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How does Arnold use the  form of  Social Realism  to develop the character of Zoe? Arnold develops the character of Zoe in  WASP  through the forms of  Social Realism,  for example the dialogue being used throughout the short film. Arnold uses the form of naturalistic dialogue, in the beginning scene where Zoe goes over to visit her neighbour and confronts her about her kicking one of her children this shows she cares about them enough to go and confront another mother. However when Dave asks Zoe on a 'date' to get drinks together he asks about the children with her and she lies to him, and says she's just babysitting someone else's kids. This shows that she may be ashamed of her children and or lifestyle and doesn't want Dave to know they are hers and wants to see him. Another form of social realism that Arnold uses to develop Zoe's character is the acting, the acting throughout the short film is naturalistic and real. Especially the use of swearing and slang d

Apocalypse Now Analysis Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIrvSJwwJUE Themes - Effects of war and atrocity - "Heroism" - Evil - Power - Colonialism - Chaos v order - Corruption - Disguise and Identity - Culture - Interventionism Cinematography There are two camera angles being used in this scene one is an extreme long shot of the  Vietnamese jungle and the fires and then the other one is a close up of Willard's face.  One minute into the opening scene of the jungle, the lighting and colour changes from being light outside to being quite dim from the fog and fire. As we continue watching, we see a statue of a Buddha and Willard is also on screen as the two scenes are dissolving into one another. The Buddha statue was put next to his face to make it like they are looking at each other, this might have been done to seem as if Willard feels peace from this.  Editing There is no cuts, just the two scenes fading into each other back and forth. The jungle shot that is a cons

Film Director Dennis Dugan Dennis is an American actor, writer, artist and comedian. He is most known for his film partnership with the comedic actor Adam Sandler, who directed the famous and popular films; Happy Gilmore (1996) , Grown Ups one and two (2010 & 2013) , Big Daddy (1999) and Just Go with It (2011) .  Most of his films are comedies and consist of the same actors like the obvious one Adam Sandler but also Kevin James , another comedic and famous actor.  Dugan's signature 'thing' in his films is that he has a small cameo in every single one of his films. For example, in his film Happy Gilmore , his cameo appearance is as the character Doug Thompson who is the golf tour supervisor. He also did a cameo in his hit film Big Daddy with Adam Sandler and young Cole and Dylan Sprouse. In this film, his cameo is a man who reluctantly gives candy to a trick-or-treating Julian. 

New Hollywood From the mid 1960s to the early 1980s. It is sometimes also referred to as the American New Wave or the Hollywood Renaissance. Films that kick started New Hollywood is; The Graduate (1967), Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and Easy Rider (1969). Key Directors: - Martin Scorsese - Francis Ford Coppola - Robert Altman - Sam Peckinpah - Steven Spielberg - Arthur Penn - Dennis Hopper Francis Ford Coppola He is an American film director, producer and screenwriter and was a central figure in the New Hollywood filmmaking movement. Francis studied theatre and graduated from Hofstra University in New York, then moved to California to attend the prestigious film program at UCLA where he learned from many great instructors. He later on gained international critical attention for his screenwriting talents, earning an Academy Award for 1970's Patton. His Auteur Signature Narrative: - Anti-heroes, outsiders, cold professional men - Epic narratives - The 'American Dream' and Family -

Shocked A couple, Jordyn and Sierra walking down the Clacton pier on a date in Clacton on Sea. They go and sit on the edge of the pier looking into the distance and hearing the waves crash underneath them while having a normal conversation. Sierra is scared of the water so Jordyn comforts her as they sit on the edge, she points out a boat in the distance that she thought looked oddly familiar to her. Out of nowhere Sierra then gets a text from her work colleague group-chat that says 'Are you free yet?' she instantly knows why they are asking and Jordyn asks if everything is okay and she reassures him and ignores the message so she can stay with him longer.  About 30 minutes pass by and she gets another message from her colleague group-chat that says 'I take that as a no then, Sierra. Do you have other things that are more important?' Jordyn tells her to reply and so she does by saying 'No, I'm free soon.' As she sends this, that boat she saw earlier is way c

Studio System Research During which decades was the Hollywood studio system at its most powerful? - 1920s and 1930s What were the major 'big five' studios? - MGM - Paramount - Warner Bros - RKO and Fox - The Little Three   What areas and roles in film production did the studio system have direct control over? - By 1945, the studios owned either partially or outright 17% of the theatres in America, accounting for 45% of the film-rental revenue. So the studios had a guarantee that their movies would be distributed. They also controlled the process of making the movies, they usually had the actors, producers, directors and writers under contract, owned the film processing and laboratories and created the prints. The studio was also infamous for 'owning' their stars, a practice that is known as 'The Star System'.   Why was the factory method of production successful? - Because the studio pursued vertical integration through ownership or effective control over produc