... be a telescopic lens, as it portrays the bar to be very small and crowded, yet there are not that many people in it. Everyone and everything is close together. This seems to indicate to the viewer the camaraderie of this group of people, who alienate life around them by hanging out in the bar. Will solves a math problem, witnessed by Professor Lambeau. Then proceeds to ... get arrested again, for hitting a policeman. The professor offers him a deal; work with him on math problems, and go to ... honest with himself and learn to trust. This is a recurrence (motif) of the "trust" theme th...

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... . Sometimes, as in dialogue scenes, there is only one angle take of each character, so doubling angles becomes unavoidable. So, to prevent repetitiveness, I vary the framing in the various takes of this angle and perhaps use the one take that had the best opening and another that had the best middle or ending. I may add some movement such as a slight zoom in/zoom out to create ... appears to be seamless - leading the audience to become involved with the characters and the story. After I've finished editing the shots, I begin to consider which type of transitions I should place between th...

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... framing within a movie. These elements include actors, lighting, props and costumes. Cinematography also plays a huge role in the mise-en-scene within a film. In the movie "Prisoners," the director (Dennis Villeneuve) does a fantastic job incorporating key elements in order to portray the films mood. The film is based on Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) and his family dealing with the abduction of their daughter. Keller also has a problem ... with law enforcement as they refuse to specifically follow all of Dover's requests. Keller also has a strong inner conflict with himself as this film de...

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