The Realism Of Realism And Film

To begin, the idea of two realisms is first illustrated in the opening sequence of the film and continues throughout the length of the story. For example, the neighborhood shown in the film is

a film. It is what the viewers sees, hears and experiences while watching a film. A film’s Mise en Scene subtly influences viewer’s mood as they watch a film, much like decor, lighting, smells and sounds can influence our emotional response to an actual place. In Film Art: An Introduction, Bordwell (2001), explained that in Mise en Scene, realism can be achieved by giving the settings an accurate and convincing look or letting actors express their emotions through performance as naturally as possible. This paper will discuss and analyse the significance of Mise en Scene in Wong Kar Wai’s In The Mood For Love

Over the many years of filmmaking, there is no doubt that classical Hollywood has made an interesting name for itself. The classical Hollywood style has become quite predictable in relation to film narrative because of their unique filmmaking choices using devices like continuity editing, three-point lighting, centered framing, and musical scores. When we think of a classic Hollywood film, we usually imagine a story with a happy ending. A phenomenal film that performs all these functions

Tom Hanks who is the main character couldn’t believe his eyes. He was shocked that those cruel scenes were happening right in front of his face. Spielberg also stops the music and makes the screen kind of blurry to instill a sense of reality to the atmosphere. This definitely added more reality to the movie. Tim O’Brien said credibility might be threatened by telling an unbelievable story but this unbelievable aspect of the movie adds more credibility. The way he shot the film almost gives us a feeling that we were watching a documentary about war. These are the aspects Tim O’Brien exactly talks about in his text. Spielberg includes unbelievable aspect to his movie but he does not lose the credibility as Tim O’Brien states on his text.

Realists attempt to portray the illusion that their film world has not been manipulated and is almost like a mirror to the real world. Their techniques are different to those of any other film. They try to make the film seem as real and as close to normal life as possible by using natural lighting instead of special lighting equipment, they also mostly use hand held cameras and employ non- professional actors to really uphold this realistic image.

During the process of envisioning and designing a film, the director, production designer, and art director (in collaboration with the cinematographer) are concerned with several major spatial and temporal elements. These design elements punctuate and underscore the movement of figures within the frame, including the following: setting, lighting, costuming, makeup, and hairstyles. Choose a scene from movieclips.com. In a three to five page paper, (excluding the cover and reference pages) analyze the mise-en-scène

In Bazin’s realism, a film must be created in the way that it can be presented to the audience as a representation of real life (Bazin, 2005; Memorial University, 2007). This meant that in Bazin’s view, film must be created in a realistic style—with little interference from the filmmaker (Bazin, 2005; Memorial University, 2007). This means no elaborate special effects that take away from the authentic, real-life feeling of the film. To Bazin, film is not meant to create an escape from reality but is instead meant to preserve reality for the viewer (Bazin, 2005; Memorial University, 2007). The idea of a filmmaker needing to have little interruption into the production may seem consistent with documentaries at first glance, but many documentaries are highly edited, often for the purposes of creating dramatic effect. Bazin specifically mentions the editing technique “montage”—a technique often used in documentary films—as being an unhelpful manipulation of the film’s images (Bazin, 2005; Memorial University, 2007; Blakeney, 2009). Comments can be taken wildly out of context and the filmmaker has the ability to be highly selective about what they choose to show to their audience. Beyond this, many documentary films use a great deal of editing using effects like the previously mentioned montage technique or other effects such as abstract staging or dramatic makeup effects (Blakeney, 2009), which all further remove the

The movie Citizen Kane was produced in 1941 and it’s a drama film produced by Orson Welles. This movie has won several awards such the best writing while nominated in the Academy awards. Many filmmakers, film critics, and fans consider it as one of, if not, the greatest film ever made; winning the votes of all the Sight and Sound categories it was nominated for. The cinematography, narrative structure, screenplay, and music involved in the movie were praised since it was one of the kind during its period in time. The film is about the rise and fall of a successful newspaper tycoon who is played by Welles himself. This paper entails a figurative research of the film entailing how various filming styles have been used in the entire production

Assumptions and beliefs have the potential to be the most impactual factor in a human's reality without them even realizing it. Indirect realist believe sensory perceptions is a combination of previously stored information about the world, which is built as a result of experience as well as information in the stimuli (McLeod). On the contrary, direct realists believe assumptions and beliefs do not have an impact on sense perception because perception is purely based on an external object that is independent of a perceiver's awareness of it (BonJour). I believe that one's sense perception is not a direct process and that our assumptions and beliefs play a major role in sense perception by filtering, thus impacting our perception of the external

By rejecting the normalized standard of realism in special effects, MirrorMask’s “Close to You” sequence opens the doors for a new version of special effects—one not trapped by perceptual realism and photorealism, but instead free to transform and reach towards the sublime. Instead of embracing the photorealism found in special effects since the influence Star Wars and Star Trek, which Julie Turnock discuses in her article, “The ILM Version”, films should explore the possibilities of special effects beyond realism (Turnock, Julie). The MirrorMask’s “Close to You” sequence begins to explore the freedom of special effects through various experimentation. In her article, Turnock describes how films have conditioned

Therefore, in order to keep up the appeal for this franchise the film-makers are ensuring that the movie is full of astonishing effects and abstract new ideas to keep the audiences engagement and devotion. The reason why special effects are more sought after by the audience is because it corresponds to this digital era that consumes our contemporary society, and because the audience wants to be a part of this unrealistic reality. Post-classical narratives present this vivid alternative reality where the impossible becomes possible,

Years before World War One began, Germany was afraid of their neighbors. At the time right before World War One, Russia had a population that was far beyond any of its neighboring countries. However, Russia had yet to fully industrialize. Through a fear of the rise of Russia, Germany decided a war was more favorable than peace negotiations and allowing Russia to climb in power. Dale Copeland and other Realism theorist’s show that World War One was caused by Germany (who was fearing a decline), pushed for a preventative war against Russia and tried to make it seem as it was Russia's fault.

The films King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters and Wreck-it Ralph utilizes methods of realist and formalist aesthetics in their respective films. Realist aesthetics aspire to achieve transparency and display the content practically, while formalist aesthetics choose to communicate the content expressively to better serve the story. The realist aesthetics in King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters and the formalist aesthetics in Wreck-it Ralph are apparent in the film’s mise en scene, cinematography, sound, and performances. Realist aesthetics in King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters are applied in the film to emphasize the fact that a true chain of events is being depicted; realist aesthetics in the film accentuate the true nature of the story in order to emphasize the lessons and messages in the film are as prevalent in reality as they are to the characters in the movie. Furthermore, formalist aesthetics in Wreck-It Ralph uses the films aesthetics for the purpose of emphasizing the messages being related in the film. The realist film, King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, leaves these various forms of aesthetics, such as using predominately diegetic sound, handheld camera movements, deep focus cinematography, natural lighting, available mise en scene, and real people (non-actors), for the viewers to further interpret. The formalist film, Wreck-It Ralph, implements forms of aesthetics, such as expressive mise en scene, expressive cinematography, expressive sound, and a deliberate

Realism in literature might be defined as an approach that attempts to describe life without idealization of romantic subjectivity. Even if there are no limits to anyone century or group of writers, it is frequently associated with the literary movement of 19th century France which attempts to depict its real society (The Columbia Encyclopedia ). The members of the movement tried to show a true reflection of a reality that arose as a response to the idealistic world of romanticism. Realism highlights not only the simplicity, the truth in depicting social environment, relationships, life and the characters, who are shaped by it but also the representation of reality which adheres to a loose collection of conventions. Other relevant characteristics of Realism are an emphasis on details, especially details of the landscape, nature, characters' emotions and behavior. Moreover, There quite often can be found an omniscient narrator, transparent language, verisimilitude, social critique in realistic works. (Shmoop Editorial Team).The realists describe conflicts and complications inherent in everyday life. Also, Realism deals with rationalism, compositional harmony, and a logical presentation.

one could not fully understand a movie and filmmaker insight without understanding and examine mise-en-scene and cinematography. In other words, mise-en-scene and cinematography is an effective and critically essential not only to the filmmaker but also to the spectators'."We know very well we must learn to read before we can attempt to enjoy"( 157-James Monaco-1977)