Enhanced interrogation techniques

Plot twist: a plot twist is a technique used by authors who try to convey a sudden turn of events. This element is popular in novels, poems, television shows and movies. It can happen in any type of literature since all the literary technique needs to occur is a plot. Here, the plot consists of a man going to a funeral, but in the last sentences, the audience learns he is at his own funeral, which is unexpected. The whole story is built up to be something that the reader thinks it should be,…

shot and the tracking shot and the variations in the pace of the film. While Porter concentrated on making the narrative in his films better through continuity, Griffith learned how to manipulate shots in order to have a bigger dramatic impact. His techniques included scene fragmentation which involves cutting from long shots to full body shots and then maybe to a close up and moving the camera closer to the action so that the audience gets a better feel as to what is happening on screen. A…

Martin Luther King.Jr, a great civil rights leader delivered a speech on the 28th of August 1963 in front of a crowd of 250 000 people. The speech is proven as one of the most inspirational and influential speeches in the history of America. It captivates the difficulties of thousands of Negro people. Through the speech, Martin Luther King was successful in sending across a strong message of perseverance, and unity. Furthermore, the speech “I Have a Dream” portrays an excellent use of a variety…

The Foley sound effects are artificial, created with props or sources that are often radically different to what appears on screen. In cinema, the sounds of monsters or futuristic technology, for instance, have been created using every from envelopes to breezeblocks and biplane motors. It’s not just for fictional TV or movies either. In a radio documentary, The Sound of Sports, Dennis Baxter describes how sounds are added to sporting events, from rowing to athletics. In horse racing, for example…

The film “All That Jazz” had no dull moments; everything on screen is extremely detailed, from the choreography down to placement of props. Watching this film makes you feel as if you are in the shoes of Joe Gideon while also capturing the director’s main focus is. This causes the viewer to question the director’s reason for such details and its purpose to the plot. There are some people who believe that the mise-en-scene of this film takes away from the viewer’s full experience of the plot. To…

Each author has a way of expressing their intended purpose to their audience, many do so by using rhetorical strategies. A rhetorical device is a way to convey meaning or to persuade. Rhetorical strategies are found in every piece of writing but we generally do not realize it. In the speeches by Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, they use rhetorical strategies to convey their messages. In Tim O’Brien’s book The Things They Carried, rhetorical devices are found throughout his writing. Between these…

We all tend to judge people by what we see on the outside occasionally. Either from what they are wearing or how they are going about their days. This is just a small issue in this book that the author uses to make sense of the plot of the story. The details in this story are very specific to what’s happening which makes it very easy to understand the author’s perspective. The author uses an interaction between a blind man and a stressed husband to get the point across you should never assume…

J. P Sniadecki collected footage from 2011 to 2013 on China's humongous railway system, in order to present a film that uses everyday life inside the wagons to catch the essence of the modern Chinese society in the most realistic fashion. "The Iron Ministry" will screen at Bertha DocHouse on Monday, 28 August at 16:00, as part of On The Line, (25th - 28th August) a new season focusing on films which traverse the railways of the world. The documentary is actually split into two parts. The…

Irony is a fundamental part of Greek tragedies. This irony is created when the audience knows something that the characters in the play do not. Through this use of dramatic irony, the audience feels more engaged in the story, creating a feeling of suspense and foreshadowing later events. In the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex, Sophocles’ use of irony does just that. Through the speech and actions of Oedipus, Iocastê, and others, Sophocles utilizes irony to allude to future events, create anticipation,…

There were many different crafts used in the movie “Mongol”. I believe that the two biggest ones were that of color scheming and the calculated use of silence. The movie took large advantage of its ability to manipulate color, and used this to further its ability to evoke certain emotions and to set a certain scene. The entirety of the movie is set in a somewhat gray, brown, and generally dark and foggy coloring, and this is most definitely an artistic choice. This sepia coloring helps to…