Samad 1 Jacquline Samad Professor Brown History 106 25 April 2011 The Color Purple Film Critique The Color Purple is a 1985 drama film directed by Steven Spielberge that centers around the story of a poor southern‚ Black woman‚ Cellie Harris who overcomes years of racism‚ sexism‚ and physical/verbal abuse from the men in her life like her own father and husband. As she lives her life as a slave to her husband‚ she meets two strong black women along the way that gives
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Todd Haynes’s film Far from Heaven is a remake of Sirk’s previously analyzed film. Haynes recovers in Far from Heaven not only the narrative line of All That Heaven Allows but also the techniques of melodrama‚ such as mise-en-scène‚ camera movements‚ or the film’s composition‚ which make it possible to reinforce the sentimental connection of the viewer with the story (Higgins 101). Haynes emphasizes the power of melodrama’s visual techniques and music to move the emotions of the viewer “with saturated
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Scene Analysis - Across the Universe Across the Universe is a social commentary on the state of the government and the nation during the time of the Vietnam War. Romantic and familial relationships‚ such as the one between Lucy Carrigan & Jude‚ provide a backdrop along with the sweeping soundtrack courtesy of The Beatles. The anti-war theme becomes evident during the “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” scene which occurs at an Army Induction Center in New York City. Max Carrigan‚ the brother
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The Color Purple By Alice Walker‚ and the movie The Color Purple‚ directed by Steve Spielberg‚ are stories about love and the survival between two sisters. The obstacles that the sisters have to face are very life risking Primary Differences: 1. Characters: With regards to the basic turns of the plot‚ the film is pretty faithful to the novel. However‚ when it comes to the complexities of the characters‚ the film sells the novel short. The film presents things in a very black and white manner
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In the beginning of the clip from The General‚ the use of costume and camera position helps to clearly introduce and identify the characters of the film. The clip opens with a medium close up shot of the protagonist Johnnie Gray as he looks into the distance‚ showing his importance in the film and directing the audience’s view towards the other characters of the film (General Thatcher and the ten men) respectively. A few of these men first appear in a long shot‚ hammering the top of the train. This
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filmmaker who turns his life upside down when he goes “undercover” and is “poor” so he can make a movie out of it. The scene of them jumping on to the train and going on an undercover expedition shows how some people really had to live during the great depression and that to get somewhere they had to use a cargo train to travel where they wanted to go. The theme of this scene is for the main characters to set out on their journey to develop a plan for the movie Sullivan wants to make‚ but also
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Stressing again the use of image as meaning for children‚ color plays an important role in the overall reading of children’s literature‚ as well as Anderson’s film. Moebius observes that colors play in integral‚ often coded role in picture books: Apart from the traditional associations of certain colours with certain moods or feelings‚ and apart from the association of bright colours with exhilaration and discovery‚ and of dark colours with disappointment and confusion‚ we need to be sensitive to
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As far as film is concerned‚ I believe film maker Zhang Yimou has created a masterpiece with Hero. With stunning photography‚ intricate choreography‚ great acting‚ and an intriguing story‚ how could one disagree? The photography‚ mise en scene‚ ideology‚ acting‚ and narration‚ all blend together to reveal poetic reverence‚ philosophy‚ and questions of ethics. Yimou has composed a film which not only dazzles us with astonishing martial arts choreography‚ but also contains philosophical depth
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decline. The rational‚ thoughtful‚ and democratic Weimar republic Republic slowly lost its grips on the government‚ giving way to the delusional‚ fascist Nazi Party. In the film M‚ Fritz Lang uses mise-en-scene‚ editing‚ cinematography‚ and sound to embodyin order to manifest Hans Beckert’s mental illness‚
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MISE-EN-SCENE [DR STRANGELOVE(1963)] Mise-en-scene (pronounced `Meez-ahn-sen ’) Mise-en-scene is a concept that was transposed from the theatre‚ where it meant that the director took into account everything that appeared on the stage; he took into account the effect of everything that appeared in the ’frame ’ of onstage space. These elements had to further the purpose and function of the play. So too in film. Generally there is nothing in a film frame that is not meant to be there‚ that is
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