Essays about: "Joshua Oppenheimer"

Found 1 essay containing the words Joshua Oppenheimer.

  1. 1. “A Documentary of the Imagination” The Use of Reenactments in The Act of Killing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Ana Paula Perez Cordova; [2015]
    Keywords : sound and mise-en-scène; editing; Reenactment; documentary; film; The Act of Killing; Joshua Oppenheimer; cinematography; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis will provide a formal analysis of Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary The Act of Killing (2012), by analyzing the different stylistic techniques used in the reenactments such as the cinematography, editing, sound and mise-en-scène, and by analyzing the ways in which these documentary techniques affected the film and the people who committed the crimes. This research also reflects the way in which reviewers all over the world have related to and received this film. READ MORE