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A Look at the Evolution of Violence in Western Films (2430 words, 7 pages)

Violence is an integral piece of any Western film. It one of the tools used by filmmakers and directors to portray the mythical nature of the Western, but can also have a grounding, realistic effect for a film. In the Classic western fairytale, the iconic cowboy only uses violence for ... Read More

An Analysis of the Harry Potter Film Series (632 words, 2 pages)

Film Analysis For my film analysis I chose the Harry Potter film series. The series is about a young boy who finds out that he is a wizard. He is sent to a wizarding school called Hogwarts and immersed in the world of witchcraft and wizardry. Whats more is that ... Read More

A Film Review of Hitchcock Actors (399 words, 2 pages)

Hitchcock ActorsFilm ReviewProfoundly a character-driven film, the movie only passes par through the two main characters, Mr. and Ms. Hitchcock. Casting Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren was a smart decision as they both played their roles well, but the overall film was shallow and offered little to those looking for ... Read More

An Interpretation of Baraka, a Film by Ron Fricke (916 words, 3 pages)

Baraka Close Reading Silent movies have existed since the beginning of film, mainly as atechnical limitation. When moving images were first captured, there was nomethod of capturing the vocal performances at the same time. We have sincemoved passed this obstacle, but there are still some beautiful featuresthat just go ahead ... Read More

A Film Analysis of 12 Angry Men, a Film Directed by Sidney Lumet (779 words, 3 pages)

12 Angry Men (1956) is a film about a court jury determining the verdict of a homicide trial. The film features a small group of the standard 12 person jury. The film itself can be summarized as 12 men arguing in a room for an hour and a half but ... Read More

An Analysis of Minimalism in the French Film Industry (924 words, 3 pages)

Hollywood and the French The Art of Minimalism within CinemaThe French film industry sets itself apart from the cluttered American film industry through filmmakers use of minimalism.Jean Vigos On the Subject of Nice differs through its simplistic nature. The combination of silence and monochrome as Vigo depicts simple life within ... Read More

A Comprehensive Film Review of Rosemary’s Baby, a Film by Roman Polanski (1039 words, 3 pages)

Rosemarys Baby (1968) Rosemarys Baby is a suspenseful film essentially about a woman who becomes pregnant soon after moving into a new apartment with her husband, and begins to fear what the neighbors have planned for her unborn child. Soon after moving in, Rosemary and her husband Guy meet their ... Read More

A Film Analysis of Citizen Kane (1387 words, 3 pages)

Citizen Kane (1941) Citizen Kane is a legendary film about news reporters attempting to unearth the meaning of the millionaire title characters final word Rosebud. Through extensive flashback, the story of Kanes life, one of isolation, is revealed, culminating in an unexpected ending. And so we arrive at the end ... Read More

A Film Analysis of Casablanca (862 words, 2 pages)

Casablanca (1942) Casablanca is a romantic drama about an American nightclub owner, Rick Blaine, living in Casablanca in French Morocco in the early days of WWII. When he finds himself with two passes that allow travel to the US, and with his ex-lover, Ilsa, and her wanted, resistance-leader husband at ... Read More

The Concepts of Simplicity and Individuality in the Film Into the Wild (820 words, 3 pages)

The concepts of individuality and simplicity warm the hearts of certain people, but disgust others. In the film Into the Wild, main character Chris McCandless abides by these ideals after a lifetime of receiving a precious education and living the life of a wealthy man. Henry David Thoreau describes his ... Read More

A Film Analysis of The Strong Man (1725 words, 6 pages)

Term Paper 1It is an undisputable fact that society and history hold true the claim that "Chaplin, Lloyd, and Keaton have been recognized as the three great figures of comedy pictures" (Brownlow 437). Film history classes around the world reify their dominance, and festivals and retrospectives centered on the trio ... Read More

An Analysis of the Educational Film Unhooking the Hookworm (754 words, 3 pages)

In the early 1900s, a large percentage of the global population was infected with hookworm. The Rockefeller Foundations International Health Division created Unhooking the Hookworm as a short educational film. Initially created for the high-risk populations of the southern United States, Unhooking the Hookworm was shown at public events worldwide. ... Read More

A Personal Analysis of the Film Planeat at the Global Peace Film Festival (315 words, 2 pages)

PlaneatI attended the Global Peace Film Festivals film Planeat. This documentary is about three men's search for a proper diet. The diet is not a typical diet of simply losing weight, but instead one that is for being healthier in general and better for the environment. There are many chefs ... Read More

Documentary Films: Understanding Responsible Film Making (581 words, 2 pages)

This paper uses a "scene" to explain the rhetorical tools used for understating responsible filmmaking (1). Schoen defines documentary film as "the way the films position themselves in the relationship to the common world of social experience"(2). I liked this definition because it truly gets down to the fundamentals of ... Read More

A Review of the Film 2001: A Space Odyssey (569 words, 2 pages)

Sometimes the idea of approaching something new or different can be scary. That is how many people (including myself) feel about nonlinear film. The difficulty of making sense of abstract ideas, unfamiliar techniques, or unconnected time or place sequences is certainly a daunting prospect. I felt, and still feel this ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characteristics of Fantasy Films (1499 words, 6 pages)

1. Do a paper on the genre of your choice. Examine it in terms of time and space, type of hero, and narrative resolution. What ritualistic experience does it fulfill? What are the genres primary conventions? Its icons? Use examples including at least one contemporary and one early type of ... Read More

A Review of the Populist Film The Natural (586 words, 3 pages)

The Natural was a great example of a populist film to watch in class, especially since I had never seen it before. After comparing a movie such as Harold and Maude to The Natural, it's easy to tell a dark comedy film from a populist one.Our film starts out with ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film Juno (993 words, 3 pages)

Juno takes place in Minnesota set in modern times. The main characters are Juno, a typical sixteen year old girl Paulie Bleeker, one of Junos best friends and also a member of the track team VanessaMark, the couple that adopts Junos baby. The movie begins with Juno going to the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film Training Day (787 words, 3 pages)

Training Day takes place in Los Angeles, California in the early 2000s. The main characters are Jake Hoyt, a cop entering a special undercover unit Alonzo Harris, the leader of the special unit that does dirty things to do his job. The movie begins with Jake meeting with Alonzo to ... Read More

Thoughts of Deception in the Film Shutter Island (1485 words, 5 pages)

The film Shutter Island takes place in 1954 and depicts an investigation by U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels and his partner on the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. Teddy begins to contemplate that hospital doctors have brought him to Shutter Island intentionally to treat him. Teddys ... Read More

A Summary of the Film Supersize Me (501 words, 3 pages)

Topics Supersize Me Video Documentary (2004)Summary of the film Supersize MeFor this assignment, I have decided to choose the documentary created by Morgan Sperlock entitled Supersize Me. In the film Super-Size Me, Director Morgan Sperlock attempts to show the entire world the long-term effects and subsequent results of eating nothing ... Read More

The Concept of Special Treatment in the Film Murderball (1081 words, 3 pages)

Murderball I have never before seen Murderball, but I am very glad that I got anopportunity to see it. While it is important to educate people about themedicalphysical aspect of what those with disabilities have to deal withon a daily basis, it is most important to be able to think ... Read More

A History of the Business Wars in the Film Industry (1420 words, 5 pages)

According to A Short History of the Movies Eleventh Abridged Edition, authors Gerald Mast and Bruce F. Kawin state that histories of movies construct a view of the world and of human experience. Film has played such an important role in society. It is the common thread that brings society ... Read More

An Analysis of the Role of Cinematographer in the Production of a Film as Depicted in the Book Film and Lighting (971 words, 3 pages)

Film and Lighting is a book that goes through all the steps involved in Lighting in film. It begins by describing the position known as the cinematographer, and his or her role in the production of a film. As the book progresses, it covers different types of lighting equipment and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film American Psycho (1343 words, 4 pages)

American Psycho (Mary Harron - 2000) is a post-modern slasher filmthat is far more intricate and purposive than a decade of slashers andsequels with horrendous writing, yet also skirts past the post-modern, self-referential, witty, hip humor of Scream (Wes Craven 1996) by light years.The film still follows the typical thematic ... Read More

The Slasher Film Formula in Scream, a Horror Film (1042 words, 2 pages)

Essay 1 - Scream - Slasher Film Genre Though they can be manifested in different forms a doll killer(Child's Play-Tom Holland 1988), a burnt janitor (A Nightmare on Elm St.-Wes Craven 1984), a dark robed killer (Prom Night-Paul Lynch 1980), an oldlady killer (Friday the Thirteenth-Sean Cunningham 1980) and a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1113 words, 3 pages)

Few people, layman, artist, or academic, would contest that The TexasChainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper 1974) is a quintessential horror film. Yet,trying to pin down the universal elements of the horror genre is somewhatlike trying to nail a stick of butter to the ground. For exactly thisreason it's useful to examine ... Read More

The Selflessness of Damien Karras in the Film The Exorcist (729 words, 4 pages)

Within William Friedkin's The Exorcist film (1973), Father DamienKarras illustrates selflessness to ensure that his compatriots do notsuffer, Father Karras accepts suffering. To this end, in an attempt to saveRegan, Father Karras jumps out of an apartment window. In addition, FatherKarras is so saddened by the death of his mother ... Read More

The Origins of the Film CVR (250 words, 1 pages)

The film CVR was able to take the voices of the crew aboard the unlucky airplanes, and turn them into a visual image for anyones understanding. The manipulation of the words, and the emotion behind the words of the crew allowed the unforeseen circumstances to be turned into a visual ... Read More

The Voyage of Christopher Columbus in the Film Into the Rain (620 words, 2 pages)

Even the Rain EssayInto the Rain is about a film crew trying to film a movie. The movie is about the voyage of Christopher Columbus. They run into many problems the moment they get to their location of the movie. Costa, the producer, gets really frustrated because there were people ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013