A Comparison of Film Techniques Used to Depict the Omaha Landing “Saving Private Ryan” & “The Longest Day” In this assignment I will be comparing two scenes of the landings on the Omaha Beach during the Second World War. The first film is “The Longest Day” and the second film is “Saving Private Ryan”. The Longest Day was shot in 1962 compared with the more recent filming of Saving Private Ryan which was shot in 1998. I will be focussing on the camera angles, special effects, sound effects
is a war really required? The answer is no, not as long as we remember past wars, and use those memories to meet current challenges. To help us remember, we have a Memorial Day (Decoration Day when I was young), and the Lincoln, Vietnam, Korean, and (eventually) World War II memorials. To the same end, we have national cemeteries filled with the graves of patriots, and a national anthem composed during a long-past war. This nation was born in a war, and Abraham Lincoln referred to those who fought
events as they really happened? The movie Saving Private Ryan starts off with the main protagonist Ryan (now an elderly man) walking through the World War II memorial cemetery with his family. He stops at a certain grave and breaks down crying. The scene then changes to a flashback of the invasion of Normandy and shows the allies landing on Normandy beach commencing the attack on the Axis force. The scene then switches to Captain John Miller as he maneuvers through the war zone. He witnesses many of his