Film Techniques Essay

A Film Analysis of the Town 2010 Student’s Name: Institutional Affiliation: Question 1: The True Subject and the Theme of the Film The Town is a 2010 crime film based in Charlestown. Featuring Doug MacRay and James Coughlin, the film involves three major robberies in three different locations within Charlestown. A team of highly skilled robbers is involved in high-level crimes including robbing a bank, hitting a money transfer lorry, and finally attacking a cash house where two are gunned

good movie will have, not just interesting but inspiring characters. Characters that, while watching the film, will make us empathize and care about what happens to them throughout their cinematic journey throughout the film. It allows the audience to converse about their views on who were the good guys and who were the bad. This let's us, as the audience, to continue and embellish on the film with our own imaginations. Another component that makes a movie good is the story itself. Is it believable

Introduction The film There Will Be Blood is a history/drama directed by Paul Anderson in 2007. It’s widely known for the performance of Day-Lewis who plays Daniel Plainview. It’s also known for the exquisite cinematography and screenplay. The film features famous actors such as Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, and Kevin O’Conner. There Will Be Blood has received many awards as well. The Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and the Silver Bear for Best Director are a

documentaries exploring and addressing political and social issues in the US. Moore has a number of films, including 9/11: Fahrenheit, Sicko and Roger and Me for example. In particular, he has produced and directed “Bowling for Columbine” which I will be close viewing for my 3.9 report. During this film he raises and explores the issue of gun violence in the United States and uses a variety of techniques to showcase his thinking. In the two excerpts “Columbine” and “Fear of Black Men”, I will be discussing

jobs and started paddling narcotics for himself and his crew, I feel as though the first scenes Tony Montana's cocky attitude broken English and demeanor and disposition towards the police, introduced us to who Tony Montana was, at one point in this film Tony Montana talks about Humphrey Bogart and a few other actors that portrayed gangsters and gangster life style, he seemed to be admiring the gangster life style, in this scene you can almost see the admiration within his eyes as he was telling

the stories he sets out in his films as they are very intellectually thought of. In all of his films, there is a trend of his directorial style. There are a couple of things that are similar throughout his productions. The first is the themes he uses in his films. One is the mentor-apprentice relationship that is visible in Inception between Cobb and Ariadne and in Memento between Leonard and the cop Teddy. The mentor-apprentice relationship is also a technique Nolan uses in his filmmaking

Another scene in the film in which Kaye has carefully used the soundtrack to convey the idea of Derek’s actions affecting Danny is the revelation scene later on in the film. During this scene, we see Derek reflecting on the past through a flashback. A buildup of soft violin, piano and cello sounds are used in contrast to other parts of the film to amplify the sense of happiness and to show how Derek cherishes this memory as it is possibly the last moment where his life was good. By using a build

Technique 1: Cross Cutting The director uses cross cutting to show us every single moment that happening in places at the same time when Truman was trying to escape from Seahaven and Christof uses his power to make Truman discouraged then abandoned the intention to leave Seahaven. Cross cutting occurs when Truman decided to curb his fear of the water and sail over the ocean to regain his freedom. The shot began when Christof found Truman on the ocean and directs everyone in the Lunar Room create

of the movie. Techniques that were used to further the story is when they would flash back and forth between when he was younger and older for a while and then just stay on the plot of when he was just 14. Keys events they used were the multiple mental institutions he went to and the people he met there. The producers would also use when his father would man-handle and hurt David. David’s father always tried to manipulate him into doing what he wanted, not what David wanted. The film ends with David

The Birds, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is a thriller movie created in the 1960s. Throughout the movie the main character, Melanie, goes through a substantial transformation. In the beginning of the movie Melanie is childish, and is used to having whatever she wants handed to her. As the movie progresses the viewer sees Melanie become more mature and act as a mother. At the start of the movie it is evident that Melanie is very immature. She comes from a wealthy family and is accustomed to having