Director Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (77) essays
Directors essays:
In the film Rabbit Proof Fence, We, as the viewer, are positioned to see Mr Neville as a mostly unsympathetic character. How has the director, Phillip Noyce used various techniques to achieve this?
... the suffering of Aborigines and only concerned for rules and regulations. The lighting and colour in both his office (where he is seen most of the time) and whilst making a presentation, are used in the film to demonstrate Neville's attitudes and beliefs. Finally, the editing of ...
Compare and Contrast of POV used by Hitchcock and Poe
... of flamboyant special effects or abstruse language. In Hitchcock's Rear Window and in Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," both storytellers use a first person point of view to build apprehension and suspense. This restraint establishes a connection in which the audience is accordant with the ...
Alfred Hitchcock 50 Years of Movie Magic
... Hitchcock is among the few directors to combine a strong reputation for high-art film-making with great audience popularity. Throughout his career he gave his audiences more pleasure than could be asked for. The consistency of quality plot-lines and technical ingenuity earned him the recognition of ...
An Argument Against Auteur Theory.
... the direct result of the cooperative effort of hundreds of people, of which the director and cast are merely the most prominent. To subscribe to auteur theory is to ignore 95% of what makes the production of a film possible, while also adhering to a set of criteria which merely accepts a ...
Hitchcocks Motifs: An in depth reading of Vertigo.
... The shot we get of Madeleine in front is effective. Hitchcock liked to include P.O.V (Point of View) shots in his films and this is an example. The car, similar to Madeleine in the florist, is at the centre of the screen with the front window of Scotties car acting as a kind of cinematic frame to ...
Montage: Shadyac's message in Evan Almighty
... light on meaning. Even though comedic, each montage added a unique set of images to the film and each supplemented its intended theme effectively, just as Eisenstein might have done. The opening montage of the film is a strategic placement of message and explanation. The viewing audience ...
German Cinema and Murnau
... and the expressionist movement had a major impact on the style of filmmaking that arose in Germany after the First World War. Through his work with Reinhardt, Murnau adapted the expressionistic style to film. Harsh lighting, obscure camera angles and the conveyance of extreme angst and ...
Alfred Hitchcock
... Alfred Hitchcock Films were a great form of entertainment from their debut in the early 1900's and continued to grow more popular over the years. The film making business hit a growth period in the 1920's. In Hollywood, the assembly line "studio" system of producing a movie was changed and ...
A review of the life of alfred hitchcock and all his works.
... the challenge of a confined set, a one-room flat overlooking the rear court of an apartment complex. Besides James Stewart, Grace Kelly, and Thelma Ritter, the real star in this thriller is the camera, which becomes the eyes of the audience. Hitchcock was always the voyeur in his films, and ...
Hitchcock - Master of suspense.
... Hitchcock is considered to be the master of suspense…""There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it." -Alfred Hitchcock. Suspense is taken to be the state of mental uncertainty, the point where extreme trepidation sets in and the intended audience is placed in an anxious state. The ...