To begin, the movie I choose to do is Beautiful Creatures made in 2013 and was directed by Richard LaGravenese. Philippe Rousselot was the cinematographer and David Moritz was the editor. The main characters are Ethan Wate, Lena Duchannes, Macon Ravenswood, Sarafine/ Mrs. Lincoln, Amma, Ridley Duchannes, and Link. Beautiful Creatures take place in the small town of Gatlin, South Carolina. The movie is about teenagers and "star-crossed lovers" Ethan Wate and Lena Duchannes. Ethan was born in a small town in South Carolina where he falls in love with the new girl Lena Duchannes. Lena Duchannes is a witch and is about to receive her powers, which means she must choose a side. The town does not like her because they are superstitious and think …show more content…
This movie relies on lighting because it lets the viewers know how the movie will be. For example, this movie uses a lot of dark lighting to add to the gloomy and ominous feeling. The opening scene sets the mood for the entire movie and starting with this nightmare gives the movie a feeling of foreshadowing. This movie uses wide angles, zoom shots, high angles, low angles, and point of view shots. In this film, scenes with Ethan and Lena are often wide angles. Many directors use this angle, in romance movies to intensify the love between two people. It also, lets the audience see how isolated Ethan and Lena are. The I’m Sorry scene uses wide angle and deep focus shots very effectively; The wide angle in this scene shows Ethan and Lena’s love, passion, and connection. The fighting scenes use high and low angle shots because it tells the audience who is more powerful. When Lena becomes more powerful the lower the camera angle is; This is done so, the viewers see Lena as the most powerful evil witch because she believes Ethan is dead. Close-ups are used to show emotion in the characters’ faces and, allows the viewers to feel the emotions the characters do. For example, in the ending scene, the audience know Ethan remembers Lena because they can see the emotion on Ethan’s …show more content…
Smash cuts are used a lot in this film; Some examples include when Ethan wakes up from his nightmares, and when Lena gets mad and uses her magic to break the windows on her classmates. Throughout this movie J-cuts are used whenever Ethan is narrating; his voice starts before when seeing any action. Cutting on action is used when the characters are walking through doors and fighting other characters. An example would be when Ethan goes into Lena’s home and sees a leg behind the door and immediately leaves. Another example would be when Lena is fighting her mother. L-cuts are used mainly when the characters are speaking to each other. An example would be when the teacher is addressing the class, it shows the teacher’s expressions as well as the students’. One scene that uses dissolve cut the best is the Petition scene. In this scene, Sarafine’s disguised as Mrs. Lincoln, reveals herself to Macon, after the crowd dissolves into the background. As their argument ends, the parents of the Gatlin high school kids dissolve back in to view as Macon is yelling “THAT IS A LIE”. Macon looks foolish, crazy, and helps Mrs. Lincoln / Sarafine’s case to prevent Lena from going back to school. An example of cross-cut would be when Lena controls the weather after Ethan died; the cross-cut shows how the community is dealing with the storm versus Lena,
Ethan Frome lives in the town of Starkfield. Within the first few pages of the book, the reader can realize Ethan is not a valued member of the community. Early in the book, the family that is housing the Reverend
Having to take your anger out on someone isn’t fair or good, especially if you’re being killed with frozen lamb. Based on everyone’s understanding, when you kill someone you’ll have to pay the price and consequences. Apparently this lady didn’t. But are we sure she’s going to marry another man and kill him too? In “Lamb to the slaughter”, I’m going to be talking about Mary Maloney and how madly crazy she is.
Michael MacDonald’S All Souls is a heart wrenching insider account of growing up in Old Country housing projects located in the south of Boston, also known as Southie to the locals. The memoir takes the reader deep inside the world of Southie through the eyes of MacDonald. MacDonald was one of 11 children to grow up and deal with the many tribulations of Southie, Boston. Southie is characterized by high levels of crime, racism, and violence; all things that fall under the category of social problem. Social problems can be defined as “societal induced conditions that harms any segment of the population. Social problems are also related to acts and conditions that violate the norms and values found in society” (Long). The social problems that are present in Southie are the very reasons why the living conditions are so bad as well as why Southie is considered one of the poorest towns in Boston. Macdonald’s along with his family have to overcome the presence of crime, racism, and violence in order to survive in the town they consider the best place in the world.
Also, the camera takes many shots of the main characters. the two men and Lara. They are face shots and reflect the atmosphere. between them. I think this is done to highlight the dominance and importance of the main characters.
Alexander Stowe is a twin, his brother is Aaron Stowe. Alex is an Unwanted, Aaron is a Wanted, and their parents are Necessaries. Alex is creative in a world where you can’t even see the entire sky, and military is the dream job for everyone and anyone. He should have been eliminated, just like all the unwanteds should have been. He instead comes upon Artimè, where he trains as a magical warrior- after a while. When he was still in basic training, and his friends were not, he got upset, he wants to be the leader, the one everyone looks up to.
One popular camera technique used in films is panning. Camera panning can emphasize emotion in films. According to a writer on camera techniques, "Following the subject's gaze down to the floor may symbolize rejection or desperation and loss. The moves work because they are related to your story" (Stevenson). In the movie Requiemfor a Dream, panning came into play in a particularly important scene. Marion, a main character, was walking down a hallway. She just had sex with someone she didn't like to get some money for drugs. The camera was right in front of her face, and portrayed the emptiness in her eyes. She was glancing towards the floor and looked like she was going to throw up. The camera also followed her face so closely, that you could tell how fast she was walking. The panning portrayed her feelings and actions so well, that it made the scene more interesting. It was a lot better than just seeing a view of someone head-on.
This scene also incorporates a clever usage of camera angles. The viewers are able to see from both Neff and Phyllis’ perspectives. Long shots are used as a way to see all the action happening. Close ups are used to highlight character’s emotions, Philly’s in particular as she not only tries to murder Neff, but she gets killed herself. Camera panning, which is steady camera movement, is used to follow Neff - even in his darkest hours, the audience follows him through his deplorable
There is perhaps no greater joy in life than finding one’s soul mate. Once found, there is possibly no greater torment than being forced to live without them. This is the conflict that Paul faces from the moment he falls in love with Agnes. His devotion to the church and ultimately God are thrown into the cross hairs with the only possible outcome being one of agonizing humiliation. Grazia Deledda’s The Mother presents the classic dilemma of having to choose between what is morally right and being true to one’s own heart. Paul’s inability to choose one over the other consumes his life and everyone in it.
The book, Into the wild, takes us into the world of a young man named Christopher Johnson McCandless. He travelled across the western United States from 1990 to 1992, and on April 28, 1992, he started his last adventure and walked into the wilds of Alaska. About 112 days later, he died of starvation. Unsurprisingly, public opinion polarized on his behavior. Some may admire his courage and noble ideals, though some regard him as an idiotic and arrogant narcissist. Although he died on his way to find the truth and back to nature, I believe that Chris McCandless should be considered as a hero, but I cannot completely approve of all his behaviors.
Heaven and Earth by Arturo Riojas is a thought provoking sci-fi/fantasy novel with a strong persuasive influence. The writer has very strong beliefs backed by plenty of research and the result is a very informative and touching story that will leave you wondering, what exactly is going on around us while we are clearly unaware? Influenced strongly by real world issues this story will likely entangle any reader who is even somewhat intrigued by government corruption and I mean who nowadays isn't? This is the tale of a future world much like our world now poisoned by itself and on the edge of self destruction and a neighboring species and their desire to solve similar problems on their own planet Treretum.
The Flowers By Alice Walker Written in the 1970's The Flowers is set in the deep south of America and is about Myop, a small 10-year old African American girl who explores the grounds in which she lives. Walker explores how Myop reacts in different situations. She writes from a third person perspective of Myop's exploration. In the first two paragraph Walker clearly emphasises Myop's purity and young innocence.
This kind of shot is making the scene more power full and making the subject look strong the effects given the surroundings. HIGH-ANGLE SHOT High Angle shot are basically looking down on the subject from high position and focusing often to the main object. Usually they use this to make the scene more dramatic. In this part of the movie wherein the emotion are more powerful because of the right camera angle use. EYE-LEVEL SHOT Eye level shot its use the height of the subject a neutral way of shot and usually no dramatic power unlike the high and low shot.
Before digging deep into this video essay’s focus – the graphical match cut; we first need to understand the basis of this popular, yet artistic cut. Let’s start by defining continuity editing. In editing, Continuity is “the way in which different parts of a film or television programme are joined together so that the action happens without any
The mid shots and close up allow viewers to observe details of the jogger such as how calm she is before the shadow appears, when she feels uneasy, when she is frightened, and the change in her movements. Such shots allow viewers to notice the change from a relaxed jog to a frightened dash for safety and are evident when the jogger is running, both when she is calm and when she is trying to escape the shadow. Bird’s eye angles and cutaways allow viewers to gain more information, particularly about the shadow and its location. For instance, the most evident bird's eye angle is when the woman looks
Parents tell their children to think first and act second. Most people forget this as illustrated in Yann Martel’s satire “We ate the Children Last,” written in 2004. It starts out with an operation and humans are given a pigs digestive tract to cure cancer. Because the operation made people eat garbage, they gave it to the poor At this point everybody wants to have this operation. When people started going cannibalistic, the government puts them together to eat each other. This started out as a good thing by curing cancer. After that everybody from the poor to the people administering the operation didn’t pause long enough to consider the consequences. Real world examples of people not pausing to consider the consequences are seen frequently, whether, it be on a small or big scale. Yann Martel is saying that