... . It is my intention to focus on how motion pictures are influenced by traditional literature. By using the structural approach to literature I will relate George Lucas" 1977 hero quest film, Star Wars: A New Hope to the approach. Addition to this I will recount the similarities between the 1954 John Ronald Reuel Tolkien novel, The Lord of the Rings and Lucas" motion picture ... 1966 and had written two drafts by 1975. It makes sense that Lucas would have been partly inspired by Tolkien's saga. Lucas used the structural approach quite effectively in Star Wars: A New Hope and it is very e...

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... Taken from the Journal of the Whills: Saga One: The Star Wars. Lucas stated, "This is the most expensive low-budget film ever made."" (Baxter 49). After Star Wars: A New Hope came The Empire Strikes Back. A was set for Empire, to out-spectacle A New Hope and it did. Empire had twice as many effect shots than Star Wars (Baxter 63). Lucas brought back many of the same special ... effects artists from A New Hope (Baxter 64). Ivan Kershner was brought on board to help direct ... ; Cartesian, using depth, width and height (Rickitt 124). During the late 1970s Sutherland's techniques were bri...

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