Film Techniques Essay

In the film “The Talented Mr. Ripley” directed by Anthony Minghella. Four techniques that Minghella used to develop Peters Murder/ The final scene of the film were cinematography, editing, music and lighting were all used to show the importance that that scene had to the film. One important technique that was used in the scene of Peter's Death was cinematography, this was shown when the camera was close up on Tom face as he was telling Peter that Tom Ripley is a nobody. When the camera suddenly

In the film, La Jetèe (1962) directed by Chris Marker, there is a strong presence of psychology components that are portrayed through post production techniques such as sound design and editing. In the film scientists attempt to send an individual back in time to find an energy source for the survival of mankind. The sequence that will be analyzed is when a prisoner is selected to become the test subject for the scientists’ experiments. This particular scene showcases the psychological component

of what Edwards going to be like in the film. Like he doesn’t talk a lot, he doesn’t really care what people think, he’s going to be the overall calm person in the film. The paleness implies that he doesn’t go outside much and he doesn’t get much sunlight. Tim Burton gives Jim a delinquent type of look. In my opinion the delinquent type of look that Burton gives Jim describes him throughout the whole film. This look describes Jim because the whole film he’s always being mean, rude, not thinking

Burton What makes a film director different from others directors is it his tone or his personality or maybe his influences;it actually all of the above. The tone of most of this films are very dark, odd, and gothic also clay like.The tone of music Tim always has a dark theme throughout all his films for example Edward scissorhands and corpse bride.The way he shot and framed his film.The same goes with his lighting. The music that tim burton uses in most of his films are alway dark and mysterious

The Oscar award winning film, “The Blind Side?, directed by John Lee Hancock used the techniques of editing, dialogue and camera work to show an important idea of family. I think the idea was important because it showed that people who like, Michael, have been adopted into a home, can still live a happy life. This idea of family showed that you don’t need to be blood-related or come from th3e same environment to be part of a warm family. Michael Oher was a homeless boy who was adopted into a white

‘Matilda’ is a film that was released in 1996 and directed by Danny DeVito. It is based off of the popular novel by Roald Dahl, who created the evil character, Agatha Trunchbull. Danny DeVito used a variety of lighting techniques, different sounds and music, a rude personality and language, and different camera angles to really illustrate that she is an evil and malicious character. Firstly, the lighting that director Dani DeVito used on Agatha Trunchbull certainly depicts her as a mean and terrifying

An exciting scene near the ending of Greatest game ever played directed by Bill Paxton was when Francis won the Golf Tournament. The three film techniques that made it exciting were Camera Shot-Close up, Music and setting. In this scene Francis played against Harry Vardon and his partner Ted Ray, they played for the World Championships. He felt the pressure of everyone around getting to him, the intenseness of it made him lose his place. It was a very close game but in the ending Francis managed

Shot 1: As we all know Casablanca was and still is one of the most famous movies. In shot one the cinematography utilize many different techniques. For example, in shot one I see a medium shot and a low medium angle when Victor and Rick were talking or arguing. Another, strength of Casablanca is the black and white lighting. In my opinion, the director made a crucial decision in shot one, the performance of both Victor and Rick standing in front of the frame with great lighting and few shadows behind

In the film “The Giver” directed by Phillip Noyce, an important character is Jonas. l.The director of the film employs the film techniques of costume, camera angles and dialogue to show how Jonas taught the audience that it was okay to be different. Jonas’ character teaches us the important lesson that people shouldn’t be afraid to be themselves. Everyone is born with unique abilities that shouldn’t have to compare with anyone else’s. Having the courage to be different may be difficult but will often

Scott’s film ‘Bladerunner’ is a highly recognised science fiction film of the 80s. Once hired for the sole purpose to ‘retire’ the advanced robot race, recognised as Nexus’ 6, blade runner Rick Deckard is coerced from his position of retirement and required to deal with the few models that recently managed to find their way onto Earth in search of an extended life span. This film was created in 1982 and is set in a futuristic style, adopting ideas of the science fiction genre combined with film noir