The film The Aviator portrays an insight into the life of Howard Hughes. We get a perspective that the public didn’t see in Howard Hughes. Martin Scorsese directed the film and depicts Howard Hughes life both through what Howard says but also what is not said. Music and lighting show what Hughes is thinking even if he isn’t saying it. In the scene where the airplane Hercules is being built, music and lighting play a key role in the scene. Hughes doesn’t even have to say anything for the viewer to feel as though the viewer too have Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The scene opens with a bird’s eye view shot that hones in on Howard Hughes walking at a very fast pace through an airplane hangar. The melody being played while he is walking is very upbeat and chaotic sounding which perfectly coincides with Howard’s mental mindset. It is a very high paced and high pitched flute that is playing very loudly. His thoughts are competing with one another and the music is so fast it makes the viewers mind race which is an insight into Howard’s mind.
Howard is then in the airplane Hercules that is being constructed and the music becomes calm and there is natural looking light and no sparks. I believe this gives the viewer the insight that Hughes is currently in his peaceful atmosphere and his feelings are not all over the place. Throughout the entire scene there are loud saws that sound as if they’re cutting through steel. The only time you don’t hear any saws is when Howard is in the airplane. The sound made from the saws pierces your ears and causes the viewer to cringe and make you feel somewhat insane. Again, I believe this shows Hughes psychologically is not right and you get a mental insight by experiencing it as well.
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...y and menacing. I believe this is continuing the trend of his chaotic thoughts. When his O.C.D. attack begins the sparks begin as well. This time however there are no fluorescent lights, it’s just darkness surrounded by sparks. I believe this shows the madness going on in Howard’s mind. The sparks are everywhere and so are his thoughts, the mystifying display of glowing light makes Hughes suffer.
Martin Scorsese beautifully uses lighting and music to portray Howard’s thoughts in this scene. Without the music and lighting the viewer wouldn’t get the same impression of his mood and mindset. Throughout the scene and the movie as a whole we get to witness a viewpoint that the public never saw in Howard Hughes. The music and lighting are perfectly placed in that Hughes doesn’t even have to speak in order for the viewer to experience the madness throughout the film.
...s when it cuts Richie’s forearm skin. The use of diegetic sound allows the viewer to feel as if this montage is going through Richie’s head as he cuts himself. As Richie is standing in front of the mirror we see things from his point of view and we understand his reality at the moment. The rapidly edited montage of memories is analogous to the immediacy of his actions.
Adults sometimes forget that children communicate on a much more literal level than they do; their conversation is often sprinkled with metaphors that could have a very different connotation for a young person. For example a child might easily misunderstand the phrase ?its raining cats and dogs? or interpret the words ?Holy Ghost? as an apparition with hollow spaces. It is easy to see, therefore, that Hughes understood his aunt in a far more literal sense than she had intended. It is quite likely that he really expected Jesus to walk into the room and that there would be a flash of bright light.
Vietnam veteran Travis Bicklea finds that his life has been turned upside down after returning America from the battle-field. He suffers from the insomnia and sense of isolation, which leads him to take a job as taxi-driver at night; many of his customers represent the people from the lowest class of society: prostitutes, adulterous husbands and wenchers. Since Travis has promised the cab company that he will drive anywhere, at anytime, his likelihood of seeing the best of human nature is fairly slim. So, he tries to create an extra-occupational life for himself. He befriends Betsy, a beautiful girl working at a Senator's campaign office. Unluckily, with on possession of the slightest amount of social skills, Travis takes her to a porn movie on their first date, so Betsy rejects him and refuses to see him anymore. Then another girl bumps into Travis¡¯s life. One day, a prepubescent prostitute who is desperately trying to escape from her pimp named Sport (Keitel). Travis is touched by her plight and resolves to assist her, despite her later unwillingness to cooperate. Meanwhile, Betsy refuses to accept his repeated attempts to apologize, and he begins to go psychotic under the force of various pressures. Travis purchases several semi-automatic guns, takes up a rigorous physical training, shapes his hair into a bristly-looking Mohawk, and decides to assassinate the candidate for whom Betsy is working. After his attempt to assassinate the senator failed, Travis then goes after Sport, killing him and a Mafioso who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time in a spray of bullets. After this massacre, Travis tries to kill himself in Iris's room, but has wasted so many bullets that he has none left with which to commit suicide. Nevertheless, his bloodbath turns him into a media hero, and Betsy suddenly discovers an interest in him. In turn, Travis rejects her, and he drives off into the night toward an uncertain future.
First of all, the audio is used brilliantly in the sequence. Sound is one of the most powerful tools in cinema. Sound cues us to form expectation and opens up the possibility for the editing. In the beginning of the sequence we see the indigenous people dancing and Willard resting on the boat. However, he is getting ready to complete his mission. When his voice-over comes into play, the audience starts to realize that Willard is becoming insane just like Kurtz, he is becoming part of the jungle and so is the audience. The scene cuts to Willard rising slowly from the water, accompanied by the song “The End” by The Doors. The tribal beat and the song mix together, intensifying the suspense. The odd thing is that the tribal beat is a diegetic sound and the song is a non-diegetic sound. The combination of these two sounds invades each other’s boundaries and creates a hypnotic feeling. “Filmmakers carefully choose which sounds to include on the soundtrack, knowing that emphasizing a particular ...
This scene is used to emphasise the danger that Dave and The Sapphires are in very real and very lethal danger, the mixture of sinister camera angles to emphasise the visual danger that the characters are in to the inhospitable sounds portrayed by the scene to highlight the explosive danger that the characters are in. The lighting used features the darkness and the difficulty to see due to the night sky. The mise en scene highlights the military background that the characters are in. All in all, this scene is a highly emotional scene highlighting the mortal danger that confronts Dave and The
New York City that is depicted in Taxi Driver seems to be too real to be true. It is a place where violence runs rampant, drugs are cheap, and sex is easy. This world may be all too familiar to many that live in major metropolitan areas. But, in the film there is something interesting, and vibrant about the streets that Travis Bickle drives alone, despite the amount of danger and turmoil that overshadows everything in the nights of the city. In the film “Taxi Driver” director Martin Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader find and express a trial that many people face, the search for belonging and acceptance.
Bright lights are “the ironic equivalent of darkness” in this film, blinding instead of revealing. Examples of this are the opening window shades in Sam 's and Marion 's hotel room, vehicle headlights at night, the neon sign at the Bates Motel, the glaring white of the bathroom tiles where Marion dies, and the cellar 's visible light bulb shining on the dead body of Norman 's mother. Such bright lights naturally describe hazards and viciousness in Hitchcock 's
The film starts out with orchestral music, and shows James Dean's character, Jim, drunk on the ground of a sidewalk. The sound of a police siren is heard and used as a transition into the next scene that takes place, understandably, in a police station. While in the police station, Jim is yelling along with the sound of the siren, and humming loudly to give the impression that he is drunk. At one point in the scene he is brought into another room with an officer, and begins to punch a desk. The sound effects are loud, and the he pauses, and music begins again when he begins to hurt. Again, a siren is played at the transition to the next scene. However, for the most part, score music is played during all transitions.
...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.
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.
I spent a lot of time considering what movie I would watch to write this essay. I listed off the movies that I would like to watch again, and then I decided on The Notebook. I didn’t really think I could write about adolescence or children, so I thought that, maybe, I could write about the elderly. The love story that The Notebook tells is truly amazing. I love watching this movie, although I cry every time I watch it. The Notebook is about an elderly man that tells the story of his life with the one he loves the most, his wife. He is telling the story to his wife, who has Alzheimer’s Disease, which is a degenerative disease that affects a person’s memory. She has no recollection of him or their life together, or even her own children. She wrote the story of their love herself, so that when he read the story to her, she would come back to him. There are three things that I would like to discuss about this movie. First, I would like to discuss their stage of life and the theory that I believe describes their stage of life the best. Second, I would like to discuss Alzheimer’s DIsease and its affect on the main character who has it and her family. Third, I would like to discuss how at the end of the movie, they died together. I know it is a movie, but I do know that it is known that elderly people who have been together for a long time, usually die not to far apart from one another.
Scorsese kept Hughes’ looks, and also showed the side affects from Hughes’ mental illnesses. Since Howard was a young boy, he had been suffering from Hypocondrism (Anonymous-Famous Texan). Hughes was greatly afraid of germs and was constantly washing his hands. He would refrain from shaking hands or coming near others. He was also known for burning his clothes because he c...
As an audience we are manipulated from the moment a film begins. In this essay I wish to explore how The Conversation’s use of sound design has directly controlled our perceptions and emotional responses as well as how it can change the meaning of the image. I would also like to discover how the soundtrack guides the audience’s attention with the use of diegetic and nondiegetic sounds.
The only person the narcissist will ever pity or feel sorry for is him/herself. If the narcissist believes he/she can get away with doing something (even if it's illegal, immoral, or will hurt someone), he/she will do it. At different times, many high profile individuals are classified as a narcissist in the media. The movie “The Wolf Of Wall Street” demonstrates how a rapid success leads to the narcissistic behavior. “Feel good” holiday movies, usually focus on traditional family values of heroism whereas Martin Scorsese in his film “The Wolf of Wall Street,” does the opposite. The movie focus on lavish life of Jordan but it was a true satire for an individual exploring quick fortune and shortcut of getting rich. Although many critics argue that “The Wolf of Wall Street” focuses mostly on the greed of Belfort, his extravagant luxurious lifestyle and portrayal of women as sex toys and leaves viewer with no moral message, I would disagree, as the film does delivers a moral message that rapid success can cause an individual to develop narcissistic behavior, which eventually leads to destruction and the financial message that will be helpful in investments business.
The paintings in the background have uneven, angled frames which duly create a gloomy and of course concealing dark shadows. And also The low angle tilt camera angle shows to the audience the difference mindsets between the two characters. Marion sits nicely in her chair kind of leaning forward; as she enjoys her sandwich, she gives the audience a feeling of calm and normal. On the other side, Norman is viewed from an uneasy low shot, showing him sitting uncomfortably in the chair; he is unnaturally positioning his hand into his inner thigh, Hitchcock places the camera eye level, so the audience can see Marion as two people might see each other while sitting and talking, It is also noticed that, Marion's face is always shot as a full on facial camera close-up, although Norman is always shot with a side-on close up which doesn’t show his other side. Overlooking the symbolic stuffed birds that is in the corners of the room that gives a foreshadow to Norman's corrupted mind. As he quotes, "I like stuffing things", I believe it signifies a graphic image of death. This should tell the viewers that all of the tension will eventually end with a horrific event. The music that accompany the scene is also great as it is a repeating melody which changes tempo as the tension