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Apocalypse Now Opening Scene:        in the opening shot it is a wide angle shoot there is no movement for 75 seconds, the wide angle shoot shows what is happening to the jungle over the period of the time, this shot is an establishing shot as it shows the audience the setting well be in for the duration of the film. the lack of movement works as it shows how something so easily can be destroyed. In the frame we start off with trees, however by the end we are shown fire and explosions to show how dangerous and scary it is like an Apocalypse. The colour for the opening shot is bland and lifeless to imply that everyone who has been there is like that, this is a juxtaposition as a jungle is meant to be beautiful scenery and not a nightmare. There is no spoken words in the first shot, this makes a disturbing atmosphere as it doesn't answer our questions, not following the classic Hollywood studio system. The music that is playing is the opening of The Doors T...

Summary Of The Studio System: The studio system, is knows as the golden age of Hollywood, is a method of film production and distribution dominated by a small number of major studios in Hollywood. Although the term is still used today as a reference to the systems and output of the major studios, historically the term refers to the practice of large motion picture studios between the 1920s and 1960s of  producing movies primarily on their own film making lots with creative personnel under often long-term contract, and  dominating exhibition through vertical   integration. The 5 Major Studios Were: 20th Century Fox RKO pictures Paramount Pictures Warner Bros Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The Studio System: the studio has control over everything, films were based on what studio made it and not what director and actors. The studios would always follow classical style and not let the director have control or use their creativity in making films. This meant th...

Casablanca Film Form  Before we have even seen Rick we know what type of person he is, we know this because of the characters and the setting of his bar, he is even mentioned by high ranking German and french people . Rick is an american as we can tell by the sign of his bar. IT takes along time to get into ricks bar, making the audience be eager to get in. When we get in the bar we see people pawning their objects without question, showing how wealthy people dwell in Casablanca. The conversations stops when their is a spotlight on them showing that people are always looking and listing to show no one is safe even in ricks bar. All conversations and moods are depressing showing how unhappy everyone is there. Again before we meet rick customers want to drink with him, but rick doesn't drink with customers showing that rick is a lonely person.  The use of mise-en-scene, there is a big spotlight to show unsafely of the area and no one can hide as there are always people wa...

Casablanca Main Characters:  Richard "Rick" Blaine - Played by Ingrid Bergman Rick is an american citizen who lives in Casablanca he runs a high end cafe, he is the films protagonist and the heroin. When we first meet rick he is a sinister and cold heart person who will not stick his neck out for no one, Rick is also an alcoholic at the start of the film implying that he is unstable and has troubles, he is alone in most scenes too. However throughput the film we learn why he is such a cold heart person, and we gain empathy for his actions. At the end of the film rick has developed into a person who cares for people and he finally sticks his neck out for someone even if he has to loose his freedom. Ricks development throughout the film shows that he wasn't the cynical person who everyone though he was, he will never turn back to the lover that he was in Paris but it is a good start for him. Ricks previous history was with Llsa Lund, she was the love of his ...