Film Studies Essay Examples and Topics. Page 9

1,730 samples

“Boardwalk Empire” by Terence Winter

In the context of the show, it is prevalent in cases where different groups are fighting for dominance and power over others. It takes different forms depending on the nature and positions of people who [...]
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1430

Tupac: Resurrection by Lauren Lazin

Next to this I have found a one from two constructive features: "God gave humans the ability to reason", that is consonant to the religious beliefs of Tupac, the main character of Tupac: Resurrection documentary.
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 550

“Saving Private Ryan” by Steven Spielberg

This is the short description of one of the greatest movies about the World War II. Against the background of the war we can watch the efforts of the Capitan's Miller group to find Private [...]
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1124

“Hocus Pocus” by Kenny Ortega

The people from the village come to save the girl and her brother but it is too late. The cinematography of the film is quite good for 1993 and even now it is presentable enough [...]
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1148

How Influential is Film

Although the film producers will most of the time want to give to the society the themes that occur in real life, they are sometimes pushed by the obsession for money, hence presenting not want [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1094

“The End of Poverty” by Phillipe Diaz

In the film End of Poverty, the filmmaker tries to unravel the mystery behind poverty in the world. The film is arranged in such a way that the author has persuasively argued his case that [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 858

Is “The Departed” a Member of the Noir Genre

As compared to the classical noir film The Maltese Falcon, The Departed has particular differences in the style of narration and visual effects, but can be regarded as a noir film considering its general mood [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 843

Pulp Fiction (1994): Tarantino’s Mesmeric Thriller

Many classical tales and more of these outlooks of classic crime films draw ideas from the hard-edged pool of crime fiction that later on invaded the film industry in the farther side of the United [...]
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1743

“The Aviator” and “Citizen Kane”

This historical drama re-tells the story of a character with great emphasis to the location and plot in regards to his struggles and denials of the presence of his disorder.
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 1934

Twilight Saga: Summit Entertainment

Taking the movies of the Twilight Saga as the main product of focus, it can be stated that the product cycle of the saga is in its saturation and decline stage.
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 901

Sicko by Michael Moore

It therefore remains a fact that it is easy to abide by the message of Moore that there are deficiencies in the American health system that need to be fixed.
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 587

La Amistad by David Franzoni

On the other hand, the supporters of slavery are determined to keep the slaves in the United States as a source of labor given that at this time, the southern part of the United States [...]
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 657

Cider House Rules Movie and Abortion

However, upon raping her own daughter and making her pregnant, a reason was introduced for Homer to follow the path of his mentor as he becomes an abortionist for the first time.
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2152

Critical Aspects of Film Pulp Fiction

The film begins with two small-time thieves in a diner taking breakfast and then they decide to rob the place, the writer then moves to another story where there are two characters involved, Vincent and [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1082

Edgar Allen Poe’s Influence on Hitchcock

From the above discussion, it can be said that Hitchcock's work was greatly influenced by the work of Poe particularly in building the audience's suspense and manipulating their attention.
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 543

“The Namesake” by Mira Nair

It's clear that the client is extremely attached to his parents but at the same time, is seeking a lot more space in this relationship.2.
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2079

“Smoke Signals” a Film by Chris Eyre

The nature of Arnold's father, an abusive and alcoholic is a demonstration of the Native American's way of life. The statement has is an affirmation of indianess and indigeneity.
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1097

“Romper Stomper” by Geoffrey Wright

Romper Stomper is particularly controversial due to the fact that the protagonist believes in the ideologies of Nazism. The film shows this, and in that regard, it is entirely historically accurate.
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 583

“The Fall of the Roman Empire” by Anthony Mann

The plot of the film depicts the historical personalities, events and trends during the period 180 to 192 AD which is taken as the period during which the Roman Empire stopped growing and witnessed a [...]
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1350

I, Robot and the Effects of Technology

The judgment call is generally made on the quality of life of the humans, with little to no regard for the lifestyle and options available to the robots who have achieved a higher level of [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1111

Franz Waxman’s Film Score for Rebecca

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.
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1915

A Sense of the Historic: “JFK” by Oliver Stone

Beginning with a video montage set to impressive military music and capitalizing on the use of television footage in its own aspect ratio, leaving ample empty space on the screen, the movie details the only [...]
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1774

“Dances with Wolves” by Kevin Costner

The film not only provides deep insights into the life of the United States during the Civil War, but it also explores the relations between different cultures in this country.
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1053

“The Joy Luck Club” by Wayne Wang

Their Joy Luck Club was formed with the purpose of preserving original Chinese traditions in America by means of organizing regular meetings and sharing the joys and troubles of their lives."The central theme of the [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 811

“Touch of Evil” by Orson Welles

He tried to reveal the ideas of racism, stereotypes, and corruption predominating in Mexican and American societies of the late '50s; the basic theme of the movie is shown through the elements of stereotypes and [...]
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 746

Parks’ “Shaft”: A Tragedy or a Comedy

But before the movie is taken into consideration for analysis it would be most relevant to look into the aspect of racism and stereotypes within the perspective of the American society as a conflict between [...]
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1458

Comparison of Religious Motifs in Hollywood Works

Thus religions, a variety of religions, different beliefs, various interpretations of the contradictory facts of various religions are very popular from the point of view of screening. The role of Barnes in "Platoon" is in [...]
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 2277

The Difference Between Actors and Liars

So, the main issue, a characteristic feature of a lie is that people are not told that they are defrauded, and percept the information as the true one.
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 568

Videogames and Their Effects on Children

It is because of this factionalized view of video games that I decided to write a paper that will evaluate video games and hopefully provide relevant information that will allow one to evaluate the possible [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 957

Noir Movies: Elements, Features, and Characteristics

An offspring of the Hardboiled School of crime fiction which emerged in the U.S.during the Depression, film noir's standard components evolve around setting, theme, mood, and format. A, Sunset Boulevard, and The Night of the [...]
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 884

Intercultural Barriers in Film: Cultural Diversity

As the cultural policy is responsible for providing various choices for the organization of leisure by involvement in different activities that are aimed to increase the identity of all subcultures and their prolific interactions, it [...]
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1217

A Beautiful Mind by Ron Howard

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 [...]
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 697

“Smoke Signals” by Chris Eyre

There is no doubt that the film is highly emotional, explores not only ethnic problems and discrepancies the two young men face in their pursuit of knowledge but the issues of identity, self-understanding, and coordination [...]
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1267

The Chicago International Film Festival

As a matter of fact, the festival's website points out that it has had a consistent objective that still remains to this moment, "...to discover and present new filmmakers to Chicago, and to acknowledge and [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 900

Film and Television’s History and Magic

Both mediums require the use of technical hardware such as cameras for capturing the images, projectors for film presentation, lenses that allow the director to present various aspects of story sequences and scenes, and a [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 955

“Breaker Morant” Analysis and Overview

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 [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 889

“The Patriot” by Roland Emmerich

Other aspects of social life, such as the number of children Ben had, the idea that the mother had died at a young age, the presence of black people working as servants and slaves, and [...]
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 606

“Untraceable” by Gregory Hobbs

Our main task is to analyze this movie in terms of typical genre conventions, namely, we need to focus on such aspects as the development of the plot, the main characters, special effects, and most [...]
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2336

“The Silence of the Lambs” by Jonathan Demme

For one thing, the FBI relies on a person believed to be a cannibal to obtain information about a serial killer, which in itself is intriguing and the film also uses another interesting angle where [...]
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1137

The Art of Watching Films

The idea of the film, the script, and the concept in the film are the main factors that make the film a masterpiece.
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 640

“Boys Don’t Cry” Movie Analysis

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 [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1134

Representations of the Distopian City

In fact, this aspect is arguably the most important one because both these works are often considered as prominent examples of symbolism in cinematography, which means that the directors place special emphasis on some subtle [...]
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2658

“Crash” the Film by Paul Haggis

It is a very strong film, depicting a series of events of the entwined lives of diverse individuals including the Whites, the Blacks, the Asians, the Iranians and the Latinos of New York city.
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 622

“Dirty Dancing” the Film by Emile Ardolino

So, let us consider the film "Dirty Dancing" in all its aspects through the prism of arts, including plot, screening techniques, the cast of the actors that played in it, and the influence it had [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1063

‘Into the Wild’ the Film by Sean Penn

Chris learns the true meaning of relationships and family and most importantly the value of sharing in life, the realization of which falls on him and he immediately decides to return home to society.
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 956

Chinese Cinema Industry Review

In seven years after handover Hong Kong entered the historical 'post-colonial' period, but a post-colonial Hong Kong had to face another 'post colonialism', which refered to the objectification and the remaining influence of colonialism.
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2209

“What About Bob” by Frank Oz

To make his way to the bus, to fake his death and to problem-solve scenarios to be with Leo and his family, Bob overcomes his fears or at least uses humor and a sense of [...]
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1286

Film Studies: Subtitles and Dubbing

The training for such programs enable the candidate to become well versed with the different features in regard to handling time and frame based subtitles, checking and fixing of errors in the subtitles, getting frame [...]
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 3902

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold Film

Among the most famous, we single out such as "The Tale of Zatoichi", "The Fugitive", "On the Road", and "Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold".."The Chest of Gold", as this film is also known was [...]
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1367

“A Face in the Crowd” by Elia Kazan

The movie provided a sharp critique on the media represented by television in redirecting public focus and opinion as well as on the control and influence of advertisers on political matters.
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3396

History of Film: Erich von Stroheim, a Director

Born in Austria, von Stroheim was considered a military expert, and his popularity was such that he could get away with making long films of up to eight hours duration which remained popular for the [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 856

Bridget Jones’s Diary: Human Relationships

Our main task is to show how this aspect of human psychology and communication, is reflected in the film. Thus, we can conclude that the presence of mass media is very noticeable in this film.
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1382

“X-Files” and Post Modernism

Dana Scully, also a special FBI agent and a partner of Mulder, is working together to solve the cases in the movie and the series.
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1625

“Amarcord” the Film by Federico Fellini

In analyzing the characters, it should be mentioned that due to the style of narration of the film which is divided to chapters the cast of characters is very diverse and viewers can decide which [...]
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 636

Dance with Wolves: Film Analysis

In this paper, both of the movies various perspectives would be analyzed and contrasted n order to determine the way they portray relationships and the way people are caught at cross roads.
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 1812

“After This Our Exile” by Patrick Tam

The plot of the film concentrates on the attempts of the person to hold his family together. The father is gradually sinking in the eyes of the public; his wife Ling intends to leave him [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 813

“The Longest Nite” by Tat-Chi Yau

It involves the knowledge of numerous techniques and methods of filming used together with the background of the film and the two contexts the one in which the film was created and another one in [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 860

Hollywood and Technology Relations

In science fiction movies such as The Terminator I and Terminator II and Blade Runner, by creating characters that are half-human and half-machine, the might of technology is explored as something to be both celebrated [...]
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 3046

Ray’s and Singleton’s Works Comparison

The diagnosis of all the characters is a form of deviation and the prognosis is building strong relationships and family ties and labeling the people around us positively.
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2212

Douglas Sirk’s “All That Heaven Allows”

While all this may seem as great emotional fodder and exactly the stuff teary romances of that period contained, Sirk supplements this with his trademark visual style using mirrors, angles, windows, doorways, color, and architectural [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1003

“The Breakfast Club“ by John Hughes Review

The point is that at the very beginning of the movie, it seems to them that they will hardly talk to each other when their detention is, however, it happens to be just the opposite [...]
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 747

“The Devil Wears Prada” by Mike Goodridge

Unlike the notes of the authors of other reviews on this movie, for example: "The Devil Wears Prada may not be top of the wish list for a lot of blokes looking for a night [...]
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 678