Distinction Between Realism and Naturalism

23 Mar 2015 28 Sep 2017

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1. Is the distinction between realism and naturalism worth preserving in discussion of film and/or television drama? To argue that the distinction between naturalism and realism is worth preserving the intention in this case is to explore classic and contemporary texts and attempt to make clear that naturalism alone is insufficient when discussing key themes and elements. To first examine the work of la novelle vague at ...

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Analysis of TV Show “Friends”

03 Oct 2016 28 Sep 2017

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Deep Analysis of the show “Friends” in terms of Television Pluralism First Section: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: Creation: In American television history, a sitcom “Friends” was added by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which initially aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 and ended on May 6, 2004. It had 10 seasons in total. The casting for the television show “Friends” was miraculous. The story revolves around six ...

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Crash Movie Summary

23 Mar 2015 28 Sep 2017

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Keywords: crash summary, la crash summary, crash movie sypnopsis It addresses the problems of modern society, violence, cynicism of people towards each other and especially towards members of other ethnic cultures. This is especially actual for our country as it unites many nationalities, among which the conflicts are constantly arising. The film is not about few characters, but of many at once. Here are no main characters, ...

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Crash Movie Analysis

03 Oct 2016 28 Sep 2017

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Keywords: crash film analysis, crash the movie analysis Paul Haggis In 2004 wrote and directed the award winning movie Crash concerning a variety of intertwine experiences concerning racial relations and the levels of socioeconomic status of the varied cast of characters. This movie deal with how humans being contract with actual life situations and tackles how racial injustices and stereotypes effect our society by sourcing a ...

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Conflict Analysis of Main Character in “The Clinic”

03 Oct 2016 28 Sep 2017

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Conflict Analysis of the Main Character in “The Clinic” Movie Synopsis Proposal CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Literature is intimate experience of an author carefully expressed in concrete images, through the use of structure, imaginative style and luxurious metaphors. It is not practical or logical communication, but an aesthetic experience. Literature can be divided into three parts. They are prose, poetry, and drama. ...

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Can the Concept of Realism be Plausibly Applied to film?

19 Sep 2017

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Realism is arguably the most important concept within film theory. Since its inception, film has generally been concerned primarily with facsimileing real life events for the audience via photographing and camera techniques. In the process, the aim of film from its early days has been to realise both fictional and non‑fictional events. As Ellis (1998:38) explains, the essence of cinema has always maintained an ongoing and ...

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Creation and Development of a Film Soundtrack

28 Jul 2017 04 Sep 2017

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Abstract Cinematic environments are created through image, dialogue, music and sound, but the craft involved in creating an environmental soundtrack often goes unnoticed by the film viewer. Soundscapes are rarely just background: they are powerful storytelling vehicles in their own right, of equal importance to the visuals. This article examines the process of creating an environmental soundtrack for cinema from the perspective of a sound designer. Particular attention is given ...

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Smoke Signals Film Analysis

16 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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Rising From the Ashes: A Tale of the Boys of Fire The movie Smoke Signals (Directed by Chris Eyre) tells the story of two boys, Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-the-Fire, and their quest to get Arnold Joseph's (Victor's father) ashes from Phoenix, Arizona. But it's really a story about life, death, and rebirth; life in the birth of the boys and their coming of age, ...

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Analysis of the Star Wars Films

16 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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A change in the force When I think of the term "A Hero's Journey" the first image that comes to mind is Luke Skywalker standing proudly holding an outstretched lightsaber pointing to the stars with Princess Leia kneeling at his feet clutching a blaster as depicted on the cover of the 1978 movie Star wars IV: a New Hope. Like millions of other children, this ...

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Analysis of Beyoncé's Formation Video (Black Lives Matter)

15 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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Beyoncé's Formation Video (Black Lives Matter)A Literary Analysis Research Paper Abstract Beyoncé is one of the singers most recognized in the world and United States of America. She assumed a political role since some events aroused against Afro-American People, related with racism and police brutality. She created the musical video "Formation" to transmit a message to the people in favor of black lives matter. Keywords: ...

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Comparison of Sci-Fi Films: Avatar Vs. Skyline

15 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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Since the 1960s, science fiction movies were becoming a burgeoning demand in the film industry and continues to grow till today. The touchstone for scientific fiction, then, is that it describes an imaginary invention or discovery in the natural sciences. The most serious pieces of this fiction arise from speculation about what may happen if science makes an extraordinary discovery. The romance is an attempt ...

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Analyzing "Groundhog Day"

10 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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Bill Murray plays Phil, an arrogant, self obsessed weather forecaster who goes to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in preparation of a broadcast for the next day about the annual occurrence of the coming out of the groundhog - "Punxsutawney Phil". As he wakes up in the morning and does records his coverage of the event, he is annoyed to find out that he will have to spend ...

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The 400 Blows: An Expression of a Cinematic Revitalization

10 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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The 400 Blows directed by Francois Truffaut is an iconic film of the late 1950s that refined French cinema and helped spark a cinematic revolution known as the French New Wave. A touching story about a young adolescent growing up in Paris named Antoine Doinel, the film artfully captures the unfortunate circumstances of the troubled boy's life and his tragic spiral into a life of ...

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Analysis of Disney's Pocahontas Film Adaptation

10 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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The White Man's Indian Pocahontas is the 33rd movie that was produced by the Walt Disney Animation on 1995. The Disney Pocahontas focuses about the Native American culture and how the American settled in their village Powhatan which is now known as Virginia. In fact, the Pocahontas movie is based on a true story of a brave Powhatan woman who is whose original name was ...

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Reel Injun: "Injustices towards Native North Americans"

10 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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In this documentary, Reel Injun, by Neil Diamond, the director explores how Native North Americans were treated and shown in media from the early 20th century to the present. The documentary explores the negative stereotypes and mistreatment Native North Americans faced. The amount of negative depictions and inaccurate stereotypes about Natives in film played a significant role in the hatred towards Native People, and reinforced ...

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Ava DuVernay's Documentary: 13th, an Analysis

10 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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13th Documentary Close Reading Analysis In the mid-1960s, Malcolm X said, "If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that it not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not progress. Progress is healing the wound, and America hasn't even begun to pull out the knife." And, to this day, Malcolm X's ...

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Disney's Impact on the War

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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Disney Goes to War It's the year 1944. Imagine sitting in a Navy Vessel, preparing for an invasion of Normandy, with at least 50 men per boat, no less than 10,000 vessels total. There is barely any elbow room, waves crashing against the sides of the boat, tilting it back and forth as feet become soaked from the water on the floor. Nobody is talking. ...

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Comparison of Film Remakes: Poltergeist

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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INTRODUCTION In this essay I'm going to compare two movies; original and its remake and focus on how visual effects were made for each movie. Firstly I'm going to write about the original movie and then about its remake and how it has developed opposite the original. I'm going to introduce the movie Poltergeist, its story and using my resources write about some of the ...

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Gattaca Film Synopsis and Analysis

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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Gattaca is a film regarding not only the troubling implications of excessive gene therapy, but also how it could be used in a sort of dystopian society where your genetic profile divides you into different castes. This society is one in which enough money can buy you the ideal designer child not only free of genetic defects but also with superior physical attributes. The main ...

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Visual Effects Development in Early Days

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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Before the arrival of Cinema, there were some forms of visual entertainments in Europe. The first one was Chinese Shadow Puppetry. It was introduced in Europe in late 17 century from Far East. This type of light show is the one of the popular performances in shadow theatre. The second one was Panorama. It was started by a Scottish artist Robert Baker. Panorama is a ...

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Femme Fatale in Early Silent Cinema and Classic Film Noir

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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Introduction The quintessential ideal of the femme fatale was a woman who was mysterious, manipulative, and desperate with a male protagonist that in following the dangerous, yet desirable wishes of these women, would submit themselves as victims that evolved from a twisted form of love. The femme fatale grew out of earlier literature and other genres of artistic composition. Although the prototypical representation for the ...

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Lorenzo's Oil - Film Synopsis and Analysis

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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Lorenzo's oil touches the hearts of most as you watch the story of a young boy battling adrenoleukodystrophy or ALD. The story is based off a true story as the parents, Augusto and Michaela Odone, take care and search with uncertainty for a cure for their son Lorenzo. The story identifies with those who suffer from an incurable disease which neurologically effects Lorenzo's life. The ...

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One True Thing Film Analysis

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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The film that I chose to watch for this writing assignment was One True Thing. The story began with introducing a young woman with a busy life in New York. Ellen had a writing career that was beginning to look up that was, in a sense, stripped from her when she finds out from her father at his birthday party that her mother, Kate, is ...

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Extraordinary Measures Film Analysis

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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The film Extraordinary Measures is based on a true story which follows the journey of a father who is determined to save his young children's lives. John and Aileen Crowley have three kids, two of which who have a rare genetic disorder called pompe disease. Pompe disease is a rare inherited disorder in which the glycogen in the body is not broken down, and thus ...

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A Beautiful Mind Reflection Paper

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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A Beautiful Mind is a beautiful and enlightening depiction of a terrible and mind boggling journey of a struggling schizophrenic genius. This movie, first aired in 2001, takes the viewer through the experience of John Nash, a mathematical genius whom developed schizophrenia in his early adulthood. Personally, I believed this movie was both terrifying and incredibly mind opening. To read about a schizophrenic patient is ...

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How Effective is Notting Hill as an "Urban Fairy Tale"?

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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Urban fairy tales is a supernaturalism mirror which reflects aspects of our inner world. For those who infiltrate themselves in what the fairy tale should combine, it becomes natural depression and quite pool which at first seems to reflect only on our own mental representation. Fairy tales consciously fabricate their settings and social environment, allow happenstance and magic to determine events and structure their narrative's ...

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Apocalypse Now: An Anti-War Message

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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The 1979 movie Apocalypse Now was created in an extremely deliberate and thought out fashion by Francis Ford Coppola. There is a purpose behind how he filmed and what he filmed. Each edit, angle, shot, sound, transition, and lighting technique was filmed in such a way in order to convey meaning. The cinematic tools that Coppola utilized in the making of Apocalypse Now encouraged the ...

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Evolution of US Films Since the 1880s

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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To what extent has film in the US evolved from the 1880s to modern day? Candidate Name: Dimitri Grigorov   Abstract Film has gone through a drastic evolution since it began in the 1880s. There were 5 main stages regarding the evolution of film in the US. The Silent Period lasted from 1895 to 1929. This period brought the first films to the US. These ...

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Django Unchained (2012) Film Analysis - Postmodernism

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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Django Unchained (Tarantino, 2012) set in Texas in 1858, deals with a variety of issues such as race, slavery, revenge and violence. The film sparked controversy worldwide and amongst critics. Filmmaker Spike Lee talks about the film during an interview with Vibe magazine: All I'm going to say is that it's disrespectful to my ancestors. That's just me. ... I'm not speaking on behalf of ...

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Film Review of The Others (2011)

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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"THE OTHERS" FILM REVIEW: Make Sure You all Double Check You're Alive. By DYLAN B. TO Published March 6, 2017 Nicole Kidman as Grace in 2001's "The Others" Over sixteen years ago, on Thursday August 2, 2011, Alejandro Amenábar's The Others, was released to the public. Why exactly are we looking back on this sixteen-year-old ghost story that was awarded a very respectable 82% on Rotten ...

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Dangal Film Analysis

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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  DANGAL Dangal, "a wrestling competition" is an Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Aamir Khan and Sidharth Roy Kapur with the star cast Aamir Khan as Mahavir Singh Phogat, who taught wrestling to his daughters Geeta Phogat, India's first wrestler to win gold medal at Commonwealth Games, 2010 in 55 kg category and Babita Kumari. A silver ...

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Step Brothers (2008) Analysis

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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Step Brothers (2008), directed by Adam McKay, is a raunchy, funny film for comedy audiences. It stars Will Ferrell and Jon C. Reilly as Brenan and Dale. These two single, and very juvenile, forty something, guys' lives change once their parents, played by Oscar winning. Mary Steenbuge and Richard Jenkins, fall in love and get married. These two men become best of friends and brothers, ...

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Reflective Analysis of A Beautiful Mind

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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In my opinion, this movie was one of the best I have ever see. By far this is me saying a lot because I hate old movies. The way the director portrayed schizophrenia was wonderful. At the beginning of the movie I thought what he was seeing was real myself, and even his roommate that he thought he had. I really want to know where ...

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Bicycle Thieves (1948) and Umberto D (1952) Analysis

07 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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Two films from the neorealism movement are Bicycle Thieves (1948) and Umberto D (1952) both directed by Vittorio De Sica. Both films in their own way show the real-life hardships that were faced during this time of poverty and more particularly show it from the point of view of normal everyday people. The most pronounced thing about neorealism that sets it apart from other cinematic ...

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Shutter Island Psychoanalytic Response

25 Jul 2017 04 Sep 2017

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The film Shutter Island is an extremely complex mental thriller that you must watch multiple times to fully understand the movie. Teddy, believes he is a government Marshall looking for a missing patient named Rachel Solando, with the assistance of his accomplice Chuck. In reality, Teddy is Andrew Laeddis and Chuck is Andrews' essential therapist. Andrew appears to have a fight between his conscious state, ...

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In Time Movie Review

10 Aug 2017 04 Sep 2017

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

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Writing a Movie Review

14 Aug 2017 01 Sep 2017

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

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Blade Runner: A Post Modern Dystopia?

11 Aug 2017 29 Aug 2017

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

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Alien (1979) and Prometheus (2012) Comparison

07 Aug 2017

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

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History and Comparison of American Musicals

07 Aug 2017

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

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Aesthetics and Sound of Japanese Horror Films 1990s-2000

07 Aug 2017

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

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Compositional Analysis of Images

07 Aug 2017

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

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Film Proposal Essay

28 Jul 2017

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

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

23 Mar 2015 20 Jul 2017

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

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Bowling For Columbine Essay

23 Mar 2015 20 Jul 2017

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

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Juno Movie Analysis Essay

23 Mar 2015 20 Jul 2017

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

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Rear Window Music Analysis

23 Mar 2015 20 Jul 2017

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

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Mao's Last Dancer Essay

23 Mar 2015 19 Jul 2017

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

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Harry Potter Movie Review

23 Mar 2015 18 Jul 2017

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

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Impact of Cartoons on Children Research

23 Mar 2015 14 Jul 2017

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

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History of Hollywood

23 Mar 2015 14 Jul 2017

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

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The Lovely Bones Book vs Movie

23 Mar 2015 14 Jul 2017

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

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Coach Carter Review

23 Mar 2015 13 Jul 2017

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

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Fight Club Analysis

23 Mar 2015 13 Jul 2017

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

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Romeo And Juliet Scene Comparison

23 Mar 2015 13 Jul 2017

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

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Impact of Movies on Society

23 Mar 2015 12 Jul 2017

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

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City of God Analysis

23 Mar 2015 12 Jul 2017

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

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Saving Private Ryan Analysis

23 Mar 2015 12 Jul 2017

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

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Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Film Techniques

23 Mar 2015 12 Jul 2017

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

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Moulin Rouge Analysis

23 Mar 2015 11 Jul 2017

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

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House Of Flying Daggers Analysis

23 Mar 2015 10 Jul 2017

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

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Alfred Hitchcock The Birds Analysis

23 Mar 2015 10 Jul 2017

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

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Genres of Films Topic

23 Mar 2015 06 Jul 2017

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

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Alfred Hitchcock Impact on Society

23 Mar 2015 05 Jul 2017

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

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The Music of Star Wars

23 Mar 2015 05 Jul 2017

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

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Do The Right Thing Essay

23 Mar 2015 04 Jul 2017

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

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Hollywood Dominance of the Movie Industry

23 Mar 2015 27 Jun 2017

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

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Anthropomorphism in Disney Movies

23 Mar 2015 13 Jun 2017

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

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The Third Man Analysis

23 Mar 2015 13 Jun 2017

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

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The Shining Film Analysis

23 Mar 2015 12 Jun 2017

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

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The Effect of Colours: Emotion and Symbolism of Colour

23 Mar 2015 08 Jun 2017

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

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The Graduate Gilm Analysis

23 Mar 2015 07 Jun 2017

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

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True Romance Sicilian Scene Analysis

23 Mar 2015 07 Jun 2017

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

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Analysis on Postmodernist Shrek

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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

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The Portrayal Of Female Characters In Films

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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

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Differences Between Documentary and Fiction Film

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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

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Music in Titanic Analysis

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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

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Music in Casablanca Analysis

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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

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The Patriot Movie - Historical Accuracy

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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

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Comparative Film Analysis: Shutter Island and Insomnia

23 Mar 2015 05 Jun 2017

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

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The Graduate - Cultural Significance

23 Mar 2015 02 Jun 2017

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

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Horror Films Special Effects and Cinematography

23 Mar 2015 31 May 2017

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

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Wat is feit en fictie?

23 Mar 2015 31 May 2017

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

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500 Days of Summer Analysis | Reversing Gender Roles in Film

23 Mar 2015 31 May 2017

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

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African American Film Stereotypes

23 Mar 2015 30 May 2017

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

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Traditional Japan In Spirited Away

23 Mar 2015 30 May 2017

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

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Pop Music in Film

23 Mar 2015 26 May 2017

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

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Billy Elliot Film Summary

23 Mar 2015 26 May 2017

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

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Film Noir in The Maltese Falcon and Double Indemnity

23 Mar 2015 26 May 2017

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

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Presenting Reality In Documentaries

23 Mar 2015 25 May 2017

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

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Asian/Asian Americans in Film and TV

23 Mar 2015 22 May 2017

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

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Hoods by Angelia Betzien | Analysis

23 Mar 2015 22 May 2017

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

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Mise-en-scene, Psycho | Analysis

08 Aug 2016 22 May 2017

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

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Romeo And Juliet Movie Adaptations

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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

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Spanish Cinema During The Dictatorship

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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

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The King And The Clown | Analysis

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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

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Dexter Opening Sequence | Analysis

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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

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Disney Animation And Child Development

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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

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Zoot Suits: Play And Movie Comparison

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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

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Mulvey's Theory Of The Male Gaze |Critique

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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

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