The Lost Ark : Film Review

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.

Spielberg also exploits various camera techniques to build up fear and suspense in the film Jaws. For example, during the second attack on Alex, a lot of different camera techniques and angles are being used. The start of the scene is a tracking shot, showing Alex coming out of the sea and sitting next to his mother on the beach. After some persuasion, his mother lets him have just 10 more minutes in the water. Then a further tracking shot is used, as we follow Alex up the beach as he goes and gets his lilo. The use of this camera angle, which focuses the audience’s attention on Alex, immediately makes them feel more attached to the character.

Firstly the directors and their team use a variety of different camera techniques to shape our view on the characters, and ultimately

The first film technique spielberg successfully uses is cinematography. Specifically, he uses close up shots on Frank and Carl’s face during their conversation about whether Carl is telling the truth and then swears on his daughter's life. During these close ups, there is a good use of camera movement by zooming even further into their faces. The use of this technique gives a strong effect on the audience by showing the seriousness and emotion in the characters faces. It also shows the tension and suspense in the room. This shows

In 1981, Raiders of the Lost Ark stars Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. This film depicts Jones as a professor, anthropologist and an archaeologist. The first scene of the movie places Indiana Jones in a tomb in order to get the small golden statue, before moving on to the next part of the movie where he’s teaching a class on archaeology. He is called to action later in the film when Jones is told that the Nazis are searching for something called the Ark of the Covenant; something that holds the key to humanity. Throughout this film, Indiana Jones is filmed working as both an archaeologist and anthropologist and though the movie series is centered around his profession, Jones is not actually practicing proper anthropology or archaeology.

Deep in the jungles of South America a man emerges from the shadows, a gun is drawn, and the hammer clicks back. Before the gun clears the holster, another man whose identity is concealed by shadow and the wide brim of a Fedora has already drawn his own weapon, a whip. With a crack like thunder the whip strikes the gun and it falls to the ground, Indiana Jones emerges from the shadows with a smile on his face. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark is an action movie that was produced by Steven Spielberg in 1981. The film follows the adventures of Indiana Jones as he attempts to find the Ark of the Covenant before it falls under Nazi control. The first scene of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark introduces two main characters, Indiana Jones and Dr. Rene Belloq. Throughout the film these two characters compete to acquire the Ark of the Covenant, their actions all leading towards the final scene where only one man achieves this goal. Steven Spielberg uses techniques such as framing, visual effects, and lighting in the first and last scenes of the movie to develop the classic hero and villain archetypes for Dr. Jones and Dr. Belloq respectively.

“Snakes, why'd it have the to be snakes?” This quote by Harrison Ford or Indiana Jones is one of the most recognized quotes in the iconic movie Raiders of the Lost Ark directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Paramount Pictures. The main actors are Indiana Jones, played by Harrison Ford; Marion Ravenwood, played by Karen Allen; and Dr. Rene Belloq, played by Paul Freeman. The movie was released in June 12, 1981, and was rated PG. Raiders of the Lost Ark is an Fantasy/Action movie that is about an archeologist who is hired by the U.S government to find the Ark of the Covenant which is believed to have the Ten Commandments inside. Unfortunately, the Nazis are after the Ark, too. The film Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the greatest films of all time. Every aspect of filmmaking is superb. The theme, the plot, the acting, all of it is great. Everything that makes a movie a good movie is in this film.

Has anyone actually come close to finding the lost Ark of the Covenant? To solve that, archaeologists have been looking for two thousand years and have been able to find out a few unique qualities about the Ark. The Ark of the Covenant is a wooden box covered in gold that contained the Ten Commandment tablets (Wickersham). Four strong men had to carry the Ark around due to the rule that it was never allowed to touch the ground (Parfitt 14). At each stop, the Hebrews had to build a tabernacle for the Ark because it was so majestic. Also, only the holy of holies could go inside the tabernacle to be in the presence of the Ark (Wickersham). To answer the two thousand and five hundred-year-old mystery, archaeologists have

The Last of the Mohicans is a movie in which a young white man, who also happens to be adopted by a Mohican and his son, set out to save the two daughters of English leader, colonel Munro; who have been kidnapped. Along the way the men run into trouble when they come across a war between the French and the Indians. Hawkeye (the white man) wants ever so badly to help out in the war as much as possible but throughout their journey the three men run into very difficult times/obstacles. On top of all of the chaos, Hawkeye believes that he has found love with one of the daughters of colonel Munro.

The technique allows the audience to become apart of the movie, in a way the angle gives the audience the characters eyes, letting the audience see what the character might be seeing from their view point. For example, in “Charlie in The Chocolate Factory”, Tim Burton caught the audience's attention when some of the characters were just beginning to meet Willy Wonka, before they were invited inside his factory. The scene was shot from the character’s eye level looking up at Willy Wonka and listening to him speak about welcoming them to his factory, although he was reading off of note cards and just showed them singing, dancing, mechanical puppets that quit working due to catching on fire. The scene was in particularly odd and

The deep jungles of South America, 1936. Three men trudge through the thick foliage, until one of them steps back from the others, pulling a gun. The leader of the group spins around, flashing his whip with incredible speed and knocking the weapon away. Thwarted, the gunman runs for his life as the dashing leader steps out from the shadows and reveals the grizzled face of…Han Solo. Unless you lived in a dark cave on Neptune during the late 1970s, this would have been the only plausible reaction to Harrison Ford’s reveal shot in the opening sequence of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. With a look that Spielberg admits

In 1979, Francis Ford Coppola unleashed a film that reshaped the view of the American Vietnam war. The film was heralded as an epic of modern film. However, is it truly an epic or is that term become a widely used word for great works of cinema? Does Apocalypse Now contain the epic criteria of religion, a journey, a vast setting, a sense of supernatural and other key factors?

The implications of these types of focus can persuade or direct the audience where to look, it can help the actor to stay in character, as well as memorize and recite the dialogue. Finally focus can play an essential role in explaining or conveying the purpose of the scene.

Watching this movie has given a great insight into the Muslim film industry especially the stark differences and similarities that exist within the cinematic realm. This movie was based on an aging musician, Mirza, longing to see his wife, Hanareh again; this was spurred on from receiving a letter from his ex wife. Mizer cons his two sons Barat and Audeh to come and look for their mother and help in her time of need. After traveling from Iran to Iraq and encountering multiple dangerous situations, being robbed by thieves, and singing multiple songs the trio arrives in an orphan camp. This is where Audeh adopting two boys that he hopes he can train to have a great voice like his and ultimately become his sons, he stays behind while the teacher, Barat, and Mirza travel on to bring a child to get some medicine. Barat finds a woman after traveling on with his father and the teacher when they encounter the uncovering of a mass grave where Barat's sweetheart thinks her brother may be buried at. The movie only assumes that this woman goes on to become his wife. In the final scene after traveling many more miles Mirza finally thinks he has found Hanareh at a quarantine camp, but ends up leaving with her daughter to care for after the other women in the camp tell that she has left. Hanareh was at the camp but could not bear to reveal herself thinking it will bring her shame, and that Mirza will not love her anymore after she lost her voice. This movie takes place during the Iraq-Iran

To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 film directed by Robert Mulligan, and is based on the novel by Harper Lee of the same name. The film stars Gregory Peck (Atticus Finch), Mary Badham (Scout Finch), Phillip Alford (Jem), John Megna (Dill), Robert Duvall (Boo Radley), and Brock Peters (Tom Robinson). To start the film a woman is narrating her childhood in Macomb, Alabama that was "a tired old town even in 1932." She (Scout) recalls that she was six years old that summer. Scout and her brother Jem are fascinated by the neighbors a few door down, particularly Boo Radley, which they share with Dill, a boy visiting town for the summer. The primary plot line for Scout, Jem, and Dill revolves around Boo Radley.