the river. Whenever a new place is reached or the boat is floating for an extended period of time, Coppola uses voice over narration in the form of Captain Benjamin Willard’s thoughts and voice. This film technique is used so that the audience can get in the mind of the Captain and better connect to his inner thoughts and feelings. Through this narration, the viewer is able to see how the intensity of the movie speeds up until the ending episode where the Captain finds himself in an obscure place of insanity, both physically and