Film scenes

Filmmakers use a variety of techniques to make their films captivating to the viewers. Movie scene transition techniques include the dissolve, the wipe, the jump cut, and the fade. Camera shot and angle techniques used by filmmakers are low, high, and level camera angles, pan, p.o.v, close up, and long shot. All of those filmmaking techniques are utilized throughout the Lost Names’, “An Empire for Rubber Balls” storyboard and work together to create a special meaning for what the viewer sees on screen. Filmmakers also use many types of scene transitions to make a movie run smoothly. First, there is the jump cut. A jump cut is a rapid, jerky transition from one frame to the next. I used a jump cut for a transition from window four to…

I always say, "There 's nothing like a good indie film." Well, at least, that 's what I say this year. I have only discovered the wonderful world of indie films in the past few months, but I 'm sold. When I happened upon the film How Can I Help? I was intrigued by the title and the premise. Furthermore, when Stephen Kassen (director, producer, writer, etc.) agreed to answer a few questions about the film, I was even more fascinated. With pleasure, he apprised me to a variety of things concerning…

When creating a scene in film, it is important to communicate the tone of the scene in order to make your audience feel a certain way about the scene. You communicate that tone by scene color, music and lighting. When editing the color of a scene, it is important to know what you want the audience to feel. By knowing what you want them to feel, you edit the color of the scene to match the tone you want. As human beings, we connect certain colors with certain things. If a gate is gold with white…

A Suspicious Bandit and an Inquisitive Beauty Alfred Hitchcock was a brilliant director of the mid-twentieth century directing very famous films such as Psycho (1960), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955). The film To Catch a Thief, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, is a suspense-thriller about an ex-jewel thief accused of committing crimes parallel to his work in the past. In the film, the main characters John Robie (Cary Grant) and Frances Stevens (Grace Kelly) were…

This film is famous for the representation of women that appear in it, and the representation of the fashion industry. First the analysis of the mise-en-scene in the film is what calls the attention of the viewers. The film location is in New York City, one of the most famous cities around the world if not the first one. One of the most important scenes in the movie are the ones that Miranda appears, because she is the main reason of many things. Fashion makes an important role when Miranda is…

ways. The films that were shown such as Roman Polanski, Philip Casson and Rupert Goold had their own techniques of interpreting Macbeth. In this instance, for Act 1 Scene 1 when looking at the witches, all three film clips are focused on the shots to emphasize the witches. For Act 2 Scene 2 when the clips are showing the post murder meeting of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth all films were mainly assimilated on the shots for a visually reference. And lastly. Act 5 Scene 1, the films mainly highlight…

the world, for the most part, is established by the film’s mise-en-scene in Hell or High Water. From the dull colors of the cars and houses to the sea of lifeless yellow grass, it’s apparent the interactions between people, contrasted with the monotonous setting, are highlighted as an integral way the mise-en-scene reveals the characters. With the setting emphasizing their isolation, the mise-en-scene invites the viewer to empathize with the hardships the characters face throughout the movie.…

The scene that will be analyzed is the scene in which Ferrell’s character and Hoffman’s character are in Professor Hilbert’s office, discussing Harold’s inevitable death. This paper will address elements of cinematography and mise-en-scene within the chosen scene. The connections between these elements and the overall theme of the film, and how the theme is developed, will then be discussed. All the elements of cinematography and mise-en-scene contribute to the theme that death is an…

The most consequential scene from the short film “Dust” is when Irezumi conquers the vicious beast feeding off of the ill. This is because he comes to the conclusion of not always being 100% correct and he needs to take risks at times. Through his journey he realizes the significance of his past and the importance of learning from his mistakes. Before finding the creature in the warehouse, Irezumi is having a flashback of his daughter whom he taught the importance of being a tracker with the…

section in which Grant and Fiona go on a walk/ski in a park. The substantial differences between the scene and the passage, range from difference in dialogue to difference in visuals. This section is an excellent example of the drastic differences sometimes found in adaptations, and allows for the presentation of a case for the…