The cinematic technique that illustrates the concept of this is a long shot of a view of the rabbit proof fence fading into absence both demonstrates the journey. Molly’s home to Jigalong has impacted her emotionally and intellectually, allowing her to mature and gain in confidence, but it has also demolished her childhood and innocence. The film Rabbit Proof Fence composed by Phillip Noyce can be contrasted to the prescribed text Exiles composed by Bruce Dawe these two texts can be contrasted due to the fact that they both have similarities in the themes, that being forced out of their initial location. While journeying, obstacles will be faced, development in a new self-identify will occur and a sense of change will grow. These are evidential in both the film and the poem, which therefore relates.
Distinctively visual - Run Lola Run (Chosen Film) Distinctively visual texts aim to manipulate the way we explore and interpret the images we see, affecting the way we make interpretations based on experiences we see in the world. The distinctively visual represented in 'Run Lola Run' (1998) by Tom Tykwer is significantly strong as unique images dominate the screen to create a thrilling film. This post modern film incorporates several sophisticating and effective elements to convey ideas and themes. Tykwer implements recurring motifs and symbols such as clocks to emphasise the importance of time. Time is a significant theme within the film as the pratagonist, Lola is on a game like mission to save her boyfriend, introducing the idea of game theory.
Composers use visual techniques to convey significant global issues, examples of this can be seen in Tykwer’s movie; ‘ Run Lola Run ’ and Evard Munch’s painting; ‘The Scream’. Some of the global issues conveyed are; the power of time, Life’s unpredictability, angst and alienation. Both composers use their mediums as a way of reaching out into the world, the themes they chose are not only relevant to themselves but also to the wider audience, in using images they have conveyed their message in away that otherwise might have been misunderstood. Tykwer’s movie; ‘Run Lola Run’ portrays an impossible situation in which a girl, Lola, is forced to race against time to find a way to save her boyfriend, Manni’s, life while discovering how unpredictable life can be. Tykwer uses distinctively visual techniques such as; low angled shots, split screen, close ups, flash-forwards, alternate realities, and fast-cutting to convey the global issues put forth by this movie in an effective way.
Each demonstrates the effective use of cinematography. Manhattan – The bridge scene Miriam‟s last breath – Strangers on a Train (4/10) movie clip (1951) Goodfellas – Copacabana nightclub tracking shot (HQ) b. Choose one of the clips and analyze the effective use of cinematography in one short paragraph. In your analysis, describe the way specific shots are composed, paying particular attention to the camera angles, types of shots, framing, color, and the overall effect this has on the scene. Lighting: light and shadow used to affect the mood, the way we view characters, and set the overall tone of the film.
These three ideas will be discussed as well as different interpretations of journeys and how the composers have analysed in the two texts. The first idea of journeys is how an inner or emotional journey can change a person. This idea of a journey happens in the film Schindler’s List. This is show through many techniques and how the characters are portrayed. Such as the character Schindler, at the begging of the film he is portrayed as an arrogant, selfish and cunning war profiteer.
It is clear that film as a text type gives an author specific ability to enhance their ideas and themes through a range of visual techniques, whether the film be set in 1998 depicting a fiery German woman on a desperate dash to save the life of her lover, or over 200 years later showing the human race ensnared in a digital prison. Tykwer has created a distinctively visual text in ‘Run Lola Run’ through the use of a non-linear narrative structure of the film, along with the film being played in ‘real-time’. So 20 minutes within the narrative is equal to 20 minutes viewing time. The traditional structure of film has been altered in order to communicate the role of chance in one’s life. This is evident in the three separate narratives, or runs, which convey the different outcomes that exist due to Lola’s actions in time and location.
The importance of time is also represented through the close up shots of the pendulum and the grandfather clock in the opening scene. This sets the tone for the dramatic story ahead. Throughout the film, Lola needs time to slow down, but the background sound of the rapid ticking suggests that time doesn’t slow down. The overpowering nature of time is displayed through the use of split screen, where Lola and Manni are split under the clock which is overlooking their actions. The use of slow motion in the split screen emphasis’s the importance of time.
This contributes to the other motif of the color red. There are various red objects which are important, such as the phone and a bag used to rob the store, as well as her punky red hair. Her vibrant hair shows that she doesn’t fit in where she lives, which we can gain from the mise-en-scene of her room: very messy and disoriented. We see that she has trouble with her family because we later learn in the first scenario her father she goes to is not actually her real father. An important connection is established between this movie and Vertigo because of the repetition of
Vincent is involved in all areas of the storyline which connects all the strands of the film together. His desire to do things that society doesn’t allow him to do make all the events occur to contribute to the storyline. The themes and ideas that are touched on are, being excepted into unfair society, and having love/hate relationships with people that are treated as “different”. 2. Is the world portrayed in Gattaca a utopia or dystopia?
When we are first introduced to Meryl, we are quickly shown that her mental health is somewhat unstable, then combined with the impact of bearing witness to a man being crushed by a train her thoughts are filled with morbid, artistic expressions of her own death. These animations are worked seamlessly in with live action shots and play out a range of scenarios that seem outrageous, but are commonly depicted on TV and in newspapers. Meryl suffers from bouts of paranoia, and seems to be almost paralysed with fear, and she blames this on the media “I don’t need your photos to remind me of all the bloody shit in the world. I know its awful. It scares me stupid” She yells at photojournalist Nick, who is also a victim of the media.