Film techniques

Saving Private Ryan is an award winning 1998 film directed by Steven Spielberg that documented D-Day on June 6, 1944 and the atrocities the men in battle went through. The film received 5 Oscars, 74 other rewards, and was nominated for another 74 awards. The film has also been appraised by Royal Marines that played as extras in the film and after the release of the film in 1998 the number of people that visited the American cemetery at St. Laurent increased due to the graphic content that was…

Film is a unique form of media that allows the audience to experience worlds that—otherwise—would not exist. The incorporation of visual imaging further strengthens the nature of storytelling and offers insight into human imagination. Directors Claude Lanzmann and Steven Spielberg exemplify such qualities in Shoah, a documentary about Holocaust witnesses, and Schindler’s List, a historical drama about a Nazi officer and his transition to hero. Both films offer perspective into life during and…

all his film portray a dark concept from his childhood experiences which makes him unique from others directors. In order to express his “gothicism” style he use two common features on all his films. Which is lighting and camera movements. With those simple techniques he makes astonishing out of the world films which audiences members loves to watch. Lighting techniques is essential for all films to set the setting of movie however Tim Burton seems to break the typical light techniques. He…

Peter Jackson’s way of expressing his skills in this movie, and to show what is like to be in a battle with the characters of the movie is a unique way to direct. Peter Jackson’s way of portraying the trolls is an amazing way of directing. Using camera angles to express how glorious the battle is, or to even show comparisons between a large creature to a little person. The trolls are represented as the reader would think of them in the book, but better dialog in the movie in which it feels the…

Sumeyye Aydin Film Response of Vertigo A retired detective, Scottie, follows his old friend’s wife, Madeleine, because of her bizarre behavior after his old friend’s request in the movie Vertigo directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Scottie’s mental health starts to break down after he searches the problem with Madeleine. Vertigo is one of the most complex movies in terms of components of narration, which are plot, the three-part dramatic structure as well as narration’s range of story information. At…

the idea of that happening to the headless horsemen. A close up shot of Ichabods face shows the realisation that the headless horsemen cannot enter the sacred grounds giving the audience and characters hope of survival. Tim Burton uses the camera technique of panning the camera behind the headless horsemen as people try to…

In the film, Big Hero 6, the composer uses an extensive range of film techniques and features in order to investigate the key matters of the world such as courage and selflessness. It can be accentuated throughout the world with individuals in positive and negative ways. Hiro, Tadashi and the gang also can be illuminated. The occurrence of courage is established throughout the scenes with Hiro’s experience. These experiences through courage are shown as Hiro given courage with support from…

to today. However, the actors did not come up to par with expectations of the novel. Out-of-date film techniques were wisefully used to make key scenes in the film appear more dramatic. In addition, some scenes were accurately portrayed, while some did not fulfill the standards of the book. Although the film techniques were terrific, the lackluster acting performances…

Though Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future is extremely successful in being a fun, blockbuster film, it does a very job in how it crafts the relationships between specific characters. Though Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is facing a struggle to get back home, there’s another struggle occurring in the movie between his father, George (Crispin Glover), and town bully, Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson). By tracing their acting and relative staging of these two in certain shots, a narrative between them…

In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 film, Vertigo, certain shots have a certain compositional symmetry and balance to them that helps draw our attention, as viewers, to individual characters, namely that of Madeleine Elster/Judy Barton, portrayed by Kim Novak (because she has these two roles, I will be referring to her actual name when making reference to her). Various balanced shots in the film use Novak as a literally dividing figure, creating a down-the-line symmetry. By looking at these shots one by…