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In these shots, like in shots 41 and 51, the car is moving from frame left to right each time. Without a sense of continuity of direction, the viewer would not know where the car was headed, and if it was making any progress. By showing the repetition of the car heading from left to right, we get a sense that we are getting closer to the goal, which will eventually be on the right side of the frame. This was especially important in Death’s Marathon, since the car was in such a rush, the shot lengths varied from 2-3 seconds, giving the viewer very little time to be confused as to where they should be looking. Continuity of movement is thus a very important aspect of mise-en-scene, especially for scenes like car chases. Another aspect of mise-en-scene that Griffith’s played with was the lighting. It seemed that lighting differences indicated the differences in location. The exterior shots, like shots 2, 10, 41 and 51 were high-key lighting—meaning the lighting was fairly even, with not much contrast, mostly middle greys. This shows off the background more than the people in it. Most of the interiors like in the wife’s house, shot 3, and the office, shot 16 and 21, are low-key lighting with high contrast. Exceptions can be made for the gambling room (shot 4) and one of the office rooms, where the light was generally…

to know how to bring a U.S. Marine to tears? Give him a Rocephin shot. As one Marine quipped, “it brings half the men to their knees, and the other half to tears.” Doing a Google search on the term “Rocephin” (aka the peanut butter shot), you’ll find the #1 concern of military recruits is receiving this required penicillin shot during boot camp. “It feels like acid going in” is a common description. If toughened military men have these concerns, it’s no surprise nearly 20% of the U.S. population…

Obviously I drank and was initially okay with it, but it was my first time. I was tipsy after the two bottles of beer he gave me and that was enough for me. Then why did you do a shot contest with that other girl? I don’t know. I won, though. See, look at that. Pretty damn proud of yourself, huh? Not at all. There was a crowd around us cheering and he was there pouring the shots. How was I supposed to say no? Um, I don’t know, maybe just say no? It wouldn’t have been that easy. I was always…

In an article, “Experimental Psychology”, it was said that vision and action while shooting a basketball is not actually affected by being cross dominant. Shooting a basketball reveals hand-eye skills all around. A poor shooting percentage may be the results of inferior mechanics or poor vision in general. One basketball coach stated that, “a player who was right handed and left eye dominant, significantly improved his accuracy after moving his shot line from the right to the middle of his…

this sequence, we are able to feel the uncertainly and the unsteadiness that Nina feels around Bloom. The camera is able to capture her face as she looks into the eyes of Bloom when she tells him that she only went on a date with him as a professional move and not for anything romantic. When the camera moves over to Bloom, the viewers are able to see how he is trying to convince Nina that he is the reason the news station is improving and that more people are watching it. We are also able to see…

Samuel blames the Babadook, but Amelia assumes Samuel put the glass in her soup as only her bowl is affected. She sends him off to watch his magic DVD while she prepares new food. When Amelia goes upstairs, she finds a vandalised photo of her with Oskar in her bedroom. She again assumes Samuel is to blame and goes to confront him. Samuel defends himself, accusing his mother of wanting to die if she does not let him protect her. Amelia retreats to the kitchen, rubbing her head after the stresses…

As the first two conventions mentioned above, this convention can also be found in most surveillance films. When watching this murder scene viewers are left feeling betrayed, because that is exactly what happened when Lou’s partner was shot and killed. What makes this murder scene different from other surveillance film murder scenes is that the murder was not for seeable compared to other movies. For example, as we seen in The Conversation the murder was mentioned before it happened even…

“Better Together,” which was a song off his first album. Mind you, all these songs are so relaxed, they’re a little upbeat, but mellower than anything. I’ve heard people say that the best time to listen to Jack Johnson is when they are smoking marijuana and just want to relax. I guess you can’t really take that to heart, unless you have done that before, but that’s just what I’ve heard. Anyways, Jack finally started to play songs off his new album after getting the crowd all ecstatic with his…

Anderson’s Rushmore (1998), one particular segment that really captured the tone of the film was the one of Mr. Blume drinking whiskey, smoking a cigarette, and getting ready to dive into the swimming pool. This particular series of shots has a visually pleasing color scheme and various different cinematic shots. The segment incorporates Anderson’s famous object-in-the-center frame style, which also adds to the tone of the film as well as to Anderson’s style as a whole. The segment of Mr. Blume…

Observation Summary I enter room 105 which is a three year old room, I took a seat near the corner of the room, next I begin my observation I observe a teacher and three children playing with some small beads and strings, the teachers being to introduce the beads to the children, she engaged them in a conversation about the different color beads and the different sizes of the beads as well as the shapes of the beads, she looked over and notice one child who was stringing the beads and said,…