... to me makes the inside seem warm and safe, while the outside, with its quieter atmosphere and harsh footsteps seems more dangerous and cold. This continues for the rest of the scene. We hear shunting mechanical noises from the oil ...

... audience with the awful truth of war. 'Saving Private Ryan' belongs to the War Film genre, yet seems to brake the traditional conventions of the typical war film, this is mainly due to the fact that it is clearly not there ...

... describes the style as being 'like a news real camera following soldiers into war'. This style of camera work along with other effects and styles contributes to make the film contrast totally with the traditional conventions of the war film ...

... place on the 6th of June 1944. As the film starts there is a close up on the American flag, patriotic music playing in the background instantly indicates that the film is related to war. As the flag gradually fades away, ...

... This film portrays realism as we witness scenes of death the way it was, actual weaponry used and the setting in Normandy where the war really did take place. The film is strongly brought together by the actors of the ...

... wanted this film to be realistic as possible we know this because he said ''the last thing I wanted to do in this picture was use the war simply as a springboard for action-adventure. I was looking for realism all ...

... to be Private James Ryan) has come with his family to visit the grave of the leader of a platoon (Captain John H Miller) that had brought him home from the battlefield after three of his brothers were killed in ...

... of the main characters which never really happens in the typical adventure war film. The deaths are very high detail, as you see soldiers lying on the floor with guts hanging out and soldiers getting limbs blown off, very close ...

... looking for realism all the time" and if you watch the film then you can see he obviously achieved. Before any actors appear on the screen with an America flag on it but the colour sucked out of it so ...

... in their psychopathic brother Arthur, who Stanley believes to be the chief culprit. If Charlie refuses the proposition, Stanley will hang Mikey on Christmas Day. The plot contains such characteristic features of the Western paradigm as the quest and the bounty-hunter ...

... and wait..." . This documentary style opening and narration help to give the spectator a sense of historical context to the events which will take place and allow them to suspend there disbelief and to enter into the diagetic construction ...

... hit it started off a whole new era of fairytale skit films. Films followed including; Ice age and Monsters Inc, where both main characters are friendly monsters. Firstly, the traditional fairytale factors: most classic fairytales start with the line: "Once ...

... faster and faster and some lightening. These features emphasise the gathering thunderstorm. This background runs throughout the opening credits. The music throughout the opening credits is a menacing rumble which emphasises the danger, power, force and something is going to ...

... by using harsh music or anything else that distracts you. After the credits it cuts to the first proper scene of the film, again there is no music which means the main focus is on the first character that is ...

... America. The 1930's is a great period to set this film in because it was a time of social upheaval, deprivation, lawlessness and the rebirth of the Klu Klux Klan who had most of their power in the southern states. ...

... Seeing that John Hughes is the producer and director also leaves us with the expectation that it is going to be a quality film. John Hughes is a well-known director responsible for films such as, "Home Alone" "weird Science" and ...

... and has a broken leg. On the cast surrounding his leg is an inscription that reads "here lie's the broken bones of "L. B. Jeffries" The camera moves through his apartment, there is a broken camera and various pictures hanging ...

... Eve in the woods the viewer isn't able to see the tree tops which I think is meant to represent that they are enclosed, the trees are also straight up, in this scene Roger Thornhill is told what is going ...

... in the false paradises and settings of illusion of this idyllic island town. Peter Weir, the director of the film, in showing us just how we react when characters, in this case Truman, fight to free themselves from prisons disguised ...

... that dissolve into each other. Long shots create isolation and in this shot Tom Cruise looks alone and isolated because of the camera angle. The impression this image gives us is that it's dangerous because he doesn't have a harness ...

... on the audience; it makes them wonder if this is mankind's destiny. The impression that we first acquire from this film is the initial shock we obtain from noticing the amount of pollution that has accumulated by 2050. The thick mist ...

... fast. The music then builds up and starts to get louder making the shark seem more threatening. The music on the beach and the people create a safe atmosphere. These two atmosphere contrast making a connection between the two atmosphere ...

... science, knowledge and even his "city hands". Spielberg does this to make us, the audience feel uncomfortable. Humour releases the tension created - often a device used before an attack as it lull's you in to a false sense of security, ...

... day, therefore the beaches will be full of people and there will be lots of activity in the water. Spielberg uses different camera techniques and shots as well as music to build up the tension. Music plays a big part, the 'shark ...

... Day and a public holiday in America that brings in a lot of money to all beaches. The chief of police, Brody, is the main character in this film, and it is up to him to do something about the ...