Cinematic techniques

the normal sequence of events” (1982). Meanwhile, it is also very clear that the elegance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony here forms a great contrast with scenes and plots of the film. Such highly dramatic conflict is a challenge to the traditional techniques of soundtrack and therefore conveys a strong sense of irony. Kubrick indicates this ironic contrast in this way: “I think this suggests the failure of culture to have any morally refining effect on society. Hitler loved good music and many…

Everything you see in a film is constructed to fit on a screen. Filmmakers think about every element that is shown every shot, nothing is accidental (generally, of course, I’m leaving mistakes out of the equation). By controlling what is shown in the boundaries of a screen, a filmmaker controls the understanding of the audience. All that the director puts into the scene and films is called the “mise-en-scène”. The mise-en-scène is how a filmmaker creates meaning – they use it to develop a…

Have you ever felt like you were working too hard or doing work is stupid, well imagine if that hard work was cruel and unbearable with no breaks work all day and disease was all around, you were exposed to all climates without the necessities to live but if you didn't do the work you would die. In Night, Elie Wiesel uses Symbolism, Irony, and foreshadowing to show the cruel and awful treatment the Jews will face in the concentration camps. In the novel Night, Elie Wiesel uses many Literary…

The Central Park Five chronicles the wrongful conviction of five African-American and Hispanic teenagers from Harlem, who were falsely accused and later convicted of brutally raping and inhumanely beating a white woman in New York’s beloved Central Park. Ken Burns, the director, seeks redress to prove the innocence of the completely dehumanized five, who were held accountable of a brutal crime by cruel detectives and prosecutors. Ken Burns uses archival footage, interviews and camera shots as…

The first of the last section of this book is the falling action, after the trial is finished. The readers see how Maycomb reacts to Tom’s conviction. Jem is devastated, He was angry at the jury for convicting Tom, even though he was innocent. Mr. Ewell was vexed, because, as Atticus said, “‘I destroyed his last shred of credibility at that trial, if he had any to begin with.’” (pg.250). Although Mr. Ewell won the case, he was humiliated by Atticus. Tom, and most of the black community foresaw…

Journal 1 After the first two weeks of lecture in Cinema Appreciation I have learned a great deal more about what goes into making a film. I was under the impression that there was one magical camera that could change settings to capture the diverse range of images instantaneously. Active viewing was something, I thought I did, but it wasn’t until I took a step back and saw the variety of shots and how each one of them is put together that I realized that there is more then one way to watch a…

In Modern Times clip1, the first factory scene, we can see a lot of interesting film skills, especially the editing makes the movie more interesting by using different tips of editing and helps the audience understand the movie. From Modern Times Charlie Chaplin’s movie, we can see different between upper level and lower level (co-worker) during 1990 Modern Times people’s life. Modern Times portrays filmmaker as a mill-hand used on associate degree production line. There, he 's subjected to such…

to the ceiling, the attention to detain from Nolan in this shot make me as a viewer amazed that something so small could make the scene look even more realistic than it already is. There are two shots used in the fight scene (see figure 13) this technique is used a lot as you are able to see both characters full bodys and how they are reacting to one anothers pucnhes, kicks etc. Going back to the real world we are shown more medium close ups, the close ups are quite contrasting emotions, as we…

His writing techniques create a strong “argument” that declares Paret the hero throughout the story instead of Griffith and making Paret’s death becomes glorified and purposeful. Without the author’s use of these literary techniques, thesis may have not been portrayed nor explained, which may leave the reader feeling dazed and confused. By using syntax techniques, diction, imagery and tone to solidify the reader’s opinion on the essay,…

In Things Fall Apart and Poisonwood Bible there are so many symbols analyzing the book. Symbols are a person, place, or thing helped to represent a bigger picture. These symbols are made to help create meanings within stories, to help represent something, or create a metaphor in literary pieces. However symbols can have various meanings whether it vivid or deep. For example black is usually use to symbolize something bad such as death or evil. To find out these symbols you have to analyze the…