Film Studies Essay Examples and Topics. Page 10

In The Prestige, the effects of film noir are employed to create a mood of mystery, suspicion and the darkness that is at the heart of passion.

Its symbolic theme is set in the world of an authentic mental hospital, a place of insurgence exhibited by a vigorous, flamboyant, wise-guy anti-hero against the Establishment, institutional authority and status-quo attitudes.[Forman himself noted that [...]

Michael Douglas a cold, multimillionaire whose value is diminishing plays as Steven Taylor and is husband to youthful Gwyneth Paltrow and their marriage does not work well and this leads to Gwyneth having an extramarital [...]

The sense of mystery established at the opening of the film, with the discovery of the famously lost squadron of torpedo bombers incongruously set down in the Sonora Desert in the middle of a dust [...]

She is angry because Flor feels the guilt of her daughter exposed to a lifestyle she could barely afford to give to her.

The plot revolves around two prominent events in Frida's life - the trolley car accident in 1929 that breaks her back and dooms her to a life of excruciating pain, and her marriage to Diego [...]

Yasujiro is also remembered for the unlikely revelations that may well leave the viewer a little derailed, eventually paints a nuance that deepens the emotional impact of the material.

In 2005, director Christopher Nolen was successful in reintroducing the apotheosis of Batman to the modern world with his film "Batman Begins" This film depicts the birth of the god-like figure known as Batman.

Through the usage of color scheme, props, and the setting of the last mise en scene, A Matter of Life and Death facilitated the propagandist message of Anglo-American understanding within the pursuit of individual happiness.

The camera is always focused on Moss's weapon, even when he places it on the bed of the truck so he can investigate the contents of the back of the truck.

One of the strengths of the movie is the incorporation of medical professionals, Sandra and Bennet, who work at the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity, and they bring the positive aspects of the mental [...]

In a few years, the members grow apart over some of the key decisions, and one of the bombings ends up in the death of a member.

The movie spans the last years of Egypt before it became a Roman province, with the political intrigue around it and the emotional intrigue that Cleopatra stirred with her wit, beauty, and ambition.

Roberta is one of the central characters in the movie Desperately Seeking Susan, and her cinematographic portrayal is crucial for the plot of this firm.

A significant part of the scene's appeal is its meaning, which was unusual for the time and revolutionized the concept of storytelling in films.

The portrayal of urban landscapes in film noir is a notable example of this interrelation, as it reflects in the issues of control, surveillance, and policing in a big city.

The magnificence of the savannah is conveyed through employing long shots from the bird's eye's view and the high angle at the beginning of the film.

Shore focused on the utilization of flute, clarinet, and vibraphone in this piece to emphasize a kind of mystery and uncertainty.

She tells the story about the relationships between people and describes how to become a woman or earn a living. As a narrator, she learns the experiences of her family and friends to be ready [...]

Perhaps, the girl tells this story due to the director's desire to show the complexity and problems of the adult world on the part of the young heroine.

Thus, the film directly deals with the question of spirituality because it represents the journey of Chris in Heaven and Hell.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a tragicomedy that combines the actual depictions of life in the United States and exaggeration to demonstrate cultural features and values such as justice and intolerance towards discrimination.

The quality of the chosen images and entourage can be defined as one of the first reasons why it is wrong to think that Beauty and the Beast is a failure or a bad movie.

The ending of the film is tragic because both the heroine and the members of the underground group are shot. For instance, in one of the stills, one can see side lighting that seems to [...]

Prior to examining the movie Castaway, it is necessary to determine the particular aspects of stoicism that characterize this philosophy. Additionally, the overall thought behind this approach is the acceptance of everything that life presents [...]

Thus, the movie The Thing from Another World can be applied to the category of marvelous films, as it shows the encounters of human beings with representatives of other planets and worlds.

The most important lesson that I learned from Django Unchained is that there may be a solution to the worst problems. The aspect of Django Unchained that I could relate to is the slavery issue.

The film The Help was a story about the problem of segregation in American society of the 1950s and 1960s when the Civil Rights Movement of Blacks had just begun to appear.

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 [...]

Despite bringing World War II to an end, it took the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent people and brought significant destruction both to the nature of Japan and the well-being of the population.

Aladdin is not a bad adaptation for this moment and, probably, the best chance for many people to return in time and remember the joy and happiness of childhood.

From the beginning, the directors of the film warn the viewer that the movie is about at least two things: hunting and death.

Therefore, the popularity of American cinema and, particularly, the Hollywood cinema, may be defined by the general appeal of the broad themes that they choose for their movies."The Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol.

The primary theme of Brokeback Mountain is discovering sexual identity in culture and society that is inherently masculine and unsupportive of non-traditional sexual orientation.

What is the main situation of the movie, and how it is related to the immigration problem? The minister of defense Delacourt makes all the efforts to strengthen the control over the unauthorized attempts of [...]

To establish a fundamental starting in the analysis of the rhetorical function of fantasies in the movie "The Island", directed by Michael Bay, the foundations of structural-functional theory will be described in context.

The story is told from Jack's point of view, which is why the fact that he and Tyler are the same person is hidden from the audience for the vast part of the film.

The problem of discussing the film "The Quiet Man" directed by John Ford as rather Irish or American can be considered controversial because of the fact the plot of the story is based on the [...]

However, here we could also see a lamp, telephone, sandwiches, and some other objects that contribute to the creation of the less tensed atmosphere.

Also, it is at the top of the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest American Movies. The main goal of this paper is to discuss the importance of Citizen Kane, regarding several aspects [...]

In his film Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee focuses on stereotypes that exist within a neighborhood, which allows him to show how the representatives of the general public face societal issues, emphasizing that their [...]

The quote in the article explains the way in which the behavior is seen as "scandalous" in India and in the West.

The development of the plot and characters is more pronounced in the film than the effects are. The movie shows that there are positive and negative sides to every person's character, and it depicts the [...]

The topic of the essay will be focused on the aspects of the plot, character, and cinematography that differed from previous comic films and will seek to explain the effect that the Dark Knight trilogy [...]

J rgen Asbj rnsen, who was the inventor of the downsizing technology and one of the first people to undergo the procedure.

However, the choice of black cats in animation is a common experience with Tim in his shows and 'Nightmare before Christmas' is no exception.

Moreover, the film raises questions about death and immortality, justice and belief in it, meanness and unfairness of reality, evil and kindness."The Green Mile" is about the miracle.

The movie tells the story of Malcolm Little, also known as Malcolm X, - the Afro-American spiritual leader and a fighter for human rights who lived in the USA in the 1960s. Washington's talent is [...]

One of the scenes that were reminiscent of an entomological fact was the one where a person was waving his or her hand to chase away mosquitoes.

I feel that the appropriate choice of colors and music used in the movie helps to reveal the urgency and seriousness of the message it conveys.

The lights in the scenes where Buggin' Out confronts Sal about the pictures on the wall through the point where the fight breaks out are dull. The power of lights is used to manipulate the [...]

Furthermore, science fiction films can be considered as the sub-class of horror films because both genres depend on the Discovery Plot which focuses on establishing the presence of the specific monster in the film, and [...]

Ever since the invention of motion pictures, the movie industry has been organized as a business. The first period is known as the silent period, which ran from the year 1895 to the year 1919.

The planners in this town are not able to balance their personal needs and the growing needs of the town. The politicians were in control of all the resources, and this explains the ordeal of [...]

Despite the fact that the narrative of the film follows the rise and the fall of a businessman, it is far from the typical "poor boy made good" ideology since the main character is not [...]

On the one hand, it could transform the viewer's political sensibilities if the person is critical and open to the democratic views.

In this paper, the possibility to transfer one's political sensibilities, the correlation between movie texts and feature-length non-documentary texts, and the way My Own Private Idaho has influenced my personal political sensibilities are examined.

The most notable of them is the image of the character of Amy, who drinks some hard liquor straight from the bottle, wrapped in a paper bag in the same way that it is being [...]

Polanski utilizes the city of Los Angeles, particularly the neighborhood of Chinatown, as the symbolic representation of all that is "...unknowable, terrifying..".and beyond the scope of law and order.

It is quite possible to find many films that were released in the first half of the twentieth century, and they were affected by stereotypes and prejudices against Chinese people. In particular, the protagonist of [...]

The hardships of assimilation are put to the fore in the film In Between Days. It is necessary to note that the vast majority of the challenges immigrants face are not in the spotlight.

The social mask of Kang is that of the unpredictable cop who can break the law for making a profit. The concept of "throwness" is used to describe the experience when the person has to [...]

The picture keeps an eye on the steps of the day-to-day existence of a dysfunctional family, where the three brothers and a sister one by one decided to return to their family home and live [...]

It is very much tied to the message of the movie, which is to educate people that there are individuals who struggle with the problem of acceptance and reassurance from others.

The validity of the suggestion can be well illustrated in regards to the recently produced 'Bond movies', which appear only slightly less sexist, as it used to be the case with the same category of [...]

Discussing the movie from the viewpoint of Freudian identification, the main protagonists have been the brightest examples of expressing two opposing instincts, or drives, existing within the human being those of creativity, sexuality, and construction [...]

Barthes noted that the primary goal of wrestling is to demonstrate the irrelevance of the purely moral concept of justice. The concepts of social injustice and wrestling as the best way of understanding things offered [...]

Speaking of the issue that must be the one of the most interest to the audience, that is, the episode with the crosscutting, it must be noticed that it was not the initial idea of [...]

In the beginning scene, how does the sound of the train interact with the situation? What is the role of the sound of the falling rain in the movie?

The viewer is exposed to the gradual process of death from the eyes of Joslin's partner, and this makes the film more concerned with the ethics in the significance of the rationality of homosexual love [...]

Although, in a typical way the film appears to be Irish, there are several aspects of the film that make it more American than Irish.

It started with the departure of Skywalker to a distant galaxy on rescue from slavery by the knights. The mythical patterns in this film attracted the contemporary audiences due to the exemplary plot.

I agree with the author, as I also think that the movie is a set of ideas and opinions that are still in the air.

One of the main characters was a boy Hiccup, who was considered to be the son of the tribal chief. When the attack of dragons happened again, the boy decided to kill the Night Fury [...]

The most powerful part of the film was when Malcolm X started his 'Nation of Islam' campaign in the streets of the ghetto.

In the film, Brady and the residents of the Hillsboro region are fundamentalists in the evangelical sense. The form of authority perceived by Brady in the Bible, to Drummond is just a body of words [...]

It depends on the period of time in which an individual is exposed to the interactive process and level of internalization of the subculture.

Thus, the meat on the table is a symbol of death, which is near and which is expecting for the protagonist and the men.

As critics go on debating whether the play should be a tragedy or not, a moving social documentary, a confirmation of the spirit of Americans, or a conveyance of the salesman's life, people in the [...]

The plot of the story is set up in the great depression. Joad gets back home to discover the astonishing effects of the depression on every person in the area.

It is an integrated musical in the sense that both songs and dances are merged perfectly well alongside with a story that gives it a fine and appealing taste to the public. Although the film [...]

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 [...]

The author initially explains the concepts of marianismo and mariana identity by stating that they originated in the legacy of the Catholic Church, in which women are seen as "subservient and docile"; the reason for [...]

However, it was also a success, as, despite major damage to the spaceship, all astronauts returned to the Earth in safety. The film shows that the crew and the team worked hard to develop ways [...]

However, she contributes to the development of gender roles by choosing to participate in the camp as a teacher and voicing her desire to have a career in the group.

Although The Seventh Seal incorporates the elements of tricking death, which would, later on, become rather cliched tropes, the underlying message of studying one's fears and limitations allows delving into the study of the human [...]

This essay will explore the defining characteristics of Peckinpah's films that affected the development of the Western genre in the future.

While Jane is looking for a building full of people who support her to call it her home, her real home is a person she loves.

The Fifth G films depart from the Chinese visual arts and the fashion of film narration that prevailed in the domestic market before, yet it is possible to say that the movie discourse of that [...]

In "Dances with Wolves", one of the most obvious non-verbal cues that occurred in the communication between the American soldier, Lieutenant Dunbar, and the representatives of the Sioux tribe was the greeting.

In his review of the American cinema and the city, Clapp1 argues that immigrants played an important role in the development of American film.

Both people and soldiers were taught that the other side is the enemy without a clear understanding of the true nature of the ideological conflict."The ideological training they had received to hate and to kill [...]

Another innovative step in merchandising, typical for high concept movies, is the graphic novel Mad Max: Fury Road that was a prequel to the movie.

The movie The King and the Clown is one of the first films in contemporary Korean cinema to portray open homosexuality on screen.

This made Park Chan-wook a transnational auteur as his vision and style in the movie became symbolic of South Korean cinema as a whole, primarily due to the numerous opportunities to commercialize a phenomenon that [...]

The plot and cinematography maintain a somber tone that genuinely reflects the dark world of the protagonists but is cleverly contrasted with the sentimental symbolism of a daisy flower.

Japanese occupation Korea over the course of decades had significant impacts on the country's film industry."This period of Korea's 'occupied cinema' is best understood within these multiple contexts created by the pressures exerted by a [...]

1 It may seem that the representation of Waldo embodies the features of sexual perversion and decadence, as expressed by the sexual intercourse of the young men with the older man along with the unusual [...]

Rapid industrialization and modernization of South Korea resulted in the class divide and evident social dysfunction as communication became broken down, and the working class was isolated."Tribulations of two young men, symbols of the minjung, [...]

The aim of this paper is to explore the overlapping of oil and politics in the context of the movie. In scene 20 when discussing the negotiations of the prince's brother with American lawyers, Woodman [...]

As shown in the movie Race, the discrimination against black athletes is an issue that often remains unaddressed both by citizens and state officials or institutions.

The film outlines the relation between industrial revolution, the price for commodities, alienation, the lengths of the working day and capitalism.

The film Coach Carter illuminates the story of a school basketball team and their coach, Ken Carter. As it is demonstrated in the film Coach Carter, this type of structured activities actually helps students excel [...]

Besides, Kubrick performed a great task of deciphering the polysemantic code of writing and then, encoding the same message using the means that the movie disposes of the picture, the speech, and the music.

In addition, the viewer also observes the work of the guerrillas, the organization of the underground, and the very scenario of the revolution, which almost turned into a civil war not on the scale of [...]

Cheating on a test is similar to the movie's situation as one uses the work of another author and presents it as his own.

The American Civil War and Reconstruction era together had a significant impact on the entire history of the USA and a number of major changes that happened in the states of the Old South.

In particular, the film shows the immensity of the Monument Valley, which the viewer can enjoy, and then the scenery is replaced with narrow spaces.

In a post-apocalyptic community that Kirkman created in The Walking Dead, the readers get to have an insight into human behavior by exploring how people unravel, or how they react in the face of death [...]

The Western movie genre, the main characteristics of which are guns, horses, and cactuses, presents violence that also relates to women and minorities and affects their portrayal in various films. To sum it up, the [...]

An ex-gang member Thornton is now on the other side of the law and is given one month to arrest the gang.

The order of events is clearly outlined from the start, and the viewer fills in all the events that took place within the year of the couple dating.

The validity of this suggestion can be shown about the periodic publishing of the lists of top 25, 50, 100 such films in the Time magazine, and the fact that even an odd person asked [...]

Just like the movie, the phenomenon of the city layer is complicated to apprehend from the first reading, as long hours of thorough reflections are needed to become aware of the ideas mentioned both in [...]

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.

The film Attack the Gas Station! is an excellent representation of South Korean cinema at the end of the 20th century, portraying a rapidly changing time for the society.

The tension rises as the men of the town plot to kill the stranger to take the control back; however, he survives, killing them and the three outlaws towards the end of the film.

Although the key scene of the movie, in which Ray, one of the side characters, reveals to Hancock the reason for his unpopularity is rather straightforward in its message, the underlying ambiguity of the tone [...]

The second point of intersection that unites the domains of film and social media is the approach to the involvement of the observers.

It is the problem of the antagonism of the interests of industries and the nation. It is not a new conflict, but the fact that the gas industry got exempt from the duty of protecting [...]