Also, in that same mirror we later see Jack (with Wendy during breakfast, and later with Danny on his lap) and in the end of course when the camera zooms in on that same mirror when it reveals that “redrum” spells “murder.” Also, when we are first allowed a glance into room 237, we directly look into two mirrors on the doors, which create the feeling that that room also has two sides. This is because, on the one hand, the mirrors in the shot are placed on doors, which create the (subliminal) connection of space: doors to other places (both physical and mental) and on the other hand because the mirrors in this particular framing show “the other side” of the
Yahweh Matuguinas Instructor: Graham Bell English 111 31 January 2012 A Summary of the Essay “Sit Down and Shut Up, or Don’t Sit by Me” In the essay, “Sit Down and Shut up, or Don’t Sit by Me,” Dennis Dermody states his observations of some of the audiences’ bad behaviors before and while watching a movie in a theater. Dermody also classifies some groups of people according on how they behave inside the movie theater. He calls them the “chatterers”, “krinklers” and “unending box of popcorn people” (183-184). Dermody describes the readers his habit of making it to the movies at least half an hour before it starts. He does that just because he gets amused by observing how the audiences choose a place to sit along with their bad behaviors the movie.
Psycho – Shower Scene Analysis Whenever people watch the 1960 Hitchcock classic Psycho, everyone analyzes the famous shower scene and wonders how it was accomplished. In this scene (48:18-49:57), Marion Crane, played by Janet Leigh, is bleeding out after an insane stabbing attack occurred in the shower. The blood flows in the tub of the shower and the shot is created with a pan (Stylized Moments), which means to physically move the camera along with the flow of the blood towards the drain. While panning of a camera is normal is most films, it is unique by creating imagery to show that all the viewer knows about Marion is metaphorically streamed down the drain. As the blood flows down the drain, the camera zooms in, meaning that the camera stayed in place while the lens increased focal length (Stylized Moments).
Tim Burton is an amazing story writer and director who brings real life actions to his films. He really lets you see the beautiful things in something so dark and creepy. Burton’s actions like bullying and judging people for what they look like on the outside and also what they are able to do. He reveals in his film that judging people and bullying can really hurt someone utilizing close ups and lighting to really show expressions on people’s faces when they meet Edward those two cinematic techniques also show what people feel when something happens in Edward Scissorhands.Tim Burton is an amazing story writer and director who brings real life actions to his films. He really lets you see the beautiful things in something so dark and creepy.
Hitchcock was known for his surprise cameos as well as his advanced camera work which Is meant to make the viewer the voyeur from the beginning scene which finds a couple enjoying each other’s company in their motel room through a window he also, later in the movie shows Marion Crane, played by Janet Leigh undressing and the camera is looking through a hole in the wall, and Hitchcock being his normal self-decided to hide this so called peep hole behind a picture of a naked woman. Another scene in Psycho that is also very voyeuristic as well a graphic scene as far as the stabbing goes this famous shower scene is mostly from the murderer’s point of view in order to provide the proper mood for the viewers which in a roundabout way helped convey the purpose of the movie which was to scare the viewers. The way this shower scene was set up and filmed was clearly meant to involve the audience and inflict fear upon them. Hitchcock is also great at creating suspense in his films and he does this by putting his main characters in potentially bad situations and the only way to figure out what happens is to wait for example when Mario Crane steals the $40,000 and imidatly skips town she first is seen by
One film by Hitchcock that terrified audiences around the world with new shots to startle anyone was “Physco.” The scene where the woman is seen taking a shower while home alone, the scene is set up with lights high up on the side of the shower with the curtain drawn. The camera flashes several times to the viewpoint of the women in the shower looking straight up at the shower head, then while her back is turned the murderer enters the room. When the audience is introduced to the murderer backlighting is used so all you can see is his silhouette, not his face. Several quick shots are used to show the stabbing of the woman and quick cuts back to the shower head, all this is covered in screeching music to take the place of screams making it more eerie than hearing actual screams. The scene ends with a tilted, zoomed out shot of the woman’s eye giving a blank stare to the audience.
A great deal of his acting talent comes through strongly, if I may say so myself. The supporting cast is just as commendable who of which include Laura Linney (Truman’s television wife) who convincingly breaks down on screen in a desperate attempt to use product placement to deal with Truman, Natasha McElhone as Truman’s one true love, Noah Emmerich as Truman’s best friend and Ed Harris as “God of Seahaven” (the show’s creator and director). The film opens up with Carrey, staring into his bathroom mirror and acting the fool. During the opening credits, we see the first shot of Truman framed as a TV close-up shot – which demonstrates how controlling the show really is. His direct gaze into the camera intensifies the relationship between the viewer and character and dually develops the double irony.
Teams of researchers have done numerous studies on everything from the adhesives on panty liners to the quality of the pig fat in lipstick, but results have been inconclusive. What is making women so sick? That’s where the American Body Hair Research Company (ABHRC) comes in. Shaved, American women were brought in for testing, using unshaved women imported from France for comparison. The differences in health were immediately noticed; as the French women were able to function normally, while the shaved, American women slouched catatonically in their chairs until they had to be electrically shocked into a more coherent state.
(Battistini , 2002 p. 138). In Crewdsons image we see a naked woman and her reflection in two off the three mirrors . She is standing in the middle looking vulnerable and insecure as if she is being watched by the person laying comfortably and confident in the bed. Crewdson creates a feeling of being odd, unfamiliar and silently still and is fully aware of what which feelings he generates: 'I was directly influenced by that particular essay (The Uncanny)' (Dyer, 2005 p.28). 'that the uncanny is that species of the frightening that goes back to what once well known and had long been familiar' (Freud, 2003, p.132) In Anne Hardy's work Incidence you have the feeling of being led into a
Before the 1994 film Go Fish, lesbian films traditionally were tragic. An accident would befall the lesbian, killing her, in films like The Fox (1967) and The Children’s Hour (1961), or she would reject lesbianism and turn toward men (Personal Best, 1982). The films punished lesbians for their sexuality and illegitimatized their identity by presenting it as a phase. Go Fish shatters that mold by presenting a relatively drama-free film about the everyday lives of lesbians and the lesbian community. In the first scene of Go Fish, a women studies’ professor, Kia, leads her class in speculating which historical figures, celebrities, and fictional characters are lesbians.