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

23 Mar 2015 08 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 08 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 08 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 05 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 05 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 03 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 03 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 03 May 2017

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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

23 Mar 2015 03 May 2017

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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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Brief History Of Japanese Cinema Film

23 Mar 2015 25 Apr 2017

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For the basis of my essay I shall try and delve into how Japanese cinema reflects and challenges the culture of the country, I will also look into several films and analyse them to show what connection they have with the cultural aspect of japan as a nation and also provide a brief history of Japanese cinema. The issues I will look at will involve the Hiroshima ...

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From Cinematic Space To Mental Space

23 Mar 2015 25 Apr 2017

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Space is an the unlimited three dimensional expanse in which all objects exist or it is the interval of distance and time between two points, objects or events. [1]  The concept of the term "space" evolved with time. Initially this term strictly had a geometrical meaning evoking the idea of an empty space which is "Euclidean", "isotropic", or "infinite", basically a mathematical concept. [2]  Physical space is often conceived ...

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Early Developments Of Narrative Cinema Film

23 Mar 2015 24 Apr 2017

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Using either two short films from film's silent period (pre 1929), or one short film and an extract from a longer film (both of which should also be pre 1929) discuss what they can tell us about the early developments of narrative cinema. Early development of narrative cinema pre 1929 (silent films) Films have changed a great deal since the earliest productions in the silent era of ...

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Greys Anatomy Vs Serendipity: Psychological Perspectives

23 Mar 2015 24 Apr 2017

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Grey's Anatomy is a medical drama that follows group of surgical interns, residents, and the various physicians who serve as their mentors both in their professional and personal lives (Rhimes 2005). There are multiple story lines that have been or are being followed to go along with the variety of characters and plots that the series portrays. The series first aired in 2005 and was recently renewed ...

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I Love Lucy: The Popular TV Show

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The baby blue, mascara spiked eyes widens, the head tilts, the electric orange curls bob, and the wide, lipsticked mouth takes another teaspoon full of "Vitameatavegamin syrup." The ever popular TV show, I Love Lucy, is back on the air with a new season of drama packed episodes. Ready to record the commercial that will propel her into show business, Lucy Ricardo downs the nutritional syrup, unaware ...

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General ethics in film making

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Introduction Should the moral and ethical guidelines of documentary and mockumentary filmmaking be strictly adhered to if they impede on the overall artistic vision and message of the film? For the bases of this thesis I have chosen to answer this question through a discussion of the ethics of cinema vrit and the documentary/mockumentary style genre. In particular, I have chosen to focus my study on ...

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The Best Motion Picture: Jurassic Park

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The film that I think should be awarded for The Best Motion Picture is Jurassic Park because of the excellent filming techniques, terminologies and an effective storyline about Dinosaurs that was used to make it the best and captivating film. It keeps the viewers captivated and riveted to their seats The action keeps the audience in suspense and has great effects. The dinosaurs looked real and sounded ...

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Production Management Of Movies

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Producers have overall control on every aspect of a films production, bringing together the Screenwriters, Director, cast, finances and production team. Their primary responsibility is to foster an environment in which the creative talents of the cast and crew can flourish - Producers are therefore ultimately accountable for the success of the finished film. Producers many responsibilities span all four phases of production: · Development - ...

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Movie Analysis Of Kick Ass

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In the film Kick-Ass, directed by Matthew Vaughn, Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a teenager who is ignored by girls and obsessed with comics sets out to be a real superhero. He purchases a costume online and begins to fight crime with the name of Kick-Ass. After fighting off three thugs, Dave becomes a internet phenomenon and gets the help of other vigilantes in a collective goal to ...

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Musical Films In The 20th Century

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In this paper I address the development and cultural influence of musical films in the 20th century. My primary motive is to understand how musical films gained such popularity and how they were used for social and economic purposes and resolve problems of religion, race and etc of this period. My concern are the ways in which how musical films became the most characteristic creation of the ...

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Cinema Sequels And Remakes

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Preamble: The remake is both an industrial and a critical genre. Defined primarily in relation to a body of copyright law, the acknowledged or credited remake develops from being an "ethical solution" to the early practice of duping to become an economically driven staple of the Hollywood industrial mode of representation. Following the Hollywood "recession of 1969" and the "small-and-weird-can-be-beautiful-revolution" of the early seventies, the remake (along ...

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Technological developments in the movie industry

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Introduction Advances in technology are changing the way the movie industry is doing business. Today's movie consumers are looking for more convenient ways of viewing films without seating in a movie theatre. They are also seeking better quality and sharper images. To stay competitive and reduce the challenges associated with technological developments the industry must identify best practices and apply those practices to problems the organizations might ...

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The Use Of Sound Design In Films

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Rationale/Research to Date: The origins of the term sound designer came from Walter Murchs work on the film Apocalypse Now, where he had the full responsibility of creating the films entire soundtrack. (Holman, 2002) Traditionally "the term sound designer encompasses the traditional processes of both editing and mixing". (Holman, 2002, p.192). Nowadays sound designers roles can range from creating individual sound effects to the responsibility of creating ...

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Purpose And Production Of Movie Posters

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A poster can be defined as a placard or bill, usually large and often incorporating photographs or illustrations, posted up for advertising or publicity or for decorative purposes. The functions of those which advertise include communication, selling and persuading. This does not preclude them being decorative. Indeed the first job of a poster is to attract the attention of the passerby and only once this is done ...

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A Social Commentary On Contemporary Social Issues

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If popular, a pictured parody of controversial issues of a society is the most effective approach that target various dilemmas within a society without offending anyone belief, notion, religion, gender and lifestyle. Although satire is usually produced to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using jocularity as a weapon. "The Simpsons" series, as a very popular show worldwide, looms to be a brilliant ...

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Sexuality In North By Northwest

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While the Cold War conjured diverse anxieties, I will center my presentation on the idea of "Domestic Containment," specifically the containment of homosexuality in America (Cohan). I came across this concept in Elaine Tyler May's Homeward Bound. It deals with the political and ideological reasons 1950s America insisted on promoting rigid heterosexuality and capitalist drives, ridding itself of "backward" men and Communist traitors, something completely in line ...

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Analysing The Zombie Horror Genre

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The zombie horror Genre is the theme and genre that will be analyzed to understand the detailed examination of a recurring pattern between these types of movies. There will be many examples of the films from this genre to support my arguments. The literary influences on the genre such as Richard Matheson helped to usher in a new type of monster that was caused by humans through ...

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Fahrenheit 9 11 Movie Review

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Controversy, conspiracy, and lies are the themes of the film as Michael Moore deals with the sensitive topic of American politics in Fahrenheit 9/11. This documentary is a rhetorical film, with the goal to persuade the viewers to agree with Michael Moore's impression on the American foreign policy. In spite of one's political siding, the film will probably have the audience leaving with a different perspective on ...

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The Concept Of Film Authorship

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Arising in France in the late 1940s, the auteur was a cinematic theory created by Andre Bazin and Alexandre Astruc, and introduced in the French film magazine Cahiers du Cinema. Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard were the first to coined the phrase "la politique des Auteurs", suggesting the theory of the director as author. The idea was to advance the cause of cinema as a legitimate art ...

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Importance Of A View From The Bridge Film

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"A View from the Bridge" is a play written by Arthur Miller in 1955 when he was living in New York. In the 1950s New York was a very showbiz and glamorous place back in the days and was known as the centre of the world, it attracted thousands of illegal immigrants from all over the world, especially from countries like Italy. The people who came to ...

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The Function Of Genre In Film

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Film genres are various forms or identifiable types, categories, classifications or groups of films that are recurring and have similar, familiar or instantly-recognizable patterns, syntax, filmic techniques or conventions - that include one or more of the following: settings (and props), content and subject matter, themes, mood, period, plot, central narrative events, motifs, styles, structures, situations, recurring icons (e.g., six-guns and ten-gallon hats in Westerns), stock characters ...

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Sonnys Blues Plot Analysis

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The contrasting lives of two brothers contribute to the theme of being safe while being risk takers. In this story, Baldwin writes about two brothers who grew up together. As each of the boys grew older, their friendship diminished and they ended up having two completely different lives. The narrator, who is the older brother seemed to be more cautious and had a more determined manner to ...

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Complex Narrative Structure Of Memento

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Due to the nature and complex narrative structure of Memento (Nolan 2000), one has to closely evaluate the succession of events before one could make the assumption that this film is a 'typical Hollywood mainstream motion picture'. It is easy to assume that this film would in fact fit the criteria of the Hollywood mainstream motion picture, only upon looking at the cast and A-List director- Christopher ...

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Movie Analysis Of Monsters

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Monsters (2010) is a modern-day fictional monster film which, as with many films in the horror/monster genre, acts as a social commentary, touching upon contemporary geopolitical issues and public anxieties (Carroll, 1981). Bordwell and Thompson (2003) describes a horror film as being "recognizable by its intended emotional effect on the audience", and this film successfully does this, although more subtly than other films in the genre. The ...

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Genre is useful for audiences

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Compare examples of genre texts from different decades of any media genre of your choice. Genre is useful for audiences as it enables them to differentiate between the styles and types of narrative, allowing them to decide on what they enjoy. Producers benefit from genre as they can see what is most successful at the current time, and, therefore, make more of the same to capitalise on ...

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John Fantes: Ask The Dust

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In Ask the Dust, Los Angeles has a false stereotype of fame and fortune. Arturo tries to fulfill this desire by quickly spending his sparse income on a lavish lifestyle before being broke again. As the book progresses, each paycheck Arturo receives is a small stepping stone for him to learn from his financial mistakes, preparing him to be financially smart in the Los Angeles workforce. The ...

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Portrayal Of African Americans In Film

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In the assignment, I investigated the portrayal of black female in Hollywood films. Which I started off by watching an old time romantic classic film Gone with the Wind, which at first I thought it was a non racial film as slaves were portrayed as normal employees, and were rewarded with presents like the master's pocket watch if they've been appropriately loyal. Black women involvement in changing ...

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The Constant Gardener | Analysis

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Fernando Meirelles's adaptation of John le carre's 2001 novel The Constant Gardener is a drama film which is sure to thrill the global audience around the world. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, which includes Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, and Best Supporting Actress for Rachel Weisz, which she won. The film had a budget of $25 million but it made ...

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Effect Of Humor: Validating Racial Stereotypes

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The purpose of this research paper is to examine the effect of humor on validating racial stereotypes. Race-based comedy provides stereotypical misconceptions that influence the audience to accept these racial characteristics rather than denounce them. Racial stereotyping in comedy establishes the existence of racially defined differences, thus causing them to be regarded as natural while encouraging audiences to apply reality to myth. My primary sources are the ...

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Mannerism in art: An analysis

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The stylistic categories are an important aspect of the history of art. Gombrich (1985) suggests that 'classification is a necessary evil' that if taken as a tool that is also flexible and modifiable, can be valuable for art historians. Gombrich notes that while useful, categorisation has also been prone to 'critical abuse' (p81). In other words derogatory nomenclature was often used when naming an art historical era. ...

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Creating Tension With Sound

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In my own work I am exploring the psychological impact caused by a break-down in a relationship. The use of sound to create tension is of great importance to support what is happening on screen in order to reflect upon the viewer the emotions felt by the characters. As someone who is creating a film which relies on sound to enhance atmosphere, the work of David Lynch ...

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The Fifth Element: A Critical Analysis

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The Fifth Element is one of the best science fiction movies ever made. What is science fiction? Stories that often tell about science and technology of the future is considered a trademark of science fiction. Science fiction films are also known to include a human element and are often set in the future, in space, on a different world, or in a different universe or dimension altogether. ...

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Documentary Analysis Of Control Room

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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 hearts". This is the sentence, uttered ...

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A Metaphor Of Postmodernism In Blade Runner

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In the film Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott, the film embodies many important characters aspects of the postmodern cultural period. The film is mostly about what it means to be human in a controlled technological advanced world, and the struggle between humans and replicants. Which are machines that are so much like humans you can't tell them apart, but it has a deeper meaning of a ...

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The Importance Of Online Reviews

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In the wake of digital age, the internet offers a relatively complete and comprehensive environment for people all over the world to communicate and share information. The form of film review is reforming as well. From traditional critics of experts to review of ordinary audience (Awad, Dellarocas & Zhang, 2004), cyber world offers a newly effective channel for audience sharing their comments about movies; cinema industry also ...

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