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                                                                                              TOP 3 FILMS 12 MONKEYS The 12 Monkeys film is basically about a man who apparently is in the future where a virus killed most of humanity and they basically send him back in time to fix things and find out where the virus originated so they can find a cure and save themselves in the future, but then he ends up in a mental hospital and they tell him he's crazy and that's basically the plot we don't know if he's just crazy or if everything about the virus is true , he kept dreaming about him being at an airport and seeing someone run with a suitcase and a man die with another women stari...

Movie directors have skills for setting up the scene using props, lighting and more in order to make the viewer feel some type of way about that specific scene or perhaps even maintaining the mood the whole film or feel a way about certain characters or place.   Mise-en-scene can be seen as a very important aspect of all movies that helps build suspense, nervousness, anxiety, thrill and/or shock. another consideration of mise-en-scene and cinematography is lighting. The intensity, depth, and angle of your lighting can all greatly affect the mood of a scene. The key thing to remember is that lighting is emotional.The creator of mise-en-scene or should I say creators are The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) The previous project/assignment required us to work with a partner on a photo of anything our creativity could think of using mise-en-scene and using lighting, angles, and shot types along with potentially props to demonstrate a theme/message or meaning i for example did a ninj...

 Cinematography is the art of making movies or films with quality ability by being able to use lots of shots, editing and more in order to communicate you message to the viewer depending on the genre of the movie and whether its a scary./funny/action or any genre through the screen. This topic intrigued me so i decided to research this topic further. Cinematography is very interesting It involves such techniques as the general composition of a scene; the lighting of the set or location; the choice of cameras, lenses, filters, and film stock; the camera angle and movements; and the integration of any special effects. generally used for any movie such as action films, horror, romantic and mystery. \ This particular assignment had us doing a very detailed set of activities. We had to take photos from different angles to show that we learned the different shot types of cinematography with our classmates in the hallways and classroom and then had to give an example of all types of video...

Approximately 500,00+ movies have been created at the time of writing this and each of them are part of a unique genre "what is a genre?" well a genre is basically the type of movie it is whether its supposed to cause laughter, thrill, or make someone nervous using specific shot types, editing, and mise-en-scene. Some of the most common movie genres you may run into at a movie theater are the following A genre (from Latin: genus) is a style or type of music, literature, movies, or other media. Some genres (styles) are used in more than one form of art or communication. For example, the genres fantasy and science fiction are used in literature, movies, and television. The earliest recorded systems of genre in Western history can be traced back to Plato and Aristotle. Gérard Genette, a French literary theorist and author of The Architext, describes Plato as creating three Imitational genres: dramatic dialogue, pure narrative, and epic (a mixture of dialogue and narrative). This...