In Time Movie Review

10 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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In Time starring Justin Timberlake as Will Salas, is what I believe to be an eye-catching action thriller with every right to be on your must watch list. Breaking onto the scene just as the occupy wall street movement began to gain traction on October 28th 2011. Director Andrew Nicoll, did a fantastic job in displaying what can happen to society when the rich become ...

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Writing a Movie Review

14 Aug 2017 01 Sep 2017

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Writing a movie review is a great way of expressing your opinion of a movie. The purpose of most movie reviews is to help readers in determining whether they want to watch, rent, or buy the movie. The review should give enough details about the movie that the reader could make an informed decision, without giving anyway any essentials such as the plot or any ...

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Blade Runner: A Post Modern Dystopia?

11 Aug 2017 29 Aug 2017

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Utopia's and Dystopia's 'To what extent can Blade Runner be considered to be a prime example of a post-modern dystopia?' What is Dystopia? First to define dystopia, you need to know what is utopia. In 1551 Thomas More published the first English description of a fiction based on the ideal society with economic stability and harmonious political system. More's Utopia was that of a society ...

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Alien (1979) and Prometheus (2012) Comparison

07 Aug 2017

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Introduction In this essay I will compare the visual effects of two movies - an older movie and It´s prequel. As a fan of sci-fi movies, for this writing I decided to compare Alien (1979) and its prequel Prometheus (2012). The Prometheus movie was nominated for an Academy award for visual effects in 2013 whereas Alien won an Academy award for visual effects in 1980. ...

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History and Comparison of American Musicals

07 Aug 2017

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Utopia is an ideal world state where everything which happens is perfect and there are no negative emotions like sadness, anger or jealousy to exist in it. The world is perfect and has every situation resolved in the most enjoyable manner possible. Consciously, or unconsciously, the human mind strives towards perfection to create an ideal world- a utopia for itself. But, in real life, this ...

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Aesthetics and Sound of Japanese Horror Films 1990s-2000

07 Aug 2017

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Analyse the aesthetics and sound of Japanese horror films from late 1990s to early 2000s World Cinema is typically used to refer to films of non-English speaking countries and has a representation to take the least amount of dominance in popularity compared to the works of Hollywood cinema. However, since the evalutiton of cinema My critical analysis will be viewing the television programme as a ...

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Compositional Analysis of Images

07 Aug 2017

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DRAWING ON KRESS AND VAN LEEUWEN'S CONCEPTS OF THE GIVEN AND THE NEW IN READING IMAGES: THE GRAMMAR OF VISUAL DESIGN (1996), PERFORM A COMPO­SITIONAL ANALYSIS OF ANY TWO OF THE GIVEN IMAGES. An Image is a tangible or visual representation of a person, a place or a thing. All images carry a meaning which can be understood differently by different people in different situations. ...

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Film Proposal Essay

28 Jul 2017

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FILM PROPOSAL CAMINO 'Camino' is a documentary about the life-changing journey to Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain. It is a 500-miles walk  and it usually takes between 30 and 40 days. Thousands of people are doing this trip because they are searching for the answers about themselves:  about their loves, jobs or  the meaning of their existence. The main character is a young ...

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Freud's Concept of the Unconscious - Hitchcock's Psycho

23 Mar 2015 20 Jul 2017

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Keywords: freud film analysis, film psychoanalysis In this essay I have analysed the famous Hitchcock film 'psycho' using Freud's concept of the unconscious. The bleak, monochrome film is made more effective by Bernard Herrmann's sparse, but driving, recognisable score, first played under the frantic credits. The criss-crossing patterns, like mirror-images, are correlated to the split, schizophrenic personality of a major protagonist. The initial usage of staccato chords ...

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Bowling For Columbine Essay

23 Mar 2015 20 Jul 2017

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Keywords: bowling for columbine analysis essay Throughout Bowling For Columbine an anti-political, critical and persuasive perspective is dominant. Bowling For Columbine is a documentary directed, written, produced and narrated by the controversial Michael Moore. The 2002 film aims to open the eyes of Americans and people worldwide to gun control. The movie is based on the shooting massacre that occurred at Columbine High School, where two students ...

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Juno Movie Analysis Essay

23 Mar 2015 20 Jul 2017

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Keywords: juno essay, juno movie review essay Females have been stereotyped, from the prefect wife to the maid.. Whatever the role, television, film and popular magazines are full of images of women and girls who are typically white, desperately thin, with flawless skin. However, female stereotypes continue to thrive in the media we consume every day. In 2007, director Jason Reitman, brought fourth into the world "A ...

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Rear Window Music Analysis

23 Mar 2015 20 Jul 2017

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Keywords: rear window music, rear window lisa song Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 - 29 April 1980), was one of the greatest English filmmakers and producers who not only pioneered many techniques in the psychological thriller genre but also employed more musical styles and techniques than any other directors in history. 'Rear Window' was his boldest experiment in popular music. Just like many of Hitchcock's ...

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Mao's Last Dancer Essay

23 Mar 2015 19 Jul 2017

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Keywords: moas last dancer essay Li Cunxin, is one of the best male ballet dancers in the world. He has shown great courage, ambition and determination throughout his entire life. He excelled in the gruelling ballet training at the Beijing Dance Academy, made his way to be one of the premier dancers with the Houston Ballet for 16 years before moving on to another career as a ...

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Harry Potter Movie Review

23 Mar 2015 18 Jul 2017

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Keywords: harry potter film review, harry potter film analysis The Harry Potter series has always been an attractive choice amongst a wide variety of viewers much with the book as with its film series. Each motion picture brings more adventure and excitement than the previous; audiences are eager to watch how Harry Potter and his friends grow up in each film. Harry Potter returns in his fifth ...

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Impact of Cartoons on Children Research

23 Mar 2015 14 Jul 2017

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Keywords: children and cartoons, cartoon effect children Cartoon or animated movie is a form which uses optical illusion and movements of consecutive performing of many still images. The first cartoon in the world was "Fantasmagorie" which was made by a France artist, Emile Cohl in 1908. Produced in over 100 years ago, this film had no sound and was called silent film. With white stroke on a ...

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History of Hollywood

23 Mar 2015 14 Jul 2017

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Keywords: hollywood essay, history of hollywood film industry Hollywood cinema is the most popular in the world. Hollywood has a significant influence on the cinema of other countries, it's no secret that it was Hollywood movies set in the fashion of many genres of film. They are decisive in the choice of subject, and in the selection of an ensemble of actors, and in creating the image of the ...

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The Lovely Bones Book vs Movie

23 Mar 2015 14 Jul 2017

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Keywords: lovely bones analysis, book to film comparison Alice Sebold's bestseller The Lovely Bones is another book that you don't quite know what to expect when you pick it up, but when you read it you get it very quickly. It affects you emotionally as a reader and makes it interesting. Mass market book publishing is, like movies, a calculated and repetitive business. Sebold came with something ...

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Coach Carter Review

23 Mar 2015 13 Jul 2017

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Keywords: coach carter essay, coach carter movie analysis Coach Carter is a 2005 film directed by Thomas Carter. It is based on a true story, after the Richmond High School basketball coach Ken Carter portrayed by (Samuel L. Jackson) made headlines in for benching his undefeated team the Richmond Oilers due to poor academic results. In this essay I will be explaining how the film Coach Carter ...

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Fight Club Analysis

23 Mar 2015 13 Jul 2017

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Keywords: fight club movie review, fight club summary Thesis Statement: An analysis of the movie Fight Club reveals the ambiguity of its themes about modern life, masculinity and nihilism. Ambiguity and Hope in David Fincher's Fight Club A decade after its release, David Fincher's cult classic Fight Club still invites strong discussion among critics, moviegoers and cultural pundits. Released in 1999, the film chronicles the story of ...

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Romeo And Juliet Scene Comparison

23 Mar 2015 13 Jul 2017

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Keywords: romeo and juliet film comparison The renowned William Shakespeare's play, "Romeo and Juliet" was directed into two movie versions; the traditional version of 1968 that was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and the modern version of 1996 that followed as directed by Baz Luhrman. Though both directors did their best in putting text into film, there were differences and similarities that cannot be ignored in this context. ...

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Impact of Movies on Society

23 Mar 2015 12 Jul 2017

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Keywords: influence of cinema on society, influence of movies This essay gives a brief history of how movies were developed in the first place. This not only gives a bit of experience of how the movies were developed, but also the purpose of making the movie itself. Many people begin to argue that movies are positive or negative to the society for various reasons. Nowadays, there are ...

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City of God Analysis

23 Mar 2015 12 Jul 2017

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Keywords: city of god essay, city of god movie The films studied for this essay - City of God (2002) and Favela Rising (2006) have taken favelas from the marginality of Brazilian society and transported them into the consciousness of the international public. Favelas have become a cultural icon of Rio de Janeiro, as famous as the postcard images of Copacabana beach and the statue of Christ ...

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Saving Private Ryan Analysis

23 Mar 2015 12 Jul 2017

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Keywords: saving private ryan review, saving private ryan summary Saving Private Ryan by Steven Spielberg. Introduction Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed 1998 war film Saving Private Ryan tells the story of the search for Private James Francis Ryan (Matt Damon), an American soldier missing in Normandy, France, during the Second World War. Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) receives orders to assemble a group of soldiers to find the fourth ...

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Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Film Techniques

23 Mar 2015 12 Jul 2017

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Keywords: crouching tiger hidden dragon analysis In this essay, I would like to talk about a film which is called Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It is a ancient Chinese martial art film, it is according to Chinese novelist Wang Du Lu's novels written by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" as the basis for further adaptation of films. After the release, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon create the highest box ...

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Moulin Rouge Analysis

23 Mar 2015 11 Jul 2017

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Keywords: moulin rouge film analysis Nowadays we live in democratic society and all members take action in shaping our culture. From all forms of mass communication, from all types of art the cinema occupies in society unique position. Many critics take the cinema to "hot" facilities of mass-media, i.e. to such, which fully seize spectator perception and compel a spectator to be identified with the heroes of ...

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House Of Flying Daggers Analysis

23 Mar 2015 10 Jul 2017

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Chinese film-director Zhang Yimou is member of the Fifth Generation. The Fifth Generation itself is famous for its cinematography, specifically for the use of visual images, unusual camera movement, vivid contrasts, unusual framing and montages. The films of Fifth Generation have their ways of telling stories and narration, which is mostly done through allegory. Zhang Yimou himself emphasizes visual imagery and metaphors to convey the messages of ...

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Alfred Hitchcock The Birds Analysis

23 Mar 2015 10 Jul 2017

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Keywords: the birds analysis, the birds suspense 'The Birds' was one of the most successful suspense films of its time and possibly all time. It is a superbly directed film by 'the master of suspense' Alfred Hitchcock in 1963. 'The Birds' was based on a novella by Daphne Du Maurier of the same name. I think this is an astounding, unbelievably, remarkable film because it does everything ...

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Genres of Films Topic

23 Mar 2015 06 Jul 2017

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Keywords: film genre essay, types of movies essay Film is an art. Just as the art itself, Film has a complex range of departments. Therefore, learning the classification of the film is definitely the first key for the learning of the film. The genre can also be called "type" or "kind", which is used in the film culture. For example, film production, the popular consumption, the reception ...

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Alfred Hitchcock Impact on Society

23 Mar 2015 05 Jul 2017

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Keywords: hitchcock impact, hitchcock film impact Whenever people desire to watch a movie, they have thousands, if not millions of options to choose from. The first movie dates back as far as the late 1800's and since then, movies have become one of the most popular forms of entertainment and art worldwide. This is all thanks to the people who create movies for a living, people known ...

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The Music of Star Wars

23 Mar 2015 05 Jul 2017

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The music of Star Wars has become a character of the films much as the characters of the films have become global icons. John Williams' contribution to the films (he composed for all six Star Wars films) is among the most widely-known and popular contributions to modern film music. When Williams set out to compose the music for the first film, Star Wars (later re-titled, Star Wars ...

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Do The Right Thing Essay

23 Mar 2015 04 Jul 2017

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Keywords: do the right thing analysis essay 'Do the right thing' is one of the best films made by Writer, Director, producer, and star Spike Lee in 1989, which explored the issue of biasness and discrimination of the African-American area of New York city called Brooklyn. This movie was nominated for 2 Oscars Awards and other and it won 11 other awards in that time. The movie ...

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Hollywood Dominance of the Movie Industry

23 Mar 2015 27 Jun 2017

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Keywords: hollywood dominance, hollywood small films There are many contributing factors to how Hollywood became such a dominant business. Most of these factors rely on the history of Hollywood and how the film companies that founded it adapted. Hollywood's dominance stared to grow in 1915. This was when the foundations were laid for studios such as: Paramount, Fox, Universal, MGM and Warners. These companies would form the ...

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Anthropomorphism in Disney Movies

23 Mar 2015 13 Jun 2017

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Keywords: anthropomorphism disney, anthropomorphism in film In the Disney world, not only can inanimate objects become alive, but life is expected of them. (Field, 1945:57). The depiction of animals and objects has played an important role in the world of Disney and is central to its oeuvre. The relationship with nature has become the source of inspiration, taking one back to the fantasies in which imagination and ...

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The Third Man Analysis

23 Mar 2015 13 Jun 2017

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According to the Internet Movie Database (imdb.com), 1949's The Third Man is the only non-American film to have made the American Film Institute's top 100 films of all time, and ranks number one in the British Film Institute's BFI 100, a similar list compiled in 1999. The Third Man was not only well-regarded decades after its release, but was a commercial and critical success in its own ...

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The Shining Film Analysis

23 Mar 2015 12 Jun 2017

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Keywords: the shining essay, shining film analysis The suspense, blood and gore made the film so intriguing; the audience was kept wondering throughout as to what would really happen next. The eerie hotel combined with music and sound effects played a major role in the film, giving it a sense of paranoia. Nicholson's portrayal of Jack Torrance was truly remarkable, showing us how easily a man can ...

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The Effect of Colours: Emotion and Symbolism of Colour

23 Mar 2015 08 Jun 2017

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Keywords: theory of colour, colour and emotion, effect of colour, colour in film Colour theory has been dated back to the 15th Century with the writings of Leone Battista Alberti and Leonardo da Vinci. From these early beginnings, colour theory has developed to cover painting, optics, psychology and many other disciplines, including film making. Colour and Emotion There has been research into colour, emotion and how they ...

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The Graduate Gilm Analysis

23 Mar 2015 07 Jun 2017

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Keywords: graduate film analysis, the graduate essay The phrase New Hollywood originally achieved extensive use to express a new wave of films and young film directors that emerged between the "mid-to-late 1960s to the mid-to-late 1970s"; a phenomenon more frequently regarded as the Hollywood Renaissance. Amongst these young directors included Mike Nichols whose massive box office hit The Graduate (1967), became one of the momentous, landmark films ...

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True Romance Sicilian Scene Analysis

23 Mar 2015 07 Jun 2017

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Keywords: true romace sicilian scene, the sicilian scene Barthes saw the importance of keeping vital information hidden from the viewer in order to keep them excited and interested in the narrative. After watching a mystery unfold, we are often left kicking ourselves when we realise the important clues that we missed out that would have given the answer away much earlier on in the narrative. Whether it ...

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Analysis on Postmodernist Shrek

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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Keywords: shrek analysis, shrek postmodernism, shrek postmodernist analysis Usually, in most of the traditional fairy tales, ogre is used to be the man-eating beast and the prince is used to rescue the princess and then live happily together ever after. However, in the season of the movie Shrek, especially Shrek I, the makers use decipherable devices to reverse this tradition and use three basic elements to show ...

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The Portrayal Of Female Characters In Films

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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Keywords: women in film, females in film, new age man film Films have long been used as a tool to portray human imaginations and ideas that are sometimes deemed impossible in reality. The characters in films have had a huge impact, with regard to gender stereotype, on audiences of all ages (Neuendorf et. al., 2010). Though there have been debates of how female characters are being portrayed ...

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Differences Between Documentary and Fiction Film

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Generally speaking there is a clear distinction between documentaries and fiction films and a viewer should be able to tell whether what he is watching is fiction or documentary. The clearest distinction between the two is their relationship with the reality; "a fiction film presents a story that is not based on reality, or at least not in the form it is represented; a documentary, however, tells ...

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Music in Titanic Analysis

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Keywords: titanic music, music titanic. celine dion titanic The movie "Titanic" is deemed as a romantic story fused by the love and the tragedy. The music employed in the film is to provide two rendering functions, one is to describe the love between Jack and Rose, and the other one is for the storyline. To achieve the goals above, two major themes of music created by the ...

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Music in Casablanca Analysis

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Keywords: max steiner casablanca, casablanca music analysis, casablanca music Casablanca is one of the classic love stories in American movie history. There are many ingredients are combined to make the successful film. One of main contributions that is the music of Casablanca and it should not be underrated. Max Steiner, one of the great Hollywood composers, drew upon the leitmotif and achieved many subtle effects of mood-painting ...

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The Patriot Movie - Historical Accuracy

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Keywords: the patriot accuracy, historical accuracy patriot The first thing I would say about the movie is that almost everyone watches the movie. People watch all types of movie including action movies, adventure movies, comedy movies, and many other categories, but when it comes to the history movies, people do not think if the story of the history movie is a truly based on our real history ...

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Comparative Film Analysis: Shutter Island and Insomnia

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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Keywords: comparative film analysis essay example, Shutter Island Insomnia. Movies such as "Shutter Island" and "Insomnia" both display attributes of neo-noir and classical noir films which contain a great deal of tension and suspense. The detectives in both films are determined to find clues and answers that uncover the truth. In their attempts to uncover the truth, both detectives experience hallucinations and flashbacks from their traumatic ...

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The Graduate - Cultural Significance

23 Mar 2015 02 Jun 2017

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Keywords: the graduate film analysis The Graduate is a 1960s American film based on the novel of the same name by Charles Webb. The film tells a story of a university graduate named Benjamin Braddock who did not have a clear idea about his future. The young man was seduced by an old woman, Mrs. Robinson, but he fell in love with her daughter Elaine in the ...

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Horror Films Special Effects and Cinematography

23 Mar 2015 31 May 2017

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From our child hood we have been imagining ghosts and seeing imaginary things that are almost improbable to exist to give us terrific fears and these fears come to haunt our dreams. Watching a horror movie gives us that old feeling of fear and makes us emotionally attached to the film. The horrific images from the movie with its special effects and sudden sounds would make many ...

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Wat is feit en fictie?

23 Mar 2015 31 May 2017

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Inleiding Wij kregen een voorlichting van ons profielwerkstuk, tijdens die voorlichting kwamen wij eigenlijk gelijk op het idee om ons werkstuk over de Zeven Wereldwonderen te gaan doen. Helaas kwamen wij er later achter dat dit onderwerp al was gekozen. We moesten dus een nieuw onderwerp gaan zoeken. Wij vonden het lastig om dit nieuwe onderwerp te verzinnen. We hebben veel op internet gezocht en aan andere ...

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500 Days of Summer Analysis | Reversing Gender Roles in Film

23 Mar 2015 31 May 2017

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Keywords: romcom gender roles, gender in film analysis Narrator: This is a story of boy meets girl...You should know up front, this is not a love story. (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb, 2009) as Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith, 1997), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michael Gondry, 2004) is another of these revelations full of originality which differs from the romantic comedy patterns. The film is ...

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African American Film Stereotypes

23 Mar 2015 30 May 2017

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Keywords: african american stereotypes in media, blaxploitation The black American actors have come along away within the movie industry in a myriad of perspectives. This is exemplified by the present huge number of black actors in Hollywood, the contemporary influential roles they play and even more essential; the modern view they present in relation to the stereotypical roles of the past century. A far cry from what ...

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Traditional Japan In Spirited Away

23 Mar 2015 30 May 2017

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Keywords: spirited away film analysis, spirited away japanese history, spirited away symbolism The protagonist of the film, Chihiro, has lived a pampered life in the city and is naive and unprepared for adulthood. Her parents are portrayed as greedy and irresponsible in the symbol of the "credit card wielding father turning into an overindulgent hog." (Broderick, 2003) The 'spirit world' that she unknowingly enters represents the Taisho ...

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Pop Music in Film

23 Mar 2015 26 May 2017

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Keywords: film pop music, film theory music, diegetic and non diegetic Music in film is one of those immensely involved but hugely underrated products. It comfortably sits in film going consciously unnoticed while it stimulates our subconscious, flowing freely through the narrative, to aid the emotional impact without overly changing the course of the film An indicator on how we should react in a film Music in ...

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Billy Elliot Film Summary

23 Mar 2015 26 May 2017

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Keywords: billy elliot plot, summary billy elliot, miners strike film The background of the film Billy Elliot was set in the context of the 1984 Miners Strike in England, where both Billy s father and older brother were miners participating in the strike. In the history of England, this was an important event for the governing party of England at that time, the Conservative Party led by ...

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Film Noir in The Maltese Falcon and Double Indemnity

23 Mar 2015 26 May 2017

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Keywords: maltese falcom film noir, double indemnity film noir Midterm Paper Film Noir Style in The Maltese Falcon and Double Indemnity What elements of a movie make up a film noir? According to many cinematographers, a film noir is a term used to describe Hollywood crime dramas, with emphasis on sex and violence. Never before in Hollywood had directors defied social norms to take a ...

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Presenting Reality In Documentaries

23 Mar 2015 25 May 2017

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Keywords: supersize me documentary, triumph of the will analysis The term 'documentary' stems from the verb 'to document' - to convey information on the basis of proof and evidence to support it, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. In the realm of films and cinema, a documentary is a film that is an attempt, in one fashion or another, to show reality as it really is. In this ...

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Asian/Asian Americans in Film and TV

23 Mar 2015 22 May 2017

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Even in today's society, minorities are being stereotyped. One minority that is largely stereotyped are Asians and Asian Americans. They are seen as immigrants, not as citizens, who hardly know any English. They portray every Asian American as if all are the same, and all are foreigners. They also think of them as rich, nerdy, yellow face, wealthy business man, intelligent, grocery/restaurant owners. Asian men and women ...

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Hoods by Angelia Betzien | Analysis

23 Mar 2015 22 May 2017

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'Hoods' is an Epic theatre play, written by Angelia Betzien, directed by Leticia Caceres and composed by Pete Goodwin which is about domestic abuse. The plot is about three children, Kyle, Jessie and baby Troy, left behind in the car by their mother, who desperately had to leave everything after the abuse she had from her husband. The current issue of domestic violence is expertly dealt with ...

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Mise-en-scene, Psycho | Analysis

08 Aug 2016 22 May 2017

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Mise-en-scene, psycho The mise-en-scene, a French term roughly translated as "what is put into the scene" (put before the camera), refers to all those properties of a cinematic image that exist independently of camera position, camera movement, and editing (although a viewer will see these different dimensions united in one image). Mise-en-scene includes lighting, costumes, sets, the quality of acting, and other shapes and characters in the ...

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Romeo And Juliet Movie Adaptations

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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Visualize guns firing, convertible cars speeding down the freeway and families (that are more like gangs) feuding. These two families loath each other's very existence. The very cause of the guns firing is the pure hatred built up inside of the members like a caged tiger eyeing its escape. The scene built in your head is probably that of the Fast and the Furious. In reality what ...

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Spanish Cinema During The Dictatorship

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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Spanish cinema was highly affected by the effects of the civil war; private investment in the production of commercial films fell drastically. The country was divided in two areas which were facing the effects of having military forces. This situation was reflected specially in the movie industry because at the time no-one wanted to invest in any new projects. Nevertheless, movie theatres in the whole country were ...

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The King And The Clown | Analysis

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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The movie King and the Clown has touched a subject that is considered as a proscribed and outlawed by the Korean society and yet it has struck a chord with the Korean people.The movie"King and the Clown", has some the most marvelous and enthralling performances by the actors. The movie has a controversial theme of homosexuality which has the potential to upset the emotions and mindsets of ...

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Dexter Opening Sequence | Analysis

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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In this assignment, I analyse Dexter's opening sequence by employing semiotic tools and interpret the intended meaning in the polysemic signs which anchor to the connotative associations in the narrative structure of this generic text. I have opted to carry out a semiotic analysis of Dexter's opening credits that airs on premium cable, Showtime. In order to develop an unequivocal semiotic analysis, the meaning of the terms ...

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Disney Animation And Child Development

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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Disney animated films captivate the imagination of an abundance of people with mesmerizing music, charismatic characters, and vivid visuals. My grandmother, who had lived in poverty through most of her childhood, loved the Disney animated films as a child, because they were an escape from reality and gave her the hope of a better future. Because Disney animation played an important role in my grandmother's childhood, she ...

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Zoot Suits: Play And Movie Comparison

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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Traditionally, books and films are quite different because they refer to different forms of art. At the same time, many films are based on books and directors attempt to mirror the story conveyed by writers in their films. In this regard, effects of making a film on the basis of a book may differ consistently because of the vision of the director and his or her interpretation ...

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Mulvey's Theory Of The Male Gaze |Critique

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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"In masochism, as in the infantile stage of the helpless dependence that marks its genesis, pleasure does not involve mastery of the female but submission to her. This pleasure applies to the infant, the masochist, and the film spectator as well". (Studlar 782) How does Studlar's work on fetishism and masochism challenge Mulvey's theory of the male gaze? Discuss in relation to films from classical era and ...

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Psychoanalytical Approach To Disney Films

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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This essay will consider how Disney films can be regarded as projecting a range of stereotypes in film which seek to define what is normal and natural in society. I hope to reveal that these images actually are consciously constructed to adhere to and reinforce dominant ideological values and are a part of the 'Disneyfication' process where everything is homogenized and turned into a product (See Bryman ...

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Clash Of The Titans | Film Review

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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The film Clash of the Titans (2010), directed by Louis Leterrier, is a serious battle for power between men and kings, and kings and gods. However, the battle of gods themselves could devastate the world. Perseus (Sam Worthinfton), a demigod brought up as a man, is powerless to put away his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), the unforgiving god of the underworld, who feeds himself from human ...

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Purpose Of Different Camera Angles

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A long shot shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings. It has been suggested that long-shot ranges usually correspond to approximately what would be the distance between the front row of the audience and the stage in live theatre. It is now common to refer to a long shot as a "wide shot" because ...

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Violence in Films | Analysis

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Violence is an important part of films in order to depict the sensational and explicit appeal. Films under the genre of gangster and war featured violence as the central theme of the film. The featuring of violence in these movies had to be accounted and was justified rationally. During the world war 11, Hollywood and the OWI made films were in American involvement in that war was ...

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Vertigo, 1958 | Film Analysis

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Vertigo is a 1958 suspense thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor and based upon the 1954 novel 'D'entre Les Morts' by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak and co-starring Barbara Bel Geddes. James Stewart plays the part of detective John Ferguson or 'Scottie' as he is known throughout the film, who develops a fear of heights, acrophobia, ...

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Religious Imagery In The Godfather

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Describe the religious imagery Coppola uses during the "Baptism" scene at the end of the Godfather. How is this ceremony used to heighten the tension of the scene? What statement (if any) is he making by cross-cutting between the murders and the ceremony? The "Baptism" scene is one of the most exceptional scenes in the Godfather movie because Coppola-the director- combined visuals, language, music, and editing in ...

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The Historical Portrayal in Forrest Gump

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Forrest Gump is a famous 1994 American comedy-drama film based on the novel written by Winston Groom; directed by Robert Zemeckis. The story depicts the life of a simple Alabama man Forest Gump who travels around the world, meets historical figures and influences and participates in important historical events of the second half of the 20th century. The film "Forrest Gump" is about a simple man's journey ...

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Tim Burton and Johnny Depp

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They are two giants of films of our times or the Modern Cinema. Together, the magic they have created for big screen is certainly worthy of discussion as it is the longest lasting partnership between an actor and a director till date and that too only to produce unique cinematic masterpieces of their own kind. Indeed the legendary Director Tim Burton and the pliable acting machine Jonny ...

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The representation of family on TV

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The term nuclear family can be defined as a husband, wife and their two children; however in the last decade the framework through present television shows such as Modern Family "Season 1-Episode 1", Simpsons episode "Sweethome Homediddly Do" and The Osbournes Episode "Fight Club" have begun to dismantle the hegemonic structure of the nuclear family when dysfunctional family members are torn from morally right decisions and left ...

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Scorsese And His Use Of Red

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The eminent and much revered director Martin Scorsese first achieved critical acclaim with his 1973 picture, Mean Streets. The film was an independent production which also began his long standing collaboration with the actor Robert DeNiro. Without major studio backing, Scorsese operated with a very small budget, yet he overcame this setback with exceptionally strong acting creative and performances, powerful and striking visuals. Mean Streets is a ...

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Control Room | Documentary | Analysis

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Documentary film analysis of “CONTROL ROOM”. In March 2003, American and British forces invaded Iraq with the intention to overthrow the regime of the dictator Saddam Hussein, and the Gulf War erupts. The countless military troops and thousands of journalists from all around the world, descend upon the region in order to secure potential news coverage. “Truth ultimately finds its way to people's eyes and ears and ...

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Nightmare Before Christmas | Analysis

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Tim Burton rings in my ears as one of Hollywood's most eccentric directors. There is a distinct and unique phenomenon in his films: the genre of his most films are between animation films and real person films; his animation films overturn the world of traditional fairy tales, showing the darkness of horror, but did not give us the feel of fear. Nightmare before Christmas, which reflects his ...

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The Life Of Tupac Amaru Shakur

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Tupac Amaru Shakur, also known as 2Pac, Makaveli, or Pac was an iconic American Rapper, Actor, and Social Activist. Shakur's image as a Thug, and his Thug-Life persona, appealed to fans across the nation and around the world. He is one of the best selling music artists worldwide, and considered as one of the best and the most influential Rap Artist ever. Tupac's life was unfortunately cut ...

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Genre Study: The Romance Comedy

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The thesis introduces some basic conceptions of "genre" and then generally analyzes the features of the US and UK film genre especially in terms of romance comedy of US and UK film. The author uses Love Actually and Pretty Woman as two examples to represent UK and US romance comedy respectively. Love Actually was acted by many outstanding actors and actresses like Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Mr. ...

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The Representation Of Black Identity in Films

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The debates over race and representation of African American in films have been highly contentious for over a century. Blacks have generally been perceived and stigmatized, throughout history, as trouble makers, incapables, intellectually limited, inferior, lazy and irrational, amongst the many other demeaning labels attached to them. These labels are connected not only to the history of colonization but also, importantly, to the exploitation, perpetuation, and careful ...

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Movements in Films | An overview

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Neoclassicism Neoclassicism (began after 1750) was a revival of Greek and Roman art; a direct reaction to the excessiveness of Baroque and Rococo styles. During the American and French Revolutions, the political atmosphere began to lean towards an Age of Reason and Enlightenment. With admiration for classical Roman and Greek art renewed after excavations of Herculaneum and Pompei, efforts for style to accompany philosophy caused an inevitable ...

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Cinema's Impact On Society

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In the subcontinent there are numerous traditions and practices that are based on ignorance and which have captivated the progress of the societies. Of such negative influenced ignorance, unsociability, dowry systems, rigidity of caste system and purdah system have done remarkable harm to the society. These influences are present in our society and are practiced without the repercussion of the aftermath that they bring with them, the ...

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Analysis Of The Movie: Shooter

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Swagger assesses each of the locations given to him by Johnson and determines that a site in Philadelphia would be most conducive to a long range assassination attempt. He passes this information to Johnson, who purportedly arranges for a response. This turns out to be a set-up: while Swagger is working with Johnson's agents-including a local police officer-to find the rumored assassin, the Ethiopian archbishop is instead ...

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Critical Analysis Of Arrow

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Arrow is a American television series which can be classified in the action adventure genre. The central character is Oliver Queen a playboy billionaire who was lost at sea when his yacht capsized and had to struggle for survival for five years alone on an uncharted island. The series starts with his return back home and his changed outlook on life. He takes up a persona of ...

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Computer Graphics Effect On Animation

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The history of computer animation can be traced back many decades to such films as Peter Foldes' 1971 film Metadata, or even a 1968 attempt by Soviets to animate a cat. It was in the 1980s, however, that the techniques became more widely used and the industry truly began to experience big changes in how things were done. The advent of this new technology meant that machines ...

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Hardships And Struggles In 'Sonny's Blues'

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- Hardships and struggles come along as a part of being human. It is how one deals with these struggles and hardships that can either make or break a person. James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues" is a story that shows how people can react to the "blues" and how they can handle their own inner turmoil. It is a story that tells of the suffering the characters shared, ...

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The Cinema Of Short Films

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Cinema is one of the few mediums which have managed to successfully depict the true reality of society in general and our lives in particular. As like other art forms, it depicts the multiple realties that one is faced with. It explores one of the most discarded yet eternal truths which every individual experiences and that is isolation. Each individual longs for social ties despite belonging to ...

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Brokeback Mountain And The Western

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Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) integrates traditional western motifs and iconography, and follows a common plot structure of the genre, but at the same time overlooks certain aspects and introduces new concepts and motifs, mixing western with melodrama to create a contemporary Western. Brokeback Mountain's queerness challenges us to question the usefulness of boundaries and categories, not just between straight and gay masculinities, but mainly between the ...

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American Beauty: Micro Features Analysis

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The film I have specifically chosen for my micro-features analysis essay is Sam Mendes's Academy Award winning motion picture American Beauty winning numerous Oscars and praise from critics. The narrative follows the miserable and mundane lives of the Burnham family consisting of Lester, a middle aged man who is facing a severe mid-life crisis and is extremely depressed, married to Carolyn who is an independent business women ...

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Feminism Portrayed In Movies

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Films have long been used as a tool to portray human imaginations and ideas that are sometimes deemed impossible in reality. The characters in films have had a huge impact, with regard to gender stereotype, on audiences of all ages (Neuendorf et. al., 2010). Though there have been debates of how female characters are being portrayed in films, from being submissive to hyper-sexualised and lately, adopting more ...

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Visual Pleasure And Narrative Cinema

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In this paper we are going to discuss the position of Laura Malvey in her work "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema". The psychoanalytic interpretation of the position of women viewers gets back to the famous essay by Laura Mulvey "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema", the original thesis of which was that the film form is structured by the unconscious of the patriarchal society and that woman as ...

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What Makes A Movie Great?

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With thousands of films released each and every year and so few succeeding either commercially or financially, one has to pose the question: what is it, exactly, that makes a film great? From an audience's perspective, people watch movies to be entertained: they are looking, above all else, to hear a good story that will allow them to share experiences with the characters and with their friends; ...

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Hollywood in the global film market | Film Studies

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When the average Friday night cinema-goer sits down to watch a film in this country they would most probably be waiting to see the latest Hollywood blockbuster projected onto the screen. This seems to have been the norm for decades now but it wasn't always the case. Cinema was born in France with the introduction of motion pictures from the Lumière brothers; Auguste and Louis. The first ...

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What Creates Fear In Horror Movies?

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Why I am frightened?With my dissertation, I don't want to explain the entire horror cinema story, nor mention all the important directors or the actually best movies in this genre. My aim is to know what makes the people scary in a movie, what are the elements that really creates a feeling of anxiety and stress. To achieve this goal, first of all I will analyse the ...

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The Classical Hollywood Studio System

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The Hollywood studio era can be traced back to the beginning of sound in film. The first feature film with sound was The Jazz Singer (1927), directed by Alan Crosland based on a play by Samson Raphaelson. In the period of the silent cinema, the cinema itself was considered a technological marvel. But like all technologies, the inventors needed to find ways to sell their products, and ...

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Positive Representation Of Coach Carter

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The main character in the film that has been used in the film under a positive light is Coach Ken Carter who is the main character of the plotline. By this I use technical codes to prove the this theory. Technical codes are used in the film "Coach Carter" to present the Protagonist "Coach Carter" in a positive light. Technical codes are split into sub-sections of Lighting ...

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The Film Jurassic Park | Analysis

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Oscar nomination To: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The film Jurassic Park has a very captivating plot with a very controversial and strong theme of "science versus ethics" and is a very strong candidate for an Academy Award and could be nominated for the best film of the year. Jurassic Park is a very deep film, which touches on the morality of scientific discoveries and ...

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The Success Of The Woman In Black

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Susan Hill's novel The Woman in Black was written in the Gothic tradition. Specifically, she wanted to write a Victorian Ghost story, even though her novel was written in modern times. Stephen Mallatratt, in adapting the novel into a play, wanted to stay within the novel's tradition, especially by focusing on terror instead of horror: "Darkness is a powerful ally of terror; something glimpsed in a corner ...

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The Portrayal Of Homosexuals In Hollywood

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Since the 1960s, Hollywood film industry has typically treated and portrayed homosexuals as subject of negative stereotypes and social pariahs. Queer identities might be the most extreme sexual dynamic at work in mass culture and reception and the least respected. Gay representations in the media have been considered to be an immoral code and as homosexuality was introduced into popular culture, the gay and lesbian community was ...

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Mockumentaries And Documentaries

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A documentary film is a film that shows true-life histories or current event exposure. A documentary film often records the truth as well as reality. In order to have the audiences' attention, a documentary film also contains some entertainment value while educating the audience about the topic. Documentary is a discursive structure, which creates style of immediacy and 'truth', using photographic technology in order to present first-hand ...

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