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American writer Stephen King has written over 50 novels and 200 short stories most of which exists within the horror and suspense genre. Given the immense popularity of his work, King’s stories have often been made into feature films. Unfortunately, the horror that exists on the page rarely translates successfully to the silver screen. For every great King film adaptation such as the classic “Carrie” (1976) and the recent version of “It!” (2017), there are many dismal failures such as “The Dark

Stanley Kubrick is considered a God among the cinema universe. While he only has about four works of film that have become rather famous, He put the same amount of attention and detail into all of his work. Stanley Kubrick was also not one to ever explain his work. He believed that if he ever gave an explanation it would take away from what the viewer might be able to find from the film. Several Authors have tried to analyze Kubrick’s works in detail. Some of the works that he is most famous for

The use of Steadicam is shown in scenes #3 and #4. In #3, Jake’s one-shot entrance to the ring is all shot on a Steadicam, and in #4, after Jake’s loss, the Steadicam does a 360 degree turn around the ring, ending on a pull-focus of the bloody rope. The handheld shot is obvious in #1, as the home movie footage is shot in what appears to be

Swingers is a 1996 low-budget romantic-comedy-drama which ignited the careers of director Doug Liman, and actors Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau. Set in mid-1990s Los Angeles and Las Vegas, the cities become as much as a lead role as the actors. Revolving around a young comedian/actor named Michael (Mike) played by Jon Favreau, the plot follows the difficulties Mike has been dealing with regarding the romantic and career consequences of leaving New York to becoming a success in Los Angeles. During the

Film is an important part of culture, because it combines aspects such as song, story-telling, art and expression. The scenes of a film come together to create harmony and to express an idea. The Shining is a film that expressed Stephen King’s novel in a cinematic way. In every scene from this film there are indications of formalist techniques, when viewed all together as a movie, the idea of this movie being formalist is ensured. The movement of the camera when we follow Danny down the hallways

in most of his films deals with regret and loneliness, this includes ‘Magnolia’ as well as his other films like ‘Hard Eight’, ‘Boogie Nights’ and ‘There Will Be Blood’. Another style in his films is his film techniques such as the symmetry shot, Steadicam, the whip pan and the use of music. For example, the whip pan was used in ‘Magnolia’, ‘Boogie Nights’ and ‘Hard Eight’. Therefore, Anderson’s style used in his films to show his unique signature for the audience to recognize his

The film techniques he uses in most of his films is symmetry, the whip pan and the steadicam. In ‘Magnolia’, the steadicam was used when Stanley, the quiz kid is guided through the TV studio. It lasted for about three minutes. This technique was used to show the characters interaction within the studio. Compare to ‘Hard Eight’, Anderson uses his steadicam to follow Sydney, a man in his 60s’ walking in the casino, where you are not only focus on him but you see the other

“The Shining” pushed the camera’s uses even further, Stanley Kubrick made use of the camera to shoot a scene barely above the floor. The inventor of the Steadicam, Garrett Brown was quoted saying that "One of the most talked-about shots in the picture is the eerie tracking sequence which follows Danny as he pedals at high speed through corridor after corridor on his plastic Big Wheel tricycle. The soundtrack

Stanley Kubrick is a man that has been respected in the cinema world for many years. From films such as 2001 A Space Odyssey to Clock Work Orange he has created a lot masterpieces that have survived the test of time. By far one of his most popular works is The Shining which was released in 1980. Many film makers use different tools to analyze films and figure out meanings behind them. Kubrick was known for not explaining his work in any capacity. In order to figure out why he made the films the way

The infamous shower scene, Hitchcock takes a sense of cleansing for the audience. Hitchcock has pleased the audience of Marion’s credibility and introduced Norman as a good character. A character that makes you think that Norman is a sweet guy. The viewers newly discovered a new atmosphere is destroyed when Marion is murdered. When Mariam is the shower the camera cuts to a close up of the shower head, and then cuts to Mariam, having the views wondering what’s next to come. Even more troubling for