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The Silent Era- Task 1- The Silent Era presentation

Film Form in US Cinema from the Silent Era to 1990 This Section of the exam is split into 3 parts; - The Silent Era ( THE GOLD RUSH) - 1930-1960 (SINGIN' IN THE RAIN) - 1961-1990 (E.T)

Macro elements of film form The Selfish Giant The Selfish Giant represents the poor social group. It is an extraordinary account of the hard life and times of the playwright which pushed at the boundaries of documentary film-making. It tells the story of two young boys from Bradford who turn to the scrap metal trade to support their struggling families. Yet scratch the surface and those same cross-generic fluidities are still present, conjuring something that exists in the strange netherworld between archetypal fable and cold unforgiving fact. I feel the representation of the characters and their families is done extremely well. After watching the film I had empathy for their situations. Their families, housing, clothes and others opinions of them all adds to the way poverty is looked on from society. Genre Drama, British social realist film. It is clear as some elements are of a dramatic tone, yet others show the real affects of poverty and horror which oc

★★★★★Film fact file- Film Research Nerve  (2016)  ☆6.6 rating  1h 36min, release date 11th August 2016 (UK) A high school senior finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of "watchers." ★Genres:Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Thriller Plot Keywords: dare | game | online game | new york city | tattoo | ★Institutional Context The production companies of Nerve were Allison Shearmur Productions, Keep Your Head, Lionsgate and Supermarché. The distributors were Alfa Films (2016) (Argentina) Belga Films   (2016) (Belgium) Colossal Mega Films (2016) (Philippines) Independent Films (2016) (Netherlands) Leone Film Group (2017) (Italy)Lionsgate (2016) (UK) Lionsgate (2016) (USA)Metropolitan Film

Using micro-elements of film form; cinematography, editing, sound, mise-en-scene and performance discuss the similarities and differences between the two clips.

Narnia Essay 1.a Our task was to recreate a scene from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, our scene was the part where the Pevensie's meet the Beavers. We had to work as a group to divide up responsibilities and complete this task on time. We had many things to take in to consideration when doing this. We included a range of camera shots and angles in our filming. We included close ups, eye level, over the shoulder, high angle and low angle. We wanted to include many different camera shots to add more tension and build up. I feel the close up to Lucy when she says "it’s a beaver" was one of the most successful part of the video. The reason we used more closes up shots was due to the fact we couldn’t included any wide angles as we feared we would ruin the immersion. When we were first given the script we made a list of the key Characters we needed and made links to costume, expression, movement and interaction