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pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.” Award-winning director, Christopher Nolan clearly portrays this in his films through his trademark directorial style of editing with specific use of non-linear narrative and mise en scene to create tension for his audience Through closely analysing the open scenes of Nolan’s Memento (2000) and Inception (2010), the audience can understand Nolan’s directorial style and the recurring theme of the protagonist’s struggles.…

Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Arthur Adamov and Jean Genet. These plays focus on or represent the absurdity of human existence. Absurdity in this context means disharmony or meaninglessness. This style of writing was first used by Samuel Beckett in his play ‘En Attendant Godot’ between the years 1948 to 1949. This play was originally written and performed in French in Paris but was later on translated as ‘Waiting for Godot’ and performed in English in 1955. The term ‘Theatre of…

A young girl named Sarah Bartman crossed the ocean from her home in South Africa to Europe, unknowingly about her future as the Hot en Tot Venus. The Hot en Tot Venus would become a pin point towards understanding the hyper sexuality of the black female body. In the documentary Sarah Bartman, one of the reasons there was such a fascination with her is because scholarly work had described the African people of a different species. The Black female bodied landed on the boundaries between…

One of the elements of mise en scène is lighting. Wong Kar Wai uses different types of lighting to express character’s feeling. For example, the first scene starts from Mr.Chow is walking stairs with low-key illumination. The low-key illumination means “ to produce an image where much of the screen is in shadow ” (Stadler and McWilliam 24). In this scene expresses Mr.Chow’s life of emptiness. Another instance is when Mr.Chow and Mrs. Su go to the dark alleys, the light is a low-key illumination,…

Harvey’s wrists from the hospital bed, the Joker shares with Harvey his views on chaos. Ultimately, the Joker twists Harvey’s anger towards the established order and turns Harvey to the side of evil. The conjunction of the cinematography and the mise en scene of this scene (1:49:39-1:51:10) reinforce the Joker’s control over Harvey’s morality. The scene begins with a low angle shot from over Harvey’s shoulder, looking up at the Joker. The angle of the camera and the blocking…

“Compare and Contrast Gentleman of Rio en Medio and Saving the Wetlands” Gentleman of Rio en Medio and Saving the wetlands are two stories that lot of similarities and differences. We read these two stories in Literature class and practiced comparing and contrasting. Gentlemen of Rio and Medio is a story about a man who sells his land to the Americans for half the amount he was offered. The children would still play on the trees of the land so the Americans complained to the real estate about it…

revenue that could be lost. Both go back and forth on the decision, until ship captain Quint and Matt offer Brody a way out. The movie goes on about the dramatic search for the killer shark, as well as fighting Mother Nature. I claim that the use of mise-en-scene and editing help the audience understand how powerful the shark is in the eyes of the actors. The…

Mise-en-scene is utilized in a myriad of diverse ways throughout the film. It is a determinative factor in relation to our emotions and perception of the film. Mise-en-scene embodies the essence of the film’s space, the formation of our feelings for the characters, and the direction of our attention. The film visually reveals characters and shapes our feelings through the usage of colors and particular scenes. Red, at times, can refer to wickedness and evil intent. The leader of the Heathers…

used specific aesthetics to demonstrate formalism and realism. The meaning offered through the use of various aesthetics shows the audience the statement each film director is trying to portray. The filmmakers of each film used the aesthetics of mise en scene, cinematography and many others to describe and communicate different styles and emotions. One through the use of techniques of lighting, editing, and use of various shots, while the other filmmaker focuses more on the purity of shots and…

Jeanne Marie Laskas is the author of the article, “Hecho en América.” In this article, she experiences life in the world of migrant workers who pick blueberries in Washington County, Maine. Jeanne Marie Laskas reveals the differences between the worlds and lives of those who pick the berries and those who eat them. The story ran in September 2011 on GQ.com. Furthermore, it requires a lot of effort to include a personal anecdote in third- person into an article to create foreshadowing and…