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34 Sneaky Ways Hollywood Tricks You Into Having a Good Time

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Those dirty rotten scoundrels. They’re spending millions of dollars to tap into your brain, and play you like a fiddle, leaving you all emotional and introspective. All so you’ll keep coming back to the movie theater. It’s the perfect crime.

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The events of MEM ENTO play out in reverse order to make sure the audience only understands as much as Leonard. Director Christopher Nolan said the most interesting approach to his concept by far was to tell the story from the first person point of view, putting the audience or reader right into the mind of the protagonist. Summy Jarkis CRACKED COM — Source

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Wonder Woman uses color not only to make the viewer perceive a difference between the Amazons' island paradise and the corrupted men's world... But also to distinguish the film from the rest of the DCEU. GRACKED.COM — Source

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In a lot of American movies the villains CRACKED.COM have a British accent. Experts attribute this to the accent being associated to low morals. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Smothur The camera is always physically connected to Mother so you always know she is who matters. There are three kinds of shots in the movie - Mother's POV, shots of Mother, and shots from over-the-shoulder. The camera was tethered to her the entire run time of the film, keeping us always with her. — Source

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Napoleon Dynamite

Napoleon Dynamite Most of the scenes in this film are shot with a static camera so that every little awkward movement of the characters will be more noticeable to the audience. THIS WELL FRIDAY e CRACKED.COM eston eaR — Source

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CRACKED.COM IN THE FIRST ED BY SEASON OF DAREDEVIL, WILSON FISK'S SUITS BECOME PROGRESSIVELY LIGHTER. This represents the character's creeping transformation into the KINGPIN. — Source

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The Shining and The Exorcist use the sounds of distressed animals to make the audience nervous. Humans are programmed by evolution to hear the sound of distressed animals as a warning for impending danger. By using such a sound in the audio mix, the movies make their audience subconsciously feel uneasy. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In The Iron Giant, the Giant is CGI (painted to look 2D) while everything else is hand-drawn. This makes you feel like the Giant is far bigger and more alien than everything else, for reasons you couldn't consciously explain (...until now.) CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED COM SPIDER-MAN INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Miles isn't falling through the frame. He's rising. -Into the Spider-verse screenplay The iconic leap of faith shot is upside-down so that the audience feels like Miles is rising up to the challenge, not losing control. — Source

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The Shawshank Redemption

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTON Scenes that take place in the prison are shot in shades of gray and in tight spaces to make viewers feel isolation and despair. As the characters progress towards freedom, things become more colorful and less claustrophobic. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream starts off using wide shots, but as the film progresses the shots get tighter and tighter. This was a technique Darren Aronofsky used in order to get the audience to feel what the characters were experiencing. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Erin Brockovich

Erin CRACKED.COM Brockovich The costume designer ensured that all the supporting actors wore drab, earthy colors so Julia Roberts and her flashy outfits would stand out more to the audience. — Source

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The Shining

CRACKED.COM STANLEY KUBRICK'S THE SHiNiNG uses an interesting technique to make the viewer feel uneasy. The layout of the hotel makes по freakin' sense Most viewers don't tend to figure out exact floor-plans while watching a movie, but subconsciously they will start to feel disoriented and like they are in a dream (or, in The Shining's case, nightmare) — Source

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The Kuleshov Effect The Godfather (1972) The Kuleshov Effect is a method where filmmakers use the same face shot of a character and pair it with different images to make viewers interpret the character's emotions differently, even as the facial expression remains the same. CRACKED.COM — Source

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COLOR IS SOMETIMES USED TO SET STORY STRANDS APART AND GIVE EACH OF THEM A DISTINCTIVE FEEL. IN PAN'S LABYRINTH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FANTASY SCENES ARE SHOT IN WARM CRIMSON AND AMBER HUES, TO CREATE WHAT DEL TORO REFERRED TO AS A WOMBLIKE ENVIRONMENT. CONTRAST THIS WITH THE COLD BLUE AND GREEN COLORS THAT UNDERSCORE THE HARSHNESS OF THE SCENES SET IN THE REALITY OF FASCIST SPAIN. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM - - - 24 fps is the standard frames per second used in film industry. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest(2006) 24 fps provides the right amount of motion blur our brains consider as natural and lifelike. — Source

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Movie Soundtracks

CRACKED.COM JAWS ALFREI The soundtrack enhances emotions by HITCHCORE'S PSYCHO using major or minor keys. As music in a major key is judged as happy while minor key music is heard as sad, thrillers and horror movies use minor keys and dissonances. Transposing somber themes from minor 451 to major key makes them appear light and joyful, while transposing uplifting themes from major to minor key makes them feel creepy. CHARIOTS of FIRE THE X FILES — Source

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INFRASOUND IS AN EXTREME BASS SOUND WITH A FREQUENCY LOWER THAN 20HZ, MAKING IT LARGELY INAUDIBLE TO HUMANS. WHY THEN DOES IT CONTINUE TO SHOW UP IN HORROR MOVIE SCORES? BECAUSE IT SCARES THE SHIT OUT OF US TESTS HAVE SHOWN THAT LISTENING TO INFRASOUND CAN CAUSE EXTREME SORROW, DREAD, AND SHIVERS IN HUMANS, POSSIBLY BECAUSE THE SOUND IS THE SAME FREQUENCY AS A TIGER ROAR OR A VOLCANO... OR MAYBE BECAUSE ITS ALSO POWERFUL ENOUGH TO VIBRATE OUR INTERNAL ORGANS! CRACKED.COM — Source

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Subtle Movie Moments

We tend to associate movement to the right as being positive, the natural thing to do. PROGRESS LORDRERINGS - Therefore, movies will often introduce the good guy from the left side of the screen moving to the right, and the STRANGERS reverse for the bad guy. ON A TRAIN GOOD BAD You might not have noticed, but your brain did. GRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM GAME OF THRONES HOUSE OF CARDS FILMMAKERS CAN IMPART AN INSTANT SENSE OF MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE TO THEIR CHARACTERS BY SHOOTING THEM IN LOW LIGHT, AND DESATURATING THE FILM THE GODFATHER DURING PROCESSING* GONE GIRL THIS GIVES THE CHARACTERS AN OMINOUS LOOK, AND WHEN THE VIEWERS CAN'T SEE CLEARLY IT HEIGHTENS THEIR TENSION- IT WORKS GREAT FOR GRITTY THRILLERS- — Source

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Several films have used subliminal messages that appear too quickly for people to conciously see, but long enough to influence the audience These include: The Exorcist showing spooky ghosts Sunshine showing pictures of the crew members And Cloverfield showing stills from other movies such as Them! and King Kong CRACKED.COM — Source

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Stare at a green dot, then close your eyes and you'll see a red spot. Right? Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake uses with the opening physical with your head- subtly نزيزة is streaked a rich this to screw blood red. This same concept can be used to make viewers GRACKED.COM see any other color simply by displaying the complimentary (opposite) color... — Source

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Low Angle Shots

Steven Spielberg shoots some of his movie scenes from a low angle in order to make the audience relate to the child characters. These low-angle shots emulate a child's natural eye-line, so the audience will see what a child sees. Schindler's List (1993) E.T. (1982) CRACKED.COM — Source

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GRACKED COM Reservoir Dogs A low-angle shot makes characters look powerful and domineering. It can be used to show them as heroic... ...or menacing. The Dark Knight — Source

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CRACKED.COM INSIDEOUT UP Films tend to use a sound shift into a slow minor key as means for you to cry during sad scenes. That's why most films start out with little to no music before the minor key kicks in-because the silence acts as build-up. The point at which the music begins acts as a trigger, and is normally where the tears start rolling down your face. For example - in the film The Notebook, the music becomes noticeably louder when he lies down on the bed with her, and then climaxes when they are discovered dead the next morning. THE — Source

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GRACKED.COM THE BAD GUY WILL SOMETIMES BRONSON LOOK STRAIGHT AT THE CAMERA AS IF HE'S STARING INTO YOUR SOUL. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS THIS'LL MAKE DJANGO UNCHAINED YOU FEEL UNEASY BECAUSE THE VILLAIN IS TALKING TO YOU. PSYCHO — Source

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To encourage the viewer to see a woman as particularly beautiful or fragile, TV shows like to use soft focus filters. One of the most blatant uses of this technique is in the Star Trek original series' episode Mudd's Women. When the women are under the influence of the Venus beauty drug they are shot in soft focus, and for the scenes when the effect wears off, the filter is removed. CRACKED.COM — Source

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High angle shots are used in films to make a character look vulnerable and less powerful. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) The Avengers (2012) Matilda (1996) CRACKED.COM — Source

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Aspect Ratio is a subtle, but powerful tool for filmmakers Directors can influence audiences by using different aspect ratlos. Often viewers aren't even aware of being manipulated. Different ratios have different effects; 500 Days of Summer for example: 1:1 Ratio resembles old photographs, evoking a sense of the past. It also adds depth to a scene. 1:1 Ratio The Wizard of Oz 4:3 Ratio was the very first aspect ratio (that's why it's called the Academy Ratio); modern directors often use it in period pieces to help bring that time frame to subconscious 4:3 Ratio mind. Napoleon Dynamite 16:9 Ratio — Source

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DEEP SPACE, ALSO CALLED DEEP STAGING, IS A TECHNIQUE WHERE THE DEPTH OF FIELD ON THE SCREEN IS USED TO CONVEY THE MAGNITUDE OF A CHARACTER'S GIVEN SITUATION. IN THIS EXAMPLE FROM CITIZEN KANE, THE MAIN CHARACTER IS DWARFED BY HIS LOSS, BUT AS HIS SITUATION IMPROVES НЕ MOVES CLOSER, AND THUS HIS SENSE OF POWER IS RESTORED. CRACKED COM — Source

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snatch CRACKED.COM The Godfather THE SHiNiNG The slow-zoom builds drama, tension and suspense by slowly turning a mid-shot into a close-up — Source

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Directors, especially in confusing action sequences, CRACKED.COM keep track of where you are looking on screen, and direct your sight to where the most '2001: Space Odissey (1968) important information is so that you can follow what is happening in front of you with ease 'Mad Max Fury Road' (2015) 1. From left to the center 2.From the center back to the left 3. Quick cut in which Furiosa takes a shot, 4. Dead biker on the left on the left where you were already looking This is what is known as EYE-TRACE — Source

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