my journey towards a BA in photography
Reflection on Seven Samurai, A Fistful of Dollars and Yojimbo, comparing the specific cinematic styles of the directors. The films of Japanese auteur director Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) came out of the aftermath of the Second World War; a time…
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Peter Walker – 514508 OCA Photography – Introduction to Film Culture Assignment 1 – Hero’s and Villains ‘re-made’. The has been an interesting exercise to watch five movies; three inspired by two of the others and a more interesting…
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Exercise 1.5 Where the magic happens Editing as the title of this exercise alludes to, is what brings a movie together; it stitches the individual shots within a scene together, as well as the stitching the scenes themselves together to…
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Exercise 1.4 Music maketh the movie? The score for Fistful of Dollars and its two equals are undoubted some of the of the most iconic music in cinema. They blend perfectly with the movies and drive the action without being…
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Exercise 1.3 Watching three films back to back, which essentially are the same story has been an interesting exercise I have written a full analysis on the films in separate posts which can be accessed by clicking on the movie…
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Yojimbo (1961) Dir: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada Summary A Ronin arrives in a small town in the grip of warring crime lords. Despite a warning to move on, he uses the fact that…
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