... 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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... outlined life during the Holocaust. Though this film does not need it, without these specific scenes the movie would not have a foundation and any sense of realism to it. Yet, some critics believe that Life is Beautiful is the furthest thing from realistic. David Denby reviews this film, in his article he ... potential to give a breath of a new perspective about certain topics. So fable or not, Benigni re-illustrates the Holocaust with a comedic flow that still depicts realism in it as well. Without creation there can be no appreciation of film's that are made to grow past the same, know...

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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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... the frame gets to the bodies private parts, the scene cuts to another angle. This was censored probably due to the MPAA rating system, but the frame alone articulates the realism of the gritty scene. Overall, the framing and composition is well put together to convey the eminence of the world without displaying too much of the verbal overtone. The overall ... cinematography of Apocalypse Now is one of the first examples of the realism of war. Director of Photography, Vittorio Storaro, presented these renderings, with the use of deep saturated colors to immerse the audience as if they're...

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... II have anything to do with this new type of movie? In general, according to all reviews of the time, the most impressive aspect about Kiss of Death was its realism. "It illustrates a new and vigorous trend in U.S. moviemaking. One of the best things that is happening in Hollywood is the tendency to move out of the place -to base fictional ... semi-documentary films before with two of his previous films: The House on 92nd Street and 13 Rue Madeleine. A reviewer said, "Though those were good this one tops them in realism, suspense and dramatic interest." (Variety) So as a filmmaker with ...

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... and easily comprehensible films, and under his regime the avant-garde Montage movement died out. In 1935, he oversaw the introduction of the doctrine of Socialist Realism into the cinema. The central tenet of Socialist Realism was partiynost" and narodnost". These untranslatable terms means that artists should depiict the life of ordinary people in a sympathetic way and to propagate the Communist party ... ...

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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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... is a sense of communication, a sense of atmosphere and the feeling that the world is spinning out of control. This gives a sense of split personality. There is also the idea of realism, the illusion of the way that one would see something. It is almost as if Nosferatu is living in a dreamlike atmosphere because communication from him tends to only happen at ... ...

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... ;In a state of innocent hopefulness, we wait to hear the tale: Who knows? It might actually be good but more often than not it turns out to be some magic-realism baloney about a giant fish in a stream or some similarly numbing metaphor for the unpredictability of lifemaybe it needed the advance advertising campaign because it wasn't such a great story to begin ... ...

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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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... that through the battle with Regan's demon that claims to be the devil himself. The film deals with demonic possession very effectively through accurate religious evil. By creating various religious realism, viewers start to see a blurred line between what is film and what is truth. With the lack of computer aided special effects at the time and limited development of this ... ...

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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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... what he believes is the real thing to do and not the right thing to do. He makes his movies, commercials, and videos with the intent of bringing the true realism without trying to appease those who might be shocked or disgusted by his way of telling the story. We all should take notes because there are many other people just ... ...

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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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... 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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... 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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... Michael Walker locates the origins of this genre within the social conditions of the 1940s and in the hard-boiled fiction of the 1930s, as well as within French poetic realism, all of which can be labeled as precursors to film noir (Orr, 1997). What differentiates film noir from other genres, its "generic dominant" so to speak, is that these films ... ...

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... Neorealism because it shows the working class without glamorous enhancements to the script or in the editing room and the production uses outdoor sets and natural lighting to enhance the realism. The Bicycle Thief is about a poor family in which Ricci, the father, is looking for a job. He finally finds one, however, he needs a bicycle for the job. He then gets ... ...

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... powerful the sound effects are in Saving Private Ryan, it is as nothing ever heard before. To almost feel and hear the whizzing of bullets, is and incredible sensation of realism. To take advantage of technologies such as surround sound and Dolby Digital, crisp explosions and enhanced dynamic levels are needed. In comparison to SRP, Braveheart sucks when it comes to ... ...

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... gives his work a postmodern feel. Many of his stylistic techniques draw attention to his directorial brilliance and to the film's fiction much like an author of postmodern literary metafiction sacrifices realism to explicitly expose his artistic craft or to comment on the subjectivity of reality in his work. Fincher does not let his audience forget the work involved in putting a novel ... ...

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... share experiences, to teach, to describe or to give some kind of moral at the end. Drama is an effective way of telling stories as it creates as sense of realism not found in the other arts. It creates a much stronger connection with its audiences and brings to life conflict and tension in a way that other things can't. I think that the ... ...

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... what he believes is the real thing to do and not the right thing to do. He makes his movies, commercials, and videos with the intent of bringing the true realism without trying to appease those who might be shocked or disgusted by his way of telling the story. We all should take notes because there are many other people just ... ...

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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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