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The director mainly used eye level shots, to leave it up to the audience to judge the two main characters of the movie, although certain power struggles in the film are shown from high angles to illustrate someone dominating a conversation or argument. Figgis also uses some point of view shots to show the imbalance during Ben’s drunken periods where the camera is placed at an oblique angle to show tension and approaching movements. The images in the film are in high contrast with streaks of blackness and harsh shafts of light to underline the dramatic events that occur.

The use of mise-en-scene elements contribute a great deal to the films overall theme. In the particular scene for this analysis, an element that stands out a number of times is lighting. There is an immense difference between the amount of light when Madeline and John are in the forrest as opposed to when they are out near the shore line. The scene also uses the lack

Big Fish contains many archetypal symbols with a deeper meaning than what meets the eye. The most prominent archetype in this movie is, as the title suggests, the big fish. In mythology, a fish represents divine creation and life. The fish’s large size is also indicative of its power and importance. Edward Bloom personifies the big fish; he brought life to everyone he came across through his interesting and inspiring

Lots of music, fast cuts, fantastic cinematography and superb sets and costumes make it the lively tale it was meant to be. These features also make the film somewhat cartoon-like with a lot of heightened realism. Don't expect to see British people prancing around in tights when you rent this one. Luhrmann creates a world where gun-toting youths sport Hawaiian shirts and beachfront brawls are an everyday event.

The producer, René Clair, made many important changes throughout the movie, one major change stood out, the mood. He incorporated the lighter mood with a variety of comedic and tacky scenes, with characters chasing each other, peeking through keyholes, and childish music, which left the audience happy and laughing at each of the characters. With a little romantic touch, it developed two characters to stand out and feel sympathetic for them. But with each joke, the characters make the

Like in any well produced film, Coppola began the creative process by first studying the novel and script, then discussing it with the author to determine which key elements must be transferred visually in

In the Cohen Brother’s version mise-en-scene was used so effectively that it was like the Mattie in the book was on screen. The costume

To make those special effects in the movie you would make all human and non-magical beings less detailed. Make them dull, dark colors, little make-up. And all the magical creatures in bright bold colors double the make-up. Have all their surroundings dull in the background when they are on screen and have them stand out with the special effects. The monsters have fine detail and dark colors but they are dark VIBRANT colors so that they look ugly and scary he makes them show up when least expected so that it surprises you and makes the humans fear him so that you would fear them as well. And the goddesses will show up when needed most you make them glowing and the good guys so that they seem more beautiful than they are. You have them play the parts of fair and understanding that way they are more intriguing and have an unexplainable beauty that you feel attracted to, they are the opposite of the monsters.

The artistic intensions of this film are implicitly stated everywhere throughout the film. All of the dancing, singing, acting and pretend fighting was done thoroughly and very well, although the miking and mixing during the pretend fighting did not seem realistic. Specific actors, dancers, and singers were trained and taught how to perform in order to get the message across to the audience that this West Side Story is not just a film, but a

The aesthetics of realism in each film can be utilized in many diverse ways to offer certain truths about the world of the film to further express the film’s story. These theatrical elements emphasize what the film attempts to relay to the audience; moreover, it intensifies the authenticity of each aspect of the film. The use of real people, on-camera interviews, textual information, and of direct address to the camera displays the realism of each film.

An individual detailed analysis on the style, editing techniques Mise-en-scene and cinematography in the film "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind".

The textual features used in the film make it evident that the construction of the film has been influenced by French culture. A variety of different techniques have been used by Jeunet to give the film a feeling of fairytale and fantasy, emphasising innocence. Jeunet has used extremely saturated colours to give the film a fantasy and dreamlike feeling, the colours used to emphasise this are red and

contest. Parallels can be drawn to many of the other themes of the film from this

Alfred Hitchcock’s attention to detail in his films is one of the many things that makes him one of the most recognized film auteurs of all time. He was very particular what about he wanted seen on screen and how he wanted to get those shots. From camera movements to the things found in the mise-en-scène, Hitchcock was very precise about every little thing that is seen in his on screen worlds. He would strategically place objects throughout the mise-en-scène and have characters wear certain clothing. By doing this, Hitchcock is able to let the audience know things about the characters and the plot without it having to be said on camera. Hitchcock once said that “If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on” (Tiffin). That’s why there’s no surprise that when Hitchcock finally made his first color film, he began to use color as another way of communicating with his audience.

There are many unique and innovative techniques used throughout the film. Some were sequencing which are different shots that represent purpose like flashbacks to another time period. Another that was interesting was the use of the newsreel footage. Also the many different angles that were used, and how the lighting and shadows were a big part of the film.