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components, the inciting incident, the story-worthy problem, the initial surface problem, and finally the setup (Edgerton, Les). These elements are all apparent in the opening scenes of Shutter Island. In the opening moments of film, an extreme long shot can be found, which shows Ashecliffe Hospital, the central set of the film. The Ashecliffe Hospital is a facility for the criminally insane. The facility is located on Shutter Island, which is set in Boston Harbor. The view is set from…

Central Park. Ken Burns, the director, seeks redress to prove the innocence of the completely dehumanized five, who were held accountable of a brutal crime by cruel detectives and prosecutors. Ken Burns uses archival footage, interviews and camera shots as conventions of documentary to acknowledge authority’s corruption and prove the boys were a victim of an unjust and venal system. He also aims to compel New York citizens to rectify their grim mistake against the five wrongfully accused…

two men are challenging gravity while figthing most of the shot (1:58 – 2:12) have to be long in order to emphasis how the background and charcters are spinning and the effects are, for example from 1:12 to 1;14 you can see the long shot of the two men fighting but the thing that seems to be quite insignificant is the gun that dropped also react to the shift in gravity and sticks to the ceiling, the attention to detain from Nolan in this shot make me as a viewer amazed that something so small…

The connection between an audience and the story unfolding onscreen facilitates a reaction necessary to create an emotional impact. The connection is made possible by the films form due to music, shots, and editing. Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) succeeded in terrorizing its viewers through such techniques, creating a fictitious environment that could very well become their actual reality. Kenneth Burke states that “any given terminology is a reflection of reality, by its very nature as a…

she studies how technology changes the law, criminal justice, and systems of American punishment and the effects it has on society. “I have studied the growth of what I call digital punishment by interviewing those who run criminal history and mug shot websites, by analyzing the content they produce, and by interviewing those working to clear their own criminal records through legal means even against the reality of an endless digital trail”. Sarah explains that…

gives its own twist and darkness that the story needs. The opening shot of the movie is a close up of many different statues and their faces, then the camera focuses on a statue of Hamlet, which would be considered an establishing shot. An establishing shot is often a long shot or series of shots that sets the scene, so therefore the shots of the faces on the outside of the buildings and Hamlet’s statue are defined as an establishing shot(s). When…

cottage becomes symbolic of Robbie’s hope to return home and return to Cecilia. In Dunkirk in which there were evacuations back to England, Robbie lights a match which reveals a close up shot of the image of the cottage given to him by Cecilia, along with a bundle of letters from her. There is then a close up shot of the light from the match flickering on Robbie’s face which gradually goes out. The last flashback within part two, occurs at this point and is in the form of a montage from his…

scene starts with a mid shot Danny in his room looking at memorabilia of his…

Want 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.…

together to give the viewer a feel of being in the film with the young main character Mowgli (Neel Sethi). Man is the most dangerous species, greediness kills and more harm will come upon nature for as long as we want more. The development of different shots truly makes the movie into a great reinvented film, the longshots of the earth as a whole gives the viewer a sense of just how large the kingdom is. To begin with, the classic battle scene between Mowgli and…