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Silent films were a big entertainment staple in the era. the films were silent because they didn't have the technology to sync the sounds of people talking to the video. also, during the time of the depression movies provided an escape from the terrible world on the outside. for only a dollar or two a person could have an entire night of entertainment. the movie //Modern Times// shows the life some people had to live. many people lost their jobs and their homes. eventhough the movie was made in 1936 it still relates with today's time and the way the economy is many people have lost their jobs.




 * Vertigo || 1958 || Alfred Hitchcock || [[image:111.jpg width="116" height="159"]] ||  ||   ||
 * To Kill A Mockingbird || 1962 || Robert Mulligan || [[image:222.jpg width="124" height="139"]] ||  ||   ||
 * King Kong || 1933 || Merian C. Cooper || [[image:333.jpg width="132" height="162"]] ||  ||   ||
 * Rocky || 1976 || John Avildsen || [[image:444.jpg width="147" height="165"]] || pg ||  ||
 * Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid || 1969 || George Roy Hill || [[image:555.jpg width="150" height="198"]] || pg ||  ||
 * Sixth Sense || 1999 || M. Night Shyamalan || [[image:666.jpg width="139" height="174"]] || rated pg-13 ||  ||

Bookends: Using the same shot to open and end a movie.  Lightning mix: linking sexual and political conquest  Symbolism: multiple symbols representing differentiated terms in a system which Conveys meaning.  Chiaroscuro: Contrast between light and dark  Wipe: moving between scenes  Montage:  technique in film editing in which a series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time.  MacGuffin: a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot.  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Forced Perspective: is a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Dissolve: moving between scenes in a movie. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Deep focus: all planes of view are in focus. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Film within a film: having a small film within the big film. I.e. the news on the march part. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Subjective camera: “Curious Camera” camera wants to explore. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Narrative structure: the content of the story and the way it is told <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Censorship: saying what you can’t and can show and say. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">