In the opening sequence of the film, aerial shots are used to establish the setting and show the vastness of the landscape and the harshness of the environment. Many sound effects of bees, flies and crickets are heard by the audience as Thomas walks to the bar, to indicate that the area around is a dry arid landscape.…
Throughout both of these works, the story and film, the literary element of setting in the film stands out as a prominent one. The setting of the film took place in both a city scene, San Francisco and a rural, Bodega Bay, about 66…
In the beginning of the film, when Terry goes to lure Joey Doyle out from the safety of his apartment to the exposure of the roof, there is a contrast in the shadows. The shadows represent the difference between good and evil. The majority of the screen is filled with dark spots and a contrasting bright spots against the wall. The camera is placed high up looking down on the lone Terry as he marches to his destination. Loud music of drums plays in the background like a heart racing. Through this Kazan creates suspense in the scene. The shadows set a grim feel to the scene, giving the impression that something bad may happen. The camera focusing on Terry combined with the marching music in the background creates tension within the scene as we wait for its crescendo. It makes him look mysterious as he is the lone, dark figure walking through the alley way. Terry…
Las Vegas has always been known as sin city, and the book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas portrays this belief. Hunter S. Thompson portrays a rather thoughtful glance into the mind of addiction and of drug usage. The illegal drugs play a major role in provoking the narrator's outrage that he has toward the contemporary life of society.…
A man named Leo is arming up before the beginning. He hears a knock on the door. It's a woman named Janice. She sees newspaper clippings on his wall of a man that was let go from trial, knowing why he plans to go out that night. Although she asked him not to go through with his plans, he does anyways.…
Her performance gives us a great insight into who her character is and the troubles she is facing. Walker also does an equally amazing job by executing a very tom-boyish look/character that most people would expect of lesbians. The movie was set in Brooklyn New York, and the cinematography and imagery vividly depicts the environment such that it constitutes an experience for the audience. The night life, the hustle and bustle and the environment are all intertwined with the protagonist and add an extra layer of complexity to the…
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Lastly, that the story goes from New York to instead, Washington DC shows a theme of the early decade to place similar stories of kind in DC area. Because the center of the country and government is there, fears are heightened and strakes raised, leaving the modern audience more into the film.…
Joyce Carol Oates’ short story is a complete fiction in the sense that it utilizes all its elements without deemphasizing one for the other. Oates uses point of view, setting, conflict, character, and symbol equally well to convey her theme. Oates applies these elements of fiction to give readers a better understanding of the American teenager and to show how a girl is psychologically manipulated by predators.…
In the 1960s, when Oates wrote “Where Are You Going . . . ,” a social revolution was happening. American women were asserting their rights and independence from men, and they were claiming their sexuality in a way they had never done before. One frequently discussed topic was adolescence and the struggles and anxieties that many young girls endured as they lost their sexual innocence and became adult women. Feeling undervalued in their homes and relationships with men, women questioned their role in society and the role that sex and gender played in their lives. In “Where Are You Going . . . ,” Oates explores this social upheaval in miniature: Connie, one young woman out of a country of young women, must confront her own questions and anxieties as she transitions into adulthood. Her separation from her home and family is violent, and Arnold Friend is by no means a savior. But the sense of sweeping, dramatic change taking place in 1960s America is evident in this story, from the period details to Connie’s psychological terror at what lies ahead.…
My first trip to Las Vegas was the worst plane trip every, I had experienced all types of emotions from Norfolk to Dallas. In Norfolk my flight was delayed due to the weather, then another two hour delay in Dallas. All I wanted was to get to Vegas. On my flight I sat beside a man who never been on a plane. This guy behavior was the worst. I tried to convince him to read, listen to music or drink. I even tried to start a conversation to calm him down. My friends were laughing they knew my patience was running out. I was thinking to myself knocking him out. We enter into a storm the thunder and lightning was bad the sounds silence the whole flight. The Pilot came on and informed us we are in Dallas unable to land due to the weather. Looking out…
The story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” is a very interesting short story written by Joyce Carol Oats. Her story begins in the summer, and 15-year-old Connie spends much of her time lounging around the house, going out with friends, and meeting boys. One night a strange guy makes a threatening gesture to her in the parking lot of a local drive-in restaurant. She thinks nothing of it until one Sunday afternoon, when the rest of her family attends a barbecue at an aunt's house, leaving her home alone. The strange guy pulls up in her driveway in a gold-colored car, accompanied by a friend. The driver introduces himself as Arnold Friend and asks Connie to join him for a ride. During the course of their conversation, Connie realizes that Arnold is a threat. Arnold's language becomes more sexually explicit and violent, and he threatens to harm her family if she calls the police. Connie makes a last-ditch effort to call the police, but panics and is unable to make the call. In the end, she leaves the house and joins Arnold.…
The first scene of the movie opens with a super close up of Ben showing no emotion yet moving. As it continues music and credits, without his knowledge, are playing in the background while all the viewer can see is his face and a white wall. This shot does not move for at least a good couple minutes and so does the close up and tracking angel. With an unknowing sense of what is happen the camera starts to fade out and go into a long shot, showing the viewers that Ben is at an airport, still. As the scene end the shot turns into Ben walking straight into the camera, finally cracking a…
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Focused on a conflictive time for Belfast, Andrew Motion tries to express the devastation that Belfast suffered during the economy’s decline years and the influence that the political issues had in the society. The narrator’s sadness for having to leave his beloved city can be felt all over the poem.…