How does Kazan create tension and suspense in ‘On the Waterfront?’ (unfinished) - Rebecca Elia Kazan’s 1954 film On the Waterfront portrays a society gripped by corruption and injustice. The choice of location off traditional sets and the direction by Kazan supports the build up of tension and suspense of the film. He adopts a wide range of symbols and motifs to emphasise the oppression and entrapment of the people on the docks and the corruption caused through the mob and their actions. The music score by Leonard Bernstein added to the techniques used by Kazan by further highlighting the tension and suspense throughout the film. The adoption of symbols and motifs reflect on the corruption and injustices of the longshoreman of the time.
On the Waterfront Study Guide Acknowledgements Writer: Susan Bye Education Programmer Australian Centre for the Moving Image Susan’s primary role at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image is to support the teaching of film as text to secondary school students. Initially trained as an English teacher, she studied and taught film and media at La Trobe University before joining ACMI in 2009. Study Guide > On the Waterfront 2 On the Waterfront: difficult choices in an uncertain world The purpose of this guide is to provide an introduction to On the Waterfront (PG, Elia Kazan, 103 mins, USA, 1954), an overview of the commentary and debate that the film has generated and some ideas that will help you form your own interpretation of this challenging film. Studying and Interpreting On the Waterfront On the Waterfront is a film that is as problematic as it is extraordinary. It carries with it an interesting history which has, over the years, affected the way people have responded to the film.
Director Elia Kazan, uses the narrative of the Hoboken docks as a vehicle for his message that an individual can fight back and gain power to bring change for the good. Kazan not only uses imagery to project empowerment but also through characters Edie Doyle and Father Barry. Elia Kazan sets up a bleak and foggy, restrictive Hoboken dock in order to represent the control of one's freedom that corruption can cause. Kaufmann’s grainy, black and white filming creates a seemingly grimy and unappealing atmosphere, a potential metaphor for the life of the longshoremen. In conjunction there is the Manhattan skyline which a heavy fog floats, covering the view of the cities landscape representing how the longshoremen will never achieve the 'American dream'.
I will begin with a short history of the DDR and some clarifications. I will then talk about the two films, there plot, main characters and elements of the DDR that can be seen in both of them. I will then evaluate, from viewing these two films, just how important the DDR was for those who lived in it and how it has effected and still effects there lives today. History of the German Democratic Republic The German Democratic Republic, also known as the GDR or East Germany, existed from 1949 to 1990. The GDR was created after the Second World War, .after discussions were held about what to do about territory in Germany.
Analyse the editing style and technique of a film, describing its effectiveness and commenting on its function in respect to the film’s narrative construction, focussing on one sequence in particular. (Films: Hitchcock’s Rear Window) “What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out” Alfred Hitchcock. This quote from Hitchcock resonates throughout Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954, USA) as it is a prodigious example of his auteur style as he turns the mundane and ordinary lives of the protagonist’s neighbours into a suspenseful thriller. This essay will provide an insight to the effectiveness of the editing style and technique also in relation to its function with the films narrative. The film is set around L. B.
Topic: “It is the style of ‘On the Waterfront’ that gives the film its power. Discuss The dark and gloomy “On the Waterfront” is a film revered for its raw power. Though narratively and structurally exceptional, this power should be most accredited to the stylistic nature of its making. Director Elia Kazan employs various techniques encompassing the disciplines of mise-en-scene, film noir, and naturalism that deliver an authentic and gritty work of art. The actors equipped with the newly found, ‘method acting’ disciplines, most notably Marlon Brando, further showcase an honesty and precision of the feelings felt and predicaments overcome by their characters.
In this essay I will be analyzing the film ‘No Country for Old Men’, 2007, written and directed by the Coen brothers – Ethan and Joel. I will look at the theme of times changing, the parallels between the 3 main characters, the mind set of these characters and the build up of tension used throughout. I will do this by picking out what I believe to be the significant scenes, analyzing them in the context of the film as a whole. No Country for Old Men is a narrative film about a man named Llewelyn Moss who discovers the scene of a bloody drug trade, where he takes 2 million dollars. Anton Chigurh is on his trail wanting the money, murdering his employer, opponents and even normal citizens.
You must use at least three quotes in your essay (1 to prove your views. Additionally, you must use parenthetical citations in your texts that follow MLA format. Then, you should compare and contrast the morals back then to the morals of today. Primarily you will be analyzing how this play reflects universal themes and lessons applicable in all times and places. You may wish to compare Sophocles’ times with the present day, to highlight similarities or differences.
[1] The various critical methodologies which have evolved around film are principally to do with a film’s provenance. And, as Matthew Sweet reminds us, “the history of film criticism has created its own orthodoxies.” [2] Like a piece of art, a film’s value is directly attributable to the signature in the corner of the frame. However, if it is possible to accept in principle that film is a collaborative venture where does that leave the screenwriter in terms of the attributing of a single cinematic signature? The case for Robert Towne as cinematic auteur lies in those tropes which mark his particular style of authorship – a consistency of dramatic elements as well as a special talent for writing the kind of dialogue that actors love to speak. A survey of his work demonstrates the kind of themes and qualities that compare with those characteristics normally attributed to auteur directors and here qualify as a
Give at least three reasons why you believe Delacroix and the others so readily accepted his presence. 5) Is Stephen King for or against the death penalty? From the novel, select evidence that proves your argument and present it in your essay. 6) Paul Edgecombe changes over the course of the story. What changes can your see?