The Samurai Film Maker Akira Kurosawa is considered by many to be one of the most influential film makers of all time. Many of his films have been remade or his concepts repurposed for a new audiences; Seven Samurai was remade into the Magnificent Seven, The Battle Beyond our Stars, Zhong yi qun ying (Seven Warriors) and a Japanese anime series, Samurai 7. Kurosawa’s Yojimbo was remade into a Fist Full of Dollars, Last Man Standing, and another anime series, Kaze no Yojimbo.(Maunula,2014)…
giant that produces films, tv programs and music entertainment and was founded around 1925. The dark knight rises is a media product from The warner bros. The dark knight rises is a film directed by Christopher Nolan and co-written by his brother Jonathan Nolan in 2012. Christopher Edward Nolan American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is one of the highest-grossing directors in history, and among the most successful and acclaimed filmmakers of the 21st century. The film The dark…
Tim Burton is a well known director that effectively uses cinematic techniques such as lighting, camera angle, and sound to create a unique and different mood and tone. Lighting in films gives people an important image that controls the way they feel about that moment of the movie. Tim Burton uses this cinematic technique in his films to control the mood. For instance in his film Edward Scissorhands he uses high key lighting when we are first seeing the neighborhood and the people…
Many movie directors want to create highly successful films to become famous and rich, regardless of the message that their films convey, what is most important nowadays is if the movie will do great in box office. Spike Lee, however, had the desire to create a film that would infuse a dose of reality in the teapot of the film industry. The cruel reality that is what minorities know as daily life. And, there could not have been a better person to complete this task, since Spike Lee himself grew…
these decisions, including the film’s duration, the novel’s format, or the director’s vision. A notable film adaptation is Nosferatu, a version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, published in 1897. This novel follows the story of Jonathan and his companions as they attempt to kill the vampire Dracula, while the movie attempts to retell this story. In order to translate Bram Stoker’s Dracula into this silent film for a 1922 German audience, Nosferatu’s production team made changes to the format,…
Albert Huang Mr. Robbins Period 5 3/14/15 Strength of the idea In the conversation defining the all-time greatest director in the movie industry, several names, may never be absent. Among those that legend isn’t a powerful enough word to describe their merits, one name has appeared like the transit of Venus. It’s never as magnificent as the darkness of an eclipse, but has attracted countless followers with its distinctive glamour. It’s always close by the orbit of our lives, but yet so far away…
watched a Steven Spielberg film. Spielberg has become a household name because of these movies and many more. Steven would is also known for shaping how a lot of directors now film and even think about how they produce movies. (Ebert) Steven Spielberg was born in 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Spielberg's directing career started with him being a TV show director; later he became a movie director. His first movie to gain over $100 million dollars was Jaws (Ebert), a horror film about a man eating…
After a series of well- written scripts, it is the film that will test the star power of Kangana. Katti Batti could have been an important film. Designed to exploit Kangana Ranaut’s rebellious image, it is a film which examines the perks of a live-in relationship. It is also a film which tries to put a girl in control of the relationship. In a role reversal of sorts, she wants the relationship to be a time pass when the boy is looking for eternal love. When he talks of values, the lissom lass…
and each movie they see will have either the same or different theme. Whether we are watching an action packed or a crime film, the theme of the movie is the most important part. There are films that have had the same concept and have been great in the box office. For example Batman v Superman and Captain America: Civil War, both are talking about the same concept. Directors do this because, of the demand of what people want to see this year. A lot of techniques are used to create themes, and…
Every film director and writer is unique and talented in their own ways. An example of that statement is a well-known movie producer in the Disney franchise, named Tim Burton. Not only is he talented in directing and writing movies, but he is also an animator and artist. He started his career in 1984; and today, he has impacted the movie industry with various unforgettable films that are still being talked about today. His unique sense of style and technique in each of his films is what makes…