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       Cinematography, the art of visual storytelling through camera work, lighting, and composition, all play very vital roles in shaping the emotion and feel of a movie.     Today, I’m going to talk about cinematography and how it’s used and how I enjoyed the way they used cinematography in the movie In Children of Men(2006), directed by Alfonso Cuarón, In this film, they use cinematography to capture viewers in a dystopian future, where society is brought to an interesting problem. This blog will go through how I found cinematography in this film unique and very well thought out going through how they used natural lighting and handheld camera work to its long takes, helping the movie become the wonderful master peace it is.                       Starting with the first scene of the movie we notice a bleak, dystopian atmosphere that is better understood with the natural lighting and muted colors. In t...

Is Blackfish a film advocating for change, or is it manipulative propaganda? If you haven't heard of Blackfish the documentary is about SeaWorld and how Seaworld treated the orcas they had and how the trainers were not properly told about the danger they could be in with the orcas overall leading to a massive debate with SeaWorld and other news reporters. The big question is, Is Blackfish a form of propaganda or a genuine call for ethical reflection? Now what is propaganda and how do we know when something is trying to be propaganda well, for something to be considered propaganda it has to have a couple of things. Firstly we have to have an explicit bias, in an explicit bias, we are aware of the attitudes and beliefs we have towards others showing them in some sort of film picture or painting out loud. We also have to have a call to action to have it considered as propaganda for example with the military needed soldiers for the army we used the image of the guy pointing toward you...