Question Two: Explain how the use of film language (lighting, cinematography, mise-en-scene, music) can help to shape a viewers response to the issues and characters in a film. .
Film language is an important aspect of any film as it can help to shape the viewers response to the particular themes, issues and characters which are presented. In "Sling Blade" there is a great use of film language to enhance the viewers understanding of the film and the opinion of which they should take on the themes and issues presented. "Sling Blade" makes particular use of camera movement, framing, lighting and music which all help to promote the overall feel and response the viewer takes to the movie.
In films camera work plays an important role in the position of which the viewer takes. Movies may use camera work to present the movie as being either fast or slow paced. In an action movie such as "The Fast & The Furious" or "Gone in Sixty Seconds" there is a lot of rapid editing. This is done to give the viewer the feeling that the movie is fast paced. However in a romance or drama such as "Maid in Manhattan" or "The American President" there is a very small amount of rapid camera movement to enhance the importance of the dialogue, rather then the action. The movie "Sling Blade" uses a very minimal amount of camera movement and also uses mostly medium shots, or medium long shots. This is done to create a suspenseful and tense atmosphere with the viewer responding to this by thinking that action or violence could erupt at any time. This use of camera movement is used as it keeps the viewer interested in the film and always wanting to know what happens next.
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Framing is an important aspect of any film. Framing is used to make the viewer understand the relationships between the characters in the film. Power relationships can be demonstrated by whether or not a character is standing or sitting in the company of another character.
Theme Sling Blade's main theme is the redemption of Karl's lost childhood. ... He took charge and killed the man with a "sling blade". ... Sling Blade was a subjective film. ... Evaluation Sling Blade effected me mentally as well as emotionally. ... I thought Sling Blade was written and filmed well. ...
In an essay, discuss how the director, Billy Bob Thornton, uses film techniques to convey the characters and themes in Sling Blade. In Sling Blade the director and protagonist, Billy Bob Thornton, used various flim techniques to convey his characters troubled past and morals. ...
In the movie "Sling Blade-, directed my Billy Bob Thornton, the whole aspect of what is moral is brought to our attention. A hero is a person noted for special achievement in a field, courageous, helpful, rescues or saves a person. Karl Childers fits the definition of a hero and proves this by savin...
Karl, of Sling Blade, feels the pressures of oppression as he is constantly looked down on and referred to as a "retard". ... (Sling Blade, 1996) I believe that Karl knows what type of individual he is perceived as by his society, just as many other "challenged" individuals are, but is headstrong in enabling himself to fit in and be forgiven, and above all, rid himself from the oppression placed upon him. ... (Sling Blade, 1996) This is significant evidence to support the fact that Karl is devoted to the success of his release from the institution, as well as the acceptance from those ar...
In the 1996 film, Sling Blade, a criminally insane man, Karl (played by Billy Bob Thorton) is released from a mental institution and sent into the world to fend for himself. He finds himself back in his small hometown filled with stereotypes and small-minded people. The film does an amazing job at a...
In the middle of my thoughts the Blackhawk's doors slide open and the winds from its propeller blades abruptly bring my thoughts back to the matters at hand. ... Now these items when combined equal a grand total weight of twenty-one thousand pounds and have to be sling loaded to Chinook helicopters. ... Military, and I can never miss them flying by since they have two sets of blades. Sling loading equipment requires extensive amount of precautions and safety. ...
One movie that is mostly referred to for people studying about Native American Cinema is Smoke Signals. The film is credited be the first movie that has been produced, directed, and even has actors of Native American origin. The creative brains behind such a masterpiece are its director (Chris Eyre...
It was a simple weapon consisting of a sharp blade ending in a hilt, cross guard, and pommel. ... The Iron Age developed the forged blade as heated iron was hammered into the shape desired. ... "Japanese sword smiths hammered and folded and hammered, day after day until the sword blade contained about four million layers of firmly forged steel" (8). ... "Blades and scythes were fastened to the axles in order to slice up on going ground forces" (18). ... Instead of using the old trebuchets, which were wood platforms with a sling shot effect that flung stones and fireballs into a castle, the inv...
