Essays on Cinematography Page 105

“Walang himala!! Ang himala ay nasa puso ng tao, nasa puso nating lahat! Tayo ang gumagawa ng mga himala! Tayo ang gumagawa ng mga sumpa at ng mga diyos… ” Those were the famous lines from the even more famous movie “Himala”, whose main character, Elsa, was played by Nora Aunor. It was about a…

In Muriel’s Wedding identity is represented by numerous film techniques. The dominant ones being acting, music, design, camera angle and editing.The two aspects that evidently represent the identity are acting and music. Of these two acting is the most effective film technique in capturing Muriel’s individuality and unique approaches to life.Throughout the film with Muriel’s…

‘Billy Elliot’ In the film ‘Billy Elliot’, 11 year old boy Billy is bought up into an economically repressed mining town without the care of his beloved mother. Billy lives in a small cramped English house with his bad-tempered brother, out of control father and his delirious grand-mother. All Billy wants to do is dance…

Brains Only Get You So Far and Luck Always Runs Out Thelma and Louise is a 1991 film about two good friends who set out on a road trip to relax from their hectic lives, but find themselves anything than relaxed. They are tired of their boring, routine lives, and find excitement on the road,…

Borrowed and Thompson inform us, “Elements Of miss-en-scene accentuate action and engage attention… Many of our most vivid memories of movies stem from miss-en;scene” (pig 112). The film Jurassic Park (1993) is a great example of how miss-en-scene can shape our experience of the film through specific components such as setting, lighting, and costuming. The…

Both Dickens and Plath use a variety of writing techniques to create sympathy for the two main characters – Pip and the narrator. Although the writing styles and settings are very different, first person narrative from a child’s point of view are used to effect in both stories to develop characters with which readers can…

Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing uses many editing techniques to establish spatial, temporal, visual, and rhythmic relationships between shots. He strategically strings shots together in order to maintain continuity and create meaning. From the second the film begins, the editing sets the scene that the rest of the movie will support. In doing this, the movie…

Throughout your life you’ve walked past thousands of people. Who knows there could’ve been a chance you passed someone who committed a crime and never got caught or on their way to commit a crime. You could’ve walked by a person who just saved someone‘s life. There’s no clear way of knowing who people are….

Movie Review: Pursuit of Happyness Being homeless, separated, and forced to raise a five year old isn’t exactly the ideal state for most people, but this is where Chris Gardner (Will Smith) finds himself. The year is 1981, and Chris has completely gambled away all of his money into buying bone marrow scanners to sell….

The Awakening Plot view          The Awakening opens in the late 1800s in Grand Isle, a summer holiday resort popular with the wealthy inhabitants of nearby New Orleans. Edna Pontellier is vacationing with her husband, Léonce, and their two sons at the cottages of Madame Lebrun, which house affluent Creoles from the French Quarter. Léonce…