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    Steven Spielberg is one of the most famous and successful film directors. Some key aspects of his career and filmmaking style include: - He was born in 1946 and studied filmmaking at Cal State Long Beach before getting an internship at Universal Studios. His first major film was 1974's The Sugarland Express. - Some common tropes in his films include portraying parental abandonment, using streams of light in interior scenes, shots of characters with awestruck faces, and shooting scenes through glass. - The most famous film composer, John Williams, has scored all of Spielberg's films, and his music is a key part of conveying the emotion of Spielberg's stories.

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    Steven Spielberg is one of the most famous and successful film directors. Some key aspects of his career and filmmaking style include: - He was born in 1946 and studied filmmaking at Cal State Long Beach before getting an internship at Universal Studios. His first major film was 1974's The Sugarland Express. - Some common tropes in his films include portraying parental abandonment, using streams of light in interior scenes, shots of characters with awestruck faces, and shooting scenes through glass. - The most famous film composer, John Williams, has scored all of Spielberg's films, and his music is a key part of conveying the emotion of Spielberg's stories.

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    Hook
    Released in 1991
    Biographical Information for Steven Spielberg
    Date of birth: December 18, 1946

    Film school and/or background in filmmaking: Cal State Long Beach/Unpaid internship at
    Universal Studios in the editing department.

    First film: The Sugarland Express (1974)

    Awards won: Academy Awards (3 times), Academy Award for Best Director (2 times), British
    Academy Film Awards (2 times), Emmy Awards (12 times), Golden Globe Awards (7 times)
    Spielberg’s Tropes
    Parent abandonment: Affected by his parent’s divorce, Spielberg often portrays parenthood as
    something to be feared, avoided and to run away from.

    Streams of light: Spielberg’s films have become increasingly full of interior scenes characterized by
    their backlit windows, with streams of light that pour in and leave the characters in silhouette

    Awestruck faces: Spielberg relies heavily on shots of faces, agape, looking upward or off screen to
    telegraph the wonder or fear that the viewer should hypothetically be experiencing.

    Shooting scenes through glass: A character sees something through a window, windshield or other
    piece of glass. The camera sits on the opposite side so that we see what they are seeing as well as
    the expression on their face as they see it, without a need for a cutaway shot.

    The music of John Williams:The most famous film composer of our day, Williams has worked with
    Spielberg on every one of his films.
    Well-Known Steven Spielberg Films
    ● Close Encounters of the Third King (1977)
    ● Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    ● Minority Report (2002)
    ● Catch Me If You Can (2002)
    ● E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
    ● Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
    ● Jurassic Park (1993)
    ● Schindler's List (1993)
    ● Jaws(1975)
    ● Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
    TROPE: Parent Abandonment

    EXPLAIN how parent abandonment plays into


    the story for the film you’re analyzing
    TROPE: Parent Abandonment

    EXPLAIN how parent abandonment plays into


    the story for the film you’re analyzing

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    TROPE: Streams of Light

    Explain how streams of light are illustrated in


    the film you chose and how that light impacts
    the story.
    TROPE: Streams of Light

    Explain how streams of light are illustrated in


    the film you chose and how that light impacts
    the story.
    TROPE: Awestruck Faces

    Find an example or two of awestruck faces


    from the film you selected and explain how
    those shots/scenes impact the film. What
    purpose do they serve?
    TROPE: Awestruck Faces

    Find an example or two of awestruck faces


    from the film you selected and explain how
    those shots/scenes impact the film. What
    purpose do they serve?
    TROPE: Shooting Through Glass

    Find an example or two of the above trope. How


    does Spielberg use glass and why does he
    choose to shoot through the class in those
    particular scenes? What impact do those shots
    have on the film?
    TROPE: Shooting Through Glass

    Find an example or two of the above trope. How


    does Spielberg use glass and why does he
    choose to shoot through the class in those
    particular scenes? What impact do those shots
    have on the film?

    Add a graphic to illustrate


    TROPE: The Music of John Williams

    How does the movie’s score represent the story


    that’s being told? How does it make you feel?
    Why is that music being used?

    Insert a graphic that illustrates


    Why Steven Spielberg choose to work with John Williams?

    How does the movie’s score represent the story that’s being told? How does it make you feel? Why is
    that music being used?

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