Film Review on "Raiders of the Lost Ark Directors Steven"

Quoted Instructions for "Raiders of the Lost Ark Directors Steven" Assignment:

i put 3 pages but i only need 2 pages i just figured since it was a diffrent kinda request i would through that in , thank you very much for your help in advance

Choose a movie from the provided list. It may be wise to watch the film more than once, one time for content (story), and then again when one can be free of the story and really look into the form.

Look for symbolism, special effects, formal qualities, tendencies, and use of music. How does the cinematographer change from one scene to another - quick cut, fade, wipe, etc.? (See list provided). How does the use of these techniques contribute to the effect and content of the film?

This will be a concise two-page paper, double-spaced, that devotes a short paragraph to content and the remainder to formal issues. This should be ample space to do this effectively. Most reviews in the newspaper are shorter than this, but are mainly about content.

It may be more fun and challenging to choose a movie that you have not seen previously. All of these are very good films in one way or another. Look, See, Think.

List of Acceptable Films:

Citizen Kane

Raging Bull

Buffalo '66

Adaptation

The Matrix

Junk Yard Dogs

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Eyes Wide Shut

The Doors

Mulholland Drive "

Fight Club

The Godfather

Midnight Cowboy

Chinatown

Goodfellas

Harold and Maude

Sin City

Lord of the Rings

Donnie Darko >

Toots ie

Garden State

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Blue Velvet '

Taxi Driver

Casablanca

Dressed to Kill

Lulu on the Bridge

Five Easy Pieces

Fahrenheit 451

Moulin Rouge

Full Metal Jacket

The Manchurian Candidate

Memento

The Elephant Man

The Deer Hunter

Rear Window

Fargo

Rebel Without a Cause

Brazil

Requiem for a Dream

West Side Story

Jagged Edge

Trainspotting

Rumble Fish

The Outsiders

Brazil

Pi ' *****¢:<

Run Lola Run

Mad Max

The Birds

Gallipoli

House of Games

Pulp Fiction

The Crying Game

Dr. Strangelove

Psycho ('60)

Network

Easy Rider

A Clockwork Orange

North by Northwest

The Graduate

Hotel Rowanda

Paycheck

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1. Cut-Instantaneous change from one frame to another. .-.-

2. Jump-cut - A cut that appears to be an interruption of a single shot. The figures seem to change against a constant background, or the background changes while the figures remain constant.

3. Frame - A single image on the strip of film.

4. Long shot - Framing technique where a figure is depicted about the size of the screen or smaller.

5. Medium shot - Framing technique where a figure is depicted from the waist up or the waist down.

6. Mise-en-scene - The sum of everything set up in front of the camera. Lights, props, figures, make-up, etc, - the total "form".

7. Motif - Repetition of a single element. i;

8. Close-up - Framing technique that depicts a figure from approximately the neck

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9. Dissolve - a transition from one shot to another where one image gradually disappears and the next gradually appears.

10. Cut-in - An instantaneous shift from distant to closer framing of some portion of the same space.

11. Fade-in-Dark screen that gradually brightens as shot appears. , ,

12. Fade-out - A shot that gradually darkens from an image to black, white, or color.

13. Montage - Dynamic, often discontinuous, relationships between shots and the juxtaposition of images to create ideas not present in any one image by itself.

14. Narration/Narrative Form - Filmic organization that creates a relationship between events taking place in a specific time and space.

15. Pan - A camera movement that allows the scene to be scanned horizontally.

16. Wipe - A transition between shots where a line passes across the screen, either vertically or horizontally, that eliminates the first shot and replaces it with the next shot.

17. Point-of-view (POV) - A shot that depicts what the subject would see in the scene. Usually cut in before or after a shot of the character "looking".