Orson Welles

ABSTRACT In this paper, the role and function of Walter Murch’s sound design used in Francis Ford Coppola’s film Apocalypse Now (1979) will be described and analyzed through specific scenes throughout the entire film, which I consider important so to understand the narrative of this film. Sound Design elements will be covered such as: usage of sound, styles of sound, diegetic and non-diegetic sound, acousmatic sound and foley sound. INTRODUCTION Sound, is frequently made submissive to image…

Matt Damon Net Worth It is hard to make a list of Matt Damon’s cinematographic successes and achievements in the film industry. If we were to name the first movie that brought Damon his reputation as a great actor, it would probably be “Good Will Hunting” (1997), directed by Gus van Sant, where he starred next to the extraordinary Robin Williams (“The Dead Poets Society”), Ben Affleck (with whom Matt Damon co-wrote the script), and Stellan Skarsgård (“Breaking the Waves”). In the movie, Damon…

Are Star wars movies getting better or worse? The Star Wars movies have arguably been the best movie series ever made. Pretty much everybody knows what it is or has at least heard of it. If you have ever watched the movies and you know a lot about it, then you know the original movies started in the late 70’s. The trilogy didn’t start again tell 1999 and George Lucas’s series ended in 2005. Well, besides some Ewok movies and the animated Clone Wars movie. Recently the trilogy has returned and…

Citizen Kane is considered by many to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest film of all time, and while I find the notion of labeling one movie as “the greatest film ever made” a bit overzealous, the contributions that Citizen Kane made to the film industry and the impact that it had on the audiences in its era is remarkable. Citizen Kane a substantial influence on the audience and the film industry through its use of innovative narrative style and technical cinematic elements that may not…

The film that I have selected to examine is The Graduate (Nichols, 1967), with Mike Nichols directing and nominated for several Oscars even winning Best Director. The film has become a Hollywood classic that has stood the test of time. This is because the film had a strong screenplay and careful direction. The ensuing film examination will analyze the structure of the story from a comprehensive perspective like the characters, sequences, scenes and also analyze Nichols’ compositions, symbolisms,…

After viewing Citizen Kane I was really blown away by the editing techniques which play a huge role in the story telling of a newspaper tycoon who was given the power from a very young age, but in fact all he wanted was love. The continuity editing technique is present from start to finish in this piece which moves the story along without spoon feeding the viewer about the events taking place. The use of montage and fading from one scene to the other allows the viewer one last glance or breath…

1. -Charles Foster Kane's was sent away from his home partly due to his violent and abusive father. -Charles Kane had much success and fame is based on his career as newspaper publisher -Charles Kane's success was based on yellow journalism, which was pretty much dishonesty and a complete disregard for the truth -Charles Kane's pursuit of a political career ended in failure with the discovery of love affair of his future second wife, Susan Alexander. -Charles Kane's second wife,Susan…

thought. Rather it is expected of a great movie to have these elements, however it hasn’t always been that way. Complicated story plots used to be restricted to media forms (such as books) other than movies and television. This all changed in 1941 when Orson Wells released his movie, Citizen Kane. Citizen Kane gives the audience a glimpse into the life of fictional character, Charles Foster Kane. Already, from the beginning, Wells uses untraditional methods in his movie. Unlike its…

The movie that I chose to do this week assignment on is called “Crash” directed by P. Haggis in 2004. Once I started watching this movie I realized that it was one that I had seen before and thought was a really good movie with a wonderful meaning at the end. This movie won three Oscars in 2005 for best picture, best original screenplay, and best editing. In this week assignment we are to pick an interpersonal conflict in the movie we chose to watch. In Crash there were lots of interpersonal…

Hamed Rashid 201216504 COM 321 Lawrence of Arabia critique COM 321 Lawrence of Arabia Hamed Rashid 201216504 COM 321 The movie is a masterpiece movie directed by David Lean have won seven Oscars, its one of the most epic movies listed in Hollywood. An adventure of a western British officer Thomas Lawrence, Showing his way of helping the Arab win their case against the Ottoman Empire at that time World War I. Theme - The main theme of the film is it’s…