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An Analysis of the Film Yi-Mou Zhang’s Raise the Red Lantern (1467 words, 2 pages)

Yi-Mou Zhang's Raise the Red Lantern, is a beautiful and brilliantly made film in its own right. If, however, the team of Orson Welles and Greg Toland had produced the same film it would take on an entirely different look and feel. The film would reflect Wells love for creating ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film, Run Lola Run (314 words, 1 pages)

Nick A. Period 3 Film Studies Run Lola Run The film opens up and sets up the entire film about how things are always questioned in the same way and how it is always the same answer. The main characters have the same outcome in each scene, even when things ... Read More

An Analysis of the Jury in the Film Called Twelve Angry Men (1226 words, 3 pages)

The Jury Who Had To Use Thinking Skills In Twelve Angry Men, a young man is on trial for stabbing and killing his father. The movie focuses on twelve randomly selected citizens who are assigned the duty of determining the fate of this 19 year old man. The jury is ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film Sixteen Candles (1769 words, 3 pages)

The 1986 film Sixteen Candles tells a timeless tale of growing up in suburban America. The films star, Sam, played by Molly Ringwald, wakes up with big expectations on her sweet sixteenth birthday only to be completely disappointed. Not only does she find that she looks exactly the same as ... Read More

An Analysis of Honor of a Hero in the Film The Power of Myth:The Hero’s Adventure and the Tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (875 words, 1 pages)

Honor of a Hero The film The Power of Myth The Hero?s Adventure and the tale of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight are connected in several ways. I am attempting to show identity between the film The Power of Myth The Hero?s Adventure in which Bill Moyers is interviewing ... Read More

An Analysis of The Film About Annie Sullivan the Teacher and Helen Keller the Student (343 words, 1 pages)

Some will argue that a film, being essentially a means of entertainment, can do little to change a national consciousness. Others, citing the power of the medium, will claim that motion pictures possess this rare and extraordinary ability. These two opposing viewpoints are about to be put to the test ... Read More

An Analysis of the Maltese Falcon and its Significance in American Film (1276 words, 2 pages)

The Maltese Falcon and its Significance in American Film The world that emerged at the end of World War I was utterly different from what had existed before. An entire generation of young men had been killed in battle and millions were wounded or maimed for life. Entire empires had ... Read More

An Introduction to the History of Filmmaking (1799 words, 3 pages)

In the period previous to the 1930's, the predominant form of filmmaking was that of the crank camera. This is not to say that motor-driven cameras were not possible. However, the motors to advance the film were so large that they were simply too cumbersome to be effective. Thus, it ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film, Elizabeth (2565 words, 4 pages)

Since the 20th Century mankind begins to tell story about human accomplishments through pictures and gives birth to Hollywood. Movies narrate myths and legends, stories of battles and conquest that is based on events that have happened or recent events. In this case, the story is based on an actual ... Read More

A Review of the Film, Eight Men Out (1175 words, 2 pages)

Eight Men Out is a film that explores the alleged throwing off the 1919 World Series. The people involved included eight of the players from the Chicago White Sox organization, including the famous shoeless Joe Jackson. The movie covers this event in detail from the original idea being circulated all ... Read More

A Review of Nancy Myer’s Directed Film “What Women Want” (608 words, 1 pages)

The film "What Women Want" is directed by Nancy Myers. In this film, the issue of the catalyst initiating change is looked at and the affects of this change. This film shows how the protagonist, Nick Marshall, a middle aged advertising agent develops his perception of women and creates strong ... Read More

The Various Techniques Used in the Film Version of Shakespeare’s Henry V (955 words, 2 pages)

The film uses various techniques to present a particular view of the war against France. What is that interpretation and how does the film convey it? Although the Branagh version of Shakespeare's Henry V remains very close to the text, with only a few lines left out of the film, ... Read More

A Summary of the Film, Beneath Clouds by Ivan Sen (692 words, 1 pages)

In Ivan Sen's "Beneath Clouds" the search of belonging is explored in the story of two teenagers in rural Australia. "Beneath Clouds" is about two teenagers who meet up on the road to Sydney. One is a volatile Aboriginal who has escaped from a youth detention centre in order to ... Read More

A History of Kung Fu and Its Transition to Global Films (2299 words, 3 pages)

Intro The first genre before kung fu was the wu xia pian (hero films), which originated in the 1920s. In these films, the heroes possessed supernatural martial arts skills. They could control weapons with their minds, fly and shoot "death rays" from their palms. It wasn't until the late 1960s, ... Read More

The Techniques Used in the Film, Witness (468 words, 1 pages)

FILM TECHNIQUES The composer of the film, Witness, uses various film techniques to illustrate the contrast between the English world and the Amish way of life. Two techniques that stand out from the rest in this film are the dialogue, and the camera angles from which every scene is taken. ... Read More

An Introduction to the Analysis of Pumped Up Films With Nothing to Show (969 words, 2 pages)

Pumped-up Films With Nothing to Show The article "Opening weekend becoming be-all, end-all for movies" by Kenneth Turan argues that modern movie producers are more interested in generating revenue than making quality content for movies. Large advertising campaigns, marketing research, and speculative producers are making movies more and more like ... Read More

The Theme of Trust During Desperate Times in the Film, The Thing by John Carpenter (789 words, 2 pages)

Abstract In John Carpenters The Thing, trust in desperate times is a major theme. The movie is set up like its own experiment, testing the reactions of a crew when an alien moves among its ranks, disguised as one of them. The men, who have been living together and became ... Read More

A Review of the 1997 Film, True Love and Chaos (589 words, 1 pages)

TRUE LOVE AND CHAOS DIRECTED BY Stavros Andonis Efthymiou Starring Miranda OttoBen Mendelsohn Naveen AndrewsKimberley Davies Noah Taylor Hugo Weaving Rating (M) A GOOD old- fashioned road trip. Old being the word emphasised in this low budgeted movie. True love and Chaos is a long drawn out road trip movie ... Read More

An Analysis of the Importance of Sound and Light in a Movie Play During Film Making (466 words, 1 pages)

As many readers know that in film making the importance of sound and light in a movie play a big role in the movie, they detail character and suspense. With out it, a movie will not be the same. Bryan Singer did a great job with the lighting and camera ... Read More

A Description of the Terminator Film Series as a Tremendous Popular Success in USA For a Few Reasons (486 words, 1 pages)

The Terminator The Terminator film series was the tremendous popular success in USA for a few reasons. First, I think it's because the main character, Arnold, was very poplar at that time because he's so masculine, most audience want to see him. Second, I think because the producer spent a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Success of Michael Crichton’s Novel Jurassic Park and It’s Film Adaptation (724 words, 2 pages)

The Success of Michael Crichton's Novels in the Media Industry One only has to look at the astonishing opening weekend of Paramount Pictures' action adventure thriller Congo which was universally panned by critics, to be reminded of the power of the person who created the underlying material Jurassic Park author ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film Odyssey Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky (2578 words, 3 pages)

The film "Odyssey" or, as it is also known as "Die Abenteuer des Odysseus", "Homer's Odyssey", "Odissea",, was directed by Andrei Konchalovsky on the bases of Homer's classic epic poem "The Odyssey" and launched in 1997. The plot consists of three main episodes The Trojan War (which is dismissed quickly ... Read More

An Analysis of Japanese Culture in Some Japanese FIlms (2724 words, 4 pages)

Japanese culture has arisen as a mixture of the East and the West. Japanese have been able to keep their traditional aesthetic features while they also embraced western style, which was filtered through Japanese tradition. The presence of the Benshi ( a commentator who narrated the action of the film) ... Read More

A Film Analysis of Unbearable Lightness of Being by Phillip Kaufman (722 words, 1 pages)

Unbearable Lightness of Being A film by Phillip Kaufman Cast Daniel Day-Lewis - Tomas Julliette Binoche - Tereza Lena Olin - Sabina "Take off your clothes." The line most repeated throughout the film, gave us a sense of what we were to expect from Phillip Kaufman's "The Unbearable Lightness of ... Read More

A Comparison of Films in Scarface and Bonnie and Clyde (2054 words, 3 pages)

Compares scarface and Bonnie and Clyde - When looking at the crime film it is important to understand the nature of the films genre. The genre is a way for the audience to distinguish types of films. These are categorised together because of standard protocols developed for a particular types ... Read More

An Analysis of Special Effects in Films (563 words, 1 pages)

Whenever I am about to go view a 1980's film or any older film, I always bring with me certain assumptions. These assumptions are usually wrong and the older film usually impresses me. Many popular movies of today are usually smothered with special effects and it's a common belief by ... Read More

A Look at the Films of the Rock Group, The Beatles (2667 words, 4 pages)

The Beatles films If there was a time capsule that let the people of the future see what shaped the culture around the world in the 20th century there would be a few people who would be on the consensus list. Making up a part of that capsule would be ... Read More

An Examination of the Film, The American President (1082 words, 2 pages)

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT is as topical as today's headlines. What subjects are more in the news than President Clinton's reelection and single parents? Well, in this comedy we get both. The names have been changed to protect the innocent as they say, but the movie leaves no doubt that this ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film, Suzhou River (760 words, 2 pages)

Suzhou River Suzhou River is the second film of Lou Ye, who is the sixth generation directors in Chinese mainland. However, he directs this film in a different direction from the works of his Beijing Film Academy contemporaries Zhang Yuan (Beijing BastardsBeijing Zazhong, 1993) and Wang Xiaoshuai (The DaysDong-Chun De ... Read More

An Examination of the Film, Stranger Than Paradise (752 words, 1 pages)

Stranger Than Paradise This movie could be considered a complete waste of time for many people. The movie is in black and white. This affects the surroundings in the movie. New York, Cleveland, and Florida look dark and dreary. This inhibits the characters, in their emotions. Throughout the movie there ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013