Cinematography Essay Examples and Topics. Page 23

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The Movie “Color of Fear”

The issue of racism is introduced by the film's director right from the beginning. Therefore, by the end of the video the issue of race is already embedded in the mind of the viewer.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 586

Ajyal Film Festival and Youth Empowerment

The DFI organizes the Ajyal Film Festival to present the film products of its most talented young actors and producers to the government and the business community, as well as the rest of the world.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 4272

Film “12 Years a Slave”

Critics shift the debate from the historical significance of slavery in the United States to the correctness of the slavery events portrayed in the film.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1143

Slaughterhouse-Five Movie Analysis

There is a lot of activity in the life of the main character, starting from the time he was born right when he envisioned his death at the hands of a hired assassin.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

What is Eating Gilbert Grape

Based on the actions of Gilbert, the audience identifies that what is "eating him" is the dilemma of how to balance his desires with the needs of his family.
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 636

The Corporation

When the film was being produced, Bakan accompanied it with a book named "The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power"."The Corporation" elicited mixed reactions from the stakeholders of globalization when it was released [...]
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  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 834

Non-Linear Structure Film and Unity of the Film Story

In fact, one of the many advantages of the movie is that it does not shove its ethical dilemmas into the viewer's face quite on the opposite, the ethical lesson is offered to the audience [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 849

Angels and Insects by A.S. Byatt

However, this passage is a complete opposite of the happenings in the movie "Set it Off" that highlights the plight of women in a competitive society.
  • Subjects: Drama
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1382

Cultural Revolution in China in “Hibiscus Town”

The social environment: semblance of equality While the issue concerning the unfair treatment of the owners of small business, as well as the dictatorship of Mao Zedong and his party might be too on the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1421

“China in Revolution, 1911-1949”

The director and the writer of the movie pride in a deep understanding of the Chinese history as they give an almost accurate recount of the events that unfolded in China between 1911 and 1949.
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  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1396

“Monsters, Inc.” and the War on Terror

The problem of fear in the American society can be discussed as the multidimensional concept which is directly associated with the developed idea of the War on Terror because fear is the main force to [...]
  • Subjects: Animated Films
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1402

Research of Violence in the Media

The left frontal lobe of the participants was analyzed and found to be more active in the control group than in the exposed group. Exposure of children to violence in the mass media leads to [...]
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1687

Abraham Lincoln: The Vampire Hunter

The plot focuses on the sinister plan of the vampire world to take of the control over the Untied States and, therefore, Lincoln decides to liberate Americans from the vampire's dominance and eliminate their influence.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1106

Role of the Subtext

Subtext is the specific technique when the background information about the character or the events is told as the part of the dialogues, the part of the movie.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1117

Critique Erin Brockovich Movie

The movie involved six actors and became the best movie in the same year, a fact that brought speculations that the movie industry was going to gain more profits in the years that were to [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 832

Who Does She Think She Is?

In a graduate program in painting, I look forward to reinvigorating my passions for painting and further developing of the areas, in which I have had experience previously.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 670

GasLand (2010): American Appetite for Energy

The movie is an expose on the communities that are affected by the mining, and it is also a critique of the political and corporate pressures that result in the destruction of natural resources.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 567

Film Analysis: Korean War Films

One way of looking at the movie it to examine it in the context of its historical period and attempt to discern its unique aspects, the fact is the movie is set within an era [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1778

Television Violence Context

The KTDS management should react to the problem, not for the benefit of the politicians but for the whole population, since a successful business caters for the needs of all customers.
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 657

Documentary Film Called “The Corporation”.

It is identified that most strategic managers often make decisions based on the particular well-being of the company as opposed to the well-being of the people that the company serves.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1935

Illustration of Major Themes in Movies

Initially, the movie included the Chinese as the villains, but had to change and include the Koreans due to negative reception the movie got in China.
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2472

Central China Television’s (CCTV)

Following the unprecedented growth of the economy, increased per capita income and literacy levels; the mass among the Chinese and other communities in the world was spurred.
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 833

Analysis: “Blue Velvet” by David Lynch

One of the scenes which disorient is the one in the car. Even when the men get out of the car, the space is still closed as Jeffrey is in a tight circle of men [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 356

The Concept of Place in the Movie “Safe”

The function of mirrors contribute greatly to the understanding of the concepts of space and place in the movie because this reflecting objects that we can see in the bedroom of main characters reflect the [...]
  • Subjects: Action Films
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2517

New Ways of Showing/Seeing Violence

The staging of the film in a suburban setting of Los Angeles was very relevant because of the crime and violence history of the place.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 811

Grey Zone by Tim Blake Nelson

Thus, the author of the film is trying to say that the war topsy-turned the lives of people and changed their priorities.
  • Subjects: Drama
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 855

“Devil in a Blue Dress” By Carl Franklin

The movie falls under the Neo-noir category as it is set in the classic era between 1940 and 1950 and has the characteristic neo-noir theme of a major African American character that is faced with [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 861

Television History and Technology

The "first" generation television systems had a display or the TV screen was characterized by a small motor with a neon lamp and spinning disc.
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1334

Fight Against the Demonization in «Malcolm X»

In light of critics' remarks in the book "The mistakes of Malcolm X", the director went beyond propaganda and told the story of a society changer. In this instance, the signifier refers to the negative [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1252

Media Art Film Studies: Avant Garde

Either way, it was the film manifestos, which dictated the comprehension of experimental films as well as the avant-garde films. In addition, the manifestos comprised of the initial film theories, which were existent within the [...]
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 18
  • Words: 4974

Zeitgeist Spirit in “The Internship” Movie

This revolution has brought about workplace day-care programs, extended paternity leaves, recreational facilities in the workplace, additional employee freedom, and giving employees access to free stuff."The Internship" is able to capture the Zeitgeist spirit of [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1139

Relations Between Clothes, The Body And Sexuality

Stella Bruzzi and Pamela Church recognize how Field's authorial presence is inextricably embedded in the "look" of the program, both in terms of the way the show is styled and in the way the audience [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 16
  • Words: 4630

Descartes Goes to Hollywood

Throughout the article, the use of cyborgs in films is used as a tool of analysis by the author. The conflict of the body and the mind is also the main theme in most cyborg [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 584

“Promises” Analysis from a Contact Theory Perspective

While considering the documentary project from the perspective of the Contact theory, children's constant communication and interaction will allow them to understand and reassess different outlooks on the situation and define new course of action.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 578

Nibiru2032-The End of the World

The work has four parts; the first part is a summary of the storyline of the film; the second part is an analysis of important signs used in the film and their effectiveness in the [...]
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1090

American Television History

As it will be shown in the succeeding sections, the culture of electronic advertising changed wherein advertisers became increasingly aggressive with their product placements and means of getting the public to be more aware of [...]
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2304

The Taxi Driver and the Dance With Wolves Films

In the film Dance with Wolves, the director seems to be unable to convey the poetry and philosophical inclinations of the colonial masters and the natives of India.
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 815

“HANA-BI” a Movie by Takeshi Kitano

It is thus representative of life and all the perturbations that make people so vulnerable to the circumstances and conditions of being alive.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 556

“Thunderheart” by Michael Apted

By examining the life of a Native-American reservation, the authors can give the viewers in-depth insights into the difficulties experienced by the residents of this town.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1097

“Before Sunset”: Paris Is Still the City of Love

Some people may say that the city is an ordinary urban settlement which is no different from the rest of the cities in the world, but such film as Before Sunset proves that there is [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1115

The Wabbit Came Who Came to Supper (1942)

One of the themes apparent in the movie is that of a rabbit as a trickster. The director of the movie was Friz Freleng, considered the creator of the character of Bugs Bunny.
  • Subjects: Animated Films
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1160

Political Cartoon on Health Care Reform in the United States

The cartoonist portrays the factors influencing the pace of the healthcare reform process in the United States. The cartoonist demonstrates the parties involved in the healthcare reform bound to suffer from the pace of [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 616

Scene Analysis from “Finding Dawn” by Christine Welsh

One of the reasons why Native women account for a disproportionately large share of missing people in Western Canada, is that as compared to what it happened to be the case with Whites and the [...]
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1120

A Critical Analysis of la Zola

The segregation is based on the perception that the poor are a threat to the property and life of the rich people.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1688

Gender Propagation in Titanic Miniseries

In spite of the film indicating that the people travelling in the Titanic are divided based on their social status, the film goes ahead to show a high level of interaction among the different classes [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2679

Effective Narration in Literature

Through this careful placement of information in the novel, the narrator was able to convey information about the constrained relationship with his family.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 861

Review: “World Trade Center” by Oliver Stone

The assessment will capture the nature of the crisis presented in the movie, the steps taken to alleviate the crisis and the skills employed in the rescue operations.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1068

Reflection Paper: “Blood Diamonds” by Edward Zwick

The movie shows the role played by developing countries in financing armed conflict in African countries. In relation to the movie, Collier discusses the four traps that the developing countries face.
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

The Movie Rebel Without a Cause

One should discuss how the elements of the mise-en-scene used in this section of the movie are related to the narrative presented in this film.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 968

The Types of Features Used in Different Television Shows

Other factors that the television stations consider include the setup of the studios or the show rooms, the characters that will participate in the shows and the kinds of languages to be used in the [...]
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1388

The Portrayal of Otherworldly Spaces

One of the main motivations, which prompt people to read fiction-novels and to watch movies, which contain the motifs of otherworldliness, is the fact that, while being exposed to these literary and cinematographic works, individuals [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1622

Concept of “Lifestyle” in the 20th Century

Advertizing culture and mass media has created the concept of lifestyle in the 20th century through: The rise of mass media in the last 50 years has created what has been referred to as a [...]
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1691

“Coffy” by Jack Hill

In the 1970s, however, the society exaggerated black women's sexuality, and Coffy was the typical depiction of such exaggeration. Producers of the film, Coffy, were reducing African American women to this narrow characterization.
  • Subjects: Action Films
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 544

Film God’s Step Children

Being prejudiced from the side of classmates and teachers, Naomi is sure that everything is because of her color of skin, however, watching the movie, it is obvious that the problem is in Naomi's behavior.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 551

The Film “Black Legion”

The film was inspired by the murder of a Works Progress Administration worker in 1935, and went on to be selected as one of the best pictures of 1937 by the national Board of Review.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1773

The Image of California in Movies in Falling Down

In so doing, the movie Falling Down draws the viewers in with the discovery of the supernatural disturbance linked with the present day re-composition of space-time-being in post-cold war and feature of the end of [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1336

To Live (HuoZhe) Film Discussion

The To Live film tries to change the meaning of communism where the lives of citizens depend on the laws and regulations put in place by the government.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1091

“The King of Masks” by Wu Tianming

Taking into account the fact that Confucianism appeared in China, one can probably make a conclusion that the director of The King of Masks wanted to depict one of the most important aspect of one [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1107

Motion Picture Industry Managerial

This explains why the median of the motion pictures ranges the 6th and 10th week of appearance in the Week-Top-60. 2317 million had the highest sales due to more Week-Top-60 appearance per Number-of-theatre features.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 648

When Tragedy Strikes: “The birds”

However, in the midst of all the tragedy we see the relationship between Melanie and Mitch and His family continuing to strengthen.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1630

Review of “Freedom Writers”

In fact, Gruwell taught students using the book of Filopvic Zlata and Anne Frank in order to educate students about importance of open-mindedness.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 757

Kundun: The Story about Religious Leader

It should be stated that the main idea of the test was to offer Dalai Lama several things and his task was to guess the properly of the previous Dalai Lama.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

Modern Views on Confucian Values: “The King of Masks”

The relationship between two genders as one of the key themes of the movie While watching The King of Masks, it becomes evident that one of the director's main intentions was to reveal traditional values [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1360

Reality Television and Social Evaluation

It is supposed that reality viewers may be encouraged to evaluate and differentiate their own state of affairs with those stars of the reality shows.
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1618

American Cinema – Movie Analysis

The first part of the movie is full of comedy portrayed by prisoners in the quest of outwitting the warden. Additionally since the area had forest, this ensured that the producer managed to link escape [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1228

Kimjongilia (2009) by N.C. Heikin

The documentary film focuses on the cruelty of the North Korean despotism and the hopeless status which the residents of North Korea, the people who experienced oppression and starvation every day, had.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1125

Gender Factor in Communication

In their trip to Florida with the group, the two characters fall in love with Kane, also a member of the group.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 539

“The Godfather”

The research centers of the movie show the family as the driving force of many groups, especially the Corleone mafia family.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1247

The Goddess: The Cry for Female Tolerance

Feminism echoes throughout the plot of the movie through the life of the main character and through the reactions of the people around her.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1255

The Two Films ‘The Story of Qiu Ju’ and ‘Ermo’

The two directors used women to play the leading role in both the films and the results of the women participation, has yielded positive results in the transformation of the Chinese society, from that of [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1375

Bollywood Film Industry

This has popularized Bollywood films outside India making Bollywood a great exporter of films to about 95 countries in the world, with the majority importers of these films being Canada, UK, and US. The dancing [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1638

Documentary Presentation: The Confessions

The case involves four ex-soldiers from the US Marines accused and convicted of the murder of Michelle Bosko in 1997. Critics argue that The Confessions reveals the weaknesses of the American justice system.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

TV Show’s Influence on Perception

The frequency of the television shows is a pattern that is interesting to monitor in the shows watched. Negative influences could be dangerous and therefore it is important to discourage their course in the lives [...]
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 859

Personal Review of Avatar

It is possible to agree and accept the discussion of the plot, however, the review is more about the alien forces aimed at winning the territory.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1615

“What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” Movie

Out of the love, he had for his brother Arnie, he chose to be his closest companion to watch him and keep him busy, lest he went up to the town water tank creating a [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2731

Nationalism in Korean Cinema

In the course of his duty as a police officer, he arrest citizens and in the process tortures one by the name Myongsik in attempt to maintain order in the society that is marred with [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1380

God Grew Tired of Us

The title of the film "God Grew Tired of Us" is rather succinctly used by the film maker in order to help audiences understand the plight of the 3 main characters in the movie and [...]
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

The “Modern Times” Movie

In fact it can be stated that the film itself shows how society itself has created prisons for the various individuals who live in it wherein they are unable to escape from the roles society [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 565

The Story of Qin Ju and Ermo

Concerning 'The story of Qin Ju', the main actress Qin Ju although she is expectant and she was in her last trimester could not burry her head in the sand after seeing her husband kicked [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1516

History of World Cinema

The physical and the personal appearance of the Jews are compared to that of the Germans and the filmmaker perfectly convinces the viewers that the Jews are inferior to the Germans.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1095

History of National Cinema

The first public viewing of a film made by the Lumieres brothers marked the beginning of cinema in France before the 1900's.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2243