... no other re-entry phase had taken longer than 3 minutes, the seriousness of the situation was highlighted through a series of close-up, tilt-pan, low angle, and high angle shots capturing the character" fear and anticipation, accompanied with the repetition of the line, "Odyssey, this is Houston - do you read me?" The fact that "Apollo 13" adopts both a documentary and a ... narrative genre helps to manipulate the viewer's emotions. The subjective shots of the television at the Lovell's home, and the footages in the opening scenes, gives viewers a "feel" for ... space exploration, as it...

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