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Buster Keaton: One Week, The Scarecrow, The High Sign, Cops Buster Keaton tends to use long shots to encourage the audience to look around the frame to see the joke, they allow an appreciation of the gag. Close ups usually follow up from this to show the characters reaction. He also tends to shoot face on so he is centre of attention. Keaton does this to highlight the idea that he is the joke and considered a clown; this tends to follow through on most films. In Cops there is a scene where Keaton is depicted in the foreground trying to take nap, a deep focus is used to show us that the city is unfurling in the background. Yet again Keaton is placed in the middle of the frame, this allows the audience to see how interacts with the chaotic and mechanical world. This is a very iconic use of cinematography for Keaton, as he tends to prefer to get everything in one frame, this is because editing in the 20s was considered as deceiving the audience. The sets used in Buster Keaton...
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To what extent does your chosen film experiment with conventions of narrative and genre?

To what extent does your chosen film experiment with conventions of narrative and genre? Pulp Fiction uses elements of narrative and genre to experiment with the idea of an experimental film. Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino ; tells several stories of criminal Los Angeles. The film's title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue.Tarantino wrote Pulp Fiction in 1992 and 1993, incorporating scenes that Avary originally wrote for True Romance (1993). Its plot occurs out of chronological order . Pulp fiction uses a non-linear narrative to portray its storyline which allows it to experiment with different elements of the film such as killing off one of their main characters early in the story( if it was linear). This breaks genre conventions of a crime film as the main protagonist would never be killed off so early in ...
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How has The Wrong Trousers influenced your short film

How has The Wrong Trousers influenced your short film? The Wrong Trousers has elements of film form, narrative, which has influenced my short film; also the genre at times has influenced my film. Firstly, the cinematography within this film has influenced mine as ranges of mid-shots are used to show the mise en scene to promote realism at times. I also did this in my film so the audience could establish the genre by the use of props, which have an iconography of every day items. This establishes a drama as it closely links to everyday life. Additionally, my film has also been influenced by the dialogue used in The Wrong Trousers, for instants the main characters in the wrong trousers do not have any speech, I took this idea as well as I wanted the drama to unfold in visual codes rather than the audio codes. Secondly, my film has been influenced by the enigma codes used in this film, this is because my film also takes the idea of having plot twist. In The Wrong Trousers a e...
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pans labyrinth and film form- summer work

Pan's labyrinth uses film form to portray messages to the audience in many ways, it also adds effect to the most simplest devices used in film. In the opening scene of Pan's labyrinth the sound of the breathing is non-diegetic this is done to emphasise the significance of the event which has occured. To add to this the sound then turns to a diegetic sound, this allows tension to build within the audience as it creates a sense of mystery, which is then solved by the sound changing to diegetic. The cinematography in Pan's labyrinth conveys particular messages about the character and setting. For example, a low-angled shot is used to suggest the character is at rock bottom and to suggest she has little life left to live. Additionally, the camera then tilts and a panning shot is used to go into her eye. The tilt in the shot suggest that something is not unusual and the idea of the camera going into her eye may suggest that she is imagining the events to come. To add to,d...
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Avatar was released in 2009, it   became the highest-grossing film of all time, it grossed over $2.7 billion.  Avatar  premiered in London on  December 10 , 2009, and was internationally released on  December 16  and in the United States and Canada on  December 18 , to positive critical reviews, with critics highly praising its groundbreaking visual effects.   During its theatrical run, the film broke several box office records. The sci-fi film starred Saldana alongside Sam Worthington and Sigourney Weaver v development of  Avatar  began in 1994, when Cameron wrote an 80-page treatment for the film.  Filming was supposed to take place after the completion of Cameron's 1997 film  Titanic , for a planned release in 1999 He c onfirmed that they're in the middle of production, and noting that water "plays a huge part" in the movies, he also said that the sequels will feature "never before seen parts of Pandora". Camer...
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