Cinematography Essay Examples and Topics. Page 24

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Movies in the 1960s

In the view of this retired citizen, action movie was the main center of attraction to movie theatres in the downtown area.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 575

For the Bible Tells Me So

The consequences of socially constructing homosexuals and homosexuality as an abomination according to the film "The Bible Tells Me So" are destroyed family relationships and discrimination of the homosexuals by the society.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 564

Religious Studies of Movies

The film aligns the lives and tribulations of the Egyptians to the lives and troubles of Christians today. The theme of the importance of faith and trust in God is dominant in the film.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1444

Deviance in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”

The film is based on the experiences of Randle McMurphy a convicted rapist who chose to serve his term in a mental institution as opposed to serving the sentence in a prison labor camp.
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  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1125

“Scream” a Horror Film by Wes Craven

This essay will discuss how the director of the movie Scream used these three important elements to draw the attention of the viewers and keep their attention throughout the entire film.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 559

“The Hurt Locker”: Music in the Movie

The film presents a realistic performance of the events soldiers go through while in the line of duty. The music in that scene, therefore, enhances a reflection the dangerous environment of the war.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1121

“Annie Hall” by Woody Allen

Assessment of the content of the film reveals that the element of love has been used to highlight the transformative aspect of art.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1079

Iron Man 3 Movie

The film commences in the wake of the events of The Avengers in which Tony participated to save the New York City from the attack of aliens.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1434

Power Struggle: “Doubt” Movie

The power struggle is between Sister Aloysius; the school principal, and father Flynn, the school's a priest cum games master. This information is very substantial for Sister Aloysius to accuse and expel Father Flynn from [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 592

“Ladybird Ladybird” a Film by Ken Loach

True to this observation, Maggie is lost in the family life cycle as she tries to secure custody for her children and a husband to love and cherish her, together with her many children.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 577

Jaws – the shark cage scene

The failure of their plan and its disastrous consequences underscore the characters' woeful underestimation of the intelligence and aggression of the shark.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1060

Movie Advertising Major Advantages

Although there are several modes of advertising, this research found out that movie theater is one of the best modes of advertising.
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 534

Django Unchained and social behavior

The essay shall first offer a summary of the film in discussion before its linkage with the topic of discussion is presented.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1624

Caught in the Crossfire

If relations in a family are open and positive, based on the mutual understanding, children do not feel that they are betrayed by the fact of the parent's discovered sexuality which is abnormal in relation [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 580

The Itis Movie, the Tenth Episode of The Buddocks

Ordinary American lifestyle captured as the punch line in the film illustrates the authenticity of the American dream of equality of races, as practiced by a majority of Americans.
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 552

Oppressors in Society: “Soy Cuba” (1964)

Although there are various melodramatic plots in the film that attempt to harmonize the four vignettes together, they are not very instrumental in the overall development of the theme and plot of the film, bearing [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1436

The Movie “Hotel Rwanda”

Finally, the movie looks at the consequences of the war whereby the producer claims that the country experienced a variety of crises just after the genocide since mistrust and hatred was so intense.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1361

Do the right thing

According to the way the concept has been used in the scene, it is definite that there is a true law that distinguishes a right act from a wrong one.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1134

The Kony 2012 Controversy

The film attempts to attract the world attention to view the inability of the leaders in the western world as being the major factor that has resulted in the inability to stop Kony and his [...]
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1969

“Slumdog Millionaire” Analysis

To the people who live in the West, the movie might seem as foreign and inapplicable to life in the United States or Europe.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 839

Political Leadership in Africa (Do or Die Affair)

The mother is very encouraging and in the end, the governor is reassured of his chances of winning the presidency. At the press conference, the governor intent is to inform the public of his aspirations [...]
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1348

Gluttony and the Wages of Sin

Therefore, this essay evaluates how gluttony is a 'nightmare vision' as depicted in topic "The Wages of Sin"and the film, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover."The Wages of Sin" depicts gluttony as [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2268

Ethical Appeals: “Harold and Maude”

In this regard, it concerns the author's tone to his audience in the movie. This is viewed in the context of Harold, his mother, and Maude.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1372

The Movie “Precious”

Perhaps, her most moving experience occurs at the end of the movie when she summons the courage to leave her mother and take care of her children.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 883

“Flight” Film Analysis

Towards the end of the movie, in the federal hearing scene chaired by NTSB, Whip who has been priory convinced by Hugh and Charlie to deny the fact that he was under the influence of [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1652

The Movie: The Iron Lady

A synopsis of The Iron Lady Produced in the year 2011, the movie The Iron Lady is a British biopic based on the life of the longest serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1406

The Movie Batman Returns and Its Hero

The story is intertwined by a series of distant and close flashbacks which help to provide a background to the goings in the story. At this point, Bruce realizes that he is pertinent to the [...]
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1429

Documentary Movie “Why We Fight”

The movie title is based on the World War II period when series of movies attempting to explain and justify the reasons behind American going in to war.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 660

Welcome to The City of God: Rethinking the Movie Experience

Whenever there is a major feature film interpretation of a painfully topical issue, the audience takes the on-coming film with a grain of salt, which is quite understandable there is practically no way in which [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1097

The Devil Wears Prada

She bows down to her boss because she wants to get ahead in her career and is at her service day and night.
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1111

Segregation and Discrimination in My Left Foot

This is because Christy Brown is given the chance to stay with his family, and in due course, he shows how talented he is by making use of the only part of his body that [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

Love in Boys Don’t Cry

In spite of threats from his attackers and warning against reporting the assault to the police, Lana is nevertheless able to persuade the troubled Brandon to file a case.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 1901

Toy Story 1: An animation legend

In this step of computer generated imagery animators, it is necessary to define the surface appearance of each object like color, texture and transparency.
  • Subjects: Animated Films
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1155

China’s lost girl

This documentary begins with Ling's discussion of the origin of the one child policy that the government of China established. This documentary brings to light the plight of women and girls in China.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 838

Best Years of Our Lives

This is why after coming back from the war he decides not to carry on with his marriage to Wilma because of his disability.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1088

Blade Runner: Themes & Style Analysis

The acting in the Blade Runner is very satisfying mostly because the film's narration does not dictate the actors. The tough acting that is synonymous with such characters was not used in this film.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 562

“Vertigo” by Alfred Hitchcock

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the moral of the story in the movie Vertigo by Alfred Hitchcock. By hiring John Scottie to investigate his wife's actions, it was a clear indication that [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1177

Antigone

The movie was released in 1961 and it is based on the famous Greek tragedy. Black-and-white version contributed to the entire idea of the picture.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 558

The “Pay It Forwards” Film Report

Trevor, a boy of eleven, is obviously a conventional child figure as he is a kid. Arlene, Trevor's mother, is the main mother figure in the film.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 354

The Trilogy “Toy Story”

In particular, the original idea of the second version was premised on the importance of relationships in the movie, but not on the technological advancement, as it was in the first part.
  • Subjects: Animated Films
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 833

Film Studies: The Sequences of Camera Movements

The director manages to convey the idea of the woman's passion which is also pure and innocent. This is the symbol of the chaser's passionate desire to kill the fleeing woman.
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1274

Comparison of Two Sequences

The sequences taken from the films To Live and The Road Home can present a different use of formal elements; however, one can argue that both of them eloquently portray the despair of women who [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 811

High and Tide: A film Evaluation

From the film, I have come to understand that while the reality of globalization is ignored by people in the developed world, it is changing the lives of many in the developing nations.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 913

The “Touki Bouki” Film

Delusion is also portrayed in the soundtrack of the song 'Paris', which seem to capture the mind of the viewer too.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1184

The Comparison and Analysis of Sequences

Thus, the sequence from Red Sorghum is started in red in black colors to reflect the tension of the characters' feelings in the mise-en-scene when the sequence from The Road Home is in vivid and [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1102

Video Games and Movies

In fact, the presence of tactics, strategies, and rules interest adults more than children because the former is more concerned with the restrictions in which their actions are presented.
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 548

American Psycho

Apparently, the director wanted the character of Bateman to be perceived, as such, that allegorizes the very source of the America's prosperity, concerned with the fact that American richest bankers are being in the position [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 574

The Analysis of the Film: One Week

The film's story is based round the attempts of the newlyweds to build the house from the prepared materials and according to the directions received as the wedding gift.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1099

John Renoir, a French Filmmaker

Similarly, the themes and settings of the films depicted the social practices during the time. When the beggar makes a comic out of the rich, he indicates the partiality in the society.
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3316

The Film “Walk the Line” and the Role of Music in It

The "Walk the Line" comprises of Johnny Cash and June Carter as the main characters. The Carter family was renowned in the country music genre, and June started singing with their family at the age [...]
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 853

Why Are Horror Movies So Popular?

The audience is also aware that horror movies are nothing more than fiction and, therefore, nothing could happen to people watching these movies.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 548

Flags of Our Fathers

The narrative construction of Flags of Our Fathers is an enigma with the development of the themes of heroism and nationalism.
  • Subjects: Drama
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1644

Bridalplasty Television Show

Bridalplasty is based on the principle that the bridegrooms of the women in the show value the physical appearance of their women.
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 982

Peter Pan and Hook

There is also a major difference in the atmosphere evoked during the story retelling and in the attitude or the way the storyteller presents the participants of the action.
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  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1417

The Issue of American Horror Story

Thus, examining the information about this controversial situation with determining the category for American Horror Story, it is necessary to pay attention to such aspects as the speaker or the person who provides his vision [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 817

Analyzing the Main Character in Two Latino Films

Tita acts rebellious after receiving the news that the boy died on the way to the US and after a confronting with her mother that leads to her breaking her nose and stating that "there [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2211

Invading Your Hearts and Minds: Commercial Analysis

As observed in video game commercials of the day, professional marketers and bottom line businesses are fully utilizing the revolution of social media to attract and retain their customers in all possible ways.'Call of Duty: [...]
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 733

A Review of Bringing Up Baby 1938 (K. Hepburn)

This movie employs a madcap heiresses, to give the needed sense of humor, fun, irresponsibility and the irrelevance that develops the story to its intended context, contrary to the logic, seriousness and the dignity that [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 725

Movie Making: Movies That Take Place on the Ocean

As the Waterworld was "one of the most troubled productions in Hollywood history" and the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean was easy and quick, it possible to notice that the filmmakers got the success [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 854

“Her Body, Himself”: Slasher/Stalker Genre

The main argument of the author in the essay "Her Body, Himself" is that slasher/stalker films have a far deeper meaning that goes beyond mere gore and fright and actually connects to the concepts of [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 898

“Casablanca” by Michael Curtiz

This is due to the excellent matching line of actors and the sweet synchronized sound that brings the reality of the movie in action.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1776

The Film “Citizen Kane”

For example, for duration of three minutes, after movie's beginning, the viewers continue being exposed to the shots of Kane's residence, which prior to them having been introduced to Charles Kane, establish movie's main character [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1669

One Aspect of Cinema During the Silent Era

In this paper, major focus will be on giving a detailed analysis of the use of music in movies from the silent era vis-a-vis the use of music in the current films.
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2889

“V for Vendetta” (2005) by James McTeigue

Although in the surface, the Norsefire government in V for Vendetta is dedicated to the people, in actuality, they protect the government from the people's free will, which is completely opposite the ideals of the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1417

Typical American Families

The two families, the Conners and the Huxtables, have much in common. Seemingly, these relationships are different in the two families.
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 549

The Search for Tomorrow in Today’s Soap Operas

The feeling in the text is a justification of the presence of soap operas in the local Television series as well as the argument that women are entitled to watch and fully enjoy the never [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 944

The Movie and the Song Strange Fruit

The research focuses on the movie, and the song Strange Fruit. The film Strange Fruit touches on the issue of racial discrimination during the 1930s.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 695

Asian Horror in “A Tale of Two Sisters” (2003)

Naturally, horror movies are known to exemplify traditional and uncouth characteristics, and the directors of the films are perceived to non-conversant with the changes in the society.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2181

A Documentary Film and a Real Cinema Dramatization

This is however disapproved by the league after weighing and measuring the bat and finding that it meets the requirements.[6] Roy is called to a meeting by the principle owner of knights, The Judge.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2261

«Twelve Angry Men» Synopsis

11 is seen to question the move of juror no.7. It is evidenced from the movie that juror no.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 705

Disability Representation in “Forrest Gump”

This story covers the life of Forrest Gump and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. He has limited IQ and at the same time seems to have unlimited love and devotion for [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 704

Urban Planning Issues About the Movie “City of God”

This is where he also discovers corruption and collaboration in between the Kenyan government, the pharmaceutical corporation, and his fellow British colleagues. The main cause for lack of social mobility is limited of education.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 453

Bush Administration and Security Issues in “Fahrenheit 9/11“

The main argument is that the paranoia, patriotism and false values present in the American Security System resulted to the incapability of Bush administration when it came to dealing with security issues affecting the Americans [...]
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

Waiting for Superman

From the analysis of this film, appeal based on the character of the speaker has been manifested in the author's belief about teaching and education.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 682

Racial Stereotypes in Movie Industry

The character of Tom Hanson in the movie thought he was not racist but at a subconscious level he too was affected by the racial stereotypes just as many of us are unaware of how [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1518

Mean Girls: The Appeal of Teen Movies

In typical teen movie tradition, rest of the school loves to hate her and secretly wants to hurt her just the way she has hurt everybody else in the school.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1390

Religion and Cinematography

From the satirical portrayals of the biblical stories in films, the use of films to represent contemporary religions, the representation of Roman Catholics and the Legion of Decency in films, as well as use of [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 604

White Zombie and The Thing on the Doorstep

The discussion will explore the similarities and differences between the two works, with regard to the plot, characters, themes, and how these are used to bring about the effect of horror.
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1082

Korean Sense of Aesthetic in Cinematography

The girl endures the suffering subjected to her by Yu-bong, the "pansori" artist and eventually achieves success."Seo-Pyon-Jae" also depicts the power the elderly members of the society have over young people.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 602

The History of the Coldstream Guards: TV Programme

According to the program, the army was formed to overthrow the monarchy and, unfortunately, this attempt appeared to be unsuccessful. Whereas the TV programme has been criticized by many individuals for taking some emancipation in [...]
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1676

Legally Blonde: The Female Ambition

Movies like "Legally Blonde" reinforce the idea that a woman's primary objective in life is to get a husband and get married and that a woman's intelligence, capabilities and talents are of not much use [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1347

This is not a Test

The film and several others were produced as way of increasing awareness about the possibility of a nuclear war between the two nuclear superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 666

My own private Idaho

He will do this by taking on his rightful place in the kingdom; a decision that will prove to his father and other people in the kingdom that he is worthy of his title.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1086

The Saga as Old as Time: Romeo and Juliet, Vampire Style

Basing partially on the plot of Romeo and Juliet story and partially on the problems that modern teenagers face, The Twilight Saga offers a number of issues that are quite topical nowadays, such as the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 987

Encouragement Concept in “Remember the Titans”

According to people with low self esteem cause distortions of their partner's perception, in a nut shell they demoralize their partners high spirit, in the movie this is demonstrated by a player who quits because [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 840

The Secret in Their Eyes

Through memory, the film becomes a political narrative of the terrible violence, murder rape and other forms of injustices associated with military rule."The Secret in Their Eyes" is particularly important as it is among the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 826

Election (1999) Film Review

At the beginning of the film, Tracy is involved with her teacher, Dave, who ended up suffering the consequences as he is fired from his job and his wife divorces him as well. Unlike Tracy, [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 817

Do The Right Thing Analysis

That, human beings have a choice to live positively and all the ills that the community in the film embodies can easily be avoided by only doing the right thing.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 892