Richard Phillips; played by actor Tom Hanks; is introduced packing his bags and checking his route. He and Andrea; his wife; are then on their way to the airport while talking about their kids, and what is to come. The intimacy of the scene portrays the Captain as a kind hearted soul, humanizing him. The next scene he is aboard the MV Maersk Alabama headed towards Mombasa, Kenya. The movie “Captain Phillips” directed by Paul Greengrass is based on the April 2009 pirate hijacking. Paul Greengrass then begins to portray the movie in a more fast-paced manner and depicts the hardship and pressure that occurred with the hijacking of the MV Maersk Alabama. The movie that Paul Greengrass portrays is one where the viewer feels like a captive. The story …show more content…
Cinematographer Barry Ackroyd with his background in documentary-style filming allowed him to capture the intensity and realism of every event happening within the film. One of the main scenes that express the realism of the story would be when Tom Hanks is held at gunpoint in the lifeboat. The amount of panic in such a confined space brings forth the feeling of being there in the hostage situation. Barry Ackroyd’s not only allows the viewer to view the stresses that unfold as the movie progresses, his filming style also shows the economic hardship and motivation of the pirates and the difficulties that they have. Key evidence to this would be the scene in the beginning where the pirates are gathered, deciding on who should be allowed to go in the raid. “Paul is going to throw you into this world that is tough: ‘How do we film a war zone?’ With some directors, you'd have to find some highly technical way with CGI. But with Paul, it comes down to ‘let’s just do it”’ (). With the help of Paul Greengrass, Barry Ackroyd’s cinematography shows the stress and horrors of being a Captain in pirate infested …show more content…
The Cinematography that was done by Barry Ackroyd depicts the films as if a documentary, with facts to back up the story. Barkhad Abdi as Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse took the movie over, showing how dangerous desperation can be. Constantly armed with a weapon, pointed at the captain. The facts that were used for the movie may not be the real truth, however it is these facts that depict the piracy that happens in Somalia. Paul Greengrass’s Directing allowed for the Story of the MV Maersk Alabama attack to be
...nly two people, get to live after surviving through all the wreckage that was put on them. The very image of it in your mind, is enough to sympathize for the characters of Sgt. John Mcloughlin (Nicholas Cage) and Port Authority Police Officer Will Jimeno (Michael Pena). The choice of characters, which will go under the wreck, made by Stone is marvelous by the fact that they are the officers who went in, to save the civilians from any harm and got trapped underneath. This aspect of the movie is the gist of reason why audiences feel patriotism and pride in being an American. Everybody knew that thousands of civilians will be smooched under the buildings, since when they saw the news on TV, but no one would have thought that people who are designated to protect them would be standing on the verge of death, crying for help, instead of helping and performing their duty.
In another budgetary adaptation, the film crew, lacking the funds for cranes and dollies to do moving and panning shots, quickly switched between multiple shots for dynamic dialog, giving a certain frenzied feel to the dialog interactions (Hervey 38). The style this lends to th...
I have discussed how Francis F. Coppola exploits a wide array of audio and editing techniques to create suspense, tense, and anxiety in the sequence to affect the audience’s feelings. Despite the simple fabula, this multifaceted film requires certain intellectual involvement and efforts of the audience to grasp fully its underlying meanings and subtle nuances.
Analysis of the Methods Used to Make the Opening Battle Sequence of Saving Private Ryan Shocking and Realistic
The picture of the crewmen; Michael Moran, Dale Murphy, Alfred Pierre, Robert Shatford, david Sullivan and Frenky Billy Tyne Jr. on the Boat shows the viewer how they had to dress everyday to work and what they would have been wearing when the boat capsized and sank but the bodies were never found. This picture shows the imagery of how life as a fishermen would look like on the open seas. This also gives insight to how the ranking of the crewmen worked captian telling the fishermen what to do depending on the
...this really portrays the realism of war. Overall the use of de-saturated film and handheld cameras is an effective way of portraying the film. It does not only portray the film but also realistically portrays war. Scenes which are sometimes horrific or disturbing to watch give us a tiny insight in to the horrific scenes of war. I feel this is the most realistic war film without actually being there. Spielberg successfully took this film to new levels with not always showing brave and noble men. Spielberg has reached the limits of modern film with his effects and constant persistence to find realistic effects. The opening scene is like a starter of a meal or a taste of what is about to come. It shows how these men are brave but scared. I think the film portrays the diversities of emotions experienced by the men. Overall I think this is a realistic and effective film.
Spike Lee, through his undoubtedly inventive yet obtrusive camerawork, embodies emotional impact. From lateral panning and jumpy camera sequences to his use of perspective, Lee inspires intensity and apprehension. An odd synchronicity between the camerawork and subject matter fosters these emotional reactions and inspires inquisition; the viewer conceptualizes the camerawork to uncover a significance the narrative cannot deliver. The cop sequence retains suspense and effortlessly transfers Flipper’s anxiety; a “voyeuristic” perspective stimulates the former while rapid camera shifts and altering points of view maintain the latter. The scene in which Flipper asks for a promotion illustrates Lee’s emphasis on viewer impact and impression, sometimes at the cost
Often when we think about the Titanic the first thought that comes to the mind is the film “Titanic” which was produced in 1997, 85 years after the disaster struck. It starred Kate Winslett (Rose DeWitt Bukater), Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack Dawson) And Billy Zane (Cal Hokley) as the main characters. The film is about a love triangle between the three main characters. This movie was produced by James Cameron who put enormous amount of research about the shipwreck of the titanic in order to depict the turn of events in his film. Amongst the purposes of his research he wanted to accurately depict the ship wreck itself from the very instant the ship hit the iceberg to the very last part of the ship that was subdued into the water. Another very significant part of Cameron’s research was to understand the socio-economic status of the passengers which will be discussed in detail later. Although historians have criticized certain aspects Cameron’s film the accuracy in which he depicts certain aspects such as the socio-economics of the passengers can’t be ignored.
‘Saving Private Ryan’ a joint production from Paramount and DreamWorks pictures, directed by the superb Steven Spielberg, was awarded four academy awards for this film alone, in addition to winning an Oscar for best director of the year 1999. The star studded cast including Tom Hanks, as Captain Miller and Matt Damon, as Private Ryan turned out to be one of the best war films ever made. Spielberg’s idea of the movie was to create a chaotic war film that actually made the audience feel they were involved with all the confusion going on during WWII. His words exactly were “The last thing I wanted to do in this picture was use the war simply as a springboard for action – adventure. I was looking for realism all the time” this quote suggests he did not want to use the war as a storyline to create a film on a basic action/adventure, but he wanted to put a message across; almost in a documentary form to show people what the war was really like, and how the soldiers must have been feeling at that period of time.
...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.
John Woo, after many years of hard work, has become known as the world's best action film director. His action sequences have become the stuff of legend and are now the basis from which all other action movies are judged. More importantly, along with the bloodshed, Woo has proven that he can create real characters with real emotions that the audience can sympathize with. Perhaps that is his greatest talent, and perhaps that is why he will become known as one of the greatest directors in the years to come.
As Jake finds his way from his ordinary world into a new world packed with adventure, the film captures his journey and throughout the film, there are links to the hero’s journey. Essentially, Jake’s new familiar world becomes Pandora as he reaches a point of acceptance from the Na’vi people. Cameron has created a film packed with action and adventure but there are also many emotions between the avatars. Overall, the shots, sound and lighting all played a major role to distinctively indicate the emotions and action within the film and capture ‘The Hero’s
Realism claims that what we can review about our surrounding is established in the fact that they absolutely exist. What we believe about gathered information is what we think about the actual world. It states that there is an actual world that assimilates directly with what we think about it.
There is an intellectual discussion over the accuracy of war films and whether or not these should focus more on telling the truth or decorating it a little. Indeed, the narrative of war films has change throughout the years because the purpose of such films has evolved, especially those representing the World War II years and the aftermath. At the time of war, films were employed with diverse objectives for example to urge the public to support the war, to narrate the latest events, or to rebuild the image of the heroes. Most of the times the perspectives of films could vary depending on the country the film was produced in or which side of the story was being narrated. The plot of most war films might not be real, but they were necessary
Due to the film’s quality and interest it became an award winning film. The film had excellent sound effects such as the battle scenes. The image quality was also outstanding; it used many different angles to depict the actor to make you feel involved in the scenes. In the action scenes the most common viewpoint used was a close up shot which allows the audience to see and feel the intensity of the scene. The second viewpoint mostly used was a tracking shot due to the actors c...