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

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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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?

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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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?

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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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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Review | Back To The Future

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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The movie Back to the Future, is filled with an all star cast and dynamic visual effects that were stunning in nineteen eighty-five and still stunning by today's definition. It was an appealing movie in which all ages could relate to the fun and entertainment that it was meant to portray. The movie was set in the fictional town of Hill Valley and focused upon the antics ...

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Satire In The Musical 'Urinetown'

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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The musical Urinetown, by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis, falls in the class of the modern "anti-musical" with its untraditional structure and content, not only breaking the mold of what makes musical theatre, but making satire of itself and its relatives in the process. This essay will investigate how Urinetown uses satire to create a new, participatory role for audience unimplemented by its predecessors. This is relevant ...

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The Creation Of The Italian Stereotype

23 Mar 2015 10 May 2017

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The Italian mafia has been a prominent them in the media for centuries. The portrayal of mobsters and the mafia in the U.S.'s motion picture industry has created a stereotype for Italians that is very well accepted in the American culture. In this paper I will discuss various films and TV that address the topic of the Italian mafia and the way in which these shows depict ...

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Black Hawk Down: Narrative Theory Analysis

23 Mar 2015 10 May 2017

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In 1993, over one hundred US soldiers were dropped into the urban heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. The purpose was to perform an operation to capture a violent warlord by the name of Mohamed Farrah Aidid and his closest members. The purpose of the operation was to quell the ongoing civil war. The war was taking a devastating toll on the civilian population as supply and food shipments ...

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The Evolution Of Animation

23 Mar 2015 10 May 2017

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Ever since the beginning of photography, people learned that pictures taken in quick series, of a moving object, could be flipped through, in succession, to create the illusion of a moving picture. For many years Animation has been used. Animation was done in black and white such as cartoons and movies in the early 1900's. The backgrounds and the cartoon drawings were made simple. Animation technology has ...

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M Night Shyamalan, The Auteur

23 Mar 2015 10 May 2017

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Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan, also known as M. Night Shyamalan, has earned his auteur reputation with film productions such as "The Sixth Sense", "Unbreakable", and "The Signs". He is best known for his ability to create a thoroughly fictional world with unbelievable events. His style is well expressed through his films as most of his stories focus on the supernatural. In this respect, M. Night Shyamalan can easily ...

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Tora! Tora! Tora! | Historical Errors

23 Mar 2015 09 May 2017

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The movie Tora! Tora! Tora! Was meant to be a historically accurate movie but the movie had mistakes in it. Several factor mainly this movie being about the Japanese made me choose it. The Director Richard Fleischer came to making this film in kind of a weird way. Tora! Tora! Tora! Doesn't show any real bias toward the Japanese or the American sides. The film did a ...

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Special Effects In Horror Movies

23 Mar 2015 09 May 2017

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From our earliest days, we use our vivid imaginations to see ghosts in shadowy shapes, to be emotionally connected to the unknown and to fear things that are improbable. Watching a horror film gives an opening into that scary world, into an outlet for the essence of fear itself, without actually being in danger. Weird as it sounds, there's a very real thrill and fun factor in ...

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Good And Bad Qualities Of Animation

23 Mar 2015 09 May 2017

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Aesthetic refers to beauty or to the study of the principles of beauty, especially in art. By studying and comparing the aesthetic qualities of the early and current animated films, we can learn the good and bad qualities of animation in the two different eras. We will also compare the similarities and differences using examples of techniques, treatments and technology used in different animated films from cel ...

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The Wizard of Oz-Beyond the Yellow Brick Road

23 Mar 2015 09 May 2017

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“Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore,” claims Dorothy Gale as she explores her new world of lively color in the Land of Oz. The film The Wizard of Oz, adapted from L. Frank Baum's children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, released in movie theaters in 1939 and nominated for an Oscar Award for Best Cinematography and Color (The Internet Movie Database).The ...

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Beautiful Boxer | Movie Analysis

23 Mar 2015 09 May 2017

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Beautiful Boxer is the most peaceful and warm transgender movie I have every watched. Iron Ladies which was put in full swing a few years ago, although funny, it is a sarcasm and mockery for transgender people, while our Beautiful Boxer really traces the most inner world of a transgender person. In a Bangkok clinic, $1,000 can turn a man into a woman. Some call that the ...

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Mise En Scene In Titanic Film

23 Mar 2015 08 May 2017

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This research explores about the mise-en-scene of the movie 'Titanic' and its impact to the film industry. This chapter discusses the mise-en-scene that is applied in this movie, and also we will discuss about how the impact to the film industry after released the movie 'Titanic'. 'Titanic' is an American disaster and romance movie that released at the year 1997. This movie was directed, written, co-produced and ...

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Themes And Controversy In Fight Club

23 Mar 2015 08 May 2017

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The conversion of the novel Fight Club to film, though controversial, turned out to be a very effective way of enhancing the authors reputation while spreading the message of its themes, such as the emasculation of men, to a wider audience and inciting much discussion on its social and cultural effects. Columbine occurred only six months previously and in its shadow many blamed violent media on their ...

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Neo Realism In Italian Cinema

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In complete contrast to the Fascist cinema it superseded, Neo-Realism was committed to 'representing life as it is lived'. With this in mind, analyse the reasons why Neo-Realism as a movement lasted only ten years. Please refer to at least two films. In contrast to the Fascist cinema that it superseded, Neo-Realism was committed to 'representing life as it is lived'; its films are therefore characterised by ...

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Pulp Fiction By Quentin Tarantino | Analysis

23 Mar 2015 08 May 2017

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If you take no pleasure in popular culture, with all its manic excesses, then you are likely to be bewildered and even offended, by Quentin Tarantino's extraordinary film, Pulp Fiction. Tarantino unapologetically enjoys popular culture at the same time that he satirizes it. Unfortunately, he also seems to specialize in violence. Still, taken on its own terms, Pulp Fiction is a rare accomplishment; it opens a new ...

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Black Identity In Bamboozled

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African Americans have for a long time been represented in American cinema in discourses of white realism. With the emergence of black directors, there has been a struggle to detach the black community from the traditional, negative stereotypes attached to them. Bamboozled (Spike Lee, 2000) is a dark satire on race representation and assimilation and the ways in which the dominant hegemonic power structure is able to ...

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Racial Stereotypes In Disney Movies

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The objective of Disney films was to transport it's viewers to a magical realm of enchantment and endless possibility. Disney offered a supposed alternate paradigm in which there was the promise of a "Happily Ever After". It aimed at appealing to audiences young and old and hoped to find universal viewership. Walt Disney once stated that "Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak ...

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Representation Of Morocco In Western Cinema

23 Mar 2015 08 May 2017

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Morocco, its people and culture, has tickled the fancy of westerners long times ago, even before the colonial era. With the western industrial revolution under the advocacy of the imperial inclination, different generations of western writers and film makers have depicted Morocco according to the colonialist requirements and desires of the moment. The Anglo-American literary and mediatic productions as a scion and legatee to the ideology of ...

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March Of The Penguins | Analysis

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The emperor penguins have a unique and exhausting mating ritual, which is said to exemplify a traditional family life. While originally intended to be a simple nature documentary, March of the Penguins, turned into a phenomenon in the United States. Many people viewed the Emperor penguins' dedication to their families and the mating ritual as a model for a traditional and conservative family that most Americans are ...

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Role Of Music In Sonny's Blues

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The story "Sonny's Blues" is written by James Baldwin in 1846 and raises the problem of the misconception between two brothers. Their conflict grounded on the problem of racial discrimination in the African-American society. Influenced by the oppression, both bothers developed different views on life, which served as a problem for their common understanding. The narrator has adjusted to the white society still feeling the pressure, but ...

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Examples Of National Cinema

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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Q: With reference to one or two films ,discuss the ways in which films can operate as examples of national cinema. Draw on relevant academic reading in order to illustrate your answer and develop your argument. National cinema is an important term in studying film. In this essay, we will discover the concept of national cinema through British cinema as an example. In the second part, we ...

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Eyes Wide Shut: Adaptation Of Dream Story

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This essay is a critical analysis on the adaptation of Dream Story as Eyes Wide Shut. The analysis is organised around the key points identified within the argument such as ideology, point of view and the gendering of representation in narrative cinema. Stanley Kubrick masterful film Eyes Wide Shut (1999) is a faithful adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's novella - Dream Story (Traumnovelle, published in 1926 for the ...

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Discuss Unreliability In Shutter Island

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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Films more often than enough can demonstrate signs of unreliability and the majority of the time it is the narrator who is the cause of the film's dubiousness. The dictionary definition of an unreliable narrator asserts that they demonstrate qualities and tendencies that denote an absence of reliability or perception of the narrative. "Whether due to age, mental disability or personal involvement, an unreliable narrator provides the ...

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Make Up Artists In Movies

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From massive scars and head wounds to flawless skin and supermodel good looks, many actors have only one person to thank - the make up artist. All sorts of cinematic magic have relied on the skill and imagination of the movie make-up artists. Depending on the ideas and thoughts of the director and the script, film make-up artists made need to put their skills to the test ...

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'Psycho' 1960 Alfred Hitchcock | Analysis

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock was considered one of the scariest films of its time. Created in 1960 it broke the conventions of film shocking audiences, leaving it rated X, now rated at 15 people of today wouldn't understand the shock factor it had in the 60's but is instead seen as a classic and a great horror film for the conventions it broke for all films. ...

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Schindler's List And Saving Private Ryan

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Both films demonstratively take on a time in history and rework it in the name of memory. The power of both movies lies in their label of authenticity. Schindler's List is based on the true story of Oskar Schindler and Saving Private Ryan is in part based on the true story of Friz Niland. The factual historical figures are not the only interplay between "fact and fiction". ...

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History And Evolution Of Sitcoms

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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In the field of entertainment, everybody could use a good laugh and this is where the comedy genre comes in. As the name states, its purpose is to bring humor and laughter to the audience. Comedies come in many formats in movies and television. In television, one of the most common genre is the situation comedy or sitcom, for short. As the name states the plot is ...

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An Introduction To Independent Filming

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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Because independent film is independently financed, several of its characteristics, such as visual art, theme and background, make it different from any other type of film. An independent film, indie film, or underground film, is a film that is produced mostly outside of a major film studio. Today's big six major film studios are Time Warner, News Corporation, Viacom, Sony, The Walt Disney Company and General Electric/Vivendi ...

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Sound In Casablanca | Analysis

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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One of the first known movies, Casablanca, was acted by Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, directed by Michael Curtiz. The music of this movie was made by Max Steiner. The sound is one of the important components in the movie because it shows the emotions of the actors as it also shows the importance of the scene. Moreover, the spoken language must be one important ...

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Film Review - King Arthur

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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Film Review - King Arthur The film I will be reviewing is called King Arthur. King Arthur is from the action epic genre and is a brilliant well put together film which will help many audiences in many ways and would be bound to sell. I will also include a historical context showing how King Arthur was related to the Roman invasion of Britain and how it ...

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Steven Spielberg, film analysis

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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Steven Spielberg is a film director who has had a long career of about four decades. He has given the film industry some of the best films of many themes and genres. However, his filming style conveys his absolute regard towards action and adventure. His career gives us films that consist of action and adventure in different plots and a variety of stories. His concept of adventure ...

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Ordinary People and Good Will Hunting

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Both movies, Ordinary People and Good Will Hunting, describe the relations between therapists and their patients. Ordinary People represent the life of the family which tries to return to normal life after their teenage son Conrad makes a suicide attempt. After returning home from hospital Conrad decides to see psychiatrist Dr. Berger. Dr. Berger finds the source of suicidal behavior. He realizes that Conrad blames himself in ...

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Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, 2005

23 Mar 2015 03 May 2017

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The 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie promotes a dark moral lesson of the gluttony, pride, greed and ignorance. The film has undertone of consequences of good and bad behaviour in children. The analogies are visibly projected in the film of how those who characterize the hideous vice to get their comeuppance, on the contrary, those who characterize loving and caring traits eventually meet their fortune. ...

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Cinematography In A Horror Movie

23 Mar 2015 03 May 2017

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Abstract: 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 ...

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Sound Technique In Amadeus

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The film was mainly about how Salieri was jealous of Mozart's musical talent and achievements and how he always wanted to be like him. Mozart was a child who played the piano and violin from the age of five and was considered the most talented child as a musician. During his life time, he composed over 600 pieces of his music and work. After the death of ...

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The Romantic Comedy Genre

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If even half of the projects picked up this year actually get the green light, the first decade of the next millennium may be known as 'the Romantic Comedy Decade'. Sales totals for the genre surged ahead of former rivals Action-Adventure and Science Fiction, landing squarely in the coveted fourth spot [below Comedy, Drama and Thriller]. There was a 50 per cent increase in the number of ...

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Alternate History In Watchmen

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The film, 'Watchmen' presents a story within an alternate version of history. How do the filmmakers set out this alternate history, and what messages are the filmmakers trying to portray with the way this alternate history plays itself out as compared to the way our real history has played out? Alternate history has always been an important literary device in the fiction genre. Authors and filmmakers from ...

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Overview And Analysis Of Inception

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Award winning filmmaker, Christopher Nolan, developed one simple yet complex theory. Later, he adapted this idea to a major motion picture titled Inception. A box office hit, inspired by the notion of invading one's subconscious mind and lucid dreaming, its impact ultimately transformed the way the general public viewed ones perspective of life. Unsurprisingly, the audience were distracted in the mind blowing visual effects. Therefore many disregarded ...

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Symbolism In 'Hills Like White Elephants'

23 Mar 2015 03 May 2017

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Many stories contain symbolism such as the conch in the well known story Lord of the Flies symbolizing order on the island, or the name "Fortunado" in the story The Cask of Amontillado, symbolizing an ironic ending to the character. One story in particular that uses symbolism throughout the whole story to represent many different things is the short story Hills like White Elephants by Ernest Hemmingway. ...

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The History And Growth Of Animation

23 Mar 2015 03 May 2017

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Ever since the establishment of photography people learned that if pictures of moving objects were taken in a quick series and flipped through in succession to create the false impression of a moving picture. Pottery is one of the best examples of early art still around today. One of the very first attempts at translating the motionless image into a moving image is found on such piece ...

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The Dead Poets Society By Peter Weir

23 Mar 2015 03 May 2017

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Neil Perry is a confident and popular student who excels in his studies. He is well-liked by both his peers and teachers and is a natural leader. Inspired by his passionate English teacher, Mr Keating, he re-establishes the 'Dead Poets Society'. This shows that he is prepared to challenge the school's authority. Neil's aspirations to become an actor are snuffed by his controlling father who refuses to ...

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The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

23 Mar 2015 03 May 2017

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower takes us to adolescent places we either know or remember well: the heart-fluttering first crush or the high-school obsession with an SAT score. Yet despite the familiar material in The Perks of Being a Wallflower - material that will be especially recognizable to those who have read the young-adult novel on which it is based - the disjointed but refreshingly earnest ...

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Bertolt Brecht: Using Comedy As Political Device

23 Mar 2015 03 May 2017

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Bertolt Brecht, born in Augsberg Germany 1898, was a highly influential playwright, director and innovative performance theorist, making a major contribution to dramaturgy and theatrical production that continues to be portrayed within theatres and on stage to this date. His ideas and theories regarding political theatre reject the naturalistic 'system' put forward many years before by Konstantin Stanislavski and attempted to persuade an audience to want to ...

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The Amityville Horror Analysis

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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For many, buying a new house symbolizes a fresh start. For first time home owners, it may be a sign of self fulfillment and accomplishment. But what if your dream home had a violent and tragic past? What was once the start of something great, turned into a terrifying nightmare? The Amityville Horror misfortune and haunting depict just that. The families that have lived there endured torment ...

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The Life Of Charlie Chaplin

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Charlie Chaplin was born April the 16 in the year 1889.His full name is Charlie Spancer Chaplin. He was born in London. (United Kingdom.) Charlie was an film director and an English comic actor. His parents are Charles Chaplin and Hannah Harriette Hillin. But Charlie wrote in his book that he really never knew his father. They work in the theater. His mother artist name was Lily ...

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The Crime Film Genre and Coppola's 'The Godfather'

03 Oct 2016 02 May 2017

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Introduction Genre theory Films belong to different kind of genres which depend on the content of the film. One of the familiar types of movies available in the market today and the entire movie industry is crime and drama type of movies that are loved by most youth today. (Corliss, 2014). Crime films are arguably the most complex genre of movies that reflect our ideology of moral ...

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Does Stop Motion Animation Have A Future In The Multimedia Era?

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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This multimedia project will be to get an answer to this question 'does stop motion animation has a future in our new multimedia era?" the aim of this dissertation is to determine whether traditional stop motion is going to be replaced by digital stop motion and if digital stop motion animation will be replaced by other means of digital animation techniques for example CGI (Computer Generated Images). ...

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The Portrayal Of Women In Horror Films

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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This dissertation will consider the roles of women in the horror film genre and will deconstruct the way in which the conventions of the horror film prescribe such roles. Despite continued criticism for presenting women in a negative manner, many of the films explored here appear to suggest strong female representation so it will possible to investigate the position of the female from a number of different ...

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Alfred Hitchcock And 'Rear Window'

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Before Hitchcock became a world-famous director, he was an art director and a set designer. As a result of these experiences, he made huge effort in the design of the set of Rear Window. The set of design in Rear Window can be defined as theatrical, showing only few sets: Jeff's apartment, the courtyard, the complex building, and the tightly street from Jeff's apartment view. Essentially, all ...

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The Man With The Movie Camera Analysis

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Dziga Vertov's 1929 film, The Man with the Movie Camera, documents life in a Russian city while also telling a story about filmmaking. The film is a dazzling mix of imagery and technique, inviting the viewer to see the city through the eyes of the cameraman, and to share his perception of the events and visions that he encounters through the filmmaking process. This review will examine ...

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Reviewing Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet Plays

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most popular tragedy plays. Romeo and Juliet is the most famous love story in the English literary tradition. As the most-filmed of all plays, Romeo and Juliet serves as an example of how cinematic interpreters of Shakespeare have become more liberal over time. The story was long established even when Shakespeare wrote it in 1594 or 1595--he was adapting the ...

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Human Form Through The History Of Art

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Spanning across centuries of art movements, the human form has been depicted and developed in numerous ways. It can be seen that it has been illustrated according to specific ideologies of an era. Also, quite a significant point is looking in the past at the human form and the large amount of times that artists choose to depict it and how they have rendered it. One can ...

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Jurassic Park: An Analysis

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Jurassic Park has been nominated for the best motion picture arts and science. Jurassic Park is one of Spielberg's greatest movies which shows high quality pictures which no other movie of his has been thus greater than Jurassic Park. Jurassic Park is one of the movies that will be always remembered as one of the best movies that has been created superbly. Jurassic Park features almost all ...

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Camera Angles And Movement

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Films have evolved over time. Whether it is the shift in techniques or the change in directing style, the development is certainly apparent. Casablanca (1942) is written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch, directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. It is considered one of Hollywood's iconic movies as it creates a great balance between humor, suspense, and romance. ...

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Expressionism And Fritz Lang

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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"I have been interested in a thousand things in my life, and out of these interests in a thousand things came one primary interest: mankind. And not only what he does- in innocence or in guilt- but what moves him to act, what makes him tick! And with that attempt to identify there grows not only personal awareness, but much more important, sympathy. Through this one's own ...

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A Series Of Unfortunate Events, Analysis

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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This movie tells about The Baudelaires orphans: Violet; Klaus; and Sunny. Violet is fourteen years old, Klaus is twelve years old, and Sunny is still an infant. Each of these orphans has awesome ability: Violet can find and create everything from the things around her as good as a scientist; Klaus loves reading so much and amazingly he remembers all what he read even in details; and ...

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Film Analysis: Metropolis Women

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Film History The first ever science fiction film, “Metropolis”, is a German Expressionism film released in 1927 that portrays women through femininity, technology, and sexuality. Science Fiction cinema, see it as a landmark film and a futuristic technological fantasy that mirrors both our fears and our fascination with technology. Even more remarkable is that the film connects the relationship among female sexuality, male-oriented vision, and technology. In ...

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Nonlinear Narrative In Media

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Nonlinear or disruptive narrative is a technique used in storytelling where the events of a story are achronological, i.e. it is not in a chronological manner, and illogically placed. This method has been used in films, literature, video games and other narratives. In the field of video games, the meaning of the term is different as the stories get played out by the decisions made by the ...

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What Is British Humour?

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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In popular culture, British humour is a somewhat general term applied to certain types of comedy and comedic acts from the United Kingdom. Many UK comedy TV shows typical of British humour have become popular all around the world, and for good or bad, have become strong representatives of British culture to an international audience. Also, it is expressed through a lot of books, comic cartoons, and ...

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Impact That Jerzy Grotowskis Poor Theatre

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Jerzy Grotowski's poor theatre is an experimental concept which influences performers to go back to theatrical roots using the voice and body as the main production. Just like many avant-garde artists he strived to pull away from the regular theatre conventions through other influences. Grotowski's main theatrical idea was depicted by the theatrical devices used throughout performance, such as lights, sound, sets, costume and makeup; the way ...

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Impact Of The Studio System On Filmmaking

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Examine the extent to which the Hollywood studio system nurtured or inhibited the artistry of film makers. This essay will be analysing to what extent the studio system has helped or possibly hindered the artistic nature and idea of filmmakers. The studio system can be defined under the idea that the studio owns and controls all aspects of the film creation. The largest and most prominent studios ...

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The Great Train Robbery, 1903

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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The Great Train Robbery produced by Edwin S. Porter in 1903 is frequently acknowledged as the first narrative film. Porter, who had previously worked for Thomas Edison as a cameraman, takes the plot from a story based on a real train robbery, written by Scott Marble in 1896. To bring it to life in ways the public had never seen before, Porter utilises various new and innovative ...

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The Man With The Movie Camera

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Dziga Vertov's 1929 film, The Man with the Movie Camera, documents life in a Russian city while also telling a story about filmmaking. The film is a dazzling mix of imagery and technique, inviting the viewer to see the city through the eyes of the cameraman, and to share his perception of the events and visions that he encounters through the filmmaking process. This review will examine ...

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The History Of Visual Effects

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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The moving images has always enthralled and surprised its viewers. Since the first ever video of horse running to prove his animal feature to the latest video featuring Akon or Eminem, or to the latest film avatar which took 10 long years for its completeion, this medium of Moving Visual Images has come a long way and still far more to go and explore. The most influencial ...

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Richard Ramirez And The Night Stalker

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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In June of 1984, Richard Ramirez began his criminal career as "The Night Stalker." His reign of terror, though ending just the following year, tormented the people of Los Angeles. Ramirez is a self-proclaimed Satanist and thief, but stealing cars and breaking into homes were not even close to the worst of his crimes. Ramirez's friendship with his cousin, Mike, may have been the most important relationship ...

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Louis Vuitton Commercial Analysis

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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The Louis Vuitton commercial describes a wide range of visuals from India, China and France (Duncan 2008) that captures the real essence of travel and the journey through life while trying to simultaneously explore the true meaning of the word 'journey'. The visuals are backed by textual messages aimed at answering "What is a Journey? (Paris 2008)" against a soulful musical score. The commercial in itself seeks ...

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Charlie Wilson's War

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Phase II: Synopsis In the year 1979 the Soviet Union took over the Afghan capital city of Kabul and started a war that devastated the people and land of Afghanistan. A congress man of Texas took it upon himself to help the Afghanistan people suffering from the Soviet Union invasion. Congressman Charlie Wilson, with the help of Gust Avrakotos and Joanne Herring, fought with stubborn politicians, nation ...

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Acting And Facial Expression In Animation

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Our body never stop moving, no matter we are sitting, taking a rest or sleeping, our body and face keep doing different actions even it is small and unobtrusive. We have many different actions in our daily life. We can obtain different messages in these actions. For example human's feelings, characters, health, signal from others or even read people's mind. There is so much information covert in ...

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Nanook of the north: An overview

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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The film “Nanook of the North” is described as one of the first ever documentaries ever made. The filming of this controversial early documentary took place from August 1920 until August 1921. I find this film highly informative, even though Robert J. Flaherty, the producer and director of this film, altered and staged some things that were quite different in reality, a subject that has brought this ...

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Does 'spirited away’ reflect traditional japan?

23 Mar 2015 25 Apr 2017

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To what extent does the world of hayao miyazaki's 'spirited away' reflect traditional japan? Anime has been described by Napier (2001, p.8) as “a richly fascinating contemporary Japanese art form that both harks back to traditional Japanese culture and moves forward to the cutting edge of art and media”. Hayao Miyazaki's films are no stranger to featuring portrayals and representations of traditional Japan within the mythical worlds ...

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