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    Can’t I Be Both? The career of Steven Spielberg has been vast. Spanning five decades, he has crossed genres with more success than most of his contemporaries. In the grand scheme of cinema I believe that those who are drawn to his masterful work can be categorized into two groups. This partition between the two revolves around his seminal classic Schindler's List and separates his career into two parts. While his films, early and recent alike, follow common themes; there is also a subtle divide

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    Steven Allan Spielberg is known to be one of the best film directors in the world. He has made many movies which became popular almost instantly. Steven’s films are widely known to different age groups and his films have won several different awards. Steven still has endless imagination, and he has not yet showed all his imagination though films. Steven is a movie director who we look for his future films. 1. How did you become a movie director? When I was young, I was into taking photos and dealing

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    full time Visionary. Steven Allan Spielberg has directed over 100 films and still counting. Spielberg’s dramatic directing style has been capturing audiences attentions for over 50 years. He’s changed the movie-going experience since day one.  Steven Spielberg is a game changer because he changed modern Cinema with his signature directing style and his iconic DreamWorks logo. Steven Spielberg was born one year after World War 2 ended. Growing up Jewish was hard for Spielberg. He often felt as if

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    Steven Spielberg is a director who has made many movies including Jaws (1975) and Jurassic Park (1993). Both Jaws and Jurassic Park show animals behaving in the way that nature intended them to behave. However, in Jaws the animal finds himself trapped in an unnatural environment, an inlet where humans swim. In Jurassic Park, animals that became extinct millions of years ago, dinosaurs, also find themselves in unnatural environment occupied by humans. I want to compare these two movies because I

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    Analysis of Saving Private Ryan by Steven Spielberg Analyse he methods used to make the opening sequence of ‘Saving Private Ryan’ both shocking and realistic, and discuss its effectiveness as an opening to a film The film ‘Saving Private Ryan’ was released on September 11th 1998; the film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and was produced by Paramount pictures along with DreamWorks. Steven Spielberg has directed many films, such

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    [Type text] [Type text] [Type text] 1 John Ford?s Influence on Steven Spielberg John Ford?s Influence on Steven Spielberg Erik Gebhardt Cleveland State University COM 320: History of Film Erik Gebhardt COM 320 Professor Neuendorf 15 October 2015 Steven Spielberg Filmmaking is one of the most unique, creative, and innovative projects that someone can complete. The film industry is a true art form, and the appreciation for the industry from the actors and actresses, to the filmmakers

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    'Saving Private Ryan' by Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan is an epic war film directed by the world-renowned Steven Spielberg. The movie received several awards including five Academy Awards for best cinematography, best director, best effects, best film editing and best sound, it also picked up other prestigious awards. The first twenty-five minutes are a flashback to the storming of Omaha Beach on D-Day. Through his unique uses of proxemics, camera angles, costumes

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    Steven Spielberg Essay Steven Spielberg has produced many great films and a wide variety of films. Spielberg was a high school dropout, but he was still able to be successful with 3 academy awards. In class, we have watched 3 different movies he has produced: Jaws, Jurassic Park, and War horse. In these films, he uses many different cinematic techniques to show emotion, power, and tension. In these films, Steven Spielberg uses hard lighting and two shot

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    (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 1998, p. 4.1). However, ever so seldom a film comes along that breaks free of its invisible bounds of genre and it leaves the audiences confused about the actual existence of genre. One such film is a film that most are familiar with Steven Spielberg’s classic Saving Private Ryan. Saving Private Ryan will always be remembered among the best war movies ever made. It does what every prodigious war movie should, it takes a realistic look at war and shows us the horrific side of war intelligently

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    The movie I have chosen for my movie review paper is Schindler 's List. The film was directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg. The movie is American made but was filmed in Poland. I chose this movie because I am interested in history and World War 2. The setting of the movie takes place primarily in Krakow, Poland during World War 2 (1939-1945). Poland was under German occupation at the time. The setting of the film shows us the Holocaust and the mistreatment of the Jews. This makes it of historical

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