there will be blood

Rating: 6/10 (25 April 2011)

Assignment 5-4 Film Appreciation Akofa Sikpe. Professor Omar Olamari 40-25-11
The theme of the movie "There will be blood" story is about greed. The movie "there will be blood" is loosely based on the Upton Sinclair novel, oil. This movie tells the story of a silver miner-turned-oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California's oil boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. "The movie there will be blood" is about ruthless charismatic oil prospector. He was driven to succeed by his extreme dislike of others and psychological need to see any and all competitors fail. The major Actor in the movie "There will be blood "was Paul Dano as faithful Eli Sunday and Dillon Freaser as Daniel Plainview. Daniel Plainview moves his operation to California and begins manipulating and exploiting the local landowners into selling him their property of oil-rich land for cheap price. Daniel Plainview also used his young adopted son H.W. to project the image of a caring family man. He gains the cooperation of almost all the locals with lofty promises to build schools and cultivate the land to make their community thrive. Daniel Plainview is an oil man. He spends his days harvesting the money from discovered oil. Dillon Freaser did a very good job with this movie. He was very into his character and was also very natural. One of the interesting parts in this story is the challenge Daniel Plainview faces embarking on his latest oil prospect. Dillon fraeser transforms into a character that simply dominates the film from beginning to end. I think this movie was an absolute masterpiece. The movie "There will be blood" shows me just how involving character acting can be. I believe this movie was made for those of us who appreciate a good artistic approach to movie making. Daniel Plainview and Paul Dano were Phenomenal in this movie. For the lighting in this film the director was able and did a good job on controlling the source and the direction of lighting for the purpose of expanding the limits of the film and it flat lighting serves to minimize the sense of depth. For example when the man was digging the hole in the movie the lighting was very clear and natural I felt like I was presence. Also they did very well in employing different camera angles to add variety and to create the sense visual between the shot. The camera angle in this film was able to communicate special kinds of emotional attitudes and dramatic information.