The first part of this study will explore the development history of Computer-generated imagery as well as the Hollywood classical narrative to have a wider picture of narrative before and after the introduction of CGI and the influence this technology on Hollywood and filmmakers. The second section of the essay will concentrate on how CGI has changed the Hollywood classical narrative by looking at the role of CGI to narrative in scenes climax in enriching the value of narrative through the promotion of belief in fictional reality. ... Then, conclusion will be made by bringing together the cr...

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As the 1950's began, Westerns introduced new techniques of filmmaking both on location and in the editing room. ... "In theory, this meant that the songs and dances should serve to advance the narrative, but in practice it produces the unrealistic convention of a character's bursting into a song at the slightest dramatic provocation. ... Also with James Stewart's feelings of vertigo, Hitchcock portrays his visceral sense of ambivalence by using the track out and zoom forward technique whenever he confronts his fear. It's these techniques that he would also go to use in his ...

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Elsaesser describes the perception of a national cinema as "[ ] the presenting or projecting [of] an identity, a narrative image of an entire country."" 2) Quote This thesis focuses on the Australian National Cinema with an emphasis on the three decade-period between the year 1970 and 2000. 1.2 Australian National Cinema During the period 1970-2000 Australian National Cinema has moved through a rapid, multi-facetted transition, negotiating cleavages of ethnicity, gender, race, class and nation' 1) to give us a telling insight into how Australians view their country and them...

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