A teacher's desire to have a talented student, the obligations between a student and a master, and tensions in these relationships are central to the characters ' motives, conflicts between the characters, and the unfolding of the film's plot.

Most releases that contain the label " director's cut " or " extended edition " include minor changes and / or scene additions not seen in a film's theatrical release, but that do not tend to greatly affect or change the plot, story or overall product.

: The Director is responsible for overseeing the creative aspects of a film, including controlling the content and flow of the film's plot, directing the performances of Actors, organizing and selecting the locations in which the film will be shot, and managing technical details such as the positioning of cameras, the use of lighting, and the timing and content of the film's soundtrack.

8, which states in the film's plot synopsis, A spectacular duel is arranged on the summit of Mt.

The film's plot, involving Western villains from the future attempting to subjugate Japan, was also debated.

He acts as a sort of narrator but gives no narration relevant to the plot ; that job is reserved for the film's primary narrator, Timothy Farrell.

Marvin, who had selected Boorman himself for the director's slot, had a central role in the film's development, plot line, and staging.

The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate " production numbers ".

In the film's plot, the crew of the USS Enterprise-E travel from the 24th to 21st century to save their future after the cybernetic Borg conquered Earth by changing the timeline.

The film's central plot explores the theory of extraterrestrial beings having an influence upon human civilization.

In response to a letter from Paul Truswell, MP for the Pudsey constituency ( which includes Horsforth, a town proud of its connection with HMS Aubretia ), U. S. president Bill Clinton wrote assuring that the film's plot was only a work of fiction.

Eastwood has indicated that he lays out a film's plot to provide the audience with necessary details, but not " so much that it insults their intelligence.

The film's plot structure also bears similarity to Orson Welles's Citizen Kane ( 1941 ), particularly the opening scenes with Lawrence's death and the reporter inquiring notables at Lawrence's funeral.

The film's plot also resembles that of " The Man Who Sold the Moon ", which Heinlein wrote in 1949 but did not publish until 1951.

The film's plot originated from a novel written by Harbou for the sole purpose of being made into a film.

He was dismissive of the popular 1988 Bruce Willis action film Die Hard (" inappropriate and wrongheaded interruptions reveal the fragile nature of the plot "), while his positive review of 1997's Speed 2: Cruise Control (" Movies like this embrace goofiness with an almost sensual pleasure ") is the only one accounting for that film's 2 % approval rating on the Rotten Tomatoes critical website.

Eight songs from the original score were discarded as they were not considered to advance the film's plot.

The film's plot device of a stealth fighter linking to a civilian airliner had its roots in a F-117 field test, conducted by the famous Skunk Works.

This sentiment has been echoed by writer Todd McEwen, who called it " gorgeous ," and wrote a short story " Cary Grant's Suit " which recounts the film's plot from the viewpoint of the suit.

The film's plot involves a " MacGuffin ", a term popularized by Hitchcock: a physical object that everyone in the film is chasing but which has no deep relationship to the plot.

The film's plot revolves around two characters, Weyak and Pua.

After filming the film's opening sequences of the arrival in America, he reshot parts of the restaurant scene to be consistent with the new plot ( bringing Bergman back in a new role as an artist who resolves the subplot of Charlie being unable to pay for dinner ), and added the epilogue in which the Tramp and Purviance are married.

The film's setting proved to be a potential problem for Carpenter, who needed to create a decaying, semi-destroyed version of New York City on only a shoe-string budget.

Just as today, a film's success depended upon the setting, the mood, the script, the skills of the director, and the overall talent of the cast.

The score complements the film's American Civil War setting, containing the mournful ballad, " The Story of a Soldier ", which is sung by prisoners as Tuco is being tortured by Angel Eyes.

The majority of filming took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the film's setting.

In the 1999 Will Smith film, Wild Wild West, the joining ceremony is the setting of an assassination attempt on then U. S. President Ulysses S. Grant by the film's antagonist Dr. Miguelito Quixote Loveless.

The values which Laura precariously, but ultimately successfully, clings to were widely shared and respected ( if not always observed ) at the time of the film's original setting ( the status of a divorced woman, for example, remained sufficiently scandalous in the UK to cause Edward VIII to abdicate in 1936 ).

This film was also remade in 2005 by Jean-Francois Richet, starring Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Byrne, Maria Bello, Drea de Matteo, John Leguizamo, Brian Dennehy, and Ja Rule, moving the film's setting to Detroit.

He envisioned a three-dimensional cube world as the setting and adapted part of the film's plot, E. T.

The zip code of the town was used in the film The Shawshank Redemption as the zip code of the fictional town of Shawshank, Maine, the location of the prison that served as the film's main setting.

Jud also give a fictional account of a deadly arson that occurred there five years prior to the film's setting.

A principal character is named Jojo, an African American ( a minority at the time of the film's setting ) who was played by Martin Luther McCoy.

The main reason for the film's setting is the fact that the Coens were born and raised in St. Louis Park, a suburb of Minneapolis.

The filmmaker picked San Francisco as the film's setting because it was an ideal place for a poet like Charlie to live.

It is also the setting of a scene in John Boorman's film Catch Us If You Can when the film's hero, pop star Dave Clark, encounters a group of sinister beatniks in a deserted village used as target practice by the British Army.

The soundtrack includes songs that are contemporaneous with the film's setting, along with original music by Elliot Goldenthal.

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution enjoyed the film's cinematography and Depression-era setting, as well as the performances of Hanks and Newman.

Phoenix provided the setting for many scenes in Baltimore native John Waters ' 1972 cult classic film Pink Flamingos ; the film's chief character, Divine, lived there in a trailer, which was deliberately burned down approximately two-thirds of the way into the movie.

* In the 1999 fictional action adventure comedy film, Wild Wild West, the joining ceremony is the setting of an assassination attempt on then U. S. President Ulysses S. Grant by the film's antagonist Dr. Arliss Loveless.

Ishikawa suggested Yokota Air Base for the film's setting, referring to it as the " state of California within Japan ".

The film's setting, however, will be shifted to 1948 at a United States Air Force Base in Tokyo, shortly after the conclusion of World War II during the American occupation of Japan.

The movie, roughly 20 minutes in length, weaves Brokens four music videos together via a violent " snuff film " framing sequence, concluding with an otherwise unreleased video for the EP's final song " Gave Up ," setting the conclusion of the film's frame story to the song.

The exact location of the film's setting is unclear.

Lord Stamfordham, the king's secretary is portrayed as clean shaven with a full head of hair, whereas in fact, as photographs bore out, he was moustached and became increasingly bald over the years of the film's setting.

According to McKean, the film's setting was originally in London, but that had opted to film it in Brighton at producer Simon's suggestion.