Film Studies Essay Examples and Topics. Page 9
The protagonist of the movie Monsieur Hulot is an individual that does not fit in the society represented in the film, yet this character is immediately easy to empathize with and understand.
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 [...]
Zahra fights her bitterness; she is loyal to her brother Ali and does not reveal the secret of losing her shoes to the parents.
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.
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 [...]
The film is told from the point of view of the woman and the majority of the characters are Batiste women.
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
The movie could equally be considered as a despoliation of several false impressions on autism and is inclined toward an improvement of appropriate knowledge of how to address autism.
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 [...]
The separate elements of the movie form the linear plot, and are aimed at giving the message as well as the subject of the movie.
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo is a film that celebrates the phenomenal art and experiences of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
Still, the work by Moore is addressed not only to the American people but to the consciousness of every person throughout the world."Although the movie provides only a partial account of intervention abroad, it offers [...]
According to the video The Crazies there are two phases, one in which efforts are made to help the general public be safe and sound after the release of the biological weapon and the other [...]
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.
Rudely they call for a party to their house where they have the dead body of their friend, using the chest that the body is hidden in to serve the buffet.
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.
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 [...]
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.
The plot of this movie coincides with the ideology in that as an action thriller that has fast-moving scenes, the application of ideas is the best; and.
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 [...]
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.
In addition to this, this film seems to address the conflict between the haves and the have-nots and the role of technology in decreasing the standard of life it is actually meant to increase. The [...]
The analysis of the movie would indicate the transition of Travis Bickel from a person with no aim to finding purpose in the urban livelihood.
The photography, which sheds the initial parts of the film in subtle sepia tones and covers most of the scenes in a profound veil of silhouette, is brilliantly controlled.
It is of importance to note that when poverty strikes, the weak and the old are mostly affected as can be seen from the film with Grandpa in the Joad family.
One of the sources of information concerning Kane's life was the parody on the News on the March the newsreel series which were shown in the cinemas from 1935 to 1951, this parody reflects one [...]
We have, in this country, in this time, a spectrum of values that exists in the hearts and minds of the majority.
The marriage between Olaf and Inge is portrayed as to be causing a lot of attention from the neighborhood after the natives learn that the girl is an immigrant.
The mainframe of the story is the conversation of the interviewer and a pivotal character that gradually reveals hints and small details to the viewer.
The presentation and depiction of the indigenous culture of Australia is the main attraction of the film and this is the reason behind the selection of this particular movie for this assignment.
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 fact, the names of Quentin Tarantino and Frank Miller are the brands themselves, and they make certain promises to the audience.
First of all, the narrative technique of the film was very innovative: the whole film is made by a number of flashbacks as if it was made by the short newsreels.
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 ronin, in a time when the middle-class has filled the power vacuum left by the collapse of the Togukawa dynasty, is an anachronism even to himself. The departure of the ronin in Sanjuro is [...]
The man shows him the money and at this point, he gives him the key to the door. The man leaves the room and the film ends.
The man gets lured by a woman from the city to drown his wife and go with her to the city.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It starts with the scene of suicide of the protagonist, and as the story progresses, we can see the factors that contributed to this personal tragedy.
Judging by the content of high-level corruption within the police as exhibited in the movies, it is only reasonable to say that police have deviated from their traditional role of being the custodians of social [...]
Family's aim is to be worth of the society, to bread up children and to take them into this society. The world changes and the family traditions change, change people's attitude to family, but still [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Though many other films based on the ripper were made before and between these films, the purpose of this paper is to compare and discuss the depictions of sexual violence in the city in "Jack [...]
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.
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 [...]
This presentation of Utopia on-screen is verisimilar and impressive due to the successful implementation of film techniques, though the movie itself is aimed at proving that it is impossible to live in a perfect world [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Thus, the paper is devoted to the problem of the views of eminent people of art who saw the beauty and the ugliness of the city through their personal vision and with peculiar details in [...]
In the light of the aforementioned, this paper presents an analysis of two different motion pictures, in the context of the pacific war, the first is a Japanese drama film produced in 1944, titled "The [...]
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 [...]
The country is encountering a civil war and the government is failed to leave the place with the group of bandits.
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.
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 [...]
This paper will set to prove that Twilight series gained widespread popularity for three reasons, first it fills the gap in the post-Harry Potter and the deathly hollows worlds, second the rise of "new age" [...]
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 [...]
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.
It is wise to review it because knowing how the Irish of the previous generation, fathers or grandfathers to the patriots, or anarchists depending on one's point of view, who fought in "The Troubles" suffered [...]
Through the death of "Lester", the movie shows that death is what a man deserves for being bad in his life. Suddenly, he starts to find what he considers the missing beauty in his life [...]
Warner Bros.took the initiative of warning Bollywood not to copy off the hit Hollywood movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".
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 [...]
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 [...]
In the vast major of cases, the development of art is strongly dependent on the cultural and national peculiarities of the country.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The idea of the film, the script, and the concept in the film are the main factors that make the film a masterpiece.
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 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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
McCandless the boy knew there was more to life than just money and possessions and, to prove it, he destroyed all his credit cards and identification and took off in a used car to Alaska, [...]
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 [...]
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.
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.
That film is a real presentation of the actual life so it is about people and for them. So we may state that Zodiac is a film saying about the unknowable darkness, and the results [...]
But the fact is that, the feature, that the main characters - Holden Caulfield and Morpheus are searching for truth, and try to obtain it by every effort possible.
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 [...]
We have already witnessed Derek killing the black kids in the first scene, and we have heard about the problems Danny is having in school, and we know what happened to his brother.
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 [...]
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 [...]
He gave the shark a signature in the sound track that warned the audience and set up what Hitchcock called that anticipation which was better than the actual act.
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.
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 [...]
Gilbert Adair wrote the screenplay of the film The Dreamers, who happened to be the one who also wrote its novel The Holy Innocent that was published in 1988.
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.
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.
In the film, one of Plainview's workers dies in the oil fields and the man's son becomes an orphan that Plainview takes under his wing.
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 [...]
Jacob, being the seasoned man that he is portrayed as being, takes the opportunity in keeping the spirits of his people in high mode and begins a fabricated account of the consistent and regular advancements [...]
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.
To begin with, it is necessary o mention, that Hollywood had attained a reputation as the propagandist of the American ideals and American way of life.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The main protagonist of the movie is Forest Gump, whose life has been shown in the movie and the villain is Gump himself.
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.
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 [...]
In the movie Spanglish, Flor wanted a better life for her daughter and for her daughter to keep her native language and heritage.
The 1932 film adaptation of Hemingway's novel is centered on the theme of love that will endure everything in the world.
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 [...]
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 [...]
The dialogue between the narrative that constitutes the bulk of the movie indicates that expeditions are only a form while human relations are the main focus of this film The main limitation and a negative [...]
The actors like Charlie Chaplin made a great contribution to the development of the film industry on the whole, and to the development of the comedy genre in particular.