Body Of Lies Film Techniques

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind(Tim Burton). Who knew that a movie could be so much like the real world events? Two subjects projected in two single clips. One from sorrow and the other formed by fright, yet you can only overcome a fear if you face it. As shown in the Tim Burton clips.

The film elements montage, subjective camera, and left to right and right to left to portray that Ben feels trapped and does not have a clear vision of what he should do with his life in the film The Graduate.

For this assessment, I based my film on the concept of the living dead. I was inspired by Tim Burton’s film ‘Corpse Bride’ as he uses bluish hues to exemplify that themes are out of the ordinary. With my main protagonist being a young female photographer, I utilised her as the damsel in distress. The film begins with a piece of paper swaying through the air and landing softly. I used a close-up shot here to allow the reader to see what is written. The point of the close-up is to foreshadow what will happen and thus, it also alludes to the audience that this note is important. From the start, I had decided to start the film with the movie instead of a title as I believe that it will engage and capture the audiences’ attention. The non-diegetic

I believe that this action packed blockbuster that gave Leonardo DiCaprio an Oscar is boring. I believe this not because it has a poor scenery or bad acting, the acting is phenomenal and the scenery and special effects are very detailed and

Lies, the world revolves around them. Every election the candidates tell you want they think you want to hear, they walk around the truth. We don’t want to hear their lies, we want the truth, similar to Amir in The Kite Runner and Marius and Fantine in Les Miserables. In literature the plot of the story revolves around the lies that characters tell, whether to make things better, or just to hide their guilty and shame from others. Every lie makes the story more complex and when the characters learn the truth, they are changed, and sometimes it is for the better.

Great Actor-Best film has excellent quality actors. Most actors selected duty that epitomize them and they can make the characters seem credible or imaginable.

The three authority figures Sam and Suzy are on the run from are Bruce Willis as the islands sheriff, Edward Norton as the khaki scout troop leader, Bill Murray as Suzys father. Bill Murray delivers a humor that is uniquely his as he portrays a stale, distant father figure. Willis and Norton, are both well known for tough and hardened characters, so there is humor, as well as a little intrigue when their past is contrasted with their roles in this movie. Watching Norton, with his performance in Fight Club in mind, say: “jiminy cricket he flew the coop”, is just so much more special. It all comes back to the contradiction and balance Anderson loves to give us within almost every aspects of his filmmaking.

Money is a green and yellow colour which is commonly associated with corruption and dishonesty. A daisy, the flower in which she is named after, is a gold/yellow centred flower surrounded in white. In much the same way, Tom Hooper(the director) used the colour grey to represent Bertie's gloom as of his stammer and masterfully used fog to further invocate this. Evidently in the mise en scene, when Bertie and Lionel had an argument, Bertie dismissed Lionel and inhibited any more sessions and was seen walking back into the fog and whilst getting smaller and smaller. Also at the end of the film when Bertie performs the most important speech he will ever make, He is triumphant with flying colours and steps out on the balcony with his family and the sky is the clearest it's ever been.

One aspect of the film that I really enjoyed was the costumes. The costumes played a big part in the social statuses of the characters. For example, when the audience is shown at the movie premieres, they are all wearing lavish and stylish gowns that sparkle and

The use of the both personalities told the stories in special way and made me connect more with both. The cinematic elements stood out to me while I was watching both films. While doing some research, I learned that Keaton shot all his action scenes using no props. All of the shots were real, which I thought was very ground breaking and made me want to see what he would do next.

The thriller film ‘Witness’, directed by Peter Weir in 1985, tells about cultural conflicts between the Amish of Western Pennsylvania and Modern American corruption and violence. Philadelphia Police officer, John Book was obligated to hide from the three brutally and corrupt police officers as they were looking for a little Amish boy, Samuel Lapp. The boy witnessed the brutal killings and identified the killer as the three police officers. The ‘Witness’ strongly displayed many images of people and incorporated several techniques and images in various scenes to portray the contrast between two different worlds.

Thankfully, one of the areas this movie is better than The Phantom Menace is the acting. McGregor is much better here, although he has yet to really shine the role of Obi-Wan. Nevertheless, he breathes some life in the character and makes him feel human. His sarcasm and banter with his impetuous apprentice can be amusing and is a welcome addition to his character.

The Departed, a film written by William Monahan, Alan Mak, and Felix Chong, directed by Martin Scorsese, was in my opinion a spectacular crime-thriller deserving of less criticism from overly sentimental viewers. Though this film is in some scenes brutal and vicious, I praise Martin Scorsese’s refusal to cower away from the undeniable truth that organized crime in the United States is murderous in nature just to satisfy certain viewers as critics advocated he should. Being a four time Oscar winning film with sixty-three other awards for numerous aspects in the movie industry, I don’t believe anyone can contradict that The Departed is profoundly unforgettable to masses of moviegoers.

One might call Robert Benton’s direction mechanical, but his cast excels in roles that seem solely written for their personalities. Its supporting cast, including Jane Alexander and JoBeth Williams, provide superb performances. Primarily, I must pay tribute to Dustin Hoffman for his acting. We’re familiar with somewhat unconventional roles, as opposed to his excellently delivered role of a more characteristic man with very human qualities.

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up in 2006 to bring the world the organized crime masterpiece, The Departed. The film was a huge success and swept the major awards at the Oscars that year, bring home such prizes as best picture and best director. The win cemented Scorsese as the greatest living filmmaker and he finally got the respect he deserves from the Academy. DiCaprio is one of the best actors of his generation. Titanic, The Aviator, and The Departed areall the evidence needed to securely place him in the upper pantheon of great actors. Expecting a quality movie from either of these two artist is like expecting to get wet by jumping in a pool. When word first broke that the two would be teaming up