Movies that grab your attention

What makes a movie become an award-winning movie requires a lot of attention to detail. How your characters are dressed, the script-writing, the tone in the voices of your actors, to the environment they are filmed in. Every piece of the movie-making process is integral to having a high quality movie. The film needs to grab my attention, and hold onto it for the duration of the movie. Being immersed in another world separate of your own for the next 1-2 hours, and keeping the audience within the director's grasp, is like an MC at a hip hop concert controlling the crowd with their music.

The two silent films being viewed "A Trip to the Moon" and "The Great Train Robbery" had different sets built in order to further immerse the audience. Watching The Great Train Robbery, during the shooting sequence, you can see puffs of smoke coming from the pistol. For example, if at that instance the weapon being used were brightly colored, and did not use puffs of smoke coming from the gun, would that not break the immersion? Both films had different sets, and sometimes costumes when the scene changed because the director is trying to tell his version of the story to the audience.

The two films I have selected that further proves my point are "The Dark Knight" and "The Shawshank Redemption." Like I said earlier, the movies need to get the audience immersed, and for the duration of the movie, that audience member needs to be taken to another world separate of their own. The Shawshank Redemption was released in 1994, and was based in the year 1947. Do you think the movie can still win as many awards as it did, if they didn't wear the prisoners uniform from 1947? What if Tim Robbins (Andy Dufresne) and Morgan Freeman (Red) wore tie-dyes? The setting and theme of the movie wouldn't be the same.



















The images of two different Jokers show two completely different acting styles to the character. Although I never did read any comic books growing up, but watching the 1989 Batman film, Jack Nicholson's portrayal of the Joker was a bit more comedic than Heath Ledger. Heath Ledger painted the Joker in a more sadistic tone, with raggedy clothes and a rushed-makeup, it job adds to his character, making the Joker seem more believable of his intent on burning the world, than caring about the way he dresses.