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    The film Theeb, like other classical Hollywood narrative films, is governed by its appearance of being real and believable. The attempt to convey realism is through its narration. Narration is shaping our experience through film style (Bordwell 1986, p. 26). Classical narrative is made up of perfect balance and symmetry of style that aims to convey a message to the audience. It integrates all elements of the film to reassure and satisfy the spectators. The film follows a set of norms and standards

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    Breathless is in many ways the antithesis of the classical Hollywood cinema; the changes have a direct effect on the relationship the film has with the viewer. Classical Hollywood cinema includes standards such as continuity editing, highly motivated, character-driven stories and a coherent narrative structure. Breathless defies these elements of traditional filmmaking, instead defining what we know as French New Wave. From its opening scene Breathless breaks convention. Michel Poiccard, the main

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    Renowned feminist film theorist, Laura Mulvey, explores how classic Hollywood cinema is shown through a masculine perspective that fetishisizes women as objects of desire. This perspective is also known as the “male gaze”, which creates a voyeuristic and scopophilic layer to the viewing of film. According to Mulvey, “in their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed, with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact so that they can be said to

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    Julien 's psychology which is the organizing principle of the film. And, it is precisely how we as viewers identify with this character and become complicit in his pathological perspective which this essay will continue to explore. In conventional Hollywood cinema, narrative is subservient to the viewer 's overall pleasure and ease of understanding, as it provides an overarching framework which may elucidate the motivations and consequences of a character 's actions. However, Korine expresses his dismay

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    better life for their families; sometimes leaving behind their heritage and cultures. With such a different concept brought into the Hollywood film industry, Daughters of The Dust was indeed intended to “heal our imperialized eyes”, meaning that this film is meant to open our minds to a new view of African American people that we have never seen before because of the Hollywood and societal influence of stimulus and stereotypes demeaned upon the African American community. Family in Daughters of The Dust

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    Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida is an exciting vacation destination featuring two theme parks, Universal Citywalk nightlife and three beautifully themed Loews hotels. The Royal Pacific can take you away to the islands and the Hard Rock Hotel is like being a guest at a rock star 's mansion. But the jewel of the three resorts is the Italian splendor of the Portofino Bay Hotel. Immerse yourself in the full Universal experience by booking a stay at Portofino Bay! The architecture. Portofino Bay

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    Singing in the Rain and A Clockwork Orange are both Classical Hollywood films. However, singing in the Rain closely follows what classical Hollywood film is supposed to be and A Clockwork Orange definitely tests the idea. Classical Hollywood Cinema is a type of traditional studio based style of making films in both the sound and silent periods. The directors of these types of films want you to simply watch and not worry about why the characters are doing what they’re doing. They want you to enjoy

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    Classical Hollywood narrative has been around since 1917, it has been the most common way people see cinema today. The reason this movie styles has remained as the most common is because it achieves the job by making the viewers sink deep into the film. Classical hollywood narrative consists of a clear plot, including beginning, middle,and end. In the beginning the film shows the watcher the surrounding including the lifestyle and everything else going on during the films time period. This helps

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    Classical Visual Pleasure In her feminist essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” by Laura Mulvey, she adopts Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytic studies of the mirrors stage and Freudian psychology to explain how Hollywood cinema has reinforced the spectator identification with a patriarchal male while using women in films to fulfill voyeuristic fantasies from male spectators. She argues that in classical Hollywood cinema that active males drive the story while passive females are there to be exhibited

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    Classical Hollywood narrative 'Classical Hollywood cinema possesses a style which is largely invisible and difficult for the average spectator to see. The narrative is delivered so effortlessly and efficiently to the audience that it appears to have no source. It comes magically off the screen.' John Belton, film scholar, Rutgers University Classical Hollywood narrative refers to the filmmaking tradition established in Hollywood during the 1920s and 1930s. It became the dominant style throughout

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