Film Studies Essay Examples and Topics. Page 13

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.

The movie to some people is emotional but the best word that can fully describe this movie is 'intense', the movie is intense in all aspects from emotion, love to violence."Then was JESUS led up [...]

Out of the love, he had for his brother Arnie, he chose to be his closest companion to watch him and keep him busy, lest he went up to the town water tank creating a [...]

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.

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.

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.

Powers, Jimmy, and Celeste assume that Dave killed Katie for he was the last known person to see her alive and he has injured his hand.

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 artists considers the effect that the real light has on the place of the shadow and the light in painting and through application of light, they are able to bring the painting into life.

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.

In this video production of 'The Last emperor', the audience is immersed deep back into the 1950s where Puyi, who was previously under the custody of the Russians, attempts to take his own life in [...]

The film is based on the life of Emperor Pu Yi, who was the last individual to reign as Emperor in China.

The introduction of the star system proved to be an outstanding means of earning a profit from not only the production, but also distribution and even exposition of films. As the consumerism increased in America, [...]

Charles dies in the civil war, and it is during this mourning period that Scarlett meets Rhett at a charity bazaar.

The director is expected to work together with the production and costume designer to ensure that the visual look of the movie is consistent with the theme of the film.

He is accustomed to being in charge of his family and he is the boss. Thus, the scene where Stanley is telling the women he is the king is one of the illustrations of this [...]

The French and the Americans played a major role in the distribution of filmmaking in other parts of the world. The process was enhanced by the development of a loop placed in the threading of [...]

The film aligns the lives and tribulations of the Egyptians to the lives and troubles of Christians today. The theme of the importance of faith and trust in God is dominant in the film.

The film presents a realistic performance of the events soldiers go through while in the line of duty. The music in that scene, therefore, enhances a reflection the dangerous environment of the war.

The film commences in the wake of the events of The Avengers in which Tony participated to save the New York City from the attack of aliens.

The power struggle is between Sister Aloysius; the school principal, and father Flynn, the school's a priest cum games master. This information is very substantial for Sister Aloysius to accuse and expel Father Flynn from [...]

The scene is quite cruel and realistic as it discloses typical relations between children under the age of twelve where each one wants to prove he is the leader and that he is much stronger [...]

Fire is about the politics of sexuality, Earth is about the politics of nationalism and Water is about the politics of religion"."Water" is the most controversial film that describes one of the aspects of Indian [...]

True to this observation, Maggie is lost in the family life cycle as she tries to secure custody for her children and a husband to love and cherish her, together with her many children.

The failure of their plan and its disastrous consequences underscore the characters' woeful underestimation of the intelligence and aggression of the shark.

Via the cinematic experience the entire infrastructure of people's culture and the state of the world at large can be seen and experienced.

Among them, there is the film called The Pianist, a winner of the Palme d'Or on the Cannes Festival and the movie that has raised a great stir among the audience, them regarding the film [...]

It is apparent that the planners in Chinatown are not up to the task of balancing between their personal needs and the expansion needs of the town.

The essay shall first offer a summary of the film in discussion before its linkage with the topic of discussion is presented.

If relations in a family are open and positive, based on the mutual understanding, children do not feel that they are betrayed by the fact of the parent's discovered sexuality which is abnormal in relation [...]

Finally, the movie looks at the consequences of the war whereby the producer claims that the country experienced a variety of crises just after the genocide since mistrust and hatred was so intense.

Therefore, this essay evaluates how gluttony is a 'nightmare vision' as depicted in topic "The Wages of Sin"and the film, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover."The Wages of Sin" depicts gluttony as [...]

Chekhov wanted to show the apparent hopelessness of the situation; the situation when it is better for lovers to give up their love because of their fear to overcome the power of public views, the [...]

Elsewhere, the principal of the school becomes worried and the father of the player Mr. The reason I pick on the youths as the primary target audience by the director is the fact that Radio's [...]

Perhaps, her most moving experience occurs at the end of the movie when she summons the courage to leave her mother and take care of her children.

A synopsis of The Iron Lady Produced in the year 2011, the movie The Iron Lady is a British biopic based on the life of the longest serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the [...]

The story is intertwined by a series of distant and close flashbacks which help to provide a background to the goings in the story. At this point, Bruce realizes that he is pertinent to the [...]

The characters both in the novel and in the movie were often pushed to the breaking point; however, one of such moments described in the book was left out of the movie.

Whenever there is a major feature film interpretation of a painfully topical issue, the audience takes the on-coming film with a grain of salt, which is quite understandable there is practically no way in which [...]

This is because Christy Brown is given the chance to stay with his family, and in due course, he shows how talented he is by making use of the only part of his body that [...]

The planet is representation of the anger. The planet is representation of Justine's anger and the Earth is Justine's ego.

In spite of threats from his attackers and warning against reporting the assault to the police, Lana is nevertheless able to persuade the troubled Brandon to file a case.

It is evident that the well-off Africans emulate the lifestyle of the whites which is contrary to the Senegalese culture. When Anta attends some of the meetings with the revolutionaries, it is evident that they [...]

This potential captivation is realized right from the beginning to the end of the film. In this context, the Touki Bouki Film displays an element of neocolonialism and imperialism.

The climax that ends the second act is the death of Tommy after he is shot by Captain Hadley and the climax of the entire film is Andy and Red meeting in Zihuatanejo.

This is why after coming back from the war he decides not to carry on with his marriage to Wilma because of his disability.

Despite the fact that the aforementioned characteristics are one of the defining traits of sentience and being "human", the apparently dystopian society that humanity lives in within the futuristic setting depicted has come to consider [...]

The acting in the Blade Runner is very satisfying mostly because the film's narration does not dictate the actors. The tough acting that is synonymous with such characters was not used in this film.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the moral of the story in the movie Vertigo by Alfred Hitchcock. By hiring John Scottie to investigate his wife's actions, it was a clear indication that [...]

Trevor, a boy of eleven, is obviously a conventional child figure as he is a kid. Arlene, Trevor's mother, is the main mother figure in the film.

This scene completely contradicts the expectation of many people, but it is definitely worth attention, especially if a person wants to see how a literary work can inspire film-makers.

Delusion is also portrayed in the soundtrack of the song 'Paris', which seem to capture the mind of the viewer too.

Apparently, the director wanted the character of Bateman to be perceived, as such, that allegorizes the very source of the America's prosperity, concerned with the fact that American richest bankers are being in the position [...]

The audience is also aware that horror movies are nothing more than fiction and, therefore, nothing could happen to people watching these movies.

Thus, Yury Zhivago's life is affected by the World War I, and the story of the doctor's love with an unlucky woman Lara develops on the background of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.

Thus, examining the information about this controversial situation with determining the category for American Horror Story, it is necessary to pay attention to such aspects as the speaker or the person who provides his vision [...]

As the Waterworld was "one of the most troubled productions in Hollywood history" and the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean was easy and quick, it possible to notice that the filmmakers got the success [...]

For instance, the use of the word 'honey' and the interlocutor's name suggests that the speaker tries to comfort the interlocutor. Of course, it is important to note that the conversation is very informal and [...]

Furthermore, he is able to impress majority of the people of Artigat with the stories about his life in the army.

The main argument of the author in the essay "Her Body, Himself" is that slasher/stalker films have a far deeper meaning that goes beyond mere gore and fright and actually connects to the concepts of [...]

The British authorities namely the Scotland Yard race against time to foil the attack but they seem to have no idea of what the attack would be.

This is due to the excellent matching line of actors and the sweet synchronized sound that brings the reality of the movie in action.

For example, for duration of three minutes, after movie's beginning, the viewers continue being exposed to the shots of Kane's residence, which prior to them having been introduced to Charles Kane, establish movie's main character [...]

Although in the surface, the Norsefire government in V for Vendetta is dedicated to the people, in actuality, they protect the government from the people's free will, which is completely opposite the ideals of the [...]

The feeling in the text is a justification of the presence of soap operas in the local Television series as well as the argument that women are entitled to watch and fully enjoy the never [...]

The research focuses on the movie, and the song Strange Fruit. The film Strange Fruit touches on the issue of racial discrimination during the 1930s.

The movie is a story of John Coffey, African-American who is accused of the murder of two girls and has to be punished by the death penalty.

Naturally, horror movies are known to exemplify traditional and uncouth characteristics, and the directors of the films are perceived to non-conversant with the changes in the society.

This is however disapproved by the league after weighing and measuring the bat and finding that it meets the requirements.[6] Roy is called to a meeting by the principle owner of knights, The Judge.

11 is seen to question the move of juror no.7. It is evidenced from the movie that juror no.

This is where he also discovers corruption and collaboration in between the Kenyan government, the pharmaceutical corporation, and his fellow British colleagues. The main cause for lack of social mobility is limited of education.

The character of Tom Hanson in the movie thought he was not racist but at a subconscious level he too was affected by the racial stereotypes just as many of us are unaware of how [...]

Dogtooth is classified as a horror film due to the presence of certain horror elements such as intense atmosphere, sex relations, uncanny concepts, and violence; still, in comparison to a number of horror movies, the [...]

From the satirical portrayals of the biblical stories in films, the use of films to represent contemporary religions, the representation of Roman Catholics and the Legion of Decency in films, as well as use of [...]

The girl endures the suffering subjected to her by Yu-bong, the "pansori" artist and eventually achieves success."Seo-Pyon-Jae" also depicts the power the elderly members of the society have over young people.

The film and several others were produced as way of increasing awareness about the possibility of a nuclear war between the two nuclear superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union.

Basing partially on the plot of Romeo and Juliet story and partially on the problems that modern teenagers face, The Twilight Saga offers a number of issues that are quite topical nowadays, such as the [...]

Instead of fighting human villains, the lead actors in this movie fight the aliens and eventually win the ultimate war for the survival of mankind.

Paris is portrayed as superior to the New York City and Julia's recipes seem to influence the way the residents of Paris as well as the New Yorkers eat.

According to people with low self esteem cause distortions of their partner's perception, in a nut shell they demoralize their partners high spirit, in the movie this is demonstrated by a player who quits because [...]

Thus, the film is seen as a way of confronting the old and the new cultures and the significant conflict that arises from this fusion. Dona is thus the allegory of the Venezuelan woman who [...]

Through memory, the film becomes a political narrative of the terrible violence, murder rape and other forms of injustices associated with military rule."The Secret in Their Eyes" is particularly important as it is among the [...]

Arguments supporting imposition of film restrictions It is import to remember from the onset that majority of the argument in favor of imposition of restriction and censorship stem purely from a moral point of view.

Because Morpheus is mythologically attached to sleep it is intriguing that the Morpheus that is feature prominently in the film is in touch with reality.

The movie is a 1969 movie directed by director Sam Peckinapah centered around a group of outlaws, an outlaw gang, on the border of two states that of Texas and the state of Mexico.

This sustains the meaning of the film that a man is his honor and pride because in years to come, people are led to believe that Achilles death was caused by one shot on his [...]

One of the interpretations he makes is that, he is the only person who is not to blame for their condition of being trapped in the cube.

Tracking the common details of the book and the movie, it is important to mark that the film scriptwriter did not make great changes to the plot.

Scene selected: The prison camp in the movie: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The prison camp scene of the movie is selected for this analysis.

Despite the difficulties concerning the fusion of a complicated plot with no less complicated process of shooting the film, the crew managed to create a film that incorporates the intriguing plot and the impeccable editing.

The people in charge of urban planning and design can not afford to ignore this very fundamental issue. The globalization process has strengthened the development of global communities which have led to social and economic [...]

Director Gareth Edwards makes use of black and white footage in the beginning of the film, which at the end of the movie, is revealed as actually what happens after the lead characters are rescued [...]

This includes the call to adventure, the encouragement of a wise old man, the hero falls in love, the hero is in the belly of the whale, magic flight and help from friends, battle with [...]

An examination of the budget for the film shows that a total of $8 million was used in filming Monster as such the sparseness may either be due to the limited budget or the intentions [...]

Both individuals tended to perceive the process of movie's editing as being similar to the process of composing music just as composer constructs a melody out of individually sounding and often dissonant musical notes, film's [...]

The structure of the essay is similar to Giannetti's chapter of the book about understanding films in the area of writing; being the author of a book in cinema theory, he masterfully described all the [...]

The movie tells the true story of Heinrich Harrier, who with his great passion and courage, journeys for several years from Austria to the city of Lhasa in Tibet to meet Dalai Lama, a spiritual [...]

The gangster movies always tend to idolize the gangster figures with a relation to the sinister activities that always define crime and the lifestyles of the gangsters.

Here, he means that he can help the king to get rid of the prisoners; it is evident that his sole purpose is not to help the king; he wants to make more and more [...]

This movie reminds the viewer of the role played by the African American soldiers in the Civil War and in the obliteration of slavery.

When the camera returns from the exterior of the backyard to the inside of the photographer's room, there emerges a close-up on the most significant objects in the interior.

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.

It is a flashback where Derek transforms to a supremacist after the death of his father in the hands of black thugs.

Saving Private Ryan is one of the best American films about war of all the times. This is one of the major themes in the movie.

The ideas, introduced in the film, deserve much attention; the story of self-improvement may help lots of people improve their own lives and the lives of the people around; the ethical aspects of "Groundhog Day" [...]

Saving Private Ryan is a brilliant movie about the war and people in it; a true story of life, created by Steven Spielberg; a piece of art that awakes the kindest feelings and emotions.

As it finally turns out, the sled, which the Rosebud eventually turned out to be, appears to be the symbol of Kane's childhood and everything that being a child involved, that is, having fun and [...]

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is one of the most famous and most loved fantasy novels for children all over the world. However, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the [...]

This is propaganda because the development of Germany was not based on the efforts of the labor force alone, but also on all German citizens and the world at large. He is often heard saying [...]

The other way the anime productions deal with the issues of the Japanese and their cultural identity is by presenting the aspects and ideas that define the people of Japan.

Apart from the didactic component of the anime, it is full of references to the contemporary issues that exist in the Japanese society.