Scene Analysis: Play It Sam

“The Producers” is one of the most famous musicals in Broadway. Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan adapted the musical from the 1968 film of the same name. The musical is about two producers that oversell interest in a Broadway flop in order to become wealthy. The musical consist in play with in the musical. The producers, Max and Leo, choose the worst play ever written and the worst director. However, the play turns out to be successful and Max goes to jail and Leo escapes with the money to Rio. The two more important external event in the play are the event when Leo decides to help Max and the moment when the play becomes a success.

The movie I chose to do my scene analysis on is Do the Right Thing. The scene I chose in the movie is the scene of the 20 “D” Batteries. The scene of the 20 “D” Batteries reflects the movie and the scene because it betrays the ethnic and racial tensions between each race and the cross-cultural communication between them. Throughout the movie the filmmaker Spike Lee uses wide variety of angles but in this scene he uses high angle and low angle. The character Radio Raheem is walking down the sidewalk listening to “Fight the Power” by Public Enemy on his Boom box, the director Spike Lee uses a low angle to make Radio Raheem seem as if he is powerful. In contrast when Radio Raheem walks into the store we see the little Asian boy

Donnie Darko by director Richard Kelly is a thriller film that explores many aspects of social hierarchal tensions through the presentation of Donnie Darko’s life. The film consists of the his universe and a tangent universe; it shows how his social, family, and school interactions effects his role in society. From “Looking at Movies: An Introduction,” by Richard Barsam and Dave Monahan, film technique such as mise-en scene, cinematography and sound are used by Kelly in the lifeline sequence to dramatizes Donnie’s rebellion against inane ideals of the shallow authority figures at his school.

Jordan Peele’s uses sound to his complete advantage in his thriller Get Out. The film sound in Get Out creates the tone of the scenes, advances the plot, and develop the theme of racism.

The 2012 movie Argo is based off of a true event in 1979. During the Iranian Civil War, President Jimmy Carter gives the Iranian Shah refuge in the U.S. due to his illness. In retaliation, Iranian activists invade the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran and the staff are taken as hostages. This is famously known as the Iranian hostage crises. Although six of the staff members escape and are taken in by the Canadian Ambassador. Determined to rescue the six, Tony Mendez, who is our main character, from the CIA is brought in because of his expertise. After talking to his son one day while watching a science fiction program on TV, he comes up the idea to go into Iran, under the guise of Canadians

If you have not seen Dazed and Confused than you are really missing out. It is a great movie that relates from everything to High School to Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll. With an outstanding cast (from the past) it is a movie that everyone can relate to. Dazed and Confused reflects the lifestyle of kids that are entering high school for the first time, to seniors owning the school and being the "man" on compass. It portrays that freshman must watch their backs at all times and if you think you're as cool as the seniors, then you better watch out. There is a ritual that the seniors do to the freshman that have given so many people in reality a though of. With School being out for summer, in Dazed and Confused, it offers a great soundtrack from

The particular shot chosen from the film to analyse is the shot after Lisa Berndle (Joan Fontaine) rejected Lieutenant Leopold von Kaltnegger’s (John Good) proposal, and they walk towards Frau Berndle (Mady Christians), Herr Kastner (Howard Freeman) and Lieutenant Leopold’s uncle to break the news.

In the movie Get Out, directed by Jordan Peele, one peculiar scene takes place outside in the backyard of the Armitage’s house during a party, where the topic of tribalism is present. The party Chris Washington, Rose Armitage’s boyfriend, is attending takes place outside where it is spacious, bright, and accented by a rich forest surrounding the property, which provides a home to Rose’s family, and their ‘around-the-home-maids’, such as Logan, which is prevalent in this scene. The scene starts off by Chris going up to Logan and stating “good to see another brother ‘round here.” Once the two are about to engage in conversation, Logan’s wife Philomena, interrupts and lets Walter know other company is asking about him and that he needs to go chat with the other company. Before Logan leaves, Chris offers him a fist bump, but is surprised by Logan grabbing his fist instead of bumping it back, inferring that he is behaving as the other white folks surrounding him. Shortly after leaving, Logan then showcases himself to the white people. This scene represents partly what David Berreby’s article, “It Takes a Tribe”, was about: humans naturally group together stationed on common interests.

The tilting of the camera highlights the racial tension depicted in the scene while the loud blaring of the song “Fight The Power” plays on Radio Raheem’s boom box in the background. The medium long shot in the far off background, of Radio Raheem, Buggin’Out and Smiley with the camera panning back and forth, illustrates that the tension among the characters has finally reached its height. When Radio Raheem’s music again blares, Sal demands that they turn the radio down or leave the shop, but they refuse to do so. The men then proceed to yell at and threaten each other, thereby escalating the growing tension in the pizza shop.

Italian Neorealism was a movement of art, which strived to illustrate the normal lives of the ordinary, working class people in post war Rome, usually with the use of non-professional actors. As one of the best Italian Neorealist film, Bicycle Thieves showed an absolute depiction of the war’s impact on daily life and exposed a world in which sufferings, unkindness and corruption jeopardized the rationality of human beings and action of men (Schoonover). By utilizing a depressing and gloomy cinematography, De Sica implies the somber lives of the poor and their crisis in losing their self-identity and moral conscience as a result of parochial society that make a fetish of personal belongings as a mode of social acceptance. By examining the cinematography, ‘mise-en-scene’ and events in the film, the daily struggles of the working class in post war Rome can be seen through the crisis of masculinity, class struggle, ethical dilemma and a profoundly patriarchal society.

After Sam grabbed Cairo’s hand, the camera gave a more close shot to the half body of them, this emphasize the face and the action of Cairo and Sam which underline the strong of Sam and the weak of Cairo.

Over the summer I read the book Booked.I Am about to tell you about the deleted scene I think it should be in the story. Nick got a surgery because in the soccer game he got kicked in the appendix and on his knee cap. Then the docter said that he have to quit soccer so he have to quit soccer until his appendix and knee cap gets fixed. That made his team lose the soccer

The crowd within the club begin to sing and sing over the german’s anthem which demonstrates that the French were uniting together into harmony. The director uses most short shots and medium shots in order to include the faces and the majority of the people in the club facial expression as they sing. Each shot was gave the audience the ability to take in the emotions from everyone as they sing the French anthem with pride. Also, the director would zoom up on the women to give the audience the feeling of angelic, prideful moment as they were singing. They had a close-up on the woman as she screamed “vive la france” and tearing up from the moment; because it was a close up of her face, the audience took in her overwhelmed emotions and her pride she had in france.

Night Shyamalan uses specific camera angles to deceive the viewers. When Malcolm was shot, the camera is placed looking down on him. This is an old technique that signifies that Malcolm’s sprit is leaving and looking down on his body. Using camera techniques can strengthen ideas and meanings. When Cole and his mother are arguing about the bumblebee pendant, the camera pans across the table.

As Susan moves from her husband, she leans against a window and the camera is positioned to appear as though its outside the window, with the reflection of the landscape