The Crucible Film Techniques

The 1996 film of The Crucible is a historical drama inspired by the Salem witchcraft trials. The film has won a multitude of cinematic achievements and continuously blows audience members away with the accuracy of the historical events and portrayal of the characters by the actors and actresses. The profound work of Arthur Miller is also expressed within the written play of The Crucible. However, the film did the best job of portraying characters that were both historically accurate and believable to an audience member. One main character from The Crucible that is both historically accurate and extremely believable in the film is Abigail Williams. Winona Ryder, the actress of Abigail Williams, did an impeccable job portraying her character and became widely known for her work through several achievements and film reviews. The recognition that she and the rest of the cast received due to the characterization in this cinematic production is what made the film do the best job of portraying characters as historically accurate and believable to an audience member instead of the written play. Although the written play describes the actions and thoughts of the characters very precisely, the film did the best job of portraying characters as historically accurate and believable to an audience member through the achievements and film reviews received from actors and actresses such as Winona Ryder, the recognition the cast as a whole earned, and the actions and emotions the actors and

The 1996 film adaptation of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible tells us far more about what modern society thinks the puritans are, than what the historic realities were. The film paints a one-sided and reductionist picture of puritan life and relationships, focusing on the themes of religious intolerance and how reputation is connected to the morals of a society. By examining the film on an analytical level, we can pull out larger connections between modern society and the puritan way of life. One of the most important aspects of history is not just recording the facts of the past, but how we interpret them in the present. This film adds yet another interpretation to the already misunderstood puritans, presenting both their deepest flaws as

Lighting and sound are another two key factors that can be manipulated to heighten the dramatic value of the scene. With the opening of the first sequence, the musical motif that accompanies Abigail throughout the film begins to play as she is introduced. It follows her emotions, the tempo increasing as she hurries to ready herself and creep out of the house. As the forest comes into view, the eerie surroundings are complemented by the change in music.

Using the language of the moving image, which includes cinematography, editing, sound, music and mise-en-scene, this essay will investigate the ideology of Racism in film. OxfordDictionaries.com describes racism as “Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior.” When we, the audience think of racism in film, we traditionally think of movies for adults and often overlook the sinister aspect of racism in children’s films. I have chosen to contrast a recent R-rated film with a G-rated Disney movie from the 1990s. Disney films, even up until the 1990s have persistently reinforced the image of blacks or latino and asian races as being below whites. The

Their traditional instruments create the mood of the film, having some of the best musical scores that I’ve heard in a film. Zhangs use of instrumental music throughout his scenes create a sense of intensity and mood. At the beginning of the scene the music starts with a soft tune and slowly increase in volume as Broken Sword walked through the hall ways. The scene used more of a strings melody that created a calmer, more intimate scene. This is then followed by a dynamic transition into the following fighting scene. As the film progresses though the fighting scenes, the score evolves into a more epic and intense melody which uses the sounds of objects in movement, accompanied by a percussion that creates an intense mood, and the soft vocals of a female to create a more elegant melody. Dun Tan, the composer of the score used more traditional forms of instruments to create a feeling of immersion in the time period chosen. The music is one of the strongest elements in the film really creating the

The pulsating percussion present throughout this entire scene provides a sense of continuity between the shots of different characters, and also gives a sense of urgency to the accident, despite Daniel’s nonchalant reaction. The percussion never wavers in volume and doesn’t change based on any dialogue, which makes the scene chaotic and all over the place by design. During the close up shots of Eli and H.W., low string notes are interspersed throughout the music, which communicate the sense of betrayal that both characters begin to realize after the accident. The dialogue in the scene is important, because without Daniel directly communicating to the other workers, the audience would believe that he is extremely concerned about the state of the derrick. His nonchalant actions provide a counterpoint to the chaos and sense of impending doom of the music. This shows that the music isn’t really intended for Daniel, but rather for the other characters who have felt a sense of betrayal because of the accident. In the last part of the scene, the music finally begins to evolve, as the percussion takes a backseat to the crescendo of the string notes. The string notes gradually increase in volume as the derrick burns, and continue to get higher in pitch. They reach a climax when the derrick collapses, and fade out to the background. The scene ends with Daniel looking at one of the oil workers and laughing maniacally at the spectacle they just

Falsettos was one of the first shows that led the change in talking about death. “In particular, the AIDS epidemic elicited many theatrical and musical responses, the most important for the purposes of this discussion being Rent and Falsettos” (Death Comes to the Broadway Musical). Before the 20th century, pain and suffering was rarely addressed in the theatre. Originally premiering in 1993, Falsettos is about Marvin, a gay man, struggling to balance his ex-wife, 12 year old son, and his new boyfriend, Whizzer. Amidst the chaos, one of the characters laments about an unknown disease that is rapidly spreading in the song “Something Bad is Happening” (“Falsettos”). Not soon after, viewers discover that Whizzer has contracted this disease and he eventually passes away. The show helped transport audience members back to their experience with

The powerful instrumental music lasts for a couple of minutes to emphasize how upsetting the news is for Kane. In general, the sound effects and music accentuate the emotions the characters are expressing or trying to

This scene also marks the appearance of the foreboding score that acts as the acoustic mirror to Amelia’s emotional and psychological states (Hayward 247). Given that the score is used to

The harmony between the lack of foreground music and the slow but intense thumping rhythm and tempo of the brass section adds a strong sense of suspense as the characters and the audience anticipates the arrival of the horrendous King Kong . You know that the beast is coming, and this music helps to intensify the suspense of this important

He is able to use these parts to manipulate the audience’s emotions. The music playing from the car is an on-screen sound. As the man gets attacked, the volume increases. The sound helps intensify the scene that has been created by the film’s visual elements. The audience then subconsciously forms ideas, opinions, and feelings about what they are seeing. The viewers develop scared feelings as the scene intensifies to the happy upbeat tune. The increasing volume of the cheery song reflects the violence and the sinisterness of the scene. The song stops with the slamming of the car’s driver-side door as the man is abducted. There is a moment of silence and then a new song abruptly entered the silent scene. The music is non-diegetic and is an offscreen sound. The song is screechy, high pitched, and jagged sounding at first, continuing the anxious and scared mood. The song shifts into a sort of soulful hymn. The tone shifts along with the song. The audience begins to feel relieved and relaxes to the peaceful song.

This clearly explains the significance of music and the role that has in motion pictures. Music has to match the emotions that the actors are showing and the environment they are in. If fail to do so, the movie could be a dreadful thing to watch.

     The music is appropriated to the visual images. When George is thinking about his daughter is going to leave him, it has background music of ¡§My Girl¡¨, and the lyric fits his feeling. The film uses narration, George tells what is going to be happened and defines the places. It is effective because the story is very realistic and the language is funny.

Continually the director uses the subplots- the stories within the story-to show the hierarchy of oppression and privilege in America to show how people think of others in a particular way in which they take people’s dignity. The way people treat and look to others is really off and they go with their thoughts to really far places and they imagine things that may not happen, in which they oppress another person.another scene “-come on man keep driving i said i'm not laughing at you ...fine you want me to show you i will show you ,do you want to see what's in my hands i will show you” In the scene, it shows how the cop mistreats the boy just because he is black. This scene is related to the message because the cop kills a person who did not do anything to him, he just thinks that he has gun but he is not sure about it, then

During this scene in the last battle between Daniel and Johnny various types of music and movements are highlighted to point out different actions. When Daniel comes back out to fight Johnny the crowd is cheering very loud. While this is happening there is underlying music that is being played lightly. But once the announcer begins to speak the music begins to get louder and do little jumps or skips in the tune to stress that something is about to happen. As he continues to talk the music grows dark and it slowly begins to build up. Another example is after Johnny’s sensei tells him to sweep Daniel’s leg the same dark ominous tune from the beginning of the scene comes back on, but this time it is louder and sounds more frightening then the first. Moreover, the movements between the two are very fast but Daniel’s are unbalanced and shaky because of his leg. Despite being hurt he continues to get up when his knocked down by Johnny. As Daniel begins to execute the Crane the music changes from the dark tune to a triumph one that quickly speeds up. When Daniel strikes Johnny it sounds like two cymbals being hit together to dramatize the hit and in Daniel’s case his