127 Hours Film Techniques

What we see is limited by our perspective. When we view something with just our senses we unwillingly apply a mental filter to the situation. Cinema, however, can take that same situation, that same setting, and with the use of strategic camera angles, shots, set staging and props that combined with great cinematography and sound to take what would have been a relatively one-sided experience and instead present it as an “epic”. Film making has an amazing ability to exponentially expand or perspective. Throughout the epic film Saving Private Ryan, Director and Producer Steven Spielberg takes the elements of the setting, period, cinematography and editing and creates an unbelievable story of duty and sacrifice.

Spike Lee does many fascinating things from a directorial standpoint, which makes his film (dare I say, joint), Do the Right Thing so interesting to watch. Writer, director Lee makes much use of the high and low angle shots. He does this to draw clear contrasts between the two elders of the block, Da Mayor and Mother Sister and to make conflict more apparent.

To begin, ethos is a key method of rhetoric used in the movie trailer. This ethos is seen in things like informing the audience that this movie is “From Ava DuVernay, the director of Selma” (“13th, Trailer”). This is ethos because

Shot 1: As we all know Casablanca was and still is one of the most famous movies. In shot one the cinematography utilize many different techniques. For example, in shot one I see a medium shot and a low medium angle when Victor and Rick were talking or arguing. Another, strength of Casablanca is the black and white lighting. In my opinion, the director made a crucial decision in shot one, the performance of both Victor and Rick standing in front of the frame with great lighting and few shadows behind. As viewer, I did notice loudness and sounds in the background however, it didn’t bother me because I was concentrated listen to Victor. In shot one I can tell Victor Laszlo face expression of anger against Rick Blaine. Referring to the lighting

'Shawshank Redemption' directed by Frank Darabont is a compelling film about the life of one of its prisoners, Andy. many film techniques were used through out the film as a clever way of conveying main themes. This essay is going to examine how Darabont used camera angles and colour effectively in this film to portray the idea of power.

Suspense films give an unpredictable moment to anyone that is waiting for an exciting thing to happen in that particular film. The curiosity from trailers anticipates the plot of the film by showing pieces of what the viewer should expect. Stephen King is known as the “King of Terror” has trailers for his best-selling novels which are Carrie, The Dark Tower, and Cell which uses several techniques to create suspense and attract the audience to see the films. The trailer for the film Carrie uses techniques of graphics, sound, and iconography to create anticipated suspense and gore to attract the audience into watching the film. The trailer shows the viewers that Carrie is using her telekinesis powers for revenge and to show people she will not be the outcast anymore after being pranked.

According to the film of “Harold and Maude” directed by Hal Ashby, there is a scene where both Harold (a kid who thinks suicidal), along with his mother by the name Vivian are sitting down, not even facing the same direction of each other. Vivian begins to ask back-to-back questions to Harold based on the national computer dating services. During the scene, Harold looks straight ahead while his mother is looking down at the form of questions she is constantly asking him. The whole time, Harold does not say a word and his mother answers each question herself, as she would know her son’s answers. Harold slowly pulls out a handgun out of a case located on his lap.

A good example of movie trailer, and which I thought should be the farthest tolerable marketing strategy of a movie is the first teaser trailer of The Raid 2. The trailer is awesome but not leaking the plot, the major casts are shown but no information about their role, and JUST QUICK. These are the essence of

The striking part of the movie is the scene where Charlie Oakley tired to kill young Charlie even though he knows that she is part of his family and how young Charlie loves him as his uncle. He still continues his plan to kill young Charlie just to keep his crime secret, but end up losing his life because young Charlie accidentally pushed her off the train trying to save her life. Love and death is one of the film noir genres. It is about a relationship of a man and woman who love each other and will end up in killing one another because of selfishness or egotism. I don’t understand why some people can hurt the people they love. It is bothering to now that you cannot trust the people whom you think will help you and care for you at the end.

To get the level enjoyment I got out of this film, you really need to be a Kevin Smith fan. Which I really am, having seen all of his films save one. That one being Tusk, the precursor to this film and the first film in the True North trilogy. Though I'm more than aware of its story enough to know that they aren't related. With exception of overlapping characters. So, you can jump right in without missing to much, if really anything at all. I'm not sure what it is about Kevin Smith's writing, but I can always get into his films. No matter how strange and cheesy the plot gets and this one gets plenty of both.

In Danny Boyle’s film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, a vast range of effective film techniques are used to communicate not only transitions and character traits/personalities, but also the ideas of how power can corrupt individuals, and how ideas can be communicated, such as how ambition can enhance an individual, or be the reason for their downfall, and how our past informs our future; our outcome in life is determined by where we’ve come from. They are able to visualise this with the three main characters. The protagonist Jamal, the antagonist Salim and Latika.

This scene further entails a narration which creates a portentous mood to the viewer as they try to figure out how the life of Charles was like. This scene contains features such as music, lighting and film editing which all aid in alleviating this mood. In filming, critics argue out that how a film is shot is more important than what is shot in the film. The images displayed in this scene and the balance of light and dark, and the relation between the foreground and the background all improve the reception of the images in the movie. The high optical lighting improves the quality of the grainy white and black images in the movie portraying the authenticity of the movie (Prince, 2012). Additionally, there is a Technicolor of music that shimmers in this scene, suggesting that the music brings an out of world glamour to the viewer as they try to figure out the life shots being displayed. All these aspects help increase the portentous mood created in this

Film is a theme and character driven film that documents the progression of the two main characters from regular teenagers to violent criminals. Unlike most movies that document lives in a fly on the wall style, Film often shows the scenes from the points of view of the main characters. It does this by showing many close ups on their faces allowing the actors performances to be clear and visible to the audience and also by the editing and composition; shots showing exactly what the characters are seeing. This allows the audience to truly understand the characters and to provoke a personal emotional response. Here I will analyse the elements of film, describing techniques and why they are used.

Have you ever watched a great film trailer and thought, “I have to see that movie!”? A good trailer gives you the basic premise of the movie, shows you the highlights, and encourages you to want to see more.

Independent thriller film Advertisement campaigns are very genre-specific, and feature codes and conventions to appeal to certain audiences, who identify with the uses and gratifications that initiate the desire to watch indie thriller films.