The visual effects performed in various film noirs was not to give the viewer the perception of an ordinary setting, but to provide a visual manifestation of terror and abnormality into human emotion through twisted plots and camera techniques. The plot is twisted and complex, taking the viewer into dark, terrorizing, and incomprehensible place. The camera techniques used in the visuals seen in Murder My Sweet instills these feelings, which are common in horror films. Art cannot be rushed and...
What is a performance? To perform is to perform is to perform, is to exhibit or illumine, is To Do or To Be, A performance is a performance is a performance A performance can be an exhibition of self, A performance can be a technical display, A performance can be a revelation [1] In this quote, Koner states that a performance can be an exhibition of the performer's self, a show of the performer's technical abilities or a revelation that come about through the performance itself. This quote de...
Our initial narrative expectations before we view this film clip would have been limited at the time of the films release. The reason for this is that the film The Sixth Sense (1998) was the Writer/Director M.Night.Shyalaman's first real mainstream film. However being just over ten years since it's release we are now more familiar with his narrative style, for example we are more aware that there is going to be some kind of plot twist in a thrilling/ supernatural format. Also for this particu...
Animation is considered to be one of the exciting forms of pictorial presentation. Animation consists of three main features (i) picture , (ii) motion and (iii) simulated. Animation adds visual impact to the multimedia project. Many multimedia applications for both the Macintosh and Windows provide animation tools, but you should first understand the principles to the eye interpret that changes it sees as motion. There is a place for animation on the Web, however. There, the essential content...
Rescued by Rover was made in 1905. It was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Lewin Fizhamon and the Hepworth manufacturing company was the production company. The short film is about a baby who is kidnapped by an old woman, but luckily the family collie rescues the baby. The film is very easy to follow, containing a variety of simple shots all helping the viewer to follow the narrative. The first shot is of the baby and the dog sitting quietly together, then the mother is seen wheeling the baby u...
Ever since the beginning of photography, people learned that pictures taken in quick series, of a moving object, could be flipped through, in succession, to create the illusion of a moving picture. For many years Animation has been used. Animation was done in black and white such as cartoons and movies in the early 1900's. The backgrounds and the cartoon drawings were made simple. Animation technology has come a long way since the early days of hand-drawn cartoons. The tools have changed dram...
Chemmeen is based on a novel written by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai in Malayalam, who is a Gyanpith Award Winner. It has then been interpreted into different languages such as Polish English, Spanish, Czech, French, German, Italian and Russian. The novel was filmed in 1965. The main characters in the film are Chembankunju, Pareekutty, Karuthamma, Chakki and Palani. The only aim for Chembankunju in his life is to buy a fishing boat and a net. He achieved buying the boat and net by the help of ...
The myth of the Polish Mother has affected attitudes toward motherhood in Poland for many years. It has been a topic of art ever since its emergence. In literature, the Polish Mother has been described and praised in writings by famous Polish writers and poets such as Adam Mickiewicz and others. Likewise, the cinematic world and its filmmakers have focused on the ideal of the Polish Mother in their onscreen works presenting the myth in various perspectives. Some filmmakers portray the power o...
In June of 1984, Richard Ramirez began his criminal career as "The Night Stalker." His reign of terror, though ending just the following year, tormented the people of Los Angeles. Ramirez is a self-proclaimed Satanist and thief, but stealing cars and breaking into homes were not even close to the worst of his crimes. Ramirez's friendship with his cousin, Mike, may have been the most important relationship in his life, in that not only did he teach Richard that having fun consists of riding ar...
Pedro Almodovar is an auteur in Spanish national and art cinema. His films always explore the issues such as sexuality, transgender and women's life where friends and lovers replace the parents and family. In a post-feminism point of view, he disestablished the feminism but highlights the positions of both female characters and actress. His works are more targeted to women and give female audience a resonance on motion. All About My Mother is a film Almodovar made in 1999. It stills an impres...
