Essay English v for vendetta In the film V for Vendetta the director James Mcteigue uses a range of different film techniques in order to gain the audience's attention and to make the movie more interesting. The four film techniques I’m going to focus on in this essay are editing, music, camera angles and the lighting. I am going to do this by analysing the ‘Domino Montage’ scene. The use of cross cutting in this scene is very important, this aspect would go under editing. This technique helps to give the viewers a bigger picture of the scene. For example, when inspector Finch starts talking about his trip to Larkhill a lot of cross cutting is used between him talking and what went down at Larkhill all those years ago. This is a particularly …show more content…
Camera angles are used as a film technique to keep the scene interesting and also shows off the directors’ skill and abilities. There is a wide variety in which different camera angles were used during this scene, for an example of a camera angle is a low angle shot, this exact technique was used quite a lot at different points in this scene. The effect of this camera angle shows dominance; dominance to the personal where the camera is facing up on them from the ground. The opposite of this would be a high angle shot and this normally shows a victim’s weakness as it makes then look small and helpless. An example of when a low shot was used in this scene would be when V comes out of the flames at Larkhill in Finch’s flashback. This shows V’s power and how he survived through the fire and symbolises his dominance. An example of using a high angle shot would be of Chancellor Sutler talking to Creedy. Chancellor Sutler is on a big screen facing down on Creedy yelling orders at him, this shows who the boss in this scene is as Creedy is getting verbally abused by Chancellor Sutler and this makes him look weak. Another camera angle that is used would be a tilt this is used when V first flicks the dominos then the camera tilts up to show the dominos as they spread the effect this has is showing how easy they spread in relation to the chaos. It all starts with one would be the
stunning visual style to consider the forces that threaten human agency. In the case of the charac- ter Raymond Shaw, he becomes brainwashed and easily controlled by his enemies and his own mother, who forces him into an being an unwitting murderer. Set during the Cold War, the film includes realistic representations of government paranoia, embedded into a fictional communist plot of memory implantation and brainwashing soldiers. Made clear to the audience in one of the most disturbing and entertaining scenes of the film, the American soldiers are unknowingly psy- chologically reprogramed into subservient robots with no control over their actions. If human agency
In cinema, lighting, blocking and panning drastically influence what an audience will notice and take away from a scene. Orson Welles’s 1941 Citizen Kane has numerous examples of effectively using these aspects within mise-en-scène, cinematography and editing to portray the importance of specific events and items in the film. The scene where Kane writes and then publishes his “Declaration of Principles” (37:42-39:42) in the New York Daily Inquirer after buying them focuses on important elements of the film, aiding the audience by combining lighting, blocking and panning to define significant roles and objects that further the movie as a whole.
consider to be more modern film techniques. Montage plays a key role in this film, as
When viewed by most people, V for Vendetta is just another film about rebellion. To others, it’s a wakeup call to do something about their government and fix the country; even if no one acts on their wakeup call. The two main questions viewers may ask are, why is it so easy to relate and root for a terrorist? And why would the government be fine with a movie that calls them out in multiple ways?
We see force being exemplified through staging, lighting, and camera angles. Raymond’s brainwashing immediately and unwillingly makes him a victim to force and turns him into a weapon, activated whenever deemed necessary for his authority. An example of a scene from the film which employs all three of those techniques to portray Raymond’s subjection to force is toward the end of the film, when Eleanor Shaw explains to Raymond how he is to execute the president. Raymond has become a tool for his mother ever since she exerted her force as influence upon him and took control of his agency- or lack thereof. As she gives him careful orders, the staging is very significant because it represents authority and power. Raymond is sitting on a chair that appears to be low, and we can only see his back or his side for the majority of the scene whereas we can fully see Mrs. Iselin while she sits, stands, and walks around. The lighting upon Raymond is little and dark, whereas Mrs. Iselin’s figure is very illuminated, providing hard and soft lighting for emphasis where necessary. The camera angles are very significant in this scene because when the camera is placed at a low angle, we as viewers feel like we are sitting below, next to Raymond while we witness Eleanor Shaw giving her orders and directions. We experience her
In the start of the scene, Gilbert and Becky are sitting together watching the sunset. Closeups were used to show the facial expressions of the characters. The close up allowed the audience to understand the characters’ emotions and to feel empathy for them. The close-ups showed us that Gilbert and Becky were happy with each other as they had happy (and positive) expressions on their faces. The close ups made us feel personal with the character and tried to show us how Gilbert and Becky were feeling and how they responded to each other’s company. When Gilbert and Becky are watching the sunset, sitting next to each other, long shots were used to help signify a special bond between the two characters. The longshot shows the two characters sitting alongside each other, facing the sun. They seem quite relaxed and problem free. The long shot also shows the beauty of the land around them which (through most of the movie) seems very dull and “like a dance without any music”. Gilbert’s life was (mostly) dull and non-eventful until Becky had entered his life. Endora had not been expressed in such beauty until this scene. This could imply that when Becky had entered Gilbert’s life, the beauty and true nature of Gilbert started surfacing. These different camera shots allow us to see the special bond between Gilbert and Becky and foreshadows an even closer relationship between the
Audience involvement in a film is fundamental to successful filmmaking. A well-made film leads the audience to find themselves being "in the story" and get emotionally as well as mentally involved by identifying with the main characters. As such, filmmakers get the audience to connect with the story by using narrative techniques. In this paper, I will be discussing how Orson Welles uses narrative techniques together with stylistic techniques which can bring about narrative details in the film, Citizen Kane.
The statement Junger and Heatherington made with their film Restrepo was a powerful one. This is exactly the purpose of Cinema Verite, to give voice to the truth. Many argue that the verite style presents a manipulative version of reality because the editing is used to influence the audience, dramatizing the events on screen, focused on eliciting a certain emotional response. It is also often criticized for being more reportage that artistic expression. However, as with all modern art, especially that in the film industry because of its wide audience and influence, Cinema Verite reflects the zeitgeist in which it was produced. There is a thirst for the truth, even in the harshest of realities. Artists, no matter their medium, strive for this.
V for Vendetta is a graphic novel written by Allan Moore. It is a story full of comedy with V as the protagonist who is out to fight and destroy the government and affects innocent people. The novel was later adapted into a film and directed by James McTeigue and written by Wachowski Brothers.
Most of the film was shot with 50mm lenses on 35 mm cameras. This technique carefully lets the audience see the film as though watching a ‘live scene’. This has the effect of drawing the audience closer into the action.
...successful collaboration of sound, colour, camera positioning and lighting are instrumental in portraying these themes. The techniques used heighten the suspense, drama and mood of each scene and enhance the film in order to convey to the spectator the intended messages.
Think about your favorite movie. When watching that movie, was there anything about the style of the movie that makes it your favorite? Have you ever thought about why that movie is just so darn good? The answer is because of the the Auteur. An Auteur is the artists behind the movie. They have and individual style and control over all elements of production, which make their movies exclusively unique. If you could put a finger on who the director of a movie is without even seeing the whole film, then the person that made the movie is most likely an auteur director. They have a unique stamp on each of their movies. This essay will be covering Martin Scorsese, you will soon find out that he is one of the best auteur directors in the film industry. This paper will include, but is not limited to two of his movies, Good Fellas, and The Wolf of Wall Street. We will also cover the details on what makes Martin Scorsese's movies unique, such as the common themes, recurring motifs, and filming practices found in their work. Then on
Ve for Vendetta and From Fly-Girls to bitches and hoes, both highlights the most crucial and painful aspects of people in United States. The oppression of government and racial discriminations are to the two bitter realities, which have been spotlighted in both text. The essay will thoroughly explore the similarities and differences in terms of fundamental issues and essential components.
...have already begun to see – more as a means to playful firing visual fascination. The opposition of realistic film visual culture and non-narrative montage tradition has begun to breakdown. It is leading towards hybridization of realistic and stylized editing. Thus at one extreme there is a montage phenomenon of music video and on the other hand the editing technique of traditional cinema comes together. Montage is no longer a dominant aesthetic according to the new computer culture, as it was throughout the twentieth century, from the avant-garde of the 1920s up until postmodernism of the 1980s. New editing techniques like composting has emerged which combines different spaces into a single environment seamlessly creating a virtual space. Compositing is an example of the alternative aesthetics of continuity and it is considered counterpart of montage aesthetics.
Due to the film’s quality and interest it became an award winning film. The film had excellent sound effects such as the battle scenes. The image quality was also outstanding; it used many different angles to depict the actor to make you feel involved in the scenes. In the action scenes the most common viewpoint used was a close up shot which allows the audience to see and feel the intensity of the scene. The second viewpoint mostly used was a tracking shot due to the actors c...