Film editing

Fiction Acclaimed film critic, Roger Ebert made an unflinching statement in 1997 of then gaining prominence, Director Quentin Tarrantino, “Reservoir Dogs (1992) announced Tarantino 's talent and Pulp Fiction [1994] suggested his genius” (Ebert). Subsequently, crime infested terror and off-color humor married a peculiar auteur, and delivered in every Quentin Tarrantino film. A self-taught enthused director, screenwriter, and schooled actor (Tuohy and Glasby). Chiefly, he attributes film…

comes to mafia movies, the core values each film shares still stays true. The consistent rush of criminal activity and bad guys looking like good guys are all the same qualities that keep the content of the films strong. But, the genre itself has continued to grow, both through techniques as well as the expansion of subjects to be successful in. The mafia genre took off around 1931, with the film Little Caesar. Even though it was not the first mafia film ever released, Little Caesar brought a…

Godard and Tarantino (Final Thoughts) Getting to know Godard: An Intro to the Historic Filmmaker French film director and critic Jean-Luc Godard was born on December 3rd, 1930 to wealthy parents from Protestant families of Franco-Swiss Descent. Growing up he lived in both France and Switzerland, attending school in Nyon, Switzerland. Godard admits that he was not a frequent film-goer, that is until reading Malraux?s…

Tim Burton is one of the most famous directors known for his dark style in films such as Edwards Scissorhands, Alice in Wonderland, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and many more. He uses several different cinematic techniques such as camera movements, editing, and both diegetic and non-diegetic music to emphasize his style. In most of his movies, Burton not only uses various cinematic techniques to show his style, but he also creates peculiar characters that have either a battle with…

Throughout recent history, thousands of films have been created by a large amount of directors. However, few have made as big an impact as Frank Capra. His work has been regarded as some of the most inspiring pieces of cinema and should be looked to for inspiration. Even though he was an underrated director for his time, Frank Capra was one of the biggest influences on modern cinema. He was able to accomplish this by creating a series of films that all followed the same, unique recipe…

On December 18, 2015, Star Wars:The Force Awakens, the seventh installment in the main Star Wars movie series, was released into theaters all over the United States. Starring Harrison Ford as Han Solo, Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia from the original trilogy, and dozens of other actors, this epic Star Wars movie was a major hit. After the defeat of the Galactic Empire thirty years ago, the galaxy faces a new danger from the evil Kylo Ren and the First Order. When…

Caché Scene Journal Description of the Scene Caché is a French film, directed by Michael Haneke. I chose to analyze the last ten minutes of the film because I found the ending very intriguing. The specific time of the film scene I selected is from 1 hour 46 minutes of the film till the end of the film. This scene can be divided into two specific scenes. The first scene takes place at George’s childhood farmhouse, and there is a man and woman who come in a car and pick up a little boy from the…

study closely Hong Sang-Soo as well as analyze his two films, A Tales of Cinema (2005), and Night and Day (2008). Hong Sang Soo An award winning director, Hong Sang-Soo, is known to be one of South Korea’s most respected directors. Hong Sang-Soo is a rarity. His films are so closely linked…

English Assignment 1 Romeo and Juliet Olwethu Masiza 16013255 Question 2 : Filmic devices This essay will discuss the different filmic devices in Romeo and Juliet, namely extreme close-up; low angle shot; tilt; zoom and flashback, and why Baz Luhrmann has chosen to use each one of these filmic devices. Luhrmann has chosen to use all these different camera shots so that he creates a meaningful scene full of mixed emotions. Extreme close up is when the camera zooms in very closely…

Film making is an art form. “Film, also called a movie, motion picture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that when shown on a screen create an illusion of motion images” (Wikipedia). According to Oxford Dictionary a film is, “A story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and shown in a cinema or on television.” The way the things or the plot is perceived and the way the dialogues are written and delivered all lend an authority to films being an art…