Critical Incident Technique

In a movie do you wonder why a character is so close to the camera, or why it started raining out of nowhere ? The reason why is because the director is using cinematic effects. In the movie White Chicks, the director, Keenen Ivory Wayans, used many different cinematic effects. Wayans like to use long shot and close up shots in this movie, but also low and eye level angles. Wayans used different kinds of lightings like; high-key, neutral, front, bottom, and low-key lighting. Over all, the…

on a single mother and her two cubs. Throughout the documentary we are able to see how they survive in the wild, with considerably larger predators. Revealing the Leopard, like most documentaries, uses certain techniques to engage with the audience and create an appealing story. Techniques such as, a narrator with a strong and confident voice, camera angles, music, re-enactments, facts, interviews and exposition, are frequently used in documentaries. Revealing the Leopard used a narrator, music…

Throughout the movie we will be able to compare and contrast the changes we notice in Theo character from this event. The director has incorporated film techniques into this significant event to engage the audience so they can create a first impression of Theo’s character. When Clive Owen first walks into the café the director used the film technique of body language on Theo’s character to create first initial impressions. We see him push through a crowd of crying people, their eyes plastered…

The Story of Mrs. Mallard: Cursed and Burdened with Life With the short story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, the author is clever in the way she uses irony through the story that leads to the paradoxical ending, which also makes it an interesting and an unpredictable read for her audience. Kate Chopin does an excellent job of setting up the scene from the beginning when Mrs. Mallard, who is troubled with a heart disease, grieves the loss of her husband, who she sometimes loved. She is…

Sound serves many purposes that are important in the movie, one of its purposes is to develop the emotional side of the movie, another purpose is to enrich the storytelling. Yet, we might think of film as a basically visual experience, the reality is that we can’t underestimate the significance of film sound. For this film the filmmaker enriches the dramatic story with the used of music and/or sounds that put an emphasis on the feelings the actor is transmitting, or that implies the importance…

Often times throughout literature questions are brought to the reader's attention to think about. Within Tim O’Brien’s novel, “The Things They Carried” readers are forced to question how O’Brien captures the “truth” of war. Although composed of different short stories, the book seems to raise similar ideas and themes in each of them. Within each of his stories the idea of being prideful enough to suppress your true emotions is brought up. The short story, “The Things They Carried” brings up…

John Steinbeck’s novella, The Pearl, is filled with literary devices. The main character, Kino, lives in a Mexican coastal town and does not have much money. In the story, Kino finds the Pearl of the World and becomes a rich man. He hopes to marry his wife, Juana, in a church, educate his son, Coyotito, and buy a rifle. Many people make Kino offers for the pearl, but he turns them down thinking his pearl has more worth than what others offer him. Kino’s greed begins to get the best of him. John…

Essay Title Top Gun: One of the Best Naval Aviation Movies Ever Made “I feel the need, the need for speed”, a great movie line from the movie Top Gun uttered by Tom Cruise (Cash & Epps, 1986). Tony Scott’s Top Gun (1986) is an example of one of the best movies ever made that depicts Navy aviation at its finest. The film was directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer in association with Paramount Pictures (Cash & Epps, 1986). The screenplay was written by Jim…

“Where are you taking me?” Thurrin could feel the knight roll his eyes before he answered, “Iím only following orders. If it were up to me, I'd kill you here and be done with it!” Thurrin was still trying to piece together Regus Arram's words. One minute he was arranging for Thurrin to meet with Syon Med and the next minute Regus has Thurrin thrown on the back of a horse to an execution! Except, no one had killed him yet and Regus had never given orders for it to be done... What had Regus…

Imitation of Life is a movie directed by John M. Stahl in 1934. Claudette Colbert plays the protagonist in the role of Beatrice “Bea” Pullman. Bea’s new found friend is Delilah Johnson, played by Louise Beavers. Together, both of these ladies create a successful business. Throughout the film we see both their daughters, Jessie and Peola, grow into beautiful women. The Imitation of Life is relevant to our class due to Bea and Delilah’s success after the Great Depression. The three literary…