Blazing Saddles(1974) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(2005) are movies that are very unlike each other and were released over 30 years apart. Blazing Saddles is a comedy/western while Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(CATCF) is a fantasy/adventure/comedy. Both have great and successful directors, Mel Brooks and Tim Burton, who did a brilliant job on the…
Category: Fall 2017
Students writing in the Fall quarter of 2017.
Blazing Saddles vs. The Jungle Book
BLAZING SADDLES is a have-to-see film. Why? Because there isn’t one dull moment. The movie has everything from comical aspects as well as action aspects. The movie’s theme was the “wild west” under the auteurs rethinking genres title. The film was released in 1974 which does not correspond to the theme in the present day….
The Shining vs. Schindler’s List
These two films were released in order to have a strong affect on the audience. In order to accomplish this, both of these films use the common theme of evil. However, the types of evil are very different. In The Shining, the evil is more spiritual and paranormal while in Schindler’s list, the evil aspect…
Breathless and The Graduate – a new take on Romance
“Breathless” and “The Graduate” at first glance appear so drastically different from one another. Made ten years apart from one another, in different countries, and one in black and white, one in color, there could really be no similarity between the two, right? The reality is that both of these films are still today looked…
BLAZING SADDLES vs. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
Some of the most iconic films in history were released in the 1970’s. BLAZING SADDLES and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND may be polar opposites from one another but, they both made Hollywood shine even brighter in the mid to late 70’s. Mel Brook’s 1974 film, BLAZING SADDLES, explored all different types of topics,…
Lighting
Lighting has been crucial to acting since the concoction of plays. Lighting is obviously a necessity to see what characters are feeling, but also with many movies watched at drive-ins, most movies had to be very brightly lit to be visible from their cars. In early Hollywood films, three-point lighting was often used to capture…
Stock Character
You’re watching a movie with your family and in the movie the main character has a little brother. The little brother is not the main character but you can see him in a lot of the shots with little to no attention focused on him. You know he is in the background and know that…
Crane Shots in Films
Crane Shots are mostly common in the beginning of a film and at the end. These shots are taken by a camera on a moving crane or jib. A crane enables the camera to travel the distances up and down, forward and backward and from side to side, while flying high in the air. Cranes also have both an operator and a…
Leitmotif in Film
A Leitmotif is a specific theme that stands out in a film and eventually becomes highly recognizable. Leitmotifs are most commonly iconic sounds and “theme-songs” that are known for only being in that movie or series of movies. Leitmotifs are typically found in famous movies and have a huge impact on the audience. Basically, if…
Swashbuckler Genre
For this week’s film analysis I selected the topic of the “swashbuckler” genre of film. This type of film can best be described as high action, adventure, romance and taking place in a historical setting. When I hear the term swashbuckler, I think of a pirate movie. When I think pirate movie, I think Johnny…
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