In his chapter "On Magic Realism in Film," Fredric Jameson identifies three shared features of magic realist films which ultimately contribute to a visual experience that rescues the image from the commoditization found in postmodern or so- ... ritual. Fantastical elements exist comfortably alongside the rational world, and, indeed, a close examination reveals that Gabbeh exemplifies much of what Jameson considers to be the essential shared traits of magic realism. Jameson identifies the use of color in magic realist films to be "the source of a particular pleasure, a fascination" (p. 130), a...

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... view is the key to the sound design of Ryan. The analysis of Ryan will primarily be concerned with how it is realistic and not realism itself. However, realism does play a part in the idea that film can be realistic or authentic. It will useful to use the word authentism' for this ... a certain aesthetic effect, or to affect the audience in some way. Some of the techniques used in Ryan are derived from the Italian school of Neo-realism. For example, the use of location shooting and natural light, closer to the documentary style than a studio fiction film'. Spielberg had realised that "ci...

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... (read: racial) undertones. Franklin J. Schaffner's masterpiece is a solid example of world building, using landscape to create a world that feels entirely alien, but also maintains a sense of realism. Paramount to the film's incredible sense of realism is the width from which the frames are shot, giving the viewer an idea of both the vastness in size as well as innate peculiarity of the ... shot within was greater than any in any film released beforehand. The film does a great job continually exposing the audience to new, foreign, incredibly believable sets, increasing the film's intens...

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... scene. People were amazed to see the hovercraft driving across the square. The scene shows the reaction of the people. By using this kind of technique, it brings out the realism in the action. Another spectacular scene was that there were a lot pigeons on the way when Bond was crossing the square and those pigeons were roaming to get away. It ... one the dog, they don't start eating it. When the conversation between Bond and Drax was over, Drax claps, in a sense that they can start eating the meat. This shows realism how real the dogs were and also show how much authority that Drax has ...

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... collapsed. After years of dominating the industry through producing "white telephone " films, film critics began to harshly criticize its attempts to imitate American film and suggested that there be more realism coming from Italians. Filmmakers took this advice and began to take necessary steps in order to create a natural and original style for Italy. This natural and realistic style became known ... extraordinary significance other than the works of Alfred Hitchcock. Britain's cinema took a sudden upswing with Technicolor productions, which were filled with dramatic narratives that w...

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Killer of Sheep by Charles Burnett is a film that effectively uses noir realism to portray to the viewer the everyday life and mundane routine that many people went through in the city of Los Angeles, especially in the poverty ridden neighborhood of Watts. ... Using a combination of documentary style film techniques and fictional film techniques, Burnett's choices effectively ˜hit home' in relation to the Post Rebellion context. "Rather than replicating Hollywood's classical realism and linear narrative structure, members of the L.A. School (which Burnett belonged to) drew from a diverse cro...

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... the other horror films of the time (Dillard 15). George Romero, the film's definitive auteur (in that he directed, co-wrote, photographed, and edited it), was focused on expanding the realism of the horror genre, so turned to sources such as EC horror comics and issued in what some called the "era of the filmed comic book" (McCarty 101). While this ... are professional actors, the rest are mostly local residents of the area in which the film was shot. This condition of being totally ordinary helps the film give a feeling of realism. Even the zombies themselves, seeming the most outlandi...

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... , it's hard not to accept these characters and events as real and this is one very important aspect when looking at the representation of war in Saving Private Ryan, tghe realism of the representation of war. In making this film work, Spielberg seems to have realized that he had to recreate the reality of war to make us experience it for ... --as if we're watching newsreel cameramen as they follow the soldiers. In addition, all the action is shot on desaturated film stock with little color. The results convey a gritty realism. And what Spielberg has accomplished is just that. He has made ...

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... not only believable but it made you think. But like all films the director's presentation is not always the same as the viewer. Although they made a great attempt to create realism, they exaggerated key parts that led me to believe this move was a result of Hollywood. The parts I liked, I feel really gave this film some ... realism and really made this film. The best part was probably the beginning when the director shows you how far our television broadcasts have traveled since the begging. This is a great ... ...

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... Disney intended it to be told. Yet, the new film will be in hearts because of the effects that were put into it to make it come to life. The realism in the movie would be terrifyingly real to the people of the 1900s, which is why it touched hearts just as much as the old one does. It brought childhood ... ...

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... child. His design is sleek and smooth looking like he would actually move in the ways we see him. It's a brilliant design but it's not Robocop it's this pathetic cliche realism approach that all modern action sci-fi films have taken in recent years where every design of a character has been morphed into one with all black Kevlar. The film deserves ... ...

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... office such as the sound of the photocopier, the sound of him eating the chocolate bar, and the sound of him kicking the photocopier. For this purpose, the film maintains realism. In contrast, the sound of the non-diegetic mysterious sound of a black hole plays a significant role. Whenever the protagonist put his hand through the black hole, it makes a buzz sound ... ...

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... on dialogue, a crucial Hollywood convention of narrative structure, to achieve its intended purpose. Production Context, Controls and Constraints At the time of production, it was far more difficult to achieve realism in films than with current technology. Obvious fake effects breaks the illusion and suspension of disbelief, which is something Kubrick well and truly understood. Kubrick went to extensive efforts to ... ...

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... move on with and better his life. Using music to tap into the emotions of the audience is a great tactic to use, especially when wanting to attract much younger audiences. Realism and Music alone is not enough to push the greatness of the movie, it's the atmosphere in which the characters breathe, their surroundings, so all and all the location. When ... ...

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... well as in America, was inspired with Victorian morality, and this affected the later style of Griffith. That's why all his films give the aesthetics characteristic of Romanticism and early realism. Sentimentality, all this is very strongly felt in Griffith's work. He always referred to the literature and human psychology. Griffith was one of the first directors who managed capturing the ... ...

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... Magnolias is a far more entertaining movie than The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Due to the enormous differences and realistic features the plot summary, characters, and setting. The realism of these three elements has made Steel Magnolias a more appealing and self satisfying movie that the general public can relate too....

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"The subject of neo-realism film is the world; not the story or narrative. It contains no preconceived thesis, because ideas are born in the film from the subject." This was said by one of the founding fathers of the cinematic Neorealistic movement, Roberto Rossellini. Neorealism was a movemen...

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... a man coming to the city to make money by selling his body seem plausible. This was a time when movies took advantage of their new-won freedom in pursuit of social realism. Hollywood was making films it wouldn't dare of made even in 1966-68 and for "Midnight Cowboy" an x-rated movie to win the best picture of 1969; it showed a completion ... ...

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... out in this way and that is the art film. The art film brings deviations from the norm into the foreground and highlights gaps and problems. This creates a feeling of realism and distances the audience from the effects of classical cinema. That is, classical cinema as I have described earlier has the almost hypnotic ability, created by the cinematic setting, "wish fulfillment ... ...

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... is the film industry. Since the resolution provided by computers exceeds that on film and since computer-simulated model destroyed by phaser never needs rebuilding, the computer promises to improve realism and lower production costs at the same time. With the introduction of computers, animation took on a whole new meaning. Many feature films of today had animation incorporated into them for ... ...

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... see how large of a body count you can get. If you knew that your seven year-old son was playing such a game would it bother you? With today's technologies the realism of the graphics is incredible. It is so real looking, in fact, that some describe newer games as "playing a movie." Consider what is worse, seeing violence on a screen, or making ... ...

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... because she carved a very unique niche in the industry by portraying realistic and very average people which audiences are able to relate to. What is unique about Lupino's use of realism is that while she wanted her audience to understand and relate to the characters it did not necessarily mean she wanted them to be well liked. It is problematic that ... ...

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... was then filled and polished, then hand painted on an animation cel, then shot back on it's own frame. The final steps where adding light and shadow elements for added realism, and special effects. There where 326 animators for 82,080 frames with a completion rate of 10 feet per week. Also there where 1,035 optical illusions which at the time equaled ... ...

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... extremely unique showing wide-open Australian landscapes and animals giving the feel of freedom, although sometimes coming off as rather corny, but giving the film a real Australian feel, which created realism. The towns and the city of Melbourne from are all really well put together, giving a feel of the time when the story accured. Throughout the film use of symbolism occurs ... ...

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... can have several relationships, even marriages, that can and do fail. However, in the constant to-ing and fro-ing in Annie Hall between memories and the present, romance and realism, we then cut to an outside establishing shot of a country house, and then to an interior shot of Alvy and Annie fighting over lobsters. This scene, possibly the most tender ... ...

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