I agree to an extent as someone from the culture I believe is the best person to take the role of director. As you can tell in Quentin Tarantino films he overuses racial slurs with Spike Lee criticising him for that particularly as he does overuse that offensive language however Tarantino’s movies are supposed to be over the top and Samuel L Jackson has defended him. This shows a mix of opinion in this debate however it can clearly be seen for the argument how Lee sees his culture misrepresented as a form of this as films such Black Panther what reached a wider audience as Ryan Coogler an African-american director was able to represent his culture and find a characters for this audience to resonate with.

However Spike Lee’s comments could be turned against him by saying how he might misrepresent certain cultures in his movies. However when he brings up Detroit that is unfair to criticise Bigelow as she is using sources to make a movie what according to some people is 99.5% accurate to the what actually happened. So its difficult to do everything right when your using material based of true stories to make a movie. As well that movie is a balance of the both white and black culture in the 60s what was possibly different to what is today making it even harder to get a perfect portrayal of both societies.

Yet I do see his problem as a whole as directors from one culture are not able to capture the same effect of someone from the culture the film has incorporated into it at its core  as they haven’t experienced to understand it. I still do believe that its not major problem compared to white washing in Hollywood what doesn’t allow a culture to be represented in the movie unlike this what still allows a culture to be represented.

Star Wars, May 25 1977, George Lucas

In the Star Wars movies but specifically in the original you can see a range of uses of make-up and prosthetic’s especially in the Mos Eisley Cantina scene. The uses of this can be seen through as all the aliens look realistic and make-up creates realism to an unbelievable and the look carries on till today unlike the prequels where the use of CGI aliens looks unrealistic as it hasn’t aged well like the other practical effects what gave off real movement from face features such as Greedo’s antennas what are able to move thanks to prosthetic’s in the mask. As well the hair being messy for everyone except for both Tarkin and Leia what is done to show separation of the people at the top of the galaxy compared Han Solo or Luke who are scruffy as  they come from the less strict and political part of the galaxy.

Logan Noir, February 17 2017, James Mangold

Even though filmed in color, James Mangold did it in a way for it to work in black and white. For the noir edition they had to re-grade it and time shot by shot. This was also obviously done as way to relate as an inspiration of trying to be western film and how its based off a comic that is in a bleak future.

Lord of the Rings, December 10 2001, Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson uses composition throughout Lord of the Rings as every time the ring is on screen it focuses on either Frodo with it or by itself. This was used for the general audience who will not know the importance of the ring, this just shows how importance of both Frodo and the ring is to the plot. Its even used in the Hobbit when its insignificant to the plot.

The good, The Bad, and The Ugly, December 3 1966, Sergio Leone

In this movie Leone uses a range of characters such as priests, mercenary’s, Confederate and Union soldiers, bandits, storekeepers, bounty hunters and wealthy lawmen making up some of the cast though these roles are what takes a majority of scenes. However Leone is able to separate these roles from small changes to the outfits with the drunk Captain Clinton who wears his uniform differently to other Union soldiers showing his type of character or comparing Tuco who dresses messy compared to Angel Eyes who dresses in smart dark clothes. This is done to make it clearer to the audience who these characters are compared to something like Star Trek where everyone wears the same costume and at first its hard to distinguish who is who in their roles. The costume of Clint Eastwood worn has become iconic in both movies in general and the western genre. Boba Fett’s character from Star Wars was based of the Man with no name in mannerisms and his look is slightly based off his signature poncho look what has the same colour scheme as his armor.

Alien, May 25 1979, Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott’s uses the elements of the Alien to create horror as he focuses in on certain scenes where the the monster itself isn’t in to create both tension and build up to the monsters reveal. Some examples of this is with the saliva of the alien what occurs throughout the the franchise and with the chest bursting scene where the small alien becomes apart of the foreground as the focus is on it. This is again used throughout the franchise such as in Alien 3 where the monster and Ripley become the main focus when the monster is approaching her. However it works better in this movie as you don’t know what’s coming unlike the sequels where you know what the monster is and what its like.

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Pulp Fiction, September 10 1994, Quentin Tarantino

The scenes in the film are different throughout in lighting as this movie is cut into different short stories throughout the main film what is connected by one character. However lighting differs throughout the film to do with characters as you can have the colorful and brightly lit up restaurant for Uma Thurman’s character or the dull lit scenes for Samuel L Jackson’s character or Bruce Willis character has dark scenes what is used to show the nature of these roles. Lighting was also used instead of the object in the suitcase so that to not take away from the plot point as well as to show the significance of it.

The Hateful 8, December 7 2015, Quentin Tarantino

The film being in one room for most of the movie helps make the plot more original and different to any other film while making the movie smaller in scale. However Tarantino uses every object in that room to make the film bigger in size in plot and stage. This allows the style of Tarantino who splits his movies into chapters to be more spread out while allowing the characters themselves and their surroundings become more realistic as there interactions aren’t seen as deliberately acted out but just following a story. The use of the stage is shown as the main part of its selling point as each bit of the plot requires one of its surroundings to make the plot flow. This can be seen by the poisoned soup bowl to reveal the ambitions of certain characters or the bloody chair what opened up a secondary plot to the movie. The use of this smaller stage of setting brings realism what has been cleverly done by the use of props and a large cast of characters to increase the size of the end product.

Activity 2

Battleship Potemkin

Director	Sergei Eisenstein
Date of release	December 24 1925
Genre	Soviet Silent Film
Category of film	Historically Significant Film, Odessa Steps Sequence led to inspiration of many marches in other films.

 

A Bugs Life

Director	John Lasseter
Date of release	November 14 1998
Genre	Animated Comedy Adventure
Category of film	Mainstream, carrying off the success of Toy Story.

 

The Shape of Water

Director	Guillermo Del Toro
Date of release	December 1 2017
Genre	Romantic Supernatural
Category of film	Art Film

 

The Seventh Samurai

Director	Akira Kurosawa
Date of release	April 26 1954
Genre	Samurai Drama
Category of film	Historically Significant Film, Remains a very influential film as it is regarded as the most copied and remade film.

 

The Breakfast Club

Director	John Hughes
Date of release	February 15 1985
Genre	American teen comedy
Category of film	Historically Significant, seen as one of the best takes on American teen drama.

 

The Wizard of Oz

Director	Victor Fleming
Date of release	August 12 1936
Genre	Musical Fantasy
Category of film	Historically Significant, first fil ever in colour.

 

 

Once upon a Time in the West

Director	Sergio Leone
Date of release	December 21 1968
Genre	Spaghetti Western
Category of film	Mainstream, was carrying off the success of the Dollar trilogy.

 

Deadpool 2

Director	Dave Leitch
Date of release	May 15 2018
Genre	Action Comedy
Category of film	Mainstream, carrying off the success of the original and R-rated superhero films.

 

Submarine

Director	Richard Ayoade
Date of release	March 18 2011
Genre	Coming of Age Comedy
Category of film	Art Film

 

Love Simon

Director	Greg Berlanti
Date of release	March 22 2018
Genre	Romantic teen Comedy-Drama
Category of film	Art Film

 

Fitzcarraldo

Director	Werner Herzog
Date of release	March 5 1982
Genre	Adventure-drama
Category of film	Art Film

 

Alphaville

Director	Jean-Luc Godard
Date of release	May 5 1965
Genre	Sci-fi noir
Category of film	Historically Significant, influenced many things.

 

 

 

Manhattan

Director	Woody Allen
Date of release	April 25 1979
Genre	Romance Comedy
Category of film	Historically Significant, library of congress made it culturally significant as one of the most funniest movies ever.

 

Toy Story

Director	John Lasseter
Date of release	November  5 1995
Genre	Comedy Adventure
Category of film	Historically significant, first feature length film to be completely computer animated and first feature film from Pixar.