Forever Young (2016) Italian Comedy and Money Ball Movie (Research Paper Sample)

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Forever Young (2016) Italian Comedy
Introduction
There is nobody with a dream nowadays; everybody is keen on seeking the lost youthful days. If one is young, one is considered and while out if one is old. The film forever young captures the stories of a group of great friends who consider themselves to be forever young. Franco, a professional lawyer, aged seventy years is a member of this group and has always had a glow of marathon running in the entire part of his life. The life of Franco changes when he becomes a grandfather since this is when he exclusively realizes that his body is no longer indestructible as he was always convinced. Angela is a character featured in this film which is a member of the group forever young who has great expertise in beauty. Angela gets into an affair with Luca aged 20 years. Diego, a DJ in a radio station, faces stiff competition of Giorgio, a younger rival aged 50 years who is in a relationship with a very young girl and in addition to this, he cheats on her with a woman who they are in the same age brackets (Marcos 46).
Cinematography
The cinematography is defined as the science that has its great focus on the technology of motion picture photography which is achieved electronically by the use of image sensors or chemically by using a film stock light sensitive material. In this aspect, a lens is used to focus light reflected from tangible objects into real images repeatedly; that are formed on the surfaced inside part of the camera during the time of exposure and in return producing simultaneous images. Playing back of the images produced at a rapid speed during this process creates an illusion of motion when projected on a screen. Great usage of video technology in the film continually gives a prevailing impression of the events recorded at different times in the lives of the characters featured. The recorded events in the life of Franco who later is presented as a grandfather, blend out so well and they turn out to be captivating real events.
Sound technique
The Italian comedy uses a lot of sound techniques in the various sections of the clip such as direct sound where the sound is captured directly from the source. This technique is captured throughout the film as the characters featured engage with the act of addressing the others. Contrapuntal Sound is another sound technique that has great application in the film. In this technique, the image or the person producing the sound either through the mode of talking or sign language does not say the same thing as the image. This technique is captured in the character Diego (Lillo), a trending and energetic swaggering middle-aged radio DJ. Whenever he wakes up every morning, he breaks into singing that “We are young, we run free” which not the case since he is not a youth yet the message he gives out portrays some youthful person who got the energy to run free.
Relevance of film techniques to content presented
In this section, cinematography and sound techniques tools of delivering the intended information to the audience have been used exclusively been discussed with incorporation of relevant examples from various scenes in the film. In this research carried out in this film, it is evident enough through the wide usage of symmetrical and promotional images in the whole film that the cinematography technology and sound technique has been used to reveal the erudite global issue on age.
Money Ball movie
Introduction
Money ball is an American sports drama that directed by Bennet Miller from a screenplay that is highly rated regarding the views made with an average rate of 8/10. The movie centers the characters of Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) who after becoming a baseball player moves over to the managerial position of the athletics club. Brad Pitt is driven by hatred of losing. During his previous seasons at the club, he had managed to successfully take the A’s to the World Series where they lost their matches, which resulted in seeing him watch as the top three key players of the Athletics become sign up away from the richer teams that offered big salaries. From the review of the movie, what happens is an intense reveal of the movie being more of a business than a sporting activity (Shughart 550-552). The plot of the play is straightforward revealing various traits of the characters featured in the play (Casey, Brad Pitt Michael Lewis, Philip Seymour Hoffman) among others. Clearly, there is a lot to tell about these characters that the movie is to tell about their attributes. Money ball movie is not a traditional sport though its main stage takes place in the stadium and the stands in the field. The director chose this in order to reveal crucial moments in the play.
Cinematography
Electronic use of image sensors and chemically by using a film stock light-sensitive material has been greatly used in this American drama to stage the happenings in the Baseball movie, and this helped the scenes come out presumably clear. Baseball movies are famously challenged when it comes to capturing the scenes on the stands, fields and in the stadiums. Cinematography has been greatly used to create moments that have great intimacy especially in the spaces and venues with the huge public. The technique continually reveals that the money ball movie is not about all the traditional movie activity of going into the field, but this happens for it is well chosen to provide a platform that offers crucial moments. The presence of the game is just representing a crucial brainy conv...