The film I have chosen to watch and write about between 1940 to 1970 was Once UpOn a Time in the West directed by Sergio Leone. The genre of this film is Western.The setting of this film is around Flagstone which it is a fictional town in the old west. It is the period of bombing business of the railroad industry, and in this film it is one of the main conflicts. Moreover, the other part of the conflict comes from the main character seeking vengeance against a cold blooded killer. This film have these characteristics such as; vengeance, traitor, mystery, and death. Which it makes the film interesting that you want to watch the film to the end to find out what happened. I like this technique because that is the only way to be able to watch this …show more content…
For examples, within the 20 minutes of the film before we even know who is who, we get introduced to other characters that will come up later in the movie or they get killed by the main character. The early scene where Frank (Henry Fonda) and his man killed the entire family, or when Harmonica (Charles Bronson) saved franks life from his men. These mystery scenes got me thinking why they do that and made me sit down and see what happened at the end. These techniques reminds me of Breaking Bad which is one of my favorite TV series. In Breaking Bad it showed a random scene that you had no idea what is happening or why is that happening at the beginning of the episode. Moreover, Breaking Bad had similar style, and theme with this film. I believe the Harmonica was a great touch to the movie, even though the sound was kind of annoying. However, it was cool when you heard the sound of the harmonica it meant something is going too occurred. The end of the movie was really emotional when the harmonica represent the death of his brother, and he kept it all those years until he vengeance his …show more content…
Western film was dying and he squeeze one last movie, which it became a masterpiece in the future. Moreover, in the film Sergio Leone give the impression that the end of the Wild West. The theme of the film was water that was connection to the railroad, and the development of the railroad. Water is essential to railroads because back than the only trains they had were steam engines. He was showing that the expansion of rail road, people care more about the civilization than the Wild West. For instance, one of the scenes at the end of the film, Cheyenne was saying he was thinking of rail road business because they can make more money; and Cheyenne and his gang help to build the train station. Moreover, at the end of the film we saw that so many people were working on the train station and on the railroad which it means that more people are traveling to the west for job and opportunities. Sergio Leone Pan shot was a respectable technique to use because it showed the viewers the monument valley, and the large hot desert. I think almost all of the main characters played their roll amazing, they fit exactly what they were supposed to play. For instance, I really like Charles Bronson (Harmonica) roll. He was playing the mystery character really well. I could not figure out any of his moves and what he was looking for. Jason Robards (Cheyenne) his character was the anti-hero, but he was the victim because he was framed for
Our high school play “Once Upon a Mattress” was fantastic. I thought that everything was really good especially the pit orchestra. As an audience member I thought everything went smoothly and there were not many difficulties. However, as a backstage member I thought that building some of the things were somewhat difficult, due to the fact that most of us that were building, were new to the concept of trying to construct a plan and then build it. Other than that, the set, costumes, lighting, sound, makeup, and the musical portion of the play was very good.
I believe that the film does indeed conform to a certain type of narrative structure expected by other films of this style. This film, through and through, is a Western, even starring one of biggest names in Hollywood Westerns, John Wayne. We’re thrown into a world of sturdy, rugged men riding around on horses, decked out in cowboy hats and belt buckles. Wayne portrays the archetypal man, honorable, reliable and
The film’s story does not simply shines forth, but is also the foundation of the plot. The film’s plot makes the traditional guidelines applicable...
Once upon a Time in the West, directed by Sergio Leone, is a story of
The development of the Western genre originally had its beginnings in biographies of frontiersmen and novels written about the western frontier in the late 1800’s based on myth and Manifest Destiny. When the film industry decided to turn its lenses onto the cowboy in 1903 with The Great Train Robbery there was a plethora of literature on the subject both in non-fiction and fiction. The Western also found roots in the ‘Wild West’ stage productions and rodeos of the time. Within the early areas of American literature and stage productions the legend and fear of the west being a savage untamed wilderness was set in the minds of the American people. The productions and rodeos added action and frivolity to the Western film genre.
In the opening scene of the movie we see Frank’s character played by Denzel Washington. Right away we are shocked by his violence and see his power. This is the first motif we are introduced to. We see Frank stand tall over his victim, and the dark shadowing we see on his face and body show his dominance. Another motif we are introduced to is how real this film is setup to be. The car headlights that setup the background and introduce where we the setting is as well as motivate lights. They have a purpose in the film in promoting its authenticity. We also hear the all the sounds in the forefront. When hear the sounds up close it dramatic for us as viewers. We hear every 7drop of gasoline that is poured on the man’s body and we even hear the flick of the lighter as Frank sets the man on fire. This is the director Scott Ridley’s way of saying to the audience I want to fool you, and I want you to feel like you were there and what you are watching in front of you is real.
Classic narrative cinema is what Bordwell, Staiger and Thompson (The classic Hollywood Cinema, Columbia University press 1985) 1, calls “an excessively obvious cinema”1 in which cinematic style serves to explain and not to obscure the narrative. In this way it is made up of motivated events that lead the spectator to its inevitable conclusion. It causes the spectator to have an emotional investment in this conclusion coming to pass which in turn makes the predictable the most desirable outcome. The films are structured to create an atmosphere of verisimilitude, which is to give a perception of reality. On closer inspection it they are often far from realistic in a social sense but possibly portray a realism desired by the patriarchal and family value orientated society of the time. I feel that it is often the black and white representation of good and evil that creates such an atmosphere of predic...
The story of the American West is still being told today even though most of historic events of the Wild West happened over more than a century ago. In movies, novels, television, and more ways stories of the old west are still being retold, reenacted, and replayed to relive the events of the once so wild and untamed land of the west that so many now fantasize about. After reading about the old west and watching early westerns it is amazing how much Hollywood still glorifies the history and myth of the old west. It may not be directly obvious to every one, but if you look closely there is always a hint of the Western mentality such as honor, justice, romance, drama, and violence. The most interesting thing about the Old West is the fact that history and myth have a very close relationship together in telling the story of the West.
Western Films are very standard, the protagonist is generally a handsome rogue cowboy or gunslinger. They always have some sort of antagonist or “evil” groups that take advantage of the general population, thus bring them wealth and notoriety. People that watch Western films expect to see cowboys, US Rangers, gunslingers, thieves, outlaws and trains are a common feature.
In one particular scene, director was truly a great one, featuring special focus on his dad life and the Colorado River. It was so cool to highlights of the movie by one of his favorite poem written by his dad when he was born, the Important Place. Also, this film was a good length, not excessively long but long enough to tell the story. This is really important today there were no such unwanted scene in the film, which literary the most closely and accurately delivered. In my opinion, this film is forced to possess the characters of a great aspect, and turns to make for quite the adventurous. There was no special character encounter rather than his dad, learned something from the secret Colorado River. Another great aspect of the film was the special footage that were introduce in this film was an enjoyable aspect to be a good documentary film, and that’s how this film is different from the rest.
According to historians like Neil Burch, the primitive period of the film industry, at the turn of the 20th century was making films that appealed to their audiences due to the simple story. A non-fiction narrative, single shots a burgeoning sense
A noticeable difference in the way movies have changed over the years is evident when comparing and contrasting two films of different eras which belong to the same genre and contain the same subject matter. Two vampire movies, Dracula and Bram Stoker's Dracula, present an interesting example of this type of study.
When deciding what movie to do for this particular paper I faced a few issues. I knew what the requirements were, but I wanted something different and something I could have fun watching and writing as well. So, after looking around and pondering movies for weeks I finally decided on a perfect choice The 60’s directed by Mark Piznarski?
...successful collaboration of sound, colour, camera positioning and lighting are instrumental in portraying these themes. The techniques used heighten the suspense, drama and mood of each scene and enhance the film in order to convey to the spectator the intended messages.
A set of practices concerning the narrative structure compose the classical Hollywood Paradigm. These conventions create a plot centering around a character who undergoes a journey in an attempt to achieve some type of goal (). By giving the central character more time on screen, the film helps the audience to not only understand the character’s motivation but also empathize with his/her emotional state. Additionally, some antagonistic force creates conflict with the main character, preventing immediate success(). Finally, after confronting the antagonist, the main character achieves his or her goal along with growing emotionally(). This proven structure creates a linear and relatively easily followed series of events encompassing the leading character and a goal.