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Coming ofage film (spirited away)

Spirited away review What do you think it meant by the term ‘coming of age’? How might this apply to movies? a coming of age film is a film where the main protagonist or protagonists are young and who have to create a major decision that has a key moment of personal growth Make a list of five famous coming of age movies based on your google search. war hourse wolf children dirty dancing the outsiders juno spirited away is a coming of age film because it involves a main protagonist who is young and has to complete a few major tasks involving saving her parents this is very big proof of the transition from young teen to adulthood    1) How does The director of Spirited Away blend realism with fantasy. 2) What life lessons does Chihiro/Sen learn from her experience? 3) Even though the setting is fantastical, what every day struggles does Chihiro face? 4) Pick out three conventions of Coming of Age films that are present in Spirited Away. Explain how

ET factfile

ET fact file institutional context production company - universal pictures distributors - there are a lot of distributors some are  universal pictures and uip director - Steven Spielberg cinematographer -   Allen Daviau composer - John Williams editor - carol littleton stars - Henry Thomas notable related films - Jaws production notes - film was mostly pointed toward Elliot and E.T. audience expectation E.T. is a fairly original film and had not been adapted by others E.T. has not been made into a franchise. E.T. was made to be a purely an original film The director of ET  was already well know as he had already made the popular movie Jaws Reviews the film was seen as the first of its kind in the world of editing there are actually very few bad reviews on the film but the ones that are aren't  even that bad context it is set at the time it was made (1982) it is set

secrets of cinema

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horror  1.The journey 2.the ominous atmosphere 3.The scary place 4.Sound this is a waterphone, used in horror films to create atmosphere such as in aliens 1986 5.Jump scare 6.The monster 7.The savant 8.The chase 9.The final girl 10.The Excorsism heist 1. the mastermind 2. Assembling the team 3. the plan 4.the law 5. the heist 6. the getaway 7.things fall apart 8. the end storyline usually involve on big aim eg robbing a bank or casino a very distinct order in which things happen into to mastermind the assembly of the team the plan/planning interrupted by law the heist attempted getaway things fall apart either make it or killed/arrested the end sound bombs drills high speed car chase gunshots shattering of windows high intense music alarm cinematography wide shot, closeup, over the shoulder shots editing invisible cuts, fast cu
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macro and micro elements of the opening of A quite place mise en scene: setting they start off in a clearly abandoned shop looking for some supplies e.g. medicine or tools then as they assume night is nearing they leave the shop and head along sanded pathways which I assume are for noise reduction. they reach a long railroad with forest either side. props they are carrying round large heavy bags presumably filled with medicine or other things they have found in the shop. another prop is the Beau's spaceship and the batteries that create the sound! hair and make up/costume hair and make up is actually fairly normal although slightly torn I assume they have plenty of clothes as there is no-one else around in the abandoned houses character expressions and movement the main expressions are smiling to each other and also sign language as they cannot speak and other expressions are really just limited to fear of the monsters movement wise they are usually just w

My independent study on E.T.

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Todorov

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this video explains Todorov's theory of narrative