My Mise-en-scene analysis is on American Beauty on page 217: number 1(The dinner scene). The frame itself is a very closed, tight shot; there is no way for the characters to escape and they're left with only confronting each other in this very little space. The shot of the camera isn't necessarily far away or close either. It's neutral, and we can see the full action of the family's dinner conversation happening right in front of us. My eyes were immediately attracted to the bright, white table and then my eyes focused on the faces of the family. The scene's texture is slightly fuzzy, and is not very detailed. But the character's faces are still recognizable. The foreground of this scene is the table with the man and woman sitting at each end; the middle is the girl-who is …show more content…
The background is covered in dim shadows. It could also be symbolic that they're in a dark place in their life at the moment. The scene has two planes: one focuses on the table and couple and the other focuses on the girl and the background. The heads of the family create a perfect triangle and another triangle is the girl in the middle with the two candles on each side. It creates a triangle within a triangle. The scene is a combination of high key and low key lighting.The high key lighting is primarily focused on surface of the cloth and the candles; it's very bright and the candles bring some light to all three of the character's faces. The characters are then washed with some light shadows on their clothing and the rest of the shadows stick to the background. The colors are generally made up of blue and neutral colors. The walls are blue and the windows are neutral; the man is wearing a blue shirt while the girl is wearing a gray one. The woman is wearing pink and the table is white; it contrasts against them. The colors and dim lighting set the mood to be tense and/or stressful. The left third is the woman, and she seems more
This, however, demonstrates a fundamental difference between 'Fight Club' and 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest': the 1990's society 'no longer breeds a contempt for the virtues of individualism [...] on the contrary, totalitarianism now resides in a thorough dislike for all things social, public, and collective,' as Henry Giroux wrote. The positivity of Fight Club may lie primarily in that it is an unsanctioned, underground, counterculture collective.
The film" What happen to Miss Simone" talk about the story Simone's lonely childhood where she spent almost of her time to classical piano career to her final years as a performer. She starts playing piano at four, and she performs in church at revivals. One day, she wants to become the first black classical pianist to play professional, but music school wouldn't take her because of the color of her skin. After that, she decides to play jazz in clubs. In there, she met her husband Andrew Stroud and from there her life fills with violent. Furthermore, Simone's diary talks about the spousal abuse, how she suffered from manic depression. She says she was being "worked like a dog " by her husband. Thing changes in 1963, she starts to write the
S. E. Hinton’s argument is given from the perspective of a 14 year old Greaser named Pony boy Curtis who is being raised by his older brothers Darrel and Soda pop. The theme of the Outsiders is no matter what side you may grow up on whether you are a Greaser or a Socs, that you all can still have the same problems, see the same solutions, and dream the same dreams. You are also able to see how his character grows up and matures during the various interactions throughout this book. The two gangs in the book are the Greasers and the Socs (socials) and honestly, even after reading the book the only reason they didn’t like each other is they both had assumptions about each other that really weren’t correct.
The right side is almost purely white, with blue and gray shadows; the rest of the body is black, dark brown, and navy. The profile of a white woman obscures the left half of the black face, facing to the right of the piece; her hair is in a large braid and she wears a simple pearl earring. The black woman has long, flowing, bright blue hair, as well as full red lips. The black woman’s body has a rose over it, and the white woman is wearing what looks like a straw bikini; the figure is wrapped in a thick rope from the waist down. The stark contrast between the white and black meet with a definitive line; there is no blending between the two colors, which amplifies the feelings of separation and difference between the two halves of the woman’s
In today’s society, pre-existing assumptions and stereotypes of other ethnicities and individuals play a large part in the way we see others. This social construct of stereotypes has placed restrictions on many people’s lives which ultimately limits them from achieving certain goals. In this sense, stereotypes misrepresent and restrict people of colour to gain casting within the Hollywood film industry. The issue of how casting actors to certain roles and how these actors are forced to submit and represent these false stereotypes is one worthy of discussion. White Chicks (2004), directed by Keenan Wayans, illustrates this issue through the performance of Latrell, performed by Terry Crews, and his performance of the hyper-sexualised “buck” will be a prime example in this essay to discuss the racial politics and stereotypes in Hollywood casting.
The mise en scenes in this film are unique because it gave viewers the ability to have a sense of how the characters are feeling. For example, low lighting was used throughout the film to express a sense of the unknown and/or fear. Another great example of how mise en scene was used is how human shadows for night shooting were used to increase the feeling of mystery and a threating atmosphere (Awjingyi). And one of the most important examples of mise en scene used in this film is in the last scene where mirrors were used (aka the “funhouse”) to
The scene starts off with a long shot of the figure of Offred, with light shining in from the background that makes the viewer only see her shadow. The camera angle is eye-level making it seem like someone is staring at Offred from across the room. The room that we see looks like a typical room in any house, and the familiarity is supposed to invoke a sense of dread in the viewer. Everything aspect of the room is plain and gives off the feeling that no one lives there. Additionally, the light shining in from the window behind Offred, only allows a shadow of the figure to be seen. There are no distinguishable qualities that can be seen, even the color of her dress is obscured by the light. Therefore, creating the illusion that that shadow could be anyone of the women
Jane is an angry, insecure, confused teenage girl who resents her parents. She is a more reserved person and is trying to find her way through her early life. As most typical American middle class teenager, she values her appearance more than anything; a jealous individual, though she may be a reserved individual, her feelings of jealousy are made apparent throughout the movie and seem to be a root to her anger. Due to her insecurities she doesn’t consider herself attractive enough and is considering going through breast augmentation surgery. Jane seems to be seeking outside approval be it from anyone due to the parental neglect that she faces as well as the envy she feels towards her, “prettier” amateur model, best friend Angela. Jane’s idea of the American dream is to look like Angela and to live a financially comfortable life, however not be as sad as her parents; she doesn’t know what happiness is. Moreover, it is made apparent that Jane used to be close with her father at one point; however, her relationship with Lester has dwindled away. Though what infuriates Jane is the fact that her father has fallen for her Angela, who Lester gives more attention to than his own daughter. “JANE I need a father who's a role model, not some horny geek-boy who's gonna spray his shorts whenever I bring a girlfriend home from school. What a lame-o. Somebody really should put him out of his misery.”
The movie I decided to analyze for this course was American History X (1998), which stars Edward Norton. Though this movie isn’t widely known, it is one of the more interesting movies I have seen. It’s probably one of the best films that depict the Neo Nazi plague on American culture. The film takes place from the mid to late 1990’s during the Internet boom, and touches on subjects from affirmative action to Rodney King. One of the highlights of this movie that really relates to one of the key aspects of this course is the deterrence of capital punishment. Edward Norton’s portrayal as the grief stricken older brother who turns to racist ideologies and violence to cope with his fathers death, completely disregards the consequences of his actions as he brutally murders someone in front of his family for trying to steal his car. The unstable mentality that he developed after his father’s death really goes hand-to-hand specifically with Isaac Ehrlich’s study of capital punishment and deterrence. Although this movie is entirely fictional, a lot of the central themes (racism, crime punishment, gang pervasiveness, and one’s own vulnerability) are accurate representations of the very problems that essentially afflict us as a society.
Both of these existentialists differ also when it comes to their approach to living the authentic life. Sartre has a direct approach in which he asks the individual to acknowledge death as simply another stage of life, in which one should be responsible of his own choices and not think of life as seen by others. Heidegger in the other hand, seeks to contemplate death, even if it brings anxiety, thus having to transcend the facticity that may stop us from being authentic. In other words, Sartre sees humans as the creatures that define existence, while Heidegger sees humans as merely followers of the idea of being, “Man is not the lord of beings. Man is the shepherd of Being”.
The photo has been taken outdoors on a dirt path that is leading to a forest. On the dirt path, there are the three children which make it more pleasing to the eye and also ties the image together. The girl in the middle facing towards the camera is the subject matter this is because she has eye contact with the camera and because of the intense brightness of her dress, which leads you to look straight at her. The middle girl’s hair is left messy even though she is dressed neatly this adds texture and realism to the photo because people can relate and upstand what it feels like, so views now have more of a connection the image. The tone of this image is a tad gloomy because of the darkness of the forest. The contrast in this image is not high because the elements of the picture all hold sameness. This image has a shallow depth of field which is
“True, that he’s no Prince Charming, but there’s something in him that I simply didn’t see.”
Mise-en-scéne is something that we see in movies all the time. It’s translated from French and means the staging the different aspects of a movie such as setting, lighting, subjects, or almost anything else. Any common movie, such as Inside Out, shows Mise-en-snéne in it. Three big parts of Mise-en-scéne that are shown in the movie Inside Out are cinematography, sound, and editing. Inside Out uses all of these by describing a plot in which there are feelings in our brains which connect to different memories that we can remember at any time. There were five main emotions that controlled the person on the outside whose name was Riley. The five emotions were named, Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. They helped Riley as she moved away from
The girl in the picture has face full of distress and eyes filled with fear. She represents the struggles of every Afghani refugee. It’s an astonishing photo in itself. There is so much emotion in the guarded, scared face within a static sphere. The colors are amazing, from the striking, dirty red of the scarf, to the green background that seems several shades darker than her eyes, creating a sort of illusion. It is visually ...
For each reading, respond to the prompt that Mr. Chandler provides. Each response should be 1-2 paragraphs in length, using 3-4 direct quotes from the novel for evidence. Be sure to cite page numbers for each quote.