The Opening Scene Of Cronos By Guillermo Del Toro

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The opening scene is important in any film as it sets the scene and introduced the characters, Wayne set the scene and introduced the characters in the starting scene absolutely perfectly by using techniques such as music, camera angles and characterisation. At the very start of the scene the audience would hear light panting form Gail and Kay running. The

The concert opener, Scherzo for X Wings by John Williams, was written originally for the use of the Star Wars movie, A Force Awakens. John Williams also has many other well-known pieces, such as Imperial March and Duel of the Fates which were also used in the Star Wars series. He is the main composer for the music in the famous American movie series, Star Wars, and many of his pieces have been re-arranged for band music and concerts, which is what they performed at their concert. He is a film producer and is well known for his inclusion of advanced music which adds lots of depth to the film and its plot. He is mostly known for Star Wars and his co-production of the American film Shrek. Personally, I like the intense action that Williams includes in his music, and the way he bases it off the plot that he is making the music for. He uses lots of brass and woodwinds calls back in forth, reflecting the melody from section to section throughout the piece. The dynamic contrast that is written in the piece also accentuates the music greatly as it keeps the listener entertained throughout the whole piece. Personally, I get distracted and do not always remain focused at concerts, because I have seen lots of advanced and professional

FW Murnau’s 1921 film Nosferatu is an appropriation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. Despite it being an appropriation, explicit gothic conventions remain evident, which explore societal fears and values. These fears and values differ from Dracula, due to distinct contextual influences of different time periods.

The opening scene is significant because it gives the setting of the story. It is also important because it introduces the magical style of the story through over exaggerated details. Lastly, the significance of the opening scene also includes the introduction of the main character and what kind of family into which he was born.

The opening shot of a film is one of the most crucial parts of a movie. In the same way that an establishing shot introduces us into the scene, the opening shot introduces us into a movie. Although not the most memorable, the opening shot is important because the director can use it to convey the film’s main ideas, premises or character arcs. Inglourious Basterds (2009) opens with a long shot of a farm: lush fields of green, small farmhouse, and a man (Denis Ménochet) chopping wood at the center. This is where action will take place. This is 1941 France and life

    The protagonist and story of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula have been widely interpreted and adapted in films throughout many years. Despite almost a century of time since the initial publication, Dracula has maintained its ability to frighten and mesmerize readers. Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula; however, utilizes the erotic romance of the original novel in order to depict a tragic love story. The film accurately follows the general plot of the novel, yet presents the characters in a unique manner that provides for a different appreciation of the characters.

The story of Dracula is about an ancient vampire who moves from Transylvania, his native country to London, where he seduces and bites a young woman by the

The film, “Night of the Living Dead”, is a horror movie taking place in the late 1960’s and set in a small town in Pennsylvania. The beginning scene opens with siblings, Barbara and Johnny arriving at a cemetery after three long hours of driving. Barbara and Johnny went to the graveyard to visit their late father's grave and as they were leaving Johnny decided to tease Barbara saying “They’re coming for you Barbara… look, there comes one of them now”. While they were walking to their car Barbara figured she would apologize to the man for what her brother had said but as she was about to speak the “man” grabbed her. When Johnny saw, he quickly ran to them and pulled the zombie away from his sister but he was then attacked by the living dead. During the struggle, Johnny fell and died from hitting his head on a gravestone. The zombie then went after Barbara in a long pursuit that only ended when she came up to an abandoned house. While in the house, Barbara saw more of the zombie people heading toward the house and found a dead body. Startled by the horrifying sight, Barbara ran outside in a hurry and almost ran into a man that was walking into the house. This man, Ben, had run out of gas and was forced to stop at the house to seek shelter. Ben quickly grabbed Barbara and got them both into the house to safety. After getting rid of the three zombies that were after them, Ben boarded up the windows and doors as soon as possible. Barbara decided to tell Ben what had happened to her before they met. Ben decided to turn on the radio and get the news of what was going on around them. In hope of finding something useful, Ben looked in a closet and found a gun and ammunition. As Ben was looking in the closet, two men, Harry Cooper and Tom, emerged from the basement, while Helen, Harry's wife, and Judy, Tom's girlfriend, remained to watch over Helen’s Injured daughter. After fighting about where the safest place to be was, they all came to the conclusion that Harry would go back down to the cellar while Tom and Judy stayed upstairs. A little while after, Harry and his wife Helen went back upstairs and the group got the TV going to get an update on what was happening. After they watched the telecast, the group cooperated

Dracula – When you see Dracula in the film he is clad in red armour

Sebastian Rock is a fourth year student at Avila and general costume enthusiast. Night of the Living Dead is his first costume design at Avila. He would like to thank Tammy Keiser and Megan Segars for teaching him everything he knows and being amazing resources, Director Char Gould for being incredibly supportive and inspiring him creatively; and the costume crew and the design/tech team in general for creating such a lovely work environment. He would also like to thank his family for supporting his love of the theatre, and his friends Eliza Knopps and Alex Walters for encouraging him to work in the theatre and for always being there to support him. Lastly, he would like to thank all of the members of AUTC for being some of the most wonderful

Bela Lugosi is arguably the most classic example of an actor taking on a vampire role. However, during 1931 when the universal studio was casting the 1931’s Dracula, Lugosi could only barely speak English, and therefore almost lost his chance at playing the iconic part (“Dracula (1931 English-Language Film”). Nonetheless his accents and costumes, which has become the classic look of the vampire, he himself was so typecast in his role that he was actually buried after his death in his Dracula costume. Certainly, it is Lugosi’s performance that makes Tod Browning’s film such an influential Hollywood picture. Overall, I will give it a 3 star out of 5, compared with the older version film of Dracula, because of the dialogues and sounds, the plot is much easier for the audiences to understand, without any editing or background music the horror of the film is not inferior to

“By the early 1930s, horror entered into its classic phase in Hollywood - the true Dracula and Frankenstein Eras.” (Horror Films) The original Dracula was released in 1931. Dracula was a five hundred year old vampire was that was very frightening to early audiences. This undead villain entranced and charmed his victims with his veracity.”(Horror Films) The 1930’s also brought the first production

At the beginning of the movie we are shown an opening sequence introducing the main characters in the movie. We are briefly introduced to each character’s situation and the goals they are trying to achieve but we soon

generate moods, and have great psychological affect. This is just as true for the very first series of shots for the film, and perhaps more important since these first shots will give the audience the initial feeling of the film, and set a tone for the picture. The first shot is highly dramatic in its lighting method, and the audience is drawn in immediately to one single detail. A man begins revealing the details of a tragic incident that befell his daughter. We don’t see who he is talking to. There is a spotlight directly above the man, and this is pretty much