A Few Good Men Film Analysis

As a group, we selected The Other Guys, a comedy movie taking place in the New York City police department. The story involves two mismatched detectives that attempt to seize an opportunity in the department. In the movie, The Other Guys, the department is run by Captain Gene Mauch. The atmosphere in the department runs in a way that focuses on two main detectives doing most of the action outside the office. These two-star detectives are Danson and Highsmith, who are played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson. However, a shootout with robbers results in the deaths of Danson and Highsmith, leaving a hole in the department. After mourning the death of the detectives, everyone in the office desires the opportunity to be the lead detectives of the department. The movie follows two of the detectives in the department as they attempt to fill the role of lead detectives. These characters are Allen Gamble, played by Will Ferrell, and Terry Hoitz, played by Mark Wahlberg. Both Allen and Terry have pasts that have been plagued by bad luck. Allen was once a pimp turned detective after being rushed to the hospital from poison ivy in his butt. Terry shot Derek Jeter during the Major League Baseball Playoffs. Even though Allen and Terry have been plagued by bad luck, they hope that making the arrest of all time would turn their life around.

All three of these pieces share the same basic principal that the government is taking over and someone has to step up to the government and make things right. In Divergent the faction leader of Erudite, Jeanine plans on taking all the factions under her control. The citizens living in the faction that are being overtaken are fearful. The audience can see that because of the camera angles in this film help show the fear in the characters eyes due to close up shots. An example of a camera angle is when the main character, Tris was taking her aptitude test to put her in the faction that would fit her best. During that test the director chose to do a close up shot on a knife and a piece of meat. The director chose to do that because he wanted to build the audience's interest and spike the intensity of the film. The director also could have done that close up to make the crowd focus on the knife or meat which is are object not so significant so in order to make the audience realize the significance of the two objects. Another popular camera angle throughout the movie is the over shoulder shot. This shot was used multiple times, however the most memorable moment where there was an over the shoulder shot was inside the Dauntless headquarters. During this scene the audience views Tris’s face on the right side of the screen and her shoulder

The following work aims to take a closer look at cultures, leadership and paradigms in Columbia Pictures’ (1992) film; A Few Good Men. This film provides many examples of differing cultures as well as illustrating examples of leadership, management, and followership. Many lessons can be learned; standing up for what is right and standing up for what you believe in are apparent, as well as leaders not always making the best decisions. At the end of the day, one must be at peace with the direction of their own moral compass and actions.

This paper argues that the semantic and syntactic elements of the American West commonly used in most Westerns creates a tone for a more contemporary version of the popularized American Westerns intertwined with a bit of thriller in the ‘Tracked’ scene of the 2007 Coen Brothers’ film, No Country for Old Men. I will prove that said scene establishes new aspects against the traditional westerns known internationally by incorporating Rick Altman’s analysis of semantic and syntactic themes in film genre in order to demonstrate the relationship between categorizing the film as a Western and finding the more structural meaning from the actions of the characters throughout the scene. My argument is also reinforced by Camilla Fojas’s analysis of the Western genre and how certain descriptive changes such as the time period can build a new subgenre of the western which helps this paper prove that the revision of a traditional genre can bring more attention to the well-known outdated Western people have come to love. My analysis identifies distinctive low key lighting, proper set up of the scene, and syntactics operating in ‘Tracked’ and demonstrates that categorizing Westerns under more than one genre through hybridization can polarized it in every sense as much more than just the good guy verses the bad guy.

The viewer experienced all the changes Orlando went through the camera and the shots with different angles that makes the audient as if they are on the scene or with

1) Canted angle shots Likewise, a character’s inner state could be implied by the framing of a shot. In Coeur Fidèle, Petit Paul goes outside of the bar and listen the music in the street with his drunkenness. In this scene, a carousel is superimposed on music scores. Soon, the filmmaker uses a canted angle to capture the rapidly moving carousel.

Martin Scorsese’s film “Raging Bull” is considered by many to be one of the greatest “sports” films of all time. The plot focuses on the professional and personal life of boxer Jake LaMotta. In the opening sequence, the film uses narrative, mise en scene, cinematography, editing, and sound to provide a framework for the rest of the picture. These elements also help to establish the film’s themes of nostalgia, isolation, loneliness, and suffering. In addition to setting up the film’s themes, these elements also help to create two distinct personas of the main character Jake LaMotta.

Although there are many characteristics that cause him to be an auteur, the camera angles that accurately capture the emotions of the scene are among the most prevalent. Wide angle camera pans in all of Steven Spielberg’s films dramatize the events and cause the viewer to better understand the surrounding scene. Similarly, filming through other objects further places the viewer into the scene. For example, when the velociraptor is in the kitchen, there is a camera shot through the circle in a door. This shot adds to the intensity of the scene because the shot acts to place the viewer into the situation as if they are the ones looking through the door and seeing the velociraptor on the other side. Although there are many examples of characteristics specific to Steven Spielberg’s films, the camera angles that accurately capture and enhance the scene are among the most well executed and

The camera most focus on the character or characters straight on or just off to the side a bit. Most all the shots are steady, no panning or movement. Occasionally the camera moves to follow a character’s movement or a zoom of a characters face. The camera is a third party, the audience’s, point of view. It never has a point-of-view from a character. In frame 3 and a few seconds after it, the camera changes back and forth from Neo’s body and Agent Smith. While the camera is focused on Agent Smith, a high angled shot is used to show Agent Smith’s superiority over Neo and the other Agents; he was the one who killed Neo. It is interesting that the camera never shows a low angle shot while looking at Neo’s body. Then only shots we see are ones that face him straight on, suggesting that Neo may not be done fighting.

A few Good Men is a movie that presents strong a strong ethical dilemma. The story is about two Marines Pfc Downey( James Marshall), and Lanc Cpl. Dawson (Wolfgang Bodison) who are charged with the murder of another marine PFC Santiago. The legal team representing is comprised of Lt Kaffee (Tom Cruise) who seems to be more interested in playing baseball, his friend LTJG Sam Weinberg (Kevin Pollack), and Cmdr Galloway (Demi Moore), who believes there is more to the story behind the death. The legal team starts by talking about the accusation with the marines who appear to be less then enthusiastic to cooperate with their representation. Despite Kaffee’s frustration at their reluctance to give any details regarding the event he still contuse to pursue answers. His investigation leads him to the base where the incident happened at Guantanamo Bay. He is faced with a different reality on the base at Guantanamo Bay where the enemy is waiting outside the fence waiting to shoot any officer they see. He is reminded of the increased dangers by the base commander Col Jessup (Jack Nicholson). Jessup is an egotistical and arrogant man who, while appearing to cooperate with the legal team, still seems to be hiding details surrounding the young marine’s mysterious death. The legal teams growing curiosity helps them uncover further details that point to the guilt of not only the marines, but also Jessup. Jessup ordered the marines to give a code red, which is an

Shot 8 is a close-up of Oakley who looks absolutely smug and delighted at this new development. He declares himself hungry and turns towards the door to let himself in. The shot becomes a medium shot as he practically skips up the stairs in joy before stopping at the top and turning around looking like he forgot something.

The first example would be the extreme close up to the eyes of characters when they've been revealed important information like when the Bride sees Copperhead opening the door. Only Thurman’s expressive eyes are in the shot with phantasmagoric overlays of past experiences and encounters with Copperhead along with the brilliant sirens. It's super dramatic and creates this mood of extreme alertness and keeps the audience in a sort of trance. Another distinct shot would be the God’s eye point of view and simply the bird’s eye point of view. This shot is taken from above and shows the layout of Copperhead’s house. Next, we have the microscopic close up shot which is similar to the close up of Thurman’s eyes only it's too close for comfort. This shot showed the mosquito on the Bride’s comatose body just as it was going to bite. The shot was so close and zeroed in we saw the Bride’s

fight is fast paced and the camera angles vary lots of times in a very

The sequence continues to increase in intensity as a fast tracking shot is present to keep up with the running horse, the accompaniment used becomes faster and is frequently interrupted by the sounds of explosions. Pro-filmic elements again are present and work alongside the tracking shot to increase the intensity, an example being the lighting within the trench which is barely visible with the flash of explosions being the biggest source of light. It isn’t until Joey begins to run towards the other trench that the hero becomes entangled in barbed wire and the climax ends. In contrast to the medium, long and tracking shots previous to this an extreme close up is present during the end of this sequence. After Joey’s struggle to get out of the wire an extreme close up of his eye is used, its spectators see the fear and sorrow within his eyes. Joey is laid powerless and weak, and is in need of a human support in order to survive. The accompaniment has now stopped leaving Joey alone in silence, there is limited use of lighting and dull colours are present, each factor directly influencing the

At The Beat down, both Jake and Ryan reach the semi-finals, but Ryan is disqualified for Eye-gouging. After learning of Ryan no longer being in the competition, Jake forfeits his semi-final bout, as his purpose for entering "The Beat down" is no longer present. Outside the club Ryan attacks Jake and a confrontation ensues. The patrons of the club hear of the fight and all exit the club to watch. After