'39 steps' evaluation The 39 steps was written in 1915 by the author John Buchan. The original book was a big hit within the world and therefore was adapted into a movie production and a live theatre piece, which I was lucky enough to be able to go and see. The play was cleverly crafted by Patrick Barlow who managed to create this book into the hysterical play it is. Within this I will be talking about how the variety of production elements all blended into one hilarious play. Within the first scene we see Richard Haney (Ben Righton) in his very tradition and stereotypical London based home.
Pedro Muñoz 12/10/12 P.7 Coraline Analytical Essay In the movie “Coraline”, Tim Burton used the dark lighting in order to make the viewer feel a menacing and foreboding mood throughout the movie. For example, whenever Coraline had entered the Other World, the area in which Coraline’s Other Mother and Other Father lived, it would always be at night. Even when she was in the normal world, it was dim and there was an overcast which gave the viewer a sense of insecurity and sadness. Such use of dark elements in this film emphasizes a foreboding feeling throughout the whole movie. This also reflects Tim Burton’s way of thinking and represents his life.
For example, the filming techniques that Hitchcock uses in the movie are very effective. In the short story, DuMaurier uses sensory imagery to make the readers feel what the characters in the story is experiencing. The effects may be different in the movie and the book, but both of the productions achieve a high level of psychological
Nazifa Alam 03/07/11 B/D3 Beowulf Compare and Contrast Essay Within a new trend in the Movies Industry, a lot of classic books are selected to be turned into films for the big screen. This is the case of the epic poem Beowulf, which dates from Anglo Saxon times and is considered as the earliest poem in the modern European language. In 2007, the American director Robert Zemeckis produced Beowulf. In my opinion, he chose this poem as a source for a Hollywood movie because it carries valuable information about revelations and controversies of Old English social life and kingship. Moreover, the story is very interesting and it is full of amazing descriptions.
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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. Mise-en-scene, a technique used most extensively by Kazan, can be seen from the very beginning of the film. Literally meaning, ‘preparing the scene’ this technique allows for an intended impression for the audience of the characters involved in the scene, via the use of setting, costumes, and still camera shots. The opening scene for example, juxtaposes the vast waterfront – containing within it a ship of considerable mass, docks, smaller boats and America behind it – against the little, almost unidentifiable shack from which emerge the antagonist giants of the film and Terry Malloy. The audience can immediately identify the irony here, of how this handful of men, albeit dressed in fine and expensive attire, controls the enormity that is the Hoboken dockside.
When in London because of the smog you can’t see anything so you feel trapped and confined like in Eel Marsh House, Kipps calls it ‘like a game of blind man’s buff’, this shows how Kipps feels about having his senses trapped and locked out. ‘what figures I could make out...were like ghost figures’ as the fog blinds and the setting is glum and doom this again refers back to how Kipps is a realistic man and doesn’t believe in ghosts so uses this example as if ghosts were not real, Hill also uses the technique of foreshadowing to refer what happens later in the novel. This also relates to how Kipps is feeling when referring back to the thought of the Woman in Black appearing when he visited Crythin Gifford. Pathetic Fallacy also sets the setting of a normal day in London, and how the ‘the miserable weather and lowering to the spirits in the dreariest month of the year’, when Hill refers to the weather using pathetic fallacy she creates the mood to be very miserable and upsetting, like there is no positive side to Crythin Gifford. ‘Dreariest month of the year’ suggests that the town is quite dreary and is like how the houses and people of the town are seen.
A Beginner’s Guide to Wes Anderson Movies Even if your interests don’t tend toward cinema’s indie side, you probably know Wes Anderson’s name; chalk it up to widespread critical praise, awards season recognition, or clever casting, but since making his 1996 debut with Bottle Rocket, he’s gained increasing visibility among mainstream audiences with each subsequent offering. He’s also been the recipient of in-depth scrutiny, both positive and negative, for his specialized, immediately recognizable, brand of filmmaking. His latest movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel, has opened wide across the US, and reignited conversations about Anderson’s very particular approach to making movies. So, we at Screen Rant saw fit to present a guide to the elements
In the chapter called 'Across the Causeway', the writer creates tension by using an isolated burial ground, which makes the reader focus on the sense of isolation. The fact that Arthur Kipps is in an unknown, mysterious place accentuates tension, because the word "burial" makes us think about death and loneliness which creates apprehension and tension in the reader's mind. Also, the word "isolated" suggests that you're alone and this creates tension because it implies a feeling of discomfort and insecurity. Furthermore, the burial ground is described as "decayed", and this makes me think about a abandoned decomposing corpse, and this fact means that this place is not visited often and that it is in a state of total ruin. This idea is supported by the fact that this burial ground is "enclosed by the remains of walls".
The apocalypse is supposed to happen because of the sun burning up, so it would be very cold and lonely. “It was darkness over the city and I wept.” (411). This is showing how it was scary and lonely, and a deep dark place no one would want to