How far do you believe film narrative can be approached as a formula? When I first started being interested in filmmaking, I thought the world of good narrative. Coming from a country (Indonesia) where the film industry is in a complete mess, I really believed that a clever and ... history of film, critical approaches to cinema, and the craft to put something in writing into celluloid in this course made me think in a wider range in terms of a winning formula in a film. Take Hitchcock's Psycho for instance, what made that film a classic is how Hitchcock put the story on film and not particul...

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... amount of detail that I have seen Fincher go into in particular shots is astonishing. Fincher is not all about being post-modern. He has influences despite having a relatively new directing formula. In his films he pays homage to the films he grew up with. Much of Panic Room seems to be a tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock. The opening sequence ... is recognition of their style. Conversely David Fincher denies his auteur status. Perhaps this is because he would like to believe that there is more to his directing that a certain formula, and there is. His style is one thing but the f...

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... of the film, but in which neither of them now appears. (pg. 536) " This untold story of their disappearance exemplifies the impermanence and fragility of personal relationships while providing a perfect formula for a trilogy whose theme is about the hopelessness of love in contemporary life. As the use of color became prevalent, these filmmakers began to typify a new European art cinema, expressing ... ...

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... ability to play mediator between the production companies and censorship advocates, often taking into consideration both sides' interests. Not long after the formation of the MPPDA, Hays set up the "Formula" which affirmed that members of the Association were expected to "exercise every possible care that only books or plays which are of the right type are used for screen presentation ... ...

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... enthusiastic about the manipulative potential of montage. He once wrote, "If we wish the spectator to experience a maximum emotional upsurge, to send him into ecstasy, we must offer him a suitable formula which will eventually excite the desirable emotions in him" (Website 1). Eisenstein never used the term propaganda for any of his work, although it was a driving force in his early work ... ...

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... photography was excellent in actual surroundings. " Brodine's photograph is of cameo sharpness and skillfully employed to heighten drama." (Variety) With this combination of filmmakers the only thing missing in the formula was excellent cast. . No movie could be successful without a good cast to give life to the characters of a story. And in this case it did just that. Everyone in the ... ...

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... falls for girl, Girls falls for boy, The lovers come across obstacles but somehow manage to avoid defeat, Boy and girl think it will end happily, Tragedy strikes. This basic formula is used in many films but it is the way in which Baz Luhrmann uses it that makes his style so unconventional. Every factor in the Red Curtain style achieves ... ...

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... authorship the writer was thought as the auteur and not the director. In Hollywood the director began to be seen as the auteur when they took scripts had the same formula (genre) and made them their own, and this showed that the director was the author of the film. With the appearance of authorship theory directors began to gain more influence ... ...

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... manner in nefarious activities. Each of these films also includes women who are predatory in their relationships with men. In short, these films contains the essence of the film noir formula. However, it is also true that these are two very different films, which also shows the flexibility and adaptability of this genre. Film critics have often remarked about how difficult ... ...

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... terms of film features, it has produced films that have enjoyed national and international success. This success has come from a developing expertise as well as an embracing of the Hollywood formula, along with its embedded stereotypes. Consequently, both Maori and Pakeha directors produce films that are underpinned by myth and stereotype and based from their own cultural experience and perception. This ... ...

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... to be'. Typical examples of genre are "The Western", "The musical", "comedy", "action", "melodrama". Genre is a complex concept with multiple meanings which could be identified in a number of ways: - As a formula, structure or framework on which individual films are formed - As a contract between production and audience expectations. : As Stephen Neale stated in his book Genre " Genre's may be defined as patterns ... ...

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... most recognized pieces of music ever created for film. Conclusion In conclusion, The Magnificent seven brought a significant change to the western film because it broke away from the traditional western formula. Unlike the classic western, the gunfighters are not seen as true heroes anymore. They show the audience that the life of the gunfighter is lonely and unglamorous. The film sends ... ...

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... are always just leaving home, or nowhere to be seen, or idiots." The prominent adults in Ferris Bueller, principal Ed Rooney and Ferris' parents, Tom and Katie Bueller, following this formula, they are portrayed as one-dimensional characters. In the opening scene Ferris tricks his parents into letting him stay home from school with a well-polished "sick routine" that any parent ... ...

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