Documentary film

Christopher Nolan’s extraordinary film, Memento, was released in 2000. The film starts in typical noir style, murder, which is projected in reverse. Nolan distinctly divides the story into two different plot lines, color sequences run in reverse while black and white sequences that are flashbacks are chronological, this part sets the narration apart from the rest of the story and gives a documentary feel. The settings throughout the film consist of a washed-out out California scenery of motels…

The Denis Villeneuve film Arrival may seem like another sci-fi film where huge random rocks seem to descended from the sidewalks of Heaven and levitate like the angels that kicked them down. However, is much more than just mere imagination; Arrival deals with the idea of what would happen if a different life form met earth and its humans. How could we communicate with Aliens? Communication continues to be one of the biggest problem that humanity faces; no, this is not your 10 o’clock morning…

a full story line, it was and is a well-made film that unites Chinese legends to the modern world. “Big Trouble in Little China,” is an action, adventure, comedy that was directed by John Carpenter, who also directed films such as Halloween, Christine, the Fog and several more from 1962 to 2017. From 1962 to 1969, He directed short films such as “Revenge of the Colossal Beasts,” “Captain Voyeur,” and “Gorgo Versus Godzilla.” From 1974 to 2001, films such as “Halloween,” “The Fog,” “Christine,”…

Alexis Cornelius Prof. Wood 3 December 2015 MU 2313 Critique Project Film: Scrooged The comedy Scrooged was released in 1988 and was written by Mitch Glazer, Michael O’Donagough and Charles Dickens. Twisting up the Christmas classic of a Christmas Carrol, Scrooged, follows a very successful film director named Frank Cross through a ghost filled journey to try and retrieve his Christmas spirit and fix the wrongs of his past. Throughout Franks journey though the past, present and future, he comes…

I think violence in film is necessary for certain genres of films for example action films and documentaries. Even though we do not like it, violence is a daily part of real life. At times, in order to depict real life situations and relate to the audience I think violence is needed in films. For me violence adds to the film by making it more believable. I also feel that that if done correctly, violence can add an element of excitement in films. I also think violence in films has to be…

historical inaccuracies in the films? All historical movies are of peoples interpretations of the events, or if it was written from someone who were there at the time of the event it's still based off of what they seen or remember. Things can get lost in interpretation but director's I feel do try to stick to the best of there knowledge while maintaining a film that would be popular in ratings. Like James Cameron who written, directed, co-produced, and co-edited the film in 1997 of The…

I Only Picked This Because I’m From Oregon The film “how to die in Oregon” directed by Peter Richardson (as Perter D. Richardson) in 2011, was a first person narrative that examines the stories about the first state to have the legalization if physician-assisted suicide, which Oregon allowed with the passing of Death with Dignity Act in 1994. Richardson spent four years collaborating a touching, tender, and moving story of those who do not wish to kill themselves but to take their lives into…

Just a few simple words can have so much power. In documentaries, despite the importance of visual cues, the audio track is something that ties the film together and brings it to a whole new level of depth. Without audio, the New York Times op-doc “Climbing the Shark’s Fin” would not evoke the sense of emotion that it does. Filmmaker and wife of one of the subjects, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi creates a sense of adventure for the audience. Using narration and dialogue, Vasarhelyi draws emotion out…

cruise ship “Pacific” who video record their experiences; upon returning to Recife, they ask these passengers if they would be willing to hand over their footage for a documentary project. The director’s intervention is limited to editing material previously recorded for other purposes. However, structuring a narrative for the film turns out…

making it an independent film company. Since it’s big sister is a well known company with great resources, Fox Searchlight Pictures has access to the great advancements in film production. Because they are the sister to a major film company, budget wasn 't a necessary issue. The typical amount of money spent on independent films is about $500,000 to $750,000. The amount spent on The Grand Budapest Hotel was well over $23 million dollars. Therefore in the aspect of independent films being low…