Cinematography Essay Examples and Topics. Page 24

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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

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

Film Analysis on Masculinity: Let Me In

The scene is quite cruel and realistic as it discloses typical relations between children under the age of twelve where each one wants to prove he is the leader and that he is much stronger [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1458

Movies in the American Popular Culture and American Society

Economic, social, and political changes played a considerable role in affecting the scope of movies. Changing social and individual preferences helped the integration of the movies with other social features.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 783

“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

Demystifying the Fiction Movie “The Matrix”

The second world is a generic world created by the machines in order to pacify the human being as the machines siphon energy from people by plugging the human beings into an artificial intelligence system [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1120

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

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

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

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

The Blind Side Essay Movie Review

The Blind Side is a movie produced in 2009 that focuses on the life of Michael Oher. Leigh Anne believes that the decision to make Michael part of her family is right despite objections from [...]
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1631

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

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

Touki Bouki Film Analysis

It is evident that the well-off Africans emulate the lifestyle of the whites which is contrary to the Senegalese culture. When Anta attends some of the meetings with the revolutionaries, it is evident that they [...]
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1200

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

The Hurt Locker (2008) by Bigelow Kathryn

The environment used in the film reminded the audience that peace was far-fetched in Iraq and the inhabitants were at the mercy of the tyrants and warlords.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1107

“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

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

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

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

Visual Analysis of King Kong Representation

Apparently, the skull island and the insidious ape depicted as solitary, primitive and full of pride which is symbolic of prehistoric culture while the empire state building and the beautiful girl present in all sequels [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1948

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

American History X: Film Analysis

The factors which can influence the result of the evaluation and interpretation of the film and their specific features can be examined with the help of the study of American History X of 1998.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 614

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

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

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

Influence of Television on the American Society

The paper will consider the various negative and positive influences this invention has had so as to demonstrate the major impact that the television has had on our society.
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1350

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 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

How a Film Interprets Hamlet

Laurence Olivier's need to focus on less traditional approaches, his need to shorten the production, and the need to perform a psychological analysis of the characters determine his interpretation of the play 'Hamlet'.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2085

The Interactive Documentary Wasteland

In this case, the documentary is trying to show that these people are striving to make a living from very deplorable and unimaginable circumstances.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 608

«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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

Human Rights in the Movie Escape From Sobibor

As a result of the escape, the Nazi Authorities were made to shutdown the camp and planted trees The Second World War was a period during which a lot of violations of the human rights [...]
  • Subjects: Drama
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 572

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

Monsters (2010) by Gareth Edwards

Director Gareth Edwards makes use of black and white footage in the beginning of the film, which at the end of the movie, is revealed as actually what happens after the lead characters are rescued [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1725