Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, USA 1981)
Harrison Ford stars in the film Raiders of the Lost Ark as a character
called Indiana Jones. The opening sequence has left Indiana’s
character mysterious to the audience but throughout this sequence we
understand his character as bold, cool, calm and a collected leader,
but as the sequence develops and the scene changes we see another side
to Indiana, an intellectual man who dresses smartly and doesn’t seem
cool anymore.
From the opening sequence we know that this film is an
action/adventure because it is packed with excitement, violence and
close encounters with death. The mise en scene or what the audience
see and hear plays an important role in an action/adventure because it
influences what the audience’s reaction to what is happening. An
example of this would be a close up on the facial expressions this
would make the audience more susceptible to feel the same as the
character. These effects can be caused from changing the setting to
altering the camera angles used. Throughout the essay I will discuss
the effect they have introducing the character Indiana Jones.
We are introduced into the film with the paramount trademark of a
mountain but unexpectedly we are brought straight into the film by
merging this symbol with the actual mountain in the South American
rainforest. Spread across the screen is the words South America to
allow the audience to know where the scene is set. The camera angle
then changes to look at the back of three people walking through the
Jungle, then there is a long shot from the side of them looking
through the trees at these three character and in ...
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Mise en scene has played a major part into introducing the main
character Indiana Jones. Steven Spielberg has introduced the character
by the use of setting, the positioning of the actors, the costume, the
lighting, the camera angles used and the music, all these parts have
made Indiana’s introduction a successful one. There may be all roles
than may effect Indiana introduction a successful one because Harrison
Ford was and still is a world wide known actor and has played many
staring roles before hand which would already personify him as the
main character. If it weren’t for dim lighting or certain camera
angles Indiana wouldn’t have seemed such a heroic leader or a hansom
lecturer. This shows that this opening sequence has played a major
role in introducing Indiana Jones character.
In the late twentieth century, the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering has positioned itself to become one of the great technological revolutions of human history. Yet, things changed when Herber Boyer, a biochemist at the University of California, founded the company Genentech in 1976 to exploit the commercial potential of his research. Since then the field has exploded into a global amalgam of private research firms developing frivolous, profit-hungry products, such as square trees tailor-made for lumber, without any sort of government regulation.
Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost ark there was a lot to live
When it comes to films most people think that the filmmakers just draft up the script, hires some actors, films and edits some scenes, then releases the next number one movie in America to the world (or select theaters near you). In actuality, there are a lot more details that go into film than that. Filmmakers are constantly making decisions in regards to a films narrative and cinematic style and making sure a film comes out as well as it can. One of those decisions fall under cinematic style and is called mise-en-scene. Mise-en-scene has four elements: lighting, costume/makeup, sets/props, and figure expression and movement. The three that will be focused on when analyzing the film Modern Times are costume/makeup, sets/props, and figure expression
Beginning the mid 1920s, Hollywood’s ostensibly all-powerful film studios controlled the American film industry, creating a period of film history now recognized as “Classical Hollywood”. Distinguished by a practical, workmanlike, “invisible” method of filmmaking- whose purpose was to demand as little attention to the camera as possible, Classical Hollywood cinema supported undeviating storylines (with the occasional flashback being an exception), an observance of a the three act structure, frontality, and visibly identified goals for the “hero” to work toward and well-defined conflict/story resolution, most commonly illustrated with the employment of the “happy ending”. Studios understood precisely what an audience desired, and accommodated their wants and needs, resulting in films that were generally all the same, starring similar (sometimes the same) actors, crafted in a similar manner. It became the principal style throughout the western world against which all other styles were judged. While there have been some deviations and experiments with the format in the past 50 plus ye...
Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s 11 movie is produced with so much wit, brains, dazzle, and virtuosity that hit me like a bucket of ice-cold water. It made me wonder what was gonna happen next.
Steven Spielberg's Jaws and Ridley Scott's Gladiator The two films being examined are the thriller Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg, and the action film Gladiator directed by Ridley Scott. Both directors create epic films; the films are momentous and are designed to manipulate the emotions. A thriller is intended to appeal to basic human instinct to the need of feeling fear and survival. Action movies are designed to appeal to our sense of danger: pace and experience is something we want but don't have in our everyday lives to this extent. Both films are examples of media, which manage to induce you into a certain way of thinking: Jaws into being scared and Gladiator into sympathising and rooting for Russell Crowe in his fight against evil.
Gina Marchetti, in her essay "Action-Adventure as Ideology," argues that action- adventure films implicitly convey complex cultural messages regarding American values and the "white American status quo." She continues to say that all action-adventure movies have the same basic structure, including plot, theme, characterization, and iconography. As ideology, this film genre tacitly expresses social norms, values, and morals of its time. Marchetti's essay, written in 1989, applies to films such as Raiders of the Lost Ark and Rambo: First Blood II. However, action-adventure films today seem to be straying farther away from her generalizations about structure, reflecting new and different cultural norms in America. This changing ideology is depicted best in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers (1994), which defies nearly every concept Marchetti proposes about action-adventure films; and it sets the stage for a whole new viewpoint of action in the '90's.
The genius in not the music used in "2001: A Space Odyssey", but what Kubrick does with that music. He reduces each musical score to its essence, and leaves it playing long enough for us to contemplate it, to listen and watch as the movie progresses, which is mostly silent; this technique helps it inhabit it in our imaginations. Among science-fiction movies, perhaps “2001" is the only movie in which the director, in this case Kubrick, is not concerned with thrilling us with his music choice, but with inspiring our awe when listening to and watching the movie.
...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.
William Golding’s book, The Lord of the Flies is a wonderful, fictional book about the struggle and survival of a group of boys trapped on an uninhabited island. This book kept me very interested and made me want to keep reading. The characters were very diverse and each had very appealing qualities in themselves. The setting is brilliantly described and the plot is surprisingly very well thought out. Many things like these make this book such a classic.
'Aliens' by James Cameron James Cameron creates atmosphere in a key sequence in ‘Aliens’ using cinematography, editing, sound, special effects and mise-en-scene. The scene opens with one of the protagonists, Corporal Hicks, telling his troops what he managed to ‘salvage from the APC’, this dialogue is of a military style, and emphasizes the professional nature of the characters. This idea of military professionalism is reinforced by the costumes worn by the characters e.g. bullet proof jackets and bullet belts etc, these make the audience feel protected as if they are in ‘safe hands’. Whilst the marines are hunched over a table, the camera is positioned looking over the shoulder of one of them, giving the audience a chance to ‘be there’ with them. This allows the audience to connect with the characters and to feel what they feel.
In the The Lord of the Rings, by J. Tolken, there are many things that make the story symbolic of a Christian influence. The constant emphasis of good vs. evil brings forth reason to suspect that this novel has a Christian basis. In this paper I will prove and backup my personal opinion through sighting specific examples of the influences from the book.
People seem to change all of the time, and there is always a reason for why they changed. Some people believe that people never change, and that may be true in some cases. I think that you just do not realize anyone else is changing because you are changing alone with everyone else. When people do change there could be multiple reasons for the reasons they changed, they could met someone new, had a tragic experience in their life, or had to leave for awhile and then managed to return. There is always something. No one every remains the same and karma always manages to come back around. A person changing is one of the major themes in the movie The Color Purple. This movie is based off of the book The Color Purple by Alice Walker, and this book is something that is incredibly hard to read for reasons that become clear after you watch the movie. When you do watch this movie you have to accept how the world used to be and how gruesome some people could be. Within the movie The Color Purple there were scenes that really touched me and the way that I thought about the movie.
A billionaire has created a technique to clone dinosaurs. From the left behind DNA that his crack team of scientists and experts extract he is able to grow the dinosaurs in labs and lock them up on an island behind electrified fences. He has created a sort of theme park on the island which is located off the west coast of Costa Rica. The island is called Isla Nublar. He plans to have the entire planet come and visit his wondrous marvels. He asks a group of scientists from several different fields to come and view the park, but something terribly goes wrong when a worker on the island turns against him and shuts down the power.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom As I sat and watched “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” the version of the “Orient” we get in this film is quite clear. Played and acted out by Harrison Ford, he was the all-knowing, adventurous, witty, “save the day” kind of guy, who just happens to be a professor and archaeologist as well. He knew throughout every scene, how to handle a particular situation, even though parts of this country were foreign to him. What makes this “Orient” stand out even worse is his side kick, “Willie”, whom he met at the beginning of the movie at a Chinese night club. Kate Capeshaw, better known as Willie, plays the damsel in distress in this one.