Essays on Cinematography Page 56

TRON: Legacy is a 3D action-packed adventure set in a digital world unlike anything captured on the big screen. Garrett Hedlund (Sam Flynn), a rebellious 27-year-old, is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Jeff Bridges (Kevin Flynn), a man once known as the world’s leading video-game developer. When Hedlund investigates a strange signal…

Perspective in Mantegna’s The Lamentation over the Dead Christ   Around the second half of the 16th century, the painter and engraver Andrea Mantegna emerged as one of the most brilliant talents of the Italian Renaissance. Great admirer of the Roman fine arts, the artist developed a pictorial style characterized by monumentality, stern heroism and…

The Dark Knight was made in 2008 and had a leading dramatis personae including Heath Ledger. Christian Bale and Morgan Freeman. The Dark Knight was portrayed in many different ways. by an alive series. films in the 90’s. but the best return on the amusing book favourite is the dark and distorted version directed by…

Stephen King writes really accurately on how we. the populace. want the demand “to put away our more civilised and grownup preference for analysis and to go kids again” by watching a horror-themed film. In the article Why We Crave Horror Movies. written by Stephen King and published by Playboy Press in Chicago. Illinois in…

The world’s universal language, music, has had an intricate relationship with film performance, even before the inception of sound in film. Despite this close association, its use in cinematic tradition isn’t uniform. This lack of uniformity serves as a means to distinguish between traditions. The musical dimension is one of the principal levels on which…

Lara, the daughter of Martin and Kai, is relied upon by her deaf parents to navigate their daily lives. She translates TV for her mother and even interprets at her own parent-teacher conference, impressing everyone. Additionally, Lara takes on the responsibility of verbal communication when her younger sister Marie is born. However, due to her…

            After watching the movie Kung Fu Hustle, the first thing that comes to mind is “What on the earth was Stephen Chow thinking?”  The movie Kung Fu Hustle is a very good action movie yet at the same time is a very good comedy.  It however begs that the question of what it really…

The Silence of the Lambs, a psychological thriller directed by Jonathan Demme, is a movie that has a lot to do with change. Each of the main characters in this film, in their own ways, has a desire for change. For example, Clarice Starling wants change because she wants her nightmares of the lambs to…

Matrix This well known marketing tool was first published in the Harvard Business Review (1957) in an article called ‘Strategies for Diversification’. It is used by marketers who have objectives for growth. Ansoff’s matrix offers strategic choices to achieve the objectives. There are four main categories for selection. Introduction: The Ansoff matrix presents the product…

The Caucasian Chalk Circle is a deliberate comment on society based on choice, rights and Justice. It deals with themes of ownership, belonging, love, responsibility, injustice and war, engaging the audience with new ideas and controversial thoughts. It centres on two women’s claim over a child, which, it seems, can only be resolved by using…