Film Studies Essay Examples and Topics

In America today, there is a general belief that every individual is unique, and should have equal access to the American dream of life "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".

During his time in the Chinese prison, Shozaburo began to reminisce about his life; about the tons of women he had slept with, a lot of good food had eaten and the good times he [...]

The movie is characterized by a lot of imaginative production, good performance by the actors, and excellent special effects that allow the viewer to connect with the two girls in their fantasy world experiences.

The original film footage was shot in 1995, and the original audiences of the original footage were the Dutch back in the Netherland who were proud of having colonies around the world.

The problem is that many believe that the overall quality of films has been reducing over the years, and they are not as creative as they used to be in the past.

It is necessary to mention that the Chicano community had to deal with numerous issues such as racism and discrimination over the years, and the way the people are portrayed in all types of media [...]

The protagonists in the film are Oliver Rose and his wife, Barbara. She needs to think critically on her role in the marriage and the breakage of the same.

It can be taken as the national ethos of the citizens of the USA. The basis of the American society is broken and it is not united anymore.

The need to present real-life incidents in the form of a movie has been one of the most important parts of entertainment. He is a painful reminder of the queen's death.

To a great extent, the film Jurassic Park can be tied to the discussion of historical and ethical issues related to the use of scientific results.

The movie also underlines some changes in the culture of young people, who got access to mass media and the Internet and the way they are influenced by traditions and believes of the West.

During the night, the mother confronts Dave and demands to be given the gun; however, Dave lies that he left it outside and thus he can only retrieve it in the morning. Hawkins, but he [...]

Almost immediately after the ceremony, the main villain and the key antagonist of the lead character, Uncle Scar, the brother of King Mufasa and the uncle of the newborn lion, Simba, was revealed.

This is one of the aspects that people should take into account while watching this film. To a great extent, these people played a critical role in illustrating the complexity and beauty of this dancing [...]

The present paper analyzes Descartes' epistemology in the light of the tripartite theory of knowledge and uses a science fiction film The Matrix to understand Descartes' influence on the human understanding of reality.

This paper uses the movies, Raise the Red Lantern and The Story of Qiu Ju, to explore the changing status of women in 20th-Century China.

I am planning to use these ideas and values in order to establish the best coaching relationships. I will always be ready to address the needs and challenges of my clients.

The foundation of the media and concept theory generated from his unending research and argument on the importance and significance of the theory in communication.

The captain chooses to ignore the command while the executive officer thinks that they should first evaluate the message and decide what to do after through evaluation.

Intensely affected by his father's behavior, Sarty does not pause to look back and return to his family"."Barn Burning" reveals class conflicts, vengeance, and the influence of fathers that the viewer observes through the third-person [...]

The scenes of the film mainly represent the situations on Maersk Alabama ship, and they are focused on the interaction between Captain Phillips and the Somali pirates; thus, the light is used extensively to reflect [...]

The film was directed by Tarsem Singh, and the actors Lee Pace and Catinca Untaru were in the lead roles. One of the major features of the film that sets it apart from others is [...]

The Station Agent is a wonderful example that helps to clear up the essence of social penetration theory and relational dialectics, differentiate them in accordance with the major principles, decide which theory is more effective, [...]

According to Jackson, the student life of Grandin, the film is an illustration sufficient to confirm the old adage 'Disability is not inability.' The film is a journey through the life and calling of Temple [...]

In the following paper, the lessons of success from the movie The Pursuit of Happyness will be characterized and evaluated. It is a challenge to become successful in the sphere of professional sales.

That is why, it was quite logic that the increase of the demand for oil led to the development of this industry and, as a result, regions where it was produced obtained the new stimulus [...]

The film, Young and Restless in China, is a documentary directed by Sue Williams that follows the lives of nine young Chinese women and men in their struggle with ambitions in a society that is [...]

The guard's decision to report Harry to the authorities suggests deontological ethics where "ethics judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to rules".

The paper attempts to establish who were the intended audience, the reasons why the producer released the movie in 2003, what the film was intending to address, type of music used, degree of facts in [...]

As a way of encouraging the married as well as those who wish to marry, a lot has been published to equip them on knowledge of reality of marriage and what is expected in the [...]

Referring to the topic of the juror system in the USA, Lumet discusses such problems as the personal responsibility, fair trial, justice, and reasonable doubt; and the director emphasizes the importance and controversy of the [...]

The film "As Good as It Gets" is, no doubt, one of the examples that fill the bill of pop culture in the African American context.

This paper promotes the idea that the 2000 film Gladiator is illustrative of what the classical approach to film-editing is all about, and elaborates on some of the technical aspects of how the director went [...]

For instance, at the beginning, the viewers learn about the death of the main character. This method ensures that the foreground and background of the scene remain within the focus of the camera.

This is the main theme that is explored by the authors of this film. This is one of the strengths that make this movie worth watching.

The film "From Prada to Nada" portrays the issue of inequality in the American film industry. To begin with, the film explains how more Latinos play different roles in the film industry.

The plan is to blow up the room where the safe is stored and land it in a boat waiting in the water canal beneath the apartment.

The Arab human development report 2005: Towards the rise of women in the Arab world stated that the utilization of the capabilities of the Arab women through political and economic participation has historically remained bottommost [...]

The intention of the media laws and other statutes censoring the film industry is to protect the sanctity of religion, sex, and the overly conservative culture of the Egyptian people.

A number of issues pertaining to the developers of the art and the current status of the pieces are some of the themes explored in the film.

This is one of the messages that is conveyed through the text of the song. In particular, this part of the movie is supposed to empower Native Americans whose culture was disregarded and marginalized for [...]

The most notable quality of the film is the context of the story's origin, which is presented to viewers with a melodramatic feel that could not have been achieved in the text.

In the movie, Jon is a delinquent who gets an expulsion from school and has to stay with his grandfather away from his mother.

Overall, the concept of authorship is important for discussing the visual elements of this movie, its promotion, and the key ideas that are conveyed to the viewers. In part, this argument can be applied to [...]

This essay explores the theme of gun violence in the movie, 'Boyz n the Hood.' The Boyz n the Hood movie is a two-decade movie that reveals some miserable lifestyle that the teenagers of the [...]

Stop motion animation is a technique that promotes the manipulation of an object when one frame at a time is taken and changed.

If there was an argument to the contrary, this was brought to a decisive end when Solomon Northup was kidnapped from his home in one of the northern states, and dragged into a life of [...]

The implication of each scene and the overall storyline cannot be separated from the duality of man and machine: the question of whether man or machine will prevail is a question that continues until the [...]

In the street life in Lagos film, the two are shown to arrive in Lagos to look for their affluence, reside, and work in one of the greatly renowned slums across the globe, Makoko.

This paper presents a discussion of the meaning of food as a part of culture in China based on a chosen episode from "A Bite of China" series. In the Chinese and the Mongolian cultures [...]

Moreover, the archery skills of Everdeen her earned power to the extent that players saw her as a big threat in the game.

The ritual is used to coax the mother camel to accept and take care of the calf, which the community is desperate to rescue.

In addition, it seeks to understand the internal and external forces that affect his personality in the film and the factors that enable him to succeed.

In order to enter the world of boxing, Maggie, the main heroine of Million Dollars Baby, had to overcome the adversities connected with gender stereotypes.

The plot of the movie "clash of titans" is based on Greek myth of the gods; Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. In the centre stage of the journey myth, is the theme death and resurrection.

The tourist who plays a key role in the movie have travelled from different parts of the world to the Sepik Valley to experience the unique "Primitive People" whom they claim live in a state [...]

The cast is used symbolically in the movie as he is strategically used to spell out the interests of the government of the United States in the Middle East.

Charlie Chaplin's 1925 film The Gold Rush can be well discussed as the one of most outstanding examples of a classical editing technique's successful deployment, because the manner of how director went about connecting film's [...]

This character trait is often sought after by managers in their employees since this often indicates that this individual is more willing to work with others and will do as they are told for the [...]

The immigration to the USA with the desire to get a better life may also be connected with the movie, even though people did not search for the gold there.

The movie 'A Christmas Carol' depicts how it is critical for one to play a part in the production of goods and services.

The main issue is that Shane Carruth lays stress on the idea that viral mechanism can be used to influence the behavior of an individual. This is one of the details that can be distinguished [...]

In the first instance, when Danny and Sandy meet for the first time in the school, Danny is compelled to play the bad boy character the group is identified with.

The general wave of fascination by space adventures has started in the fifties and sixties when humans started to make the first steps on the way of studying the universe and deploying spaceships, satellites and [...]

In essence, the essay will identify the protagonist, give reasons why the identified character is a protagonist, and detail evidence from the movie, which support the character of the actor.

The Algerian Revolution was marked by the cruelty and violence on the part of the French colonizers and Algerian anti-colonial liberation movements striving to free Algeria from the French invaders.

At a particular point, he offers money for the medication of Carol's son in return for her usual service at the restaurant that leads to the fact that the two arrange a date.

It should be noted, though, that the advent of new stylistic tools presupposed the emergence of an opportunity to view traditional plots and scenarios through a different lens, which preserved the originality of the storyline [...]

The response captures the failed criminal justice of America and the power and honor of the Godfather."I went to the police, like a good American," the man says.

The intended audience of the TV series is teenagers and young adults, especially females. Special effects of the TV series contribute to creation of the mystic world of the fictional haunted town.

The title explicitly states what the movie is about, and the viewer is expecting to see a film related to shopping as well as a main character addicted to such a habit.

A lot of the movie shows the road trip and how the father and his son communicate. The element that reinforces the scenes and the theme of the movie is the way the camera is [...]

In both the Bible and the movie there is a theme of betrayal. At the end of each story, both in the Bible and the movie, Jesus is crucified.

The major themes of the story is that people can sometimes get more of what they bargained for in helping someone, that the reality of the world is very perceptive and individual, and that fiction [...]

The scene where Bryan arrives at the card game of the kidnappers and demands money is filled with sounds that prepare the viewer for something to happen.

Cathy is a wife and a mother of two children; a girl and a boy while her husband Frank is a breadwinner, a father to the two children.

In other words, the doctors had to analyze the thoughts of the actress concerning her life; they had to examine her attitude towards the world and people around.

Some of them, as listed and explained below, include; The business touch to every aspect as distinguished from a personal perspective, the difference in the worlds of men and women then, and the difference that [...]

The wave of killings in Los Angeles is thus a result of disruptions in the mob world. Police corruption is also eminent in the version of California that was portrayed in the movie.

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.

However, this was disputed as there was the suggestion that the depiction of an object through another medium could not be held as evidence of the original existence of the object, and this led to [...]

This is evidenced in naming of the movie's characters and profiling of the episodes which serve as an encouragement to the viewers to appreciate the philosophical themes in it.

The online video evokes many thoughts because of the challenges people are going through with the disease. The other challenge with the disease relates to the inability of people to recognize its long-term dangers.

An intriguing and tense movie, the World War Z is definitely worth checking out at least for the sake of the special effects that, much to the audience's surprise, were pretty well integrated, even though [...]

The film is very significant in the history of film because it represents the golden age of the silent film era.

The movie's storyline is based on the book "Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation" by John Carlin.

The highlight of the movie happens when Lieutenant Ballard is sent on a mission to Shinning Canyon, a mining location in a remote area of the red planet.

Frankenstein's monster represents the mangled and depressed soldiers returning from the war only to find an economy in crisis, given that the Great Depression was in the offing after the war.

The foremost aspect of how the urban landscape is being represented in Blade Runner is that the director made a deliberate point in accentuating the perceptual unfriendliness of the environment, in the foreground of which [...]

This identifies well with the parole board as the crime was committed in is youth and that he has accepted his mistakes and is changed for the better when he talks of not being able [...]

First of all, the director relies on camera work and editing at the beginning of the film in order to show that the main characters enjoy prosperity. This is one of the main points that [...]

Speaking of the aforementioned compositional qualities of the movie, one should mention that the mise-en-scene, in which the Tramp, the lead character of the movie, strolls down the street, is, perhaps, among the most powerful [...]

In addition, a leader keeps his word, and Danny does that after promising Bruiser that he would be back to the holding.

But in doings so he earned the wrath of the very people with whom he worked and was assassinated while he was crusading for the cause of equality.

The scene of the meeting responds to developing the idea of the people's interactions and gender opposition in relation to the changing urban life, and it is characterized by rather long shots and by the [...]

Fred Niblo's The Mark of Zorro can be well discussed, as one of the most outstanding examples of the classical editing technique's successful deployment, because the manner in which the director went about connecting film's [...]

The films have been used to enhance the social relationship between the Arabs and the Jews who are the occupants of the affected region.

Like the entire movie, the sequence is shot by means of a digital camera that has slightly changed colors to reach the tone needed for the main purposes of the movie.

The director used computer-generated steam in the bathroom fantasy scene because the entrance of the camera in the bathroom let the steam escape.

The proliferation of global events that compose true-life stories triggered the move towards the improvement of the movie and film industries, immediately after the global events of the last world war that saw the American [...]