...RQ#5 Considering the classic and unique role of Vertov's works, the two articles analyze those works in a similar pattern by discussing everything from the social contexts to aesthetics of movie itself. But they focus on slightly different standpoints. It seems that Feldman's essay focuses more on the aesthetic part while Petric's essay focuses more on the political influence on Vertov's works. As Feldman essay's title indicates, the major topic of his essay is to explore Vertov's formalism, which gradually leads to shape his value on film production and essence of movies. Vertov did not regard films simply as recordings, or a collection of traces (which actually contradicts to my former understanding of documentary films), and he, as...
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...Gladiator: The Movie Essay | Gladiator: The Movie Ridley Scott This student essay consists of approximately 3 pages of analysis of Gladiator. Print Word PDF This section contains 804 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) Gladiator: The Movie Summary: "What we do in life echoes in eternity." A famous tag line of the movie that Maximus (Russell Crowe) said to his men before they merge in the battlefield. Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). A very highly intense action sequence directed by Ridley Scott. A film that won multiple awards including, best costume design, visual, pictures and sound effects. The "Gladiator." "What we do in life echoes in eternity." A famous tag line of the movie that Maximus (Russell Crowe) said to his men before they merge in the battlefield. Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his inheritor over his own son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the savage games until he dies. The only desire that fuels him now is the chance to rise to the top so that he will be able to look into the eyes of the man who will feel his revenge. A very highly intense action...
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...with a Camera I didn’t get how the class could draw any meaning from this film. It almost felt like we were watching something just for the sake of using up class time. I didn’t have a clue as to how this related to this class at all. It was only when I watched it for the second time, still skeptical, that I had a true flash of brilliance. It was all there in front of me; I realized that this film has a deeper meaning than most other films that I have watched over the course of my 19-year life. I think the most meaningful thing that this film taught me was that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. I wanted to know though how much you are really limited by perspective. Seeing the various scenes of the conditions the poor of Letcher County were living in you would think that it should be a violation of human rights, but you...
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...The movie Film study essay Grade 12 The films reasonable man and tsotsi both deal with how one faces and deals with his past, therefore the theme “emotional journey” is revealed clearly in characters. In comparing and contrasting the characters of Sean and David (Tsotsi). Write an essay of about 700-800 words to discuss which movie best portrays that. Refer to the uniquely filmic issues such as composition, lighting, sound camera shots and angles to smoothly weave them into your reasoning. 2014 Mulondo Nethengwe English assignment 7/21/2014 How strange, a movie where a bad man becomes better, instead of the other way around “Tsotsi” a film of deep emotional power, considers a young killer whose cold eyes show no emotion, who kills unthinkingly, and who is transformed by the helplessness of a baby. He didn't mean to kidnap the baby, but now that he has it, it looks at him with trust and need, and he is powerless before eyes more demanding than his own. On the other hand, the movie Reasonable man tells a story of a city lawyer who comes across the case of the herd boy from remote, rural Zululand, who killed a one year old baby in the mistaken belief that he was killing an evil spirit known as the tokoloshe. Secrets of Sean from the past were revealed as he tried to help the herd boy, siphon. In such parameters of the two movies the one that best portrays “emotional journey” is that that brought the images to life. The movie that best portrays the theme at hand, which is...
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...10/14/2012 Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo While researching film made in the Nineteenth Century I found that the use of technology brought new idea and cause a revelation that effected movie goer worldwide. The following time line shows how each innovation had an effect on the technology that was introduce in that time period. The expectation of movie goers was high as a result the film makers came up with new way of composing motion picture on the big screen. The thought process was open to new possibility. The use of movie projection called magic lantern was introduce in the Seventeenth Century. The use of different filming technique was on the rise. The thought process of movie composer consists of what they were exposed to and to shoot at different perspective. It was well thought out. A movie that was directly influenced by a technological advancement was Alfred Hitchcock, “Vertigo”. To achieve my point, I have organized my paper into four main sections, two of which have sub-sections. In the first section, there is a record of three important events in twentieth century motion picture history: technological changes, the information revolution, a film by Alfred Hitchcock. The techniques he used and how it paved the way for movie director that came after him. It discuss articles a about how the movie Vertigo played an important role and how it impacted the twentieth century film making producer and filming in connecting with his audience. The paper ends with a third section...
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...on somehow ended up in the prehistoric area. The monolith, was the force that was deliberately planted by an extraterrestrial but why? Body: I. What was learned about the movie before starting my complete analysis 1. Begins a dawn in prehistoric Africa 2. The dawn of man 3. Jupiter’s mission 4. Beyond the infinite II. My own personal analysis in regards to the list of questions from handout (1-14) 1. How and why is the film described as a work of art? 2. What colors are present and what are the color schemes? 3. What mood is set? 4. What is the possible symbolism?...
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...the three given texts ¡®Of mice and men¡¯, ¡®Tri¡¯ and ¡®Minority report¡¯, a range of conflict is represented by different composers through the usage of different structure and several techniques such as setting, dialogues, music, language and camera angles. Conflict is a fight or struggle of clash between people with different interest. Conflict occurs in all social setting, and has a great impact upon a person¡¯s day to day life. In the first text to be discussed - ¡®Of mice and men¡¯ by John S, the character George is a person that has confronted psychological and emotional conflict. Throughout the novel, George has openly complained that Lennie is a real pain who prevent him from working toward his dream. Thus, George¡¯s conflict arises in Lennie, to whom he has the long-time companionship with. Setting loneliness as the main theme of the novel, the composer created the conversation between George and his co-worker Slim to reveal George¡¯s feeling - his inner conflict, concerning the issue of keepi Conflict Conflict is the struggle which grows out of two opposing forces, whether the forces being man versus man, man verses himself, man verses nature, man versus fate .... (522 2 ) Conflict if the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see each problem as a nail." Conflict seems to change as with age. As a child .... (1971 8 ) Conflict PURPOSE: To show the different styles...
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...In this essay topic I will be examining the roles of Hitchcock and Kubrick in their films. I will not be only explaining what an auteur is but the origin and why it is so significant to me and to everyone nowadays and why both of these directors are considered auteurs. The roles that both Hitchcock and Kubrick play in this essay are why that is so important for them to be considered auteurs. In my topic I will be arguing that Hitchcock and Kubrick were both Auteurs, but couldn't every director be an auteur isn't the definition of an Auteur a film director who is considered the primary creative force in the picture. Why are Hitchcock and Kubrick so special I am going to argue that they are great auteurs, how I'm going to do this is by viewing two hitchcock movies and two Kubrick movies and compare them to movies I have recently watched in the movie theaters. The two Hitchcock films I'll review watching are vertigo and to catch a thief . I choose these films because vertigo is the very first Alfred Hitchcock movie I watched and it was very interesting to watch such an old movie that was so entertaining. The way Hitchcock used the music and the way he is able to build the suspense and keep the suspense going even when without the music made it very shocking to me. And then in to catch a thief how Hitchcock was able to put an ordinary man in such bizarre events made it fun to watch. Two movies I have chosen for Stanley Kubrick are the shining and 2001 a space Odyssey. I choose...
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...Ramandeep Kaur Essay Assignment ARTS-2000-0BW In this essay, I will be analysing two sequences from two different films. The first sequence is the last scene from the movie “Apocalypse now” directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie depicts the story of war, not as much the war between Vietnamese but the war within us. At first, movie appears very realistic and formalist and by the end, it is appearing symbolic as during the final scene Benjamin Willard finally killed colonel Kurtz and On the other hand ceremony of slaughtering the buffalo was happening at the same time which illustrate both scenes as one symbolic event. There are few editing techniques that worked well in this film are Sergei Eisenstein’s creative editing techniques who is a famous Soviet filmmaker. Eisenstein’s discovered three types of montage that is Rhythmic montage, Tonal Montage and intellectual montage which is also called conceptual or thematic montage. Eisenstein’s philosophy of intellectual montage which explain a way of editing that could form relation and symbols to two different shots created from juxtaposition. At the end, these two images of shooting and killing of Colonel Kurtz while Villagers were performing the ritual of slaughtering the water buffalo combined to make the connection between the viewers signifying the execution of civilian was more like a vulnerable slaughter. Another editing technique that greatly worked in this film is Rhythmic montage which is editing on the basis...
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...Film History & Research Citizen Kane Film Essay Orson Welles' Citizen Kane Success the first time around is very uncommon. Orson Welles's first feature film richly realizes the full potential of excellent craftsmanship. Citizen Kane is almost indisputably the greatest achievement in the history of filming. In 1941, this film was considered by many as the best film ever made. This film is about the enormous conflict between two twentieth-century icons, publisher William Randolph Hearst and the prodigy of his time, Orson Welles. The rather overwhelming beginning of an opening sequence is still as electrifying as any in the history of movies. That tarnished sign on a forbidding black wire fence is the first thing we see in Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. Citizen Kane is a movie about perception and projection. Indeed, with the complex theme the whole movie seems to be placed in a kind of psychological trauma for the viewers. Citizen Kane is a portrait of a public and private figure that remains tantalizingly unfinished. Excellent acting was revealed for the first time as these new roles played out. Orson Welles was a director ahead of his time and his portrayal of Kane shows his acting ability. This film is one of the first films to rely heavily on style and visuals; Citizen Kane uses camera, lighting, and set techniques to show Kane's rise and fall from power. The movie as a whole, though as artistically satisfying as a picture can get...
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...the academy ignored him despite the perfectly executed elements in his films such as cinematography, narrative, production design and casting. It would be impossible to pin point the exact contributor to his success, since the combined form of all those elements are the source of the beauty and depth in his movies. For example the movie ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ would not retain the atmospheric intensity of the ballade if the music playing was ascend, which was a reversed version of a Romanian Liturgy. However, there must be a key element that distinguishes Kubrick from his contemporaries. Perhaps a secret formula? In my opinion a pattern of his style can be observed throughout his movies which is essentially staging to both convey an ambiguous narrative through visuals and add an overall visual aesthetic and beauty. This can also be identified as mise-en-scene. We can see that Kubrick was so keen on the on staging of the film that his movies took many shots until the perfect and satisfactory result was achieved by Kubrick. As one of the special photographic effects designer Douglas Trumbull in the movie ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ indicates in his essay: “One of the most serious problem that plagued us throughout the production was simply keeping track of all the ideas, shots, and changes and constantly re-evaluating and updating designs, storyboards and script itself.” (158) Kubrick was so tedious and perfectionist in the production of his movies that his cast was often frustrated...
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...Literary Analysis paper Due 25 November Write a 500-word essay in MLA format analyzing Children of Heaven. Be sure to read Chapter 22 “Literary Analysis,” pages 349+. You are not organizing your essay around the plot. Instead, you are organizing it to analyze literary elements. Whereas written literature has style and tone, films have cinematography and sound, including music. For your essay map (which determines your topic sentences and body paragraphs), you may want to look at symbolism, themes, tone (sound), characters, and style (cinematography, including the planning and execution of light and color design, camera position and angle.) If you agree with Bert Cardullo (“Neorealism Iranian Style”) that the film maker subscribes to neorealism—a filmmaking style using real locations, non-professional actors, and simple straightforward stories, then you could reveal how the movie embodies these elements. Make sure that the thesis and essay map stand out as indicating a literary analysis essay and that that the three body paragraphs have clear literary analysis topic sentences. Do not begin body paragraphs with elements of plot. Instead, the topic sentences of each body paragraph should echo elements in the essay map. Also make sure that you use clear transitions, and that you have a significant conclusion. Use MLA format with in-text parenthetical citations in referring to the film itself. You may also want to use periodicals devoted to literary criticism...
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...“P.S. I Love You” Cindy Sheldon ENG225: Introduction to Film Instructor: Sarah Snook September 7, 2013 “P.S. I Love You” Introduction: For this film critique essay I will be writing about the movie P.S. I Love You (2007). This paper will explore the storytelling, the actors as well as how they act in the film. We will explore the cinematography, editing, sound, and the style and directing for this movie. The last few things we will explore are the impact this film had on society (if any), the genre, what is the best way to analyze this film. When all these aspects of the movie are examined we will see how a script comes to life on the big screen. Storytelling: This film is shot in non-linear form, it starts with the present and throughout the movie we are given glimpses into the past. This story takes place in several different places which include Ireland and New York City. The main female character (Holly) experiences an internal conflict when her husband Gerry passes away from an illness at a very young age. Holly is able to resolve her conflict with help from her friends, family, and her deceased husband. The symbolism in this film is that love can overcome anything including death. For us, the viewers, relates to our human nature. If we are lucky we have all been able to experience the type of love that is portrayed in this film. That love that we never see coming, but hits us like a “ton of bricks”. The kind of love most of us only get to experience...
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...Date: 06/17/2016 Essay #2: Is Gender Bias Noticeable in Literature? In this essay I would be investigating if there are any gender biases in the short stories and the movie Gone Girl. By definition gender bias is, “Inclination towards or prejudice against one gender” (Collins). Although gender bias is mostly thought of being against women there has been a subtler bias against men most recently in movies. Therefore, in this essay I would be considering gender biases of both men and women. In the short story “The Short Happy life of Francis Macomber” the author Ernest Hemmingway treats both genders equally. Both Wilson and Mrs. Macomber are portrayed as opportunists. He has no compunction in accepting the silly advances of Macomber’s wife. She marries Macomber for his money and social position. They both have a cruel streak. He (illegally) beats his helpers, knowing that they would rather take the beating than lose money (fines). She is cruel to her husband, openly despising his weaknesses, and deliberately flaunting her infidelities. In contrast, “I Want a Wife” the author Judy Brady has gender bias. The woman portrayed in the composition is resentful of the quality of life experienced by women in general, who, as wives, have to cater to their husband’s every need and whim. Husbands are portrayed as lazy, selfish and inconsiderate, not even pulling their weight as fathers of their children. Moreover, in the short story “Shiloh” the author Bobby Ann Mason has gender bias...
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...The relationships between characters in the film “The Blind Side” directed by John Lee Hancock, gave the movie a deep, touching and empathetic plot, especially the relationship between the two characters Leigh-Ann Touhy and Michael Oher. This essay will describe the deep bond that Micheal Oher formed with Mrs Touhy and how this impacted on the other characters in the movie. Despite being somewhat a lone pupil at school, he formed a bond that was as strong and caring as a son would relate to his mother. In sum, the one decision by characters in this film made a large difference to the future of Michael Oher and family in schooling and careers. Michael Oher and Leigh-Ann Touhy’s relationship was important in the development of the film because, when Michael first started high school at Wingate Christian school a family friend of his ‘Big Tony’ let’s him stay at his place. Big Tony wants Michael to go to the school because he’s an excellent football player. When Leigh-Ann first saw ‘Big Mike’ (as he was first known) she was picking up her son SJ from the school. A high angle showed that Michael was insignificant at the time and people from all walks of life were ignoring him. A few days later, Leigh-Ann and Sean Touhy go to SJ’s performance at the school for a play about Indians. She is driving home when she then see’s Michael and asks “Do you have somewhere to stay?” “I’m going to the gym,” replies Michael “Come, I’ll put...
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