Cinematography Essay Examples and Topics. Page 6

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“Boys Don’t Cry” by Kimberly Peirce

While most of the movie is about the homophobia of the heterosexual people around Brandon, the blossoming of the love between Lana and Brandon suggests that heterosexuals can get past their homophobia and appreciate people [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 588

“X-Files” and Post Modernism

Dana Scully, also a special FBI agent and a partner of Mulder, is working together to solve the cases in the movie and the series.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1625

Something the Lord Made by Joseph Sargent Review

These two problems were delicately joined in the main plot of the film "Something the Lord Made" that shows that ambitions, hard work and talent can overcome all the obstacles to deliver one of the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 575

American History in “Across the Universe” Musical

This is the era, which has brought us: the Vietnam War, the Civil rights movement, hippies, the Beatles, the assassination of John Fritz Gerald Kennedy, The Space Shuttle Program, the assassination of Martin Luther King, [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1358

“Patton” (1970): The World at War

He wants to land his troops at Palermo, a city on the Northwest corner of the island then drive to Messina, the gateway to Italy located at the Northeast of Sicily while British Field Marshal [...]
  • Subjects: Drama
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 756

Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Book vs. Film

By investigating shifts in story, tone, and characters between the book and the film, it can be discovered that the film significantly changes the themes of the original written version.
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2826

Themes in Ava DuVernay’s “13th”

The other important themes accentuated in the film include mass incarceration, racism, social bias, the gender issue, the impact on the environment, the social impact, the ineffectiveness of a prison system, and education.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1181

Environmental Law in “A Civil Action” Drama Film

A lengthy trial turns out to be a failure for Jan; he turns down the corporations' offer of twenty million dollars, and the case is dismissed in favor of the corporations that were accused.
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1110

Canadian Producer’s Pitching to Netflix

The industry's chief regulator, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, and its largest trade body, the Canadian Media Producers Association, believe, given the revenue as large as $942 million in Canada, Netflix should make contributions [...]
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2344

Disney’s Remaking of Classics into Live-Action Films

Disney's world of magic earned popularity in 1937 with the theatrical premiere of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. The main reason why Disney's idea of remaking the good old classical animated films is not [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1668

Themes in “I Am” Documentary by Tom Shadyac

Shadyac wanted to tell everyone what he had come to know: that the world was a lie, and the activities which he had always considered to be improving it were, in fact, destroying it. I [...]
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 876

“Inequality for All” the Movie by Robert Reich

However, the number of workplaces is almost the same; it means that the employer has a lot of choices, the demand for the worker's decreases as well as the price for labor.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 606

Will TV Succumb to the Internet?

However, in the late 1990s, cable and satellite companies acknowledged the seriousness of the situation. Of course, the companies expand their brands bringing them to the Web.
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  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 848

The Movie “Lion’s Den” by Pablo Trapero

In Lion's Den, Trapero acts as a representative of the latter category of filmmakers, as he is focused on narrating the story of the main character and not on making the viewer experience certain emotions [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3362

“Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise” Documentary Analysis

The overall essence of the film can be characterized as musically and visually complex due to the combination of seemingly separate worlds: Ra's deep philosophical monologues and the Arkestra's banter about Ra and his contribution [...]
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1665

“Christmas in August” a Movie by Hur Jin-Ho

However, the heavy-handed emotional and dramatic elements in the genre create a sort of stereotype around the films and the expectations that the audiences have.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 511

Plot and Themes in “Himalaya” Film by Eric Valli

The film uses wonderful cinematography that highlights the magnificence of the surroundings in the film. The invasion of the Chinese, however, led to the fast depletion of the salt.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 888

The Documentary “Life and Debt”

The film aims to analyze the relation of the IMF to the process of globalization. The process of globalization and the cooperation of the countries with the IMF are affecting the countries of the third [...]
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 484

The Movie “Straight Outta Compton”

In general, Straight Outta Compton is a perfect combination of the ideas when people could be united with one goal and one challenge.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 640

“Tetsuo: the Iron Man” Film by Shinya Tsukamoto

Moreover, the last dramatic changes in science and blistering growth of technologies provided numerous opportunities for the creation of the new and improvement of the old kinds of art.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1937

Mise-en-scenes in the Film “Amadeus”

In fact, very often, the characteristics of a particular mise-en-scene are being defined by the nature of a director's approach to editing.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1729

“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”

The film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind explores the nature of people's memories and romantic relationships. The film makes the viewer understand that memories are pieces of people's lives and it is impossible to [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

The Cinderella Story Film Analysis

It is from this that all the other spin-offs ranging from the movies in the 50s to the 90s and most recently the Cinderella story was created.
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2324

Movie “Please, Vote for Me” by Weijun Chen

On the one hand, the exercise, which was practiced in the Chinese school, is far from what democracy stands for; in fact, in many ways, the avenues that the students resorted to taking in order [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1387

Homosexuality Issues in the Film “Milk” by Van Sant

In its turn, this confirms the validity of the idea that, contrary to what the advocates of political correctness would like people to believe, the notion of gender is not merely a social construct.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2499

Steven Spielberg’s Films Analysis

This calls for the director to secure a better script leading to the total departure from the established sequence, strategies, and tactics that the audience observed in the previous films.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2884

Social and Political Reflection on Korean Films

It is however clear from Korean films related to the socio political and economic situations in their country, a clear indication of the journey to democratization.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2946

Issues Raised in the “Erin Brockovich” Movie

According to memos written back in 1966, the senior management of the company knew about the carcinogenic effects of chromium 6 that the company was using, but the management did nothing to correct the situation.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1431

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

A Tree of Life film Analysis

The film combines the childhood thoughts of origins and meaning of life with imagery of the origins of the earth and the beginning of life.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2285

A Bug’s Life

The aim of this paper is to provide a summary and an evaluation of the plot, characters and the special effects used in the film.
  • Subjects: Animated Films
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 854

My Sister’s Keeper

While Kate's illness affects the entire family, Anna is affected the most since she is responsible for providing parts of her body to keep her sister alive.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1366

“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

MTV Filming Style: Precious

Some of the scenes are deprived of fluid and smooth movements of the camera, as it is presented in the art film style.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 273

Laura Melvey’s Male Gaze

Sexual fulfillment and desire is the object of motivation and controls the images of the characters in a play to fulfill the desires of the male character.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2454

Youssef Chahine and Egyptian Popular Cinema

In the film Jamila the Algerian, tells the story of Djamila Bouhired a young lady from the nothern African country, who was in 1957 accused of terrorism and sentenced to death by the French.
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

Glory (1989)

Colonel Shaw eventually started enlisting soldiers into the regiment thus leading to the emergence of the other actors depicted in the movie. The black soldiers also has the desire to secure the freedom of their [...]
  • Subjects: Drama
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 855

Sherlock Holmes Films Analysis

The first episode's title is a variation of A Study in Scarlet, Conan Doyle's 1887 novel that introduced Sherlock Holmes to readers; it is an appropriate choice for the episode that introduces 21st century Sherlock [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 818

Film Analysis of ‘One Week’ by Buster Keaton

Structurally, the film is set as follows Beginning A wedding comes to an end as the couple receives a home as a gift An intrusive x-lover spies on them They arrive at their new home [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1460

The Historical Drama “Thirteen Days”

The president is reluctant on the decisions by the Joint Chief of Staff; to invade Cuba and destroy the missile site, as this will make the Soviet Union to invade Berlin, which was supported by [...]
  • Subjects: Drama
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 804

Film Analysis-Danton

Despite the fact that the armies crossed the borders, the fierce battles of the revolution took place in Paris and its environs.
  • Subjects: Drama
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 871

Strange Fruit’ Music and Social Consciousness

The movie under consideration is the Strange Fruit directed by Kyle Schickner which aims to show people the social problems and their arousal by means of the appearance of one song, from the day of [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 548

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

Causes of the Popularity of Tom & Jerry

Tom & Jerry is popular because of the very idea of friendship, the obviousness of the results of the cat's tries of mouse's abuse, and the ways out the characters are able to find in [...]
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  • Subjects: Animated Films
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1082

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

The Significance of Sex in the Film Annie Hall

Whereas; Alvy's sexual urges can be compared to a skin-rash, which goes away after being scratched, Annie's sexuality appears to be an integral part of her identity as film's context implies, Annie is being always [...]
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  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1427

“28 Days” by Betty Thomas

All other inmates assisted her to realize herself as she tries to come back to her senses and deal with her alcoholism, at the end, she tries on giving up the alcoholism. She ended up [...]
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1146

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

The Crucible (1996) by Nicholas Hytner

Although Miller has never consented to the historical accuracy of the story, most of the events in the story match up with the occurrences in Salem, Massachusetts during the seventeenth century.
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 544

Advertising and the End of the World (1998) by Sut Jhally

Advertising and the End of the World is one of the most exciting works about advertising and its influence on people and people's future, created by Sut Jhally, a university professor of Communication and a [...]
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 628

Children of Heaven Movie Analysis

Children of heaven's planning, is sequential and progressive because the initial incidences that transpire in the earlier sections of the movie act as a background to the events that follow.
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 594

The Film “Get Out” by Jordan Peele

Rose's family is an example of groups of people with an unhealthy obsession that dehumanize black people in the same manner as slavery.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 611

Native American Representation in the Prey Film

In addition, I was excited about the setting since the plot was going to feature Comanche, a Native American nation, instead of the usual commandos or futuristic marines and scientists.
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 607

Identity and Intersectionality in the Moonlight Film

The relevance of this issue to audiences of diverse backgrounds is validated by the reference to core psychological, emotional, and social complexities implied in the process of crossing the line between adolescence and adulthood.
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 829

“The Corporation” Documentary Analysis

At the beginning of the film, different definitions of the corporation are provided, describing what contributed to their emergence, what made corporations powerful, what device they have, and their impact on people's lives.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 637

The Nanook of the North Film’s Techniques

Before the audience is introduced to the film's primary character, Nanook, everything in the scene appears to be in order and the sense of tranquility.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1648

The Film “I, Robot” by Alex Proyas

Product placement is one of the best means of product marketing because it helps humanize the product and makes it easier to relate to the character who utilizes the product.
  • Subjects: Action Films
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 309

The “Kids Behind Bars” Documentary Review

Some of the most interesting findings in the documentary relate to the public and system response to the offenders. However, this does not deny the significance of socioeconomic and other components in such predictions.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 676

The Film “Chungking Express” by Wong Kar-Wai

To conclude, the editing of Chungking Express twists the perception that people form pleasant expectations of love by editing their first meetings based on illustrating romance in an unusual manner.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 551

Aspects of the Film “Bonnie and Clyde” by Penn

With Bonnie and Clyde, a fictional film that heavily modifies the story and lives of actual events, the source materials transformed to suit the youthful American audience.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1659

Symbolism in the Parasite Film

In particular, Bean proposes that the ending represents the cycle of capitalism and that the film shows the realities of such a system.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1651

Arguments of “The Corporation” Documentary

A particularly important point in the film is the last section, which discusses the involvement of the state and its representatives in the activities of corporations.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1204

“The Mountain of Sgaana” by Auchter: A Film Review

The attention to detail and the unique ways of animating the characters result in a fantastic film. One of the qualities is the use of dialogue and no dialogue in some aspects of the film.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1099

“A Beautiful Mind” Directed by Ron Howard

When he is working on his graduate studies, he is so concentrated on proposing a unique concept that he does not have a moment for anything else, and it rewards off in the end.
  • Subjects: Documentaries
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1682

Forrest Gump by Robert Zemeckis: Relationships Analysis

The film covers the topic of the sense of living and the art of being true to yourself. The efforts of the characters to build the relationships helped them to find the compromise and the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 612

“Black Swan” by Darren Aronofsky: Film Analysis

Release from Pressure is the leitmotif of the storyline featuring Nina, a talented ballerina who gets the roles of the white and black swans in the new play. The film leaves a feeling of pride [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 625

The “Dallas Buyers Club” Film Review

In addition, the scene in which the Rayon dies is very touching and makes sad not only the characters of the film but also the audience.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1025

Leadership in the “Saving Private Ryan” Film

This is especially true in military conditions, where the life of every person in the group is at stake, and the decisions taken by the leader can have serious consequences.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1408

“Child of Deaf Adults” Film by Siân Heder

The author has significantly used the story's plot to show the human tendency to seek out others and form relationships. In this case, the author has used exposition of the plot to show how Ruby [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1385

A Comic Science Fiction Film “Back to the Future”

In addition to the fact that the plot is exciting and adventurous throughout the whole film, the film's creators raise acute societal problems. In addition, the film is full of references to political and social [...]
  • Subjects: Movies Analysis
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1161

The Vector of the I Am Legend Film

The airborne strain spread from one person to the other via the air, whereas the transmission of the contact strain occurred through the contact of blood and saliva.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 376

Roman Holiday and Lost in Translation Films Comparison

By contrasting Roman Holiday and Lost in Translation, one could identify the changes in business practices, narration tendencies, and societal norms and taboos. The economic and social changes are connected to a considerable difference in [...]
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1380

“Marriage Story” Film Analysis

It may be said that the "good" spouse is the shining example of selflessness, whereas the "bad" spouse is the one who is narcissistic and selfish and who is usually the wife in such instances.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1163

Review of “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”

From the youth, Mandela started to handle the unfairness of isolation and racial relations in South Africa. In Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Chadwick's masterful screen memoir of Nelson Mandela passes on the anguish as [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 390

Women in Society Through the Prism of TV Shows

At the center of the plot of the current British project, Fleabag is the story of the life of an unnamed young woman suffering from nymphomania and friend loss syndrome.
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1685

Comparison and Contrast of TV Villains

Both shows have high ratings due to the creativity of the story setting and the characters. Due to similar ratings and the fact that the shows ended; the comparison is appropriate.
  • Subjects: TV
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1396

“V Is for Vendetta” Movie Analysis

There are no doubts about the fact that the issue of terrorism is to be solved, and this is to be done as soon as it is possible, and without returning to it in the [...]
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 826

Is “Parasite” a Political Film?

Despite the fact that the plot of the film touches on the dominance of one class over another, this context is not related to politics and is associated with social and ethical ambiguities.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 151

David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook”

Second, Pat copes with bipolar disorder with the help of the social support of his parents and Tiffany who is also recovering from a breakdown inspired by the death of her husband.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 393

Tony Stark’s Character: Leader Analysis

To ensure a full understanding of the character's motives, one should start the analysis from the creation of the character and for which purposes the character was designed.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1293