Why So Serious? In recent years, technology in the cinema industry has become amazingly effective in creating alternate realities for us to go see for seven dollars on a Tuesday night. It was the worry of many that movies would become more focused on creating visual spectacles than focusing character development and plot. Luckily this hasn't been the case as we have been seeing some of the best plot devices and characters the cinema has ever seen. The Dark Knight, for example, is one of the greatest movies of our time in part thanks to the astonishing visual effects but more thanks to the extraordinary relationship and conflict between the Batman and the Joker.
Hitchcock was at his best when he made this movie. Hitchcock’s most revolutionary and shocking film was “Psycho.” This film shocked and awed audiences around the country. Because of this Hitchcock was so far ahead of his time, this film was shunned for many years. Color had so much to do with both films as well. In Psycho, in the opening scene, Marion Crane is wearing a white bra because Hitchcock wanted to show her as being "angelic".
Jose Munguia Professor Hartmann English 152-03 1 December 2013 Success of the Wizard of Oz through Television The Wizard of Oz was a spectacular movie. The decade around Oz paved the way for many other amazing movies, which created new genres and set new standards for what a movie should be like. Some of the amazing movies that also came out during 1939 were: Gone with the Wind, Stagecoach, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Of Mice and Men, Love Affair, The Hunchback to Notre Dame, and many other great award winning movies (Films101). Each of these movies have been awarded for their amazing directors, story, actors and visual effects. However, out of all of these movies there has only been one that has been called the most popular movie
Then, along came "The Wizard of Oz." Needless to say, audiences were not only stirred by the terrific story, but they were also dazzled by the film's special effects. The special effects are glorious in that old Hollywood way, in which you don't even have to look closely to see where the set ends and the backdrop begins. Almost all films were still being made in black and white, so the switch from black and white to color would have had a special significance in 1939 when the movie was made. "The Wizard of Oz" was a major achievement when you consider that it was filmed nearly three-quarters of a century ago.
Sweet & Tasty General Purpose: To demonstrate Specific Purpose: To demonstrate to my audience how to make strawberry dip. Central Idea: Being able to make strawberry dip with strawberries is messy, but is a quick and easy appetizer to put together. Introduction: Attention Catcher: Not all people can cook, but whether you can cook or not, making this strawberry dip doesn’t require much, which can be done at an ease. Listener Relevance Link: How many people like sweets as appetizers? Speaker Credibility Statement: I have always made this appetizer, and people seem to enjoy it.
Moreover, the story is very interesting and it is full of amazing descriptions. However, as it generally happens, the plot has been adapted in order to fit the Hollywood demands. The Opening of both the text and the movie was similar. The selection opened during an opening of celebration at Herot, the banquet hall of the Danish King Hrothgar. However, Outside in the darkness, lurked the monster Grendel.
Brandy Andrade November 23, 2010 Casablanca In Casablanca the movie was a propaganda film because it had war and in the movie they show the war going on. Also the reason I thought it looked like a propaganda film is because all the action and gangster actors that play in the film. In this film the way the film noir is because all the romantic scenes and all the love in the movie. Film noir in this movie was great and really nice. To show how Rick’s moods change when they play the song “A Time Goes By”.
Fight Club the Movie and Popular Culture Fight Club is a highly nominate and awarded movie that was released in October 1999. It was a trademark to the movie industry but also a great example of popular culture. This movie created a visual example of how popular culture is established and how it influences a mass population. It shows how there is always a beginning to something before it becomes popular and there is always a reason for it. It also shows a great example of how the working (lower) culture fights and rebels against the higher culture.
Each brings a freshness to these characters. Even though we’ve seen the same types of characters before, these actors makes them feel interesting and unique. “The Notebook” is a gentle romantic tale in the midst of blockbuster action films and goofball comedies. It could be argued that releasing it in mid-June is counter-programming at its best, giving adults who don’t want their senses assailed by CGI special effects a real choice at the box office. But you have to wonder if “The Notebook” would have stood a better chance of finding the right audience had it been released later in the year, when moviegoers are really ready for more intense storytelling, than during the crowded summer months.
Coogler and cinematographer Rachel Morrison also show off some flashy camera tricks here and there. The best example of this is a shot about halfway through the movie where we see the Wakandan throne room upside down before the camera rotates so we are properly oriented. This isn’t all style, however, as it helps reinforce what’s going on in the film at the time because the country has literally been turned upside down by recent