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iView Author: Ratnakar Sadasyula (Bhubaneshwar, India)

Email: ratnakar.techie [at] gmail [dot] com

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Opening Scenes in Movies
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When the lights get switched off, the hall goes dark, and the curtain rises, its time for you to sit back and enjoy the movie. As a kid, i remembering watching Where Eagles Dare, on the big screen for the first time, and then the thunderous music in background, as the aeroplane flies over the Alps, and the credits flash on the screen. Or the gun shots and images, that make up the memorable opening of The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, to the accompaniment of Ennio Morricone’s score. Over the years there have been opening scenes, that have defined the movie and have proved to be a part of movie lore …

iView Author: Shashank Walia
(Delhi, India)
EMAIL: shashankwalia [at] live [dot]com

Sergio Leone – Master of technique,treatment and style
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Well I still remember the day I saw The good,the bad and the ugly – fourth film of the great Sergio Leone. The film had a huge impact on me with its dynamic cinematography by Tonino Delli Colli ,crisp and fast editing by Eugenio Alabiso and Nino Baragli, reallife locales, quality character development, brilliant background scorecomposed by Ennio Morricone,spectacular direction and screenplay by Sergio Leone.

Sergio Leone is often misunderstood by various film critics and film students as a stylish filmmaker but in real sense his techniques and aesthetical sense were as brilliant as his style. His first two …