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Jules et Jim by Francois Truffaut- Film Analysis

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Jules et Jim by Francois Truffaut- Film Analysis  Krutika Shinde Jules et Jim is a french new wave film that was released in 1962. It is a film based on a love triangle. Jules and Jim are best friends but they love the same women which is Catherine. The theme of this film is love and friendship.  Both Jules and Jim are made out of great personalities, they do all the activities together which can be going to the bars or going to the gym and much more. Catherine on the other side is a very free spirit character, and entering into the lives of Jim and Jules, she made them feel more alive. Jim and Jules had a goal to marry a woman and then settle down but they fall in love with the same woman which is Catherine which made them feel alive because finally their life was filled with love and hopes.  She cheats in a race just to win it which gives her happiness. The fun fact is that before Catherine meets Jim and Jules once, they saw a beautiful greek statue with different angles which later

Moonrise kingdom by Wes Anderson- Film Analysis

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Moonrise Kingdom by Wes Anderson- Film Analysis Krutika Shinde This film feels like a warm painting to me with beautiful colors like humor and love. It's simple and yet so beautiful. It's about two 12-year-olds kids falling in love with each other. What would 12-year-old kids do? The world around them vanishes when it comes to love. The characters Sam and Suzy ran away together in the wilderness due to their past personal traumas on a very peaceful island. The khaki scout leader along with Suzy's parents and with various authorities tries to hunt them down. It makes a peaceful place upside down.  The first thing that I noticed about this film was that it had wide angles, medium close-ups, and dissolve edits. It was a bright film that felt sunny and it had colors based on grass and on a khaki uniform like green, yellow and bright brown. This movie was literally nature itself.  The music behind the background added more value to the scenes. The details were so focused in this

Introduction to film studies- Notes

Introduction to film studies - Notes Krutika Shinde Films started in the 19th century. It had been a dynamic medium. It has been a dynamic medium. Cinema is an opportunity for thought. Commercial narrative cinema is the most dominant as it tells stories in a specific chain. There are two types of cinema: Narrative and non-narrative cinema.  Most films come from Hollywood but the largest film industry s not just the United States of America, India is also one of the largest film industries in the world. It produces 800-900 films per year, mainly Hindi. These productions include huge stars and musical numbers which emerge from Bollywood.  Movements such as Italian neolism were made into narrative films. Cinema associated with national liberation, feminist cinema, and queer cinema, all depend upon the use of non-professional actors to explore everyday life and into the lives of people who exist in these social and political movements. Studying film is to assume various aspects and to expe