Film Studies Essay Examples and Topics. Page 5

Overall, the strongest feature of Aparajito is that it showcases the sad reality of relationships between children and parents using the example of a Bengali family.

Jake is not in a position to deny this and win since the weapon that was used was his, and the other four members are willing to testify in support of Harris account of events.

Crimes in this case are on the basis of stolen identities and more complex to handle in comparison to the other crimes even as the chance of success is greater when committing crimes related to [...]

In the first appearance, the owner discussed business with another man in the same Diner where Ryan called and argued with the HMO employee.

The long shot, when she is standing in front of the audience, is changed by the extreme close-up focused on the main heroine.

Resembling the controversy and multifaceted problematics of the historical time, the director brings the crowds of the gangs to the screen, which presents a fruitful background for the analysis.

Brook intention was to showcase the universality of the Indian belief systems, values, and norms, which worked to deny the natives the social voice in an international scene. Brook, as an adapter, mediates to transform, [...]

When people think about the future, in the majority of cases, they believe that science and technology should help to change the world. One of the goals of a utopia is to remove the overwhelming [...]

Its story, cast, and professional work of the filmmaking team made the movie one of the best works not only in India but in the world as well. The complexity of the genre makes the [...]

At the age of 26, the Englishwoman set on a journey to West Africa and made some of the most compelling discoveries about the chimpanzees.

The most impressive for me is the example of Brazil that has achieved the greatest success in international representation and the home market among other countries in the region.

In Pulp Fiction, Tarantino introduces postmodernism into cinema, a form of art in which it will probably get its best manifestation, and one of the main characteristics of postmodern fiction, in general, is the lack [...]

Generally, judging from the movie's extract provided for the analysis, it can be said that the designer aspects of the film such as costumes, hair-dressing and makeup are accomplished in a manner creating an atmosphere [...]

The Westerners started to compare their values and characteristics to the ones of the East, often portraying the Easterners as weak and unwise.

Zahra fights her bitterness; she is loyal to her brother Ali and does not reveal the secret of losing her shoes to the parents.

The film is told from the point of view of the woman and the majority of the characters are Batiste women.

The paper will specifically attempt to extrapolate the amessage' carried by the film from the point of view of the viewer as well as from the producer's angle.

The end of silent era films came in the 1920s with the synchronization of sound in films. The development of the script in the film displayed a great deal of technological innovation of the time.

The sweetness of this story is not in what the eyes see but it's in the scripts. The picture of the movie is slightly more to a drama as it reflects real life.

First, it is necessary to discuss the first thirty minutes of the film that present the Omaha beachhead assault in 1944 as the scene of the battlefield is a powerful means of the depiction of [...]

In the thirties of the twentieth century, Japan saw the reevaluation of material and moral values as the country was under the influence of modernity.

The narrative of the story represents a number of significant periods in American history, and the protagonist seems to be at the focal point of each event.

Waxman's career in Hollywood commenced when at the behest of Erich Pommer, he was invited to the U.S.to collaborate on the film version of Jerome Kern's musical, Music in the Air.

The film's main purpose is to show that "people power," "the seed beneath the snow" in Pilger's words, is the most effective antidote to Washington's imperialist agenda.

The image of John Forbes Nash can be considered as the image of the protagonist in the film, as he is the main character and the whole film is devoted to the life events from [...]

Here appeared the contradiction of his ways of a court-martial; his death sentence was under the supervision of Lord Kitchener who commanded at that time in South Africa and then reported to the higher authority [...]

Then the woman feels a Puritan guilt before her husband, the part of that guilt is pictured by the spirit of labour.

Documentaries are a strong form of this type of employment, but a more entertaining genre is that of the 'historical fiction' in which some element of the story contains an element of truth.

While in the back of my mind I was aware of the potential for violence because of deception in these situations, it was not an active thought process and after being exposed to this movie [...]

In describing the Arnold Friend character it should be implied that because of his absence for the first half of the film and his presence in the film's most powerful moments that this character has [...]

Benedick is an in depth character and he plays a key role in the movie in a variety of ways. Benedick was unmasked when he overheard Leonato, Don Pedro and Claudio in the garden talking [...]

In the movie Spanglish, Flor wanted a better life for her daughter and for her daughter to keep her native language and heritage.

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.

The movie presents the viewer with all the trials and tribulations that he had to overcome, from a divorce, extreme poverty, and the eventual payoff that he got from his seemingly endless patience and perseverance [...]

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, [...]

Andy on the other hand chooses clothes that she deems to be smart, comfortable, and good enough for the first day on the job, which in reality is utterly unfashionable.

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 [...]

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.

The life of Sara and her son Harry is limited by their class and is shaped by the combination of cultural factors such as TV serials and melodramas, false ideals, and values.

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

Judging by the examples of such movies as The Last Emperor and The Sheltering Sky, Bertolucci has always been interested in exploring the connections between the modern and traditional, the everyday and exotic, and between [...]

For twenty-five minutes, the scene of the introductory battle continues with the enemy dug in at the coastal height, and this episode contributes most to addressing the theme of the film.

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 film uses a triptych storytelling format to highlight the contexts and events in the protagonist's life, emphasizing potent socio-political and personal themes.

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 [...]

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.

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

The main point of the film was to demonstrate the social, political and cultural traditions of New Guinea tribes and illustrate the tradition of Moka. One of the main themes in the film is the [...]

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.

Similar to much of Korean cinema of the time, the film explores social divide and disorientation occurring during a cultural transition.

In the time after the Japanese occupation and the Korean War, the country finally had a sense of peace and began its path to modernization and development, influenced by an influx of Western values and [...]

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.

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 the end, it is necessary to say that there are a lot of factors that make the discussed movie popular all over the world.

The case displayed in the movie could be considered as highly important, as Gideon's complaint changed the whole American judicial system and increased the strength of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments while making judges highly [...]

Music gives a clue to the viewer and helps to identify a scene or a character. The main character in Pan's Labyrinth- Ophelia is assigned to enter a lair and open one of the three [...]

The selection of the scene as well as the construction or arrangements of the cameras depicts a set of imbalance between people living in such places and the others.

While the foreword at the beginning of the film claimed that the sole purpose of it was to "honestly depict an environment that exists today in strata of certain American life, rather than glorify hoodlum [...]

When discussing the main ideological attributes of neorealism, the following characteristics can be outlined: a new essence of democracy emphasized by the significance of simple people; a compassionate view on the world without lightweight judgment [...]

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.

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.

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 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 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 [...]

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

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

In many cases, the authors attempt to highlight the flaws of the community. To some degree, this complexity of the narrative is important for creating the sense of disorientation.

The film explains how the leader has failed to identify and support the behaviors of every employee. The department should solve every problem and support the employees.

The discursive legitimacy of this suggestion can be well illustrated, in regards to the scene, in which the character of Jeff's maid Stella expounds on the sheer appropriateness of a 'loveless' marriage, as such that [...]

The paper will present the comparison and contrast of the ways the directors used to show these themes in both films.

The establishment of a social correlation between the play and film adaptation contributes to a revelation of the author's time's spirit.

With the key idea concerning the clash of a personality and the society, Haggis managed to reinvent people's perception of a criminal drama, introducing such issues as racism in the present-day society, the way in [...]

The themes of purity and contamination woven into the story of alien refugees are also addressed in other works by observers of South Africa's problems, for example, Too Late the Phalarope.

One can say that in the novel, she is depicted as a symbol of high social status that the protagonist wants to achieve.

Gattaca is a futuristic film set in what is dubbed as a 'not-too-distant future.' The movie elicits the longstanding debate on the role and place of genetic engineering amongst human beings. Anton is a product [...]

The movie Wall Street is basically the story of Bud Fox who wants to be in business with Gekko, but there is a difficult journey of achieving his mission that prompts him to look for [...]

One of the major promises in the film is Nawal's promise to find her son. It is possible to distinguish one of the points of no return at the beginning of the film when the [...]

In this film, the producer has used the comic effect to elaborate on the message he intends to deliver to the audience. The function of a dog is to serve the master.

It features Elle the sorority girl who tries her best to win back her boyfriend Warner by dressing smartly and struggling to join Harvard for her law degree.

Generally, the film 'Ordinary People' depicts the role of family in the development of various mood and anxiety disorders, in which Conrad emerges as a victim of lacking motherly love, resulting into his hatred for [...]

Said's determination to accomplish his mission by blowing up in bus is cut short by the presence of a child in the same bus he is to blow in; hence, making him to quit and [...]

Thereafter, Kwita purchases a costume, dresses the mummy with the help of the rest, and they board a ship to bury Ali's body at the middle of the sea, on a private island.

Both the ethnical minorities' and the "white" children's perceptions of the world around and the social roles it offers are influenced by cartoons.

The main conflicts in both works are the same the relationships between women and their daughters, career and love matters, and, of course, the most important issue brought up in the films the racial self-definition.

In fact, the very title of the film hints at the religious context of the plot: A Perfect World can be seen as a metaphor for Heaven, and the characters' journey can be interpreted as [...]

The use of classic settings in the design of the play helps in portraying the role that gangsters play in the original play of Macbeth and helps present it in the modern world.

The setting is a psychiatric facility in the McLean Hospital, and the dominant issue in the movie is the nature e of mental disorders.

However, a deeper consideration of the events that occur therein shows that Ibn Sina is a critical character in the movie.

The film carefully unleashes the events leading to the four girls' imprisonment with a primary agenda of revealing the faulty in the law systems coupled with how the system works unjustly for the people perceived [...]

The film The Agony and the Ecstasy by Carol Reed is devoted to the life and work of Michelangelo Buonarotti, the outstanding Italian artist of the epoch of the Renaissance.

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 [...]

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

It is important to note that the film shows a case of escape and this escape can be understood through some people will still say that murder is not a way out as the woman [...]

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

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 [...]

"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.

Dre is a complete foreigner who struggles to fit into his new environment and live life the normal freeway that he is used to in his home country. He claims that his style of Kung [...]

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

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

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.

Eventually, the movie unwraps the secret of the Fourth Truth, which is the path to the cessation of dukkha, as the leading character fights his personal demons to become the Enlightened One.

While Kate's illness affects the entire family, Anna is affected the most since she is responsible for providing parts of her body to keep her sister alive.

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 [...]

It is only at the end that the audience realizes Rainey and Shooter is the same person. Throughout the movie, Rainey is in a state of depression.

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

A number of styles are hard to ignore in the second part of the screen play, which focuses solely on the characters and the plot.

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 maxima of Kant's moral theory are based on the idea of the categorical imperative and the person's duty to act according to the universal moral laws.

This essay will discuss how the director of the movie Scream used these three important elements to draw the attention of the viewers and keep their attention throughout the entire film.

Economic, social, and political changes played a considerable role in affecting the scope of movies. Changing social and individual preferences helped the integration of the movies with other social features.

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