Wednesday 26 January 2011

Watching Documentary

When Thomas Sutcliffe says 'Films need to seduce their audience into long term commitment. While there are may types of seduction, the temptation to go for instant arousal is almost irresistible' he mean.....

The director Jean Jacques Beineix explains the risks of instant arousal are .....

'A good beginning must make the audience feel that it doesn't know nearly enough yet, and at the same time make sure that it doesn't know too little'.....

Critic Stanley Kauffmann describes the classic opening as a simple scene setting which conveys normality. The simplicity of this scene is successful as the audience are told the occupations and some background information about the characters, who the main character or characters will be and the setting. Together this all establishes normality before the normality is broken.

Kyle Cooper's title sequence is effective because it foreshadows what's going to happen next, it also symbolises the psychotic obsessive nature endured throughout the film.....

'A favourite trick of Film Noir' Is when the film.......

The opening of 'The Shinning' creates suspense by.......

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