Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Film Analysis

Working out conflicts face to face can and cannot make a difference in resolving the problem.“These face-to-face interactions build trust, understanding, and a real sense of a shared mission, and this has made all the difference in the world.” This direct quote from Forbes.com explains how this specific way can improve how the world communicates to each other. Many people will disagree with the previous statement, but it is just one of the basic elements of the social system. Admittedly, not everyone believes in face to face interaction. People can choose whichever side they want to, but people can solve their problems by talking to somebody.

The 1946 film The Killers is a renowned film noir based off of Ernest Hemingway’s short story of the same title, focusing on the detailed backstory and investigation for the motive of the murder of Pete Lund/Ole Anderson, commonly known and referred to as “The Swede.” A film noir is a term made originally to describe American mystery and thriller movies produced in the time period from 1944-1954, primarily marked by moods of menace, pessimism, and fatalism. Although the film does not focus on the war itself at all, it still puts forth interesting new ways in how gender relations can be stereotypical as well as divergent proceeding the Second World War.

After watching and analyzing the action adventure film, Indiana Jones - “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (2008) and the Sci-Fi thriller, The Matrix (1999) many cinematic elements attracted my attention. With three very distinct and ingenious directors, (Spielberg and the Wachowskis siblings) these two films exemplified extraordinary uses of lighting, framing, editing and sound techniques unique to its own genre.

The 1940s film industry favored films that were based on reality, such as Citizen Kane. Orson Welles is the director of the 1941 film, Citizen Kane, which uses the cinematic techniques of long takes and deep focus shots. Long takes and deep focus shots are associated with space and time. I will be writing about scene D where Susan, the second Ms. Kane, is in the middle of a singing lesson. Scene D contains examples of long takes, deep focus takes, and camera movements.

Films and movies are a composition of elements that make that essentially come together as one to form a piece of art. Although a film is not complete with missing elements, some elements when used out of place can break a movie. Some of these elements include, but are not limited to, a character’s costume and makeup, lighting, camera direction, acting, special effects, and, sound effects and music. In some films one element may be the overriding factor but when put together, these elements work together to please an audience.

The “Lost Battalion” film was a great film about World War One. It showed a lot about the horrors of the war. It also brilliantly depicted the reality of the war.

The film, the Untouchables, was directed by Brian De Palma. It was set in the prohibition era, which was right at the start of the 1920’s. Prohibition can be described as a law that made selling and manufacturing alcohol illegal. By putting this law into effect, it actually increased the amount of crime and violence throughout cities in the US. This was ultimately due to the rise in organized crime, also known as gangs. In the movie specifically, it was centered around the rise of the Mafia in Chicago. By looking at the production of the movie, we can see how during prohibition, the Mafia controls everything and the violence ultimately it leads to.

What factors lay behind the "upscaling" of Hollywood film genres during the 1950s? Identify the significant genres of the postwar period, and explain how each was affected by enhanced production values and increased thematic complexity.

The two films Citizen Kane by Orson Welles (1941) and Sullivan’s Travels by Preston Sturgis (1941) were both created in the same year, and are both considered “Classical Narrative Hollywood”. However, though both of these films follow the basic mold of classic Hollywood, they break the mold as well. Both movies incorporate new and innovative technology, shots and concepts that are new to this time, and essentially introduce them, changing the fil m industry forever.

Throughout this film many techniques are used. This film has many fast motions, slow motion, and freeze frames. One effect that was used was cinematography. This is when there is manipulation of the film strip by the camera in the shooting phase and in the development phase. He also used the technique called superimposition. This is where there is more than one image on the same film strip. He also used split screen framing to focus on different movements and spaces at the same time.

Special effects are something the 1959 version did not use as much as the 2016 did. Like the background characters in the 1959 had to get a real person, while the 2016 had digital people for some of the background character. One big special effect that the 2016 version did was the whole chariot race every racer and chariot was digitally designed and put in. While the 1959 had to have real horses and human risking their life. That's why special effects are so important in today's movies because they can have a digital object to do dangerous things instead of real people, and do cool

In the 1999 version of The Mummy director Stephen Summers used computerized technology, to bring a more realistic view to the movie, were as Freund used a three-camera system and a lot of makeup. In an interview, Summers said he wanted to get away from the old movies with the mummies being wrapped in cloth, but more of a realist feel of what a mummy would look like aged with a lot of wrinkles. (IMBD) Summers enlisted visual effects supervisor John Andrew Berton Jr. to help him create the visual effect that is needed in the movie to make the movie more realistic to what he envisioned the movie to be Were as Freund enlisted Carl Laemmle, Jr to help create the dark, silent misty scene and soft lighting to bring out the dark eerie feel in the movie. Laemmle used dolly shots and several special effects technique's that lead to the creation of the first handheld camera.

IT has also changed the way movies are shot particularly through application of film special effects. The film industry heavily relies on illusions to simulate imaginary events in a story (McClean, 2007). Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) is another key technology that is applied to special effects to enhance films. CGI is mainly used in special effects to enable filmmakers to control the scenes instead of using many extra actors. This has simplified film production and reduced the costs incurred. A lot of movies especially those classified under fiction, action, and horror genres rely on CGI.

The film “The Prestige” is one of many masterful Nolan films that walks the line between being a meta film about the film industry, and being focused on immersing the audience in the actual content of the film. At a close inspection, comparisons to the film industry can be seen, but they are not so obvious to distract the audience from the central conflicts that are at the forefront of the film. The subject of the film could most easily be defined as surrounding the topics of obsession or fame. More specifically, the obsession of fame, and the illusion of happiness that fame projects. The main characters of the movie both urn for the fame of being the world’s most successful entertainer, even if for different reasons.

It is believed that more than 50 percent of the film involved special effects. One of the many reasons is because the film itself was made on a budget and the other being “for the nature and scope of its subject” (The Denny Life) to keep costs down. One of the methods that revolutionize cinematography was the introduction of a technique known as deep focus by Orson Welles. Deep focus is the use of “having everything in the frame even the background in focus at the same time” contrary to “having only the people or object in the foreground in focus” (The Denny Life). Moreover, the deep focus technique requires the cinematographer to combine lighting, composition, and type of camera lens to produce the desired effect. For example, Orson Welles use this technique on