Film Studies Essay Examples and Topics. Page 10

The current paper is devoted to comparison of the two portraits of the famous artists: Rembrandt's Woman with a Pink and Hans Holbein the Younger's Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap.

We see the frustration in the face of Sgt.Ryan. But certainly, it is a mirror of the archetypes that persist in American society.

There came a time when people started calculating and observing the relations between mass and energy and the basic matter that may have made particles that in turn make up other things.

The movie presumes that people feel bitterness and prejudice towards members of different groups, and helps its viewers see the consequences of such mentalities."Crash" combines the stories of blacks, whites, Koreans, Iranians, Latinos, police, criminals, [...]

In the end, it becomes an analysis of all the elements of the film which contribute to the initial experience of the film which matters.

In the movie, director Alien Berliner plots the Ludovic character of a small boy who crosses dresses himself and generally behaves like a girl, and he wanted to marry his neighbor's son.

The Genetic Control theory is so radiantly forwarded that more than involving in the story proceedings, the viewers, are made to realize the changes in the attitude shown to a normally born and a genetically [...]

It is actually the effort of the film to show all facets of how love can exist family love, romantic love, puppy love, and even platonic love.

The movie was mostly shot in France upon the insistence of Frederick Loewe as a condition of his writing the lyrics for the score by Lerner.

His sense of pride is pricked as he struggles not to tell a lie but when he is confronted by the armed men who were informed that he had entered the place with his guns, [...]

In traditional societies, the family system tended to take the form of the extended family. Thus, the gender aspect is reversed and the male is found to be dominated by women in the movie making [...]

The study of class and how this is achieved had been viewed as the means in comprehending the structure of social society.

In this paper we will analyse "The War of the Worlds", "Star Wars" and "The Fifth Element", as movies that reflect the genre of science fiction being transformed from something that used to help people [...]

The movie appealed to the conscience of the people of the world and explained how poverty broke human relations, created vulnerabilities, and seriously affected human society.

Men have been exploited by the community, and it is from side to side the Fight Club that they can preserve their physicality and consider themselves lively.

Derne' S writes that, a research done by Tiffany A Boveland of Loyolla University on the effects of a movie clip on change in love concept showed that, romantic movies did affect people's perceptions and [...]

This serves as the concluding blow by Moore to the inhumane practices of the health care sector and services of America.

It is natural to feel overwhelmed by the intricacies and complexities of the many environmental problems confronting society and by the belief that an individual is at the mercy of all the variables that threaten [...]

The deep involvement of the residents with the team and the winning-is-everything attitude is a theme common to the book and movie.

The cruel Spanish reality of the Civil War period is reflected in the discussed film with deep understanding of people's troubles and pain. But the most touching mixture of reality and a fairy tail we [...]

The term determinism states, the all the processes in the world are determined beforehand, and only chosen may see or determine the future.

It has come to be recognized as the "brain in a vat" proposal, and one leading presentation of the idea is offered by the philosopher Jonathan Dancy: "You can not know that you are not [...]

In fact, the abundance of comments and the close depictions of the characters point to the fact that they have plenty of time to get to know one another better because of the boredom of [...]

During the last generation the term has acquired a central position in psychological and social theory due, perhaps, to greater awareness of the dislocations in the relationship between individual and society that characterize the process [...]

It is so far out of the circle that when Ted Koppel held a "Nightline" town gathering in the armed force stranglehold of Decter, Mich, after the violence, the language blockade was so said he [...]

For Ditie therefore to attain his dreams, he has to have knowledge to be the best of what he wanted. The story of Ditie's had become more interesting with his meeting the girl in his [...]

It's an unusual film because it is set all in one room and the courtyard. I enjoyed the film and thought Hitchcock did it very well.

The video for the analysis is the conversation with David Lynch - an American filmmaker, painter, video artist, and performance artist.

The following two takes on Roger & Me deal not only with the film and the surrounding controversy, but also with some of the esthetic and political issues it raises, from the perspective of two [...]

Mark sneaked up and crawled on his stomach to reach and pull the hose from the exhaust to stop the man in the car from dying.

On the right, her son Harry unplugs the television and asks his mother for the keys to the padlock, chaining it to the radiator; on the left, Sara, her nerves frayed from having seen this [...]

In order to properly describe the technical setting that includes the color palette and set design for the movie Pan's Labyrinth, it is necessary to understand the most about the film why such set design [...]

At the same time, his ability to be a successful gambler is threatened because of the spotlight on his wife's personal and public life.

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 [...]

Hartman tells the recruits that Chaplain Charlie preaches how 'the free world' would overcome the evil forces of Communism with the 'aid of God and a few marines,' adding that God has a 'hard-on' for [...]

Though the future seen by the pre-cogs is different, the preference is given to the majority, thus Agatha's opinion turns to be a "minority report".

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 [...]

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.

He wants to be part of the Gattaca's project in going to the space. This is the start of a 'symbiosis' between Vincent and Eugene.

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.

What is most interesting about the New Wave in France is its quick transformation from the creation of low-budget films by young directors to the mainstream approach to filmmaking during the 1950s-1960s.

In the USA, the suitability of movies for specific groups of viewers is regulated by the MPAA the Motion Picture Association of America.

The film mentions that violent masculinity is not a phenomenon that is limited to white American people and pervades many different cultures.

Jay Gatsby's tragic flaw is related to his na ve way of thinking that implies his belief in the ability to buy true feelings.

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.

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.

Further, the guys in the cabin find the entrance to the basement where the main character Dana finds a diary and reads a spell, thereby summoning the family of the dead murderers.

The plot of the film is linear and chronological, in which the problematic life of the school's scapegoat Carrie White is shown.

It is worth noting that the film Devdas is not the first screen adaptation of the novel based on which the movie was shot. The loss of his lover led the protagonist to the edge [...]

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 fact that most of the narrative elements exist in an entirely different reality than the one in which the rest of the movie takes place makes the distinction between the narrative and narration in [...]

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.

The first scene that illustrates DiBattista's quote about fast-talking dames and patriarchal femininity is the court scene in which Amanda uses her final argument to defend Doris.

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 [...]

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 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.

This paper aims at reviewing the movie Greta and analyzing the director's principal claim, the moral of the movie, and the techniques which the director used to bring his ideas to the audience.

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.

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.

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.

A film of this sort entails the usage of specific editing to impact the audiences intellectual perception of the movie and call attention to a certain scene in a reflexive manner.

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.

This paper includes an analysis of the final quote of professor Louis Levy concerning the meaning of human life and the way the words relate to the film.

The movie, in its turn, reminds the viewer of the necessity to research and rediscover the history which is a component of its overall message.

Although at some points, the main characters of "The Godfather" are represented as honored and fair, the analysis of the events constituting the movie's plot makes it clear that individual criminal behavior can be supported [...]

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.

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 [...]

This article focuses on how the film portrays the diverse nationalities of Dubai and illustrates how the common stereotypes about the people of Dubai have been challenged and confirmed by the film.

I believe that the best scene in the movie is the part where Travis confronts the pimp, the gangster and the bouncer in the brothel, shoots them, attempts to commit suicide, yet finds out that [...]

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.

The call of adventure for Luke in the film is shown when Obi-Wan requests him to accompany him and acquire ways of the force.

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 [...]

In my opinion, the film's main idea is the relations between the mother and the daughter. In other words, I would like to point out that it is a female subjectivity, which is recognized to [...]

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 [...]

According to Gondry, Melies was "one of the first guys to see the first screenings of the film, and he was the first guy on the earth to think of the camera as an extension [...]

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.

It is important to note that color also contributes greatly to the creation of the meaning in the frame. The use of light, shadow, and color helps the director to tell his ode to life.

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 following paper presents my impressions about the movie and some thoughts about the plot, characters, and the emotions it awakens.

The films Eternity in Flames and Lust, Caution focus on underground resistance and the events that took place in China in the first part of the 20th century.

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.