Cinematography Essay Examples and Topics. Page 24

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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

“Titanic” by James Cameron Movie Analysis

Therefore, there is indeed a good reason in referring to Cameron's film, as such that promotes a thoroughly humanistic idea that the measure of people's actual worth has very little to do with what happened [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1191

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

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

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

No One Is Perfect

Bertie is a prince of one of the most powerful states in the world, while Logue has a humble background. Bertie is under pressure from his father, King George V to satisfy the high expectations [...]
  • Subjects: Drama
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 601

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

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

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

Understanding Media: Reality TV Shows—The Jersey Shore

In the Jersey Shore, storytelling is typified by the show participants through the use of common communication language and engaging in habitual things that are common and relevant to the world today like going to [...]
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1641

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

Independent Study: Tim Burton

It is believed that the flow of the fluids in his films as in the rivers of chocolate in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or the gushing blood from Sweeny Todd: The Demon barber of [...]
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 25
  • Words: 6854

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

There Will Be Blood

This essay analyzes the perspectives presented in the title of the film and how they help in understanding the concept' There Will Be Blood.' Daniel Plainview is a complicated character in the film who is [...]
  • Subjects: Drama
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1177

“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

Arguments in Who Framed Roger Rabbit

The danger and the fascination come together in the sexiness that is part of the stereotypes as well. The Toons are almost indestructible, and the villain, Judge Doom, turns out to be one of them, [...]
  • Subjects: Animated Films
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 900

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

The King’s Speech

The film, The King's Speech is a story filled with intricate anti-stereotypic images and paradigm shifts within a larger plot of the British royal family.
  • Subjects: Drama
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 512

The Grizzly Man

He believes that the turmoil in that landscape was synonymous with the turmoil in the lead character's soul. The author wanted to contrast the illusions that were perceived by Treadwell and the reality that existed [...]
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 637

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

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

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

Culture Artifact Film “Into the Great Pyramid”

The film "into the Great Pyramids", answers some of these views including the culture of the people who built the Pyramids and also how they accomplished this phenomenal engineering feat.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 920

“The Wild Bunch” (1969) by Sam Peckinpah

The movie is a 1969 movie directed by director Sam Peckinapah centered around a group of outlaws, an outlaw gang, on the border of two states that of Texas and the state of Mexico.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1072

Tokyo Sonata (2008): Japan’s Middle Class Myth

The main character in the film Ryuhei Sasaki and his wife Megumi illustrate the harsh realities of this collective self deception. Therefore, the main character in the film is bearing the brunt of a wider [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1356

Arguments in Star Trek Movie

There is conflict between Maddox and Captain Picard when the admiral introduces the commander and reveals that he is intending to work on the android that is Data.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2293

An Analysis of Films

Scene selected: The prison camp in the movie: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The prison camp scene of the movie is selected for this analysis.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1599

Analysis of Planning Issues – Maria Full of Grace

The people in charge of urban planning and design can not afford to ignore this very fundamental issue. The globalization process has strengthened the development of global communities which have led to social and economic [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 468

Thelma and Louise (1991) by Ridley Scott

Thelma and Louise is a title of the movie that itself illustrates two characters of the movie. The movie, Thelma and Louise has managed to enhance the significance of the role of women.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1184

Videocracy: A Double-Sided Sword for the Fame-Hungry

A snapshot of the life path of the great, the miserable plebs and the cunning in-between specific social layer, journalists, the movie director has managed to show the amazing fusion of tragedy and mockery of [...]
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1764

“The “Running Fence” by Amelia Knight

This work of art is aimed at making people see the beauty of the landscape. The video reveals that the work was really monumental since it comprised the work of so many people and persistence [...]
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 575

Feminism in Roger and Dodger Film

The plot of the movie tends towards portraying women as inferior to men given majority of the women in the movie fall into traps set by men very easily.
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1135

The Business of Being Born

The movie generally favor the argument that in cases of normal births without complications, midwives can conduct home deliveries and this is seen to be better as compared to hospital births that are normally conducted [...]
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 570

Aging in Society and Community

The superb comedy movie also looks at the major life changes, such as retirement and life of widowhood, transformations in living arrangements, and economic and political issues that define the habits of the old people [...]
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  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 543

Television Advancements

This paper will discuss the advancement of television, the time period for the advancement invention and factors that led to the advancements.
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1103

TV Reality and People’s Lifestyle

What makes it offending to the ladies in their lives is that they never watch the matches in their houses because they like watching the games in the company of their fellow men and they [...]
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1251

Fight Club – Analysis of Consumerism

If the cost of a recall is expected to be higher than the cost of dealing with lawsuits, initiated by unsatisfied customers, the car-manufacturing company will not move a finger: "Take the number of vehicles [...]
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1379

Sidney Lumet and His Concerns

The story told in the movie A Stranger Among Us is similar to all stories used by Sydney Lumet where the director manages to introduce characters who by all means choose the side of observing [...]
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1088

Racism in the “Crash”

It is worthy noting that, all the characters in the film are victims of crashes and none is free of sympathy. The wouldisappearance' referred to by Graham is that of racism.
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1216

My Opinion on the Movie Titanic

Upon the knowledge of the portray, Dawson Calvert contacted Lovett, she was asked if she knew about the necklace and she said that indeed she was the one Rose DeWittone of the passengers deemed to [...]
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 859

Michael Curtiz: Casablanca (1942)

The things that are brought to light in the paper concerning the movie are; summery of the plot, characters, music used, reception, awards and finally errors and inaccuracy in the movie.
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1292

Film and Multiculturalism: Zack Snyder’s “300”

Apparently, the cultural uniqueness, on the part of White people, does not solely refer to their talent in baby-making, as it is usually the case with people in Third World countries, but to their acute [...]
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1444

Compare Two Movies Related With Human Rights

In the Name of the Father is a movie that portrays an innocent arrest of Gerry Colon and subsequent torture for him to confess the terrorist's crimes he did not commit and enduring long legal [...]
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 907

Roman Patriotism in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator”

The gladiator Maximus, and the general in one person, embodies the greatest Roman patriotism, in the name of which he sacrifices his wife and son, loses his liberty and wastes his precious life.
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1237

Movie Characters and Their Influence on the Plot

Here, he means that he can help the king to get rid of the prisoners; it is evident that his sole purpose is not to help the king; he wants to make more and more [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1060

The Science Fiction Movie “Inception”

The first half of the film attempted to explain to the audience the meaning and purpose of a technique that allows for the extraction of information as well as the planting of the same.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 912

Film History as Cultural Myth-Making

The director of the film utilizes the visual stereotypes of the Australian desert landscapes for producing the effect of isolation of the country from the rest of the world.
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 834

“The Time Traveler’s Wife” Film Analysis According to the Book

The latter had been found in the 5th edition of Interpersonal Relationships, outlining the processes of formation, development, and deterioration of human connections, explaining the problems and the roots of these problems of human relationships, [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2297

Pulp Fiction: Moral Development of American Life and Interests

Quentin Tarantino introduces his Pulp Fiction by means of several scenes which have a certain sequence: proper enlightenment, strong and certain camera movements and shots, focus on some details and complete ignorance of the others, [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2282

The Corporation & Our Media, Not Theirs

Of course, a lot of negative things about corporations are revealed, but still the film shows that it is possible to influence corporations; this film makes the viewers not only see and admit the facts [...]
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1109

Guns, Germs and Steel

In the movie, Jared uses the conquest of the Spaniards over the Incas to illustrate how geography contributed in a big way to the development of some cultures such that they became superior over others. [...]
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 876

Review of the Film Eat a Bowl of Teiasa

The work is a depiction of the clashes between Chinese culture and way of life and the American ideas existing at the time in Chinatown of the City of New York in the period after [...]
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 892

Analyzing and Interpreting Movies

However, repeated watching of the movie institutes impressions of the plot, and as time goes by, viewers are in a position to depict the mood and theme of the movie.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1537

What Can Make People Blind?

Probably, one of the goals he wants to achieve is to find a person to whom it is possible to pass his knowledge about pansori.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 817