The power and frailty of memory drives both Jeunet’s plot and his own artistic act, discuss. Memory establishes Jeunet’s plot as the plot is built upon the validity of memories and how they are able to enhance and distort history. Jeunet’s plot is based around Mathilde recovering the truth about whether her lover, Manech is alive and she is led down many paths by character’s memories of the war and war documents which not all are truthful. Jeunet’s own artistic act is prominent throughout and Jeunet is able to incorporate different film conventions for the spectator to be engrossed in the film under his own artistic act. Jeunet is influenced from the ‘cinéma du look’ and the ‘French New Wave’ film conventions to the more recent, ‘cinéma de banlieue’ which are able to be brought to light because of the theme of memory and its distortion.
Truffaut also went on to say that he was concerned that the film writer, as opposed to the director, seemed to be the more important figure involved in the completion of a film (Staples 2). In 1957 another French film critic, Andre Bazin, wrote an article entitled “La Politique des Auteurs.” According to Staples, it was in this article that auteur theory was first discussed in great detail (3). Bazin stated that auteurism involves “choosing the personal factor in artistic creation as a standard of reference” (Caughie 45). In other words, he believed that a director’s personal vision should be
Alfred Hitchcock vs. Gus Van Sant Psycho Majority of people love to sit down and watch a good old classic movie, like a horror movie. What comes to mind when we think of classic horror black & white, and poor quality film? The one movie that comes to mind is the infamous Psycho directed by the king of suspense Alfred Hitchcock. Psycho was released in the 1960and was filmed in black and white. There was no rating for the movie at time of release; In recent years Psycho hit the Big screen again, but with a new director Gus Van Sant decided to remakes, version of the infamous Bates motel.
However by doing this, does the documentary lose authenticity? I aim to analyse various techniques Gordon uses in structuring ‘The King of Kong’, and how they relate to classical Hollywood cinema. I will focus on the subjects’ portrayal and how he builds the characters and story, as well as filmmaking techniques he has used in line with structuring the documentary, for example editing choices. I will use this to focus on authenticity, and the balance Gordon places between entertainment and an accurate account of events. In Bordwell’s definition of classical Hollywood cinema, the narrative is focused on a goal-oriented protagonist: a hero who is drawn into a situation, which he must resolve in some way.
Short story to Film Compare and Contrast The Killers vs. It had to be Murder Short story to Film A film adaptation consists of a derivative work such as a novel or play that is then integrated and turned into a screenplay for a short or major motion picture film. In a novel characters can be build up upon incidents and dramatizations that can be familiarized and spoken to the readers. In order for a film to capture the character arches on screen, dialogue, a sense of the character, and the actions that take place must be used in order for the audience to receive the same feeling and message that the novel pushed across. Two world renown short stories, “The Killers,” by Ernest Hemingway and “It had to be Murder,” by Cornell Woolrich, are original novels that were later then adapted into major motion pictures.
This is made clear though the director’s use of [film technique and detail of the technique – eg what we’re seeing or hearing in the shot or sequence].Therefore/Thus/Clearly/evidently [vary those words for each paragraph] a new experience can result in …. [restate words of the question!!] IMPORTANT NOTE: SOMEWHERE IN THAT PARAGRAPH IT’S GOOD TO DRAW ATTENTION TO A SIMILARITY OR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NOVEL AND THE FILM. YOU CAN ADD THIS REFERENCE ALMOST
While many people may have thought that this film was just a beautiful love story between Rick and Ilsa, most did not know that its true meaning was much more significant than that. This was an early war film released in 1942 when citizens all over Europe were fleeing from the Nazis. At this time, most Americans were not too excited about the idea of entering the war to help the fight against the Nazis. Hollywood noticed this and they ended up making Casablanca, which was a pro-interventionist film to try and get Americans to support the war. Throughout this paper I will explain how Casablanca was a pro-interventionist film and how its main character, American nightclub owner Rick, changed his ways.
‘A bout de souffle’ is caught in a hesitation between two contradictory states: playfulness and death’. Discuss this statement, basing your answer on detailed reference to the film. A Bout de Souffle is Godard’s first feature film and is considered to be one of the initial and most influential movies of the ‘Nouvelle Vague’. This is a term first used by French journalist and politician Francois Giroud (1957) that originally described changes within post World War II in France and French society. Nowadays, it refers to the activity of a group of innovative French filmmakers who rejected the classical notions of filmmaking and instead used cinema as an art form; exploring aspects of society, such as death and playfulness, which incite audiences to think.
New technology has changed the Pyrmont community, because it is able to open up new jobs, but also causes decline in jobs that are already there. Such as in the 1980s when the large freight industry was moved out of Pyrmont, due to the improvement of cargo ships, which enable more stocks to be transported, but could no longer fit in the docks of Pyrmont. These caused thousands of residents to leave Pyrmont in search of jobs that were lost at the docks, with thousands of men gone, businesses around Pyrmont quickly followed, as they made no money were they were. The development of transport has also changed Pyrmont, with more frequent services, many people living outside Pyrmont are still able to work there, getting there either by train, bus, taxis or car. New technology also changes work patterns in Pyrmont.
This means the government does not see the need to have as many fire men/women and therefore made many redundant and closed down fire stations in order to save money. This has caused an upset, both with fire men and women local residents as they believe the service times may increase as there is not as many available in comparison to before the redundancies. The same can be said about the police force, there has been a vast decrease between the amount of people the police force take on and train and allow to become a member of the police force as they simply cannot take on the amount that may be needed due to government cutbacks and financial policies. However, a positive affect that can be said about financial policies that result on cutbacks for public services could be that as money is saved for example in reducing the amount of fire stations and fire men/women, the money could be invested in an alternative public service such as the paramedic service or the NHS in order to