Film Studies Essay Examples and Topics. Page 12

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.

From this point, the rules of the city's planning in Rio de Janeiro are developed to divide the population into social classes and increase the stratification which affects the development of the social life in [...]

The ASUSF College Players' adaptation is one more interpretation of the musical's theme and idea which can be discussed as the struggle with the enemy and negative consequences of the attempts to put one person's [...]

In about 1991, the period of the Cold War came to an end, and that ushered in the period concerned with the war on terrorism.

On learning that the money is to be directed to a mental institution, which takes care of his unknown brother, Charlie decides to kidnap the brother and obtain the wealth.

The events that happened then underscore the historical Nanjing massacre and the director of the film sought to play out the historical events of the war.

It is possible to say that in this way, she protests against the absurdity and cruelty of the world. One should bear in mind that Elisabet is an actress, and she has to live through [...]

Memories of Murder is one of such movies; by making the ending unclear and the fates of the characters uncertain, the moviemaker managed to relate the content of the movie to the political situation that [...]

On the other hand, the investigators are aspired by the rise of the crimes that dictate the roles of detectives in the society.

From the very beginning of the film and the story, the main characters start noticing the unusual behavior of the wild birds.

Strategic management refers to the high-level of management that is involved in the decision-making process, implementation of goals and objectives, and in the allocation of resources in the organization.

It creates the impetus for introspection and evaluation of values that manifest in society. Indeed, The King of Masks is a formidable film due to its inclination about recurrent issues that often precipitate contention in [...]

This is one of the reasons why he says that he made a mistake. This is one of the main points that can be made.

This genre was relatively new to the audience of 1998; this is why the film "The Truman Show" appeared, it reflected the common fascination towards the reality television in the society of that time.

When it comes to the Muslim world, premarital sexual relationship is out of the question, and people can condemn a girl forever.

In the very beginning of the film, we learn that Blanche has lost her husband and that it was an enormous shock for her, as she loved the man, and never knew why he committed [...]

An animated family picture is known as the Land Before Time is, perhaps, the most famous and the most entertaining of them.

At the very beginning of the movie, the scene centers on the rigid confrontation between the representative of Native Americans headed by the Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting and the leader of Irish Catholics who arrived [...]

Moreover, the use of implicit characterization enables the viewers to trace the gradual transformation of the protagonist. For example, at the beginning of the movie, Oscar Schindler appears to be a ruthless entrepreneur who wants [...]

Pai's aspiration to become the leader of the tribe contradicts the beliefs and traditions to which her grandfather adheres, but the heroine is confident in her destination and, therefore, she strives to maintain her identity [...]

Digital downloading is the future of the film industry because it enhances convenience, affordability, and availability of films to a wide base of consumers.

The protagonist's reluctance to communicate with the external world is similar to the changes that occurred to the hero of Kafka's Metamorphoses.

Therefore, the Matrix, the system created by computers, could be considered as a dystopian world in which humans are controlled by machines, deprived of the truth about the real world.

Buck Brannaman's approach is explored in the film with references to Buck's childhood as the background and significant factor for forming his attitude to training horses and with emphasizing psychological issues of the work which [...]

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is the movie which was directed by Rupert Wyatt and presented as the reboot of the popular "Planet of the Apes" series.

In spite of all the sniffs which critics made at the movie calling it a contradictory movie with a toy-based plot and the far-fetched storyline, it seems that the movie is quite a decent specimen [...]

One of the themes that should be examined is the inability of the characters to make any progress in their own country.

Aside from the plot of the movie, as well as the objectivity of Leonard's judgments, the film focuses on the hero's ability to cognize, reason, and connect the facts into a logical chain of events.

Although modern movies have become more bloody, the idea of this genre remains unchanged to approve such emotions as love, compassion, and kindness.

However, despite the debates, the quality of the acting has remained as one of the best during the time of acting. This is in a way a forerunner to Ripley's own fighting of the queen [...]

One can say that this film is aimed at challenging many of the stereotypes about the roles that men and women are supposed to play. This is one of the responsibilities that should parents should [...]

The sequence of the story and the characters unfold almost immediately and most of the actors overact, perhaps because overacting was the trend at that time.

The relationship between the father and the daughter living in the old Japanese city is the central theme of the film.

The entry of film scholars in the theatre industry brought rapid changes in the industry such as professionalism and research to make productions that would be more appealing to the audience at various times.

Nonetheless, she soon discovers that in a boarding school life is not the same and she has to take care of herself.

The opening remarks tell the audience that the setting of the movie is Los Angeles and the year is 2019. As people begin fleeing the city, littered streets and abandoned houses dominate the landscape of [...]

It is hard to believe that James Cameron envisaged the love narrative involving the two characters and ultimately decided the ideal backdrop would be the sinking of the Titanic.

Shot in Isreal and the West Bank, the film is a complex story of the effects of the accidental child switch which throws the lives of two families completely out of order.'The Other Son' is [...]

However, the end of the twentieth century was the period when the humanity faced the issues related to upcoming globalization. At the same time, the film also reveals the new trends in the French society.

Even with several minor additions to the plot, the scene of the dinner at Trimalchio's looks doubtlessly familiar and does remind much about the initial description.

In addition, the likelihood of Deckard being a replicant is also manifested in one of the scenes where Rachael engages Deckard in a conversation.

In the triangle of Jane Tennison, Bill Otley and Michael Kiernan Tennison is able to show the strength of her character and to win the respect of her team.

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.

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.

This form of unexpected events underscores the uncertainty that surrounded the tension between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

As such, although she is not a counselor in the usual sense of the word, she can be asserted to have a therapeutic relationship with her clients.

One of the reasons why it appears to be the case is that, even though that the director had made a deliberate point in altering some dialogues between the featured characters and in adjusting the [...]

There is a lot of activity in the life of the main character, starting from the time he was born right when he envisioned his death at the hands of a hired assassin.

In fact, one of the many advantages of the movie is that it does not shove its ethical dilemmas into the viewer's face quite on the opposite, the ethical lesson is offered to the audience [...]

Despite the fact that the general direction of Australia development, i.e, multiculturalism, coincides with the demands of the globalization process, which Australia has recently become a part of, the conflicts between the urban and rural [...]

The plot focuses on the sinister plan of the vampire world to take of the control over the Untied States and, therefore, Lincoln decides to liberate Americans from the vampire's dominance and eliminate their influence.

Subtext is the specific technique when the background information about the character or the events is told as the part of the dialogues, the part of the movie.

The movie involved six actors and became the best movie in the same year, a fact that brought speculations that the movie industry was going to gain more profits in the years that were to [...]

The aforementioned classes of aggression are important determinants of the aggressor and the target of aggression. In the film, Mick Taylor decapitates his victims, and this is a physical form of extreme aggression.

However, it is also necessary to point out that horror movies have very little to offer in terms of personal development or aesthetics, except for giving the audience thrill.

The movie falls under the Neo-noir category as it is set in the classic era between 1940 and 1950 and has the characteristic neo-noir theme of a major African American character that is faced with [...]

As a way of getting back to the racists, the blacks as emphasized through the character Antony develop a way of emulating the other races by developing racism.

Overall, one can say that the restored version of this movie only enhances the sense of unreality that Melies tried to create; moreover, it highlights the idea that Voyage to the Moon is a surrealistic [...]

Place and space are ones of the most influential means of expression that are used to render the changes of time, plot of the films and historical context.

TRANSIT- ION SOUND ADD'L COMMENTS 1: 0 12 sec Long shot Level None Cut Synchronous diegetic Audience is appreciative 2: 12 3 sec Close-up Level None Cut Asynchronous diegetic Reaction shot; Sylvia appears happy 3:15 [...]

In light of critics' remarks in the book "The mistakes of Malcolm X", the director went beyond propaganda and told the story of a society changer. In this instance, the signifier refers to the negative [...]

Throughout the article, the use of cyborgs in films is used as a tool of analysis by the author. The conflict of the body and the mind is also the main theme in most cyborg [...]

The western genre is the most common movie genre used to highlight the dominance and development of both American and European cultures and economies to the rest of the world.

This misrepresentation is compounded by the view that instead of simply ignoring the roles played by the blacks in the actual events that took place in Mississippi in 1964, the moviemakers assign some of the [...]

The protagonist of the film eventually realizes that the drug corporation uses Kenya's population to test the efficacy of its "questionable" drug.

It is thus representative of life and all the perturbations that make people so vulnerable to the circumstances and conditions of being alive.

However, with the help of careful choice of artistic means of expression and well thought-out mise-en-scenes, together with the introduction of very strong cause-and-effect links and mimesis into the movie, particularly the scenes of the [...]

One can say that this clip perfectly fits the climax of this movie because it shows that the protagonists are deeply attached to one another.

Being one of the four foremost innovative Japanese directors of the modern wave of movie and film stylization developed between the 1950s and 1960s, Shinoda maintained the major concepts of the story to ensure that [...]

By examining the life of a Native-American reservation, the authors can give the viewers in-depth insights into the difficulties experienced by the residents of this town.

Some people may say that the city is an ordinary urban settlement which is no different from the rest of the cities in the world, but such film as Before Sunset proves that there is [...]

The cartoonist portrays the factors influencing the pace of the healthcare reform process in the United States. The cartoonist demonstrates the parties involved in the healthcare reform bound to suffer from the pace of [...]

The segregation is based on the perception that the poor are a threat to the property and life of the rich people.

Through this careful placement of information in the novel, the narrator was able to convey information about the constrained relationship with his family.

The assessment will capture the nature of the crisis presented in the movie, the steps taken to alleviate the crisis and the skills employed in the rescue operations.

One should discuss how the elements of the mise-en-scene used in this section of the movie are related to the narrative presented in this film.

The question of suicide is one of the most controversial in philosophy and ethics. Moreover, according to the theory, people should preserve their lives, and the act of suicide is immoral.

One of the main motivations, which prompt people to read fiction-novels and to watch movies, which contain the motifs of otherworldliness, is the fact that, while being exposed to these literary and cinematographic works, individuals [...]

Instead, the focus is made on the way landscape, colors and music contribute to unveiling the themes and ideas of the movie. The dramatic effect of the scene is enhanced by the color of the [...]

This is due to the fact that the film was meant as a parody of both science fiction and horror films.

Being prejudiced from the side of classmates and teachers, Naomi is sure that everything is because of her color of skin, however, watching the movie, it is obvious that the problem is in Naomi's behavior.

The film was inspired by the murder of a Works Progress Administration worker in 1935, and went on to be selected as one of the best pictures of 1937 by the national Board of Review.

In so doing, the movie Falling Down draws the viewers in with the discovery of the supernatural disturbance linked with the present day re-composition of space-time-being in post-cold war and feature of the end of [...]

The To Live film tries to change the meaning of communism where the lives of citizens depend on the laws and regulations put in place by the government.

Shawshank is a prison, and the name redemption is used to capture the hope in the movie. Andy tirelessly waits, and he does not lose hope in the whole of his prison life.

The man is the protagonist, while the film illustrates the effect of circumstances and the presence of liquor on the life of the man's mother.

This explains why the median of the motion pictures ranges the 6th and 10th week of appearance in the Week-Top-60. 2317 million had the highest sales due to more Week-Top-60 appearance per Number-of-theatre features.

However, in the midst of all the tragedy we see the relationship between Melanie and Mitch and His family continuing to strengthen.

However, to understand the complexity of the director's vision of the movie as a piece of art, it is necessary to focus on the role of the Peking Opera for the development of the main [...]

In the United States, the art of cinematography has very vital role in the course of transforming the society's view of the concept of gender, especially in the area of masculinity.

It should be stated that the main idea of the test was to offer Dalai Lama several things and his task was to guess the properly of the previous Dalai Lama.

The first part of the movie is full of comedy portrayed by prisoners in the quest of outwitting the warden. Additionally since the area had forest, this ensured that the producer managed to link escape [...]

This is symbolic of solutions suggested by contemporary movements as to how the society should cure its political, social, economic and personal problems through unconventional means.

The dialogues in The Girlfriends movie are moderate and oblique, and a superb sense of the accidental exists. As a result, events and characters in the film are depicted half out of the picture.

This documentary is done in such a way that it presents the realities of the world in a simple but clearly structured manner.

The two entities feed off each other in a dependent state of co-existence, in that, the occurrences in society form the basis of the plots and ideas of various films, while films offer entertainment, inspiration, [...]

The research centers of the movie show the family as the driving force of many groups, especially the Corleone mafia family.

Additionally the paper respond to the questions: does the film expel, discipline, or otherwise "manage" the elements of the film that might conflict the sanctioned meaning and whether these elements end up subverting or overwhelming [...]

Feminism echoes throughout the plot of the movie through the life of the main character and through the reactions of the people around her.

This tension exists in the Hmong community and gang feuds on families as the movie highlights the relations between the local authorities and immigrant communities. Walt uses the concept of community policing to mentor youths [...]

In its turn, this leaves very little doubt as to the fact that the specifics of Hou film's editing are indeed being consistent with Bazin's idea as to what accounts for the extent of a [...]

This has popularized Bollywood films outside India making Bollywood a great exporter of films to about 95 countries in the world, with the majority importers of these films being Canada, UK, and US. The dancing [...]

Gone with the Wind is a captivating love story that is set in the civil war era in America, which is a re-enactment of a literal work by the same name.

It is possible to agree and accept the discussion of the plot, however, the review is more about the alien forces aimed at winning the territory.

In the course of his duty as a police officer, he arrest citizens and in the process tortures one by the name Myongsik in attempt to maintain order in the society that is marred with [...]

The movie, A Beautiful Mind, is a thought provoking film that makes one consider what it is that truly makes a genius, how far the human mind drive us to the heights of intelligence or [...]

It is possible to say that this person advocates the values of a hunter-gather society which tends to be simpler and more egalitarian, at least from economic point of view. In this way they attempt [...]

The wife Annie was not able to continue with her life after the loss of her children and her husband. This shows the effects of love and death in a family.

Key to the socialization process is the family unit which is the cornerstone and basic/indelible institution of any civilization. A hidden imbalance existed in the Kramer home and Joanna's leaving brought this imbalance to the [...]

One major social structure that dictated the situation in which Hamilton was in while he was a child was the family social economic status.

Since 1944, Ampex has been a leading pioneer in the visual information age with having assisted in the development of digital image processing, and high-performance digital storage.

This papers aim is to give an introductory review to the filmmaker himself, and the film Magnolia Paul Anderson produced Magnolia in 1999, "a movie too good to be missed"..

Besides, he vehemently objects to the idea of retributive justice, in other words, the idea that the key purpose of a penal system is to punish the criminal.

Partially illuminating only the face of this character and leaving the rest of the scene in shadow, the filmmaker focuses spectators' attention on the speaker and creates the atmosphere of intimacy and secrecy.

The movie under consideration points to the difference between the mode of life people lead before and after the establishing of the Communist Regime, it shows the story of a man who had everything and [...]

Gone with the Wind is a historical movie about the War between the States, the Reconstruction, and the inequality that was inherent to those times with all its cruelty and unfairness.

As aforementioned, Utah is brave and he manages to unearth the Ex-President's dealings. He manages to infiltrate the surfing community and identify members of the Ex-Presidents.

Well, as noted in the definition of structural functionalism, there has to be intermediaries and consumers of these drugs for the existence of a society stained with drug abuse and drug trafficking.

The production of the movies had started sometimes in 2004 by paramount pictures though there was a bit of difference in the content and the one in the novel.

These are some of the things that I shall endeavor to explore as I take you through the world of watching horror feelings and some of the mortals enjoy by so doing.