The Visit (2015) Cast: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie, and Kathryn Hahn Director: M. Night Shyamalan Genre: Horror-Comedy Ever since its release, a lot of focus has been on writer and director M. Night Shyamalan when movie is spoken about, which is to be expected. However, the movie itself needs to more analyzed than the person who created it. In the previous reviews, that actually focused on the movie, the critics have had very mixed reviews. The Visit was either very good, with a nice touch of humor and horror, or very bad, as in why was this the movie Shyamalan decided to have be his comeback. Again focusing too much on Shyamalan. Focusing on the movie The cinematography immediately strikes you as visually appealing accompanied by great shots and transitions however there is a problem, it is completely unrealistic. This movie is known as found footage, which …show more content…
Which, makes the movie a little less appealing once you realize this, noticing that even though that was a crazy good shot it’s not realistic. One thing that was constantly well done, was the performance of the actors. Even though the comedy and story was not as well done as some have said, the truly admirable thing about it was the actors ability to perform it despite these obstacles. A clear example in the movie is that Tyler raps three times and even though that was suppose to be a comical element in the movie it just was mainly uncomfortable to watch. The admirable part about it was his ability to, in simple terms, ‘fake it till you make it’. The other actors, such as the grandmother, in particular, with her obscure personality and actions that she had to perform, as you’ll notice when watching the movie, followed through well with their
This film camera angles were so horrible that it is clear to see how unrealistic this movie was. The scene with Melanie with the children and they get attack by the birds had to be the most unrealistic scene throughout the whole movie. The camera angles were so horrible that it made the scenes look over dramatic and so fake. The movies lighting also was horrible and the plot line of the movie was just as horrible.
The first thing I will go over is the actors. Overall, they did a fantastic job and portrayed the characters well. Zachery Schaftlein, who played Father Brenden Flynn, and Abigail Elmore, Sister Aloysius Beauvier, both did a fantastic job in their roles. I loved the
The auteur concept was introduced by a group of cinema enthusiasts who wrote for Cahier du Cinema in the 1950s as an art of personal expression. They believed that some directors should be recognized as artists, as the directors personal vision is reflected consistently across their body of work.
The film is very art house as it has many scenes which are unreal but
was a spectacular film there were some things that I did not enjoy like, the
Stephen King is known by many as a successful author, but every author is only as good as his or her works. King has produced various types of works such as short stories, novels, novellas, screenplays, and comics. His work has been the “most important bridge between the horror genre and literary respectability from the late 1960s and 1970s up to the present time” (Hoppenstand 3). Stephen Edwin King was born September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine. He is the second son of Donald Edwin and Nellie Ruth King. When King was two years old, his father, a captain in the merchant marines, went out to buy a pack of cigarettes and never returned. Nellie, King’s mother, raised King and his adopted older brother David. The family under the care of Nellie experienced many hardships and moved often as she looked for work. The family lived in Maine, Massachusetts, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. When King was six years old, the family finally settled in Stratford, Connecticut (Hoppenstand 8; Stephen King).
“People think that I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have the heart of a small boy. It is in a glass jar on my desk,” said the great author Stephen King. Kings quotes are very deep and inspirational and come from a hardworking man whose thought about giving up writing, and has been through true difficulties to inspire his great novels. After taking a closer look at the life and work of Stephen King, it is apparent that he deserves recognition as a profound American author. When Stephen King wrote, “Carrie” he had such little belief in his ability that he threw it away, but thanks to his girlfriend she retrieved it from the garbage and had it published and made it one of his most famous books ("The Paris Review.") .
I have to disagree with both these reviews. I believed that the story was brilliantly written and the cinematography was beautiful. This movie touched me and had me in tears which believe me is hard to do. I do agree with the New York Times and New Yorker that it was a little dragged out and that Kiera Knightly acting was over rated. Other than that I would defiantly recommend this movie.
The movie opens with the dreaded found footage style of lazy man filmmaking. I groaned loudly when I saw this, but thankfully after the opening scene of the movie, it switches to the normal style of shooting (aka, the non-lazy way).
The book and the movie were both very good. The book took time to explain things like setting, people’s emotions, people’s traits, and important background information. There was no time for these explanations the movie. The book, however, had parts in the beginning where some readers could become flustered.
In recent decades, many have argued that the line between realism and fiction in cinematic endeavours has become increasingly blurred. It has not been until recently that the world has truly been exposed to this completely innovative cinematic style, which has captivated audiences with its new approach to filmmaking. This new cinematic style was first introduced in Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick’s The Blair Witch Project. Here I will focus on breaking down the various levels of realism within The Blair Witch Project, in order to convey why it had such a monumental impact on the cinematic world, while still remaining a popular and modern horror film to today’s audiences. In order to achieve this I will pay particular attention to the style of filming, the clever marketing campaign and the combination of fact and fiction, which helped captivate even the most, experienced of cinemagoers.
The camera is always at the level of the actors, as if someone is holding it. The camera is always at the level of the characters, even when it is moving. It never appears to come from different angles, a stable of Italian Neorealist films. There also appears to be very little staged lighting in the various shots.(That is, lighting that is purposely placed.) Instead, the lighting appears to be natural from the sun. To go along with that, it is apparent that there has been very little editing done. For instance, techniques such as straight cut, fade, or dissolve are not used (here or anywhere in the film.) Also, means such as cross cutting or matching shots are not employed. These stylistic features of the scene are consistent throughout the film, and are overarching qualities in Italian Neorealist
In my own opinion I think this film is great. I think this because it
This isn't a movie you could ever label, it's not a movie you could ever judge by its cover. Beneath that rough exterior is a movie that reaches out to you, and shows you what is true and shows you what is real. This movie you could say is dark, you could say it's enlightening, but I hate to label something that passes beyond typical labels. Most movies have some background or history in another, but this movie holds no bases, it's a pure story of truth. This is not a movie you've seen before, not a type of movie you'll probably ever see again, and not a type of movie that you'll watch ever again. Yes I said it, you'll watch it once, and that'll be it. The movie is so much like life that it comes and goes through yours, and once its gone, you realize that you've got one in front of you.
The best part of this production for me was the acting. I thought all of the actors did a great job of portraying different personalities and truly utilizing every tool available to them in order to make their characterization as thorough as possible. The actor I was most impressed with however was the lead (“the Maniac”). This actor truly understood the motives and personality traits of his character inside and out. From his