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(POST 36) TASK 1 - The Silent Era presentation

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     ROUNDHAY GARDEN SCENE What is the basic plotline? It was taken in the garden of the Whitley family house in Oakwood Grange Road, Roundhay, a suburb of Leeds, Yorkshire, Great Britain, on October 14, 1888. The 'actors' are shown walking around in circles, laughing to themselves and keeping within the area framed by the camera. It lasts for less than 2 seconds and includes 12  frames per second. The two seconds of 'Roundhay Garden Scene' contains two men and two women in Roundhay Garden. One of the men seems to follow a woman while the other man is crossing the screen changing his path to the other man in the last fraction of the shot. Who made it and who starred in it? It shows Adolphe Le Prince (Le Prince's son), Mrs. Sarah Whitley, (Le Prince's mother-in-law), Joseph Whitley and Miss Harriet Hartley. The earliest film was shot by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince How did it utilise the technology available? They used the Le Prince single

(POST 35) Film History - who are the Lumiere Brothers?

Who are the Lumiere brothers and what do they do? - The Lumière   brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas (19 October 1862, Besançon, France 10 April 1954, Lyon) and Louis Jean  (5 October 1864, Besançon, France – 7 June 1948, Bandol), were among the first filmmakers in history. Lumière Cinématographe, made by August and Louis Lumière, and Jules Carpentier, France, c. 1895 . The Cinématographe was a camera, printer and projector designed by brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière. It was first demonstrated at a scientific meeting in March 1895 .

(POST 34) Macro elements of the film form

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Mother! Representation -  All the character's in the film, aren't named which I think shows how no one has an identity. all of the characters don't show any personalities through this film, as the main focus is on the visitors, and how they are controlling them. The main character 'mother!' who is played by the actress 'Jennifer Lawrence' shows a lot of emotions and face expressions throughout the film, which makes the audience feel her emotions too. Her makeup on set is quite natural, if wearing any at all. Her costume, is also very plain and basic. The character 'him' who is played by the actor 'Javier Bardem'  has a very unusual personality, that I find hard to work out. Throughout the film, it came across to me that he cares more about his reputation/career  than his girlfriend. His costume, is also quite smart and tidy which shows how he takes his career really seriously. As said previously the camera is mainly focussed on '

(POST 33) Film fact file - FILM RESEARCH

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INSIDIOUS - CHAPTER 3 Rating:  6.1 / 10  institutional context: - Production companies -Stage 6 Films    (in association with) -Entertainment One   (presentation) -Blumhouse Productions   (as Blumhouse) -Automatik Entertainment    (uncredited) -Sony Pictures International    (uncredited) -Gramercy Pictures   (I) (presents) - Distributor  -Andes Films (2015) (Chile) (theatrical)  -Gramercy Pictures (I) (2015) (USA) (theatrical)  -Sony Pictures Entertainment    (2016) (Japan) (theatrical) - Director   Leigh Whannell                                                               - Cinematographer    Brian Pearson  - Composer   Joseph Bishara   Editor   Timothy Alverson  Stars   Dermot Mulroney , Stefanie Scott and Angus Sampson . Other notable personnel - None Notable related films - insi