...XFinity’s, “Emily’s Oz” is a commercial created to inspire the minds of those with visual disabilities and help their dreams become reality using a seven- year- old, blind girl, Emily as a character herself. It uses a mix of emotion and craft to bring imagination to life when she is asked to describe in her mind’s eye, what she envisions when watching a 1900’s American classic, The Wizard of Oz. XFinity then created a short film based on her analysis of the movie to promote Comcast’s first “Talking Guide” for those who are visually impaired. It is a successful advertisement that uses logos, ethos and pathos to create a positive appeal to millions just like Emily. She begins by saying what she thinks about such as shape, color and sounds when watching the movie. Then takes it into her brain and says, “What would it look like to me?”....
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...At home essay #3 November 17, 2015 Gran Torino Films are an integral part of our visual culture. They are a reflection of our traditions and our myths. Film's ability to create the illusion of life and reality makes them an extremely powerful medium. In their essay "Reading and Writing about Movies," Jonathan Silverman and Dean Rader highlight the idea, "that movies use various techniques to manipulate audiences" (322), because "directors employ music, lighting, special effects, and clever editing to help make their movies more powerful"(322). To have a better understanding of the film's theme, we have to watch it critically, reading the meaning between the lines. It is possible to do paying attention...
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...The color purple is a story about resilience and victory in life. This story line moved me and lifted me up, it is a great, warm, battling, unforgiving and triumphant movie. It reflected on how male dominance in a society or marriage could impact a woman’s life. This movie shows the struggles women faces and how bond in friendship can help in gaining power to overcome oppression. The movie showed the life of a young black, oppressed and naive girl Celie, who grow up in the early 1900's. By age fourteen she has been pregnant by her father twice. Both of children were both taken away from, after having the second baby her father took the baby away from her arm and warned her not to tell anybody. Since she lost her mother the only person closer to her is her younger sister Nettie. Their close relationship is torn when Celie she was forced to marry a local farmer, "Mister" (Albert Johnson) a widower with four...
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...brought about feelings of both joy and sorrow and have been the focal point for many arguments about human nature and right versus wrong. It is through Ford’s use of imagery as well as his characters actions that we are able to see that he has a Sacramental image of the world that he wishes to share with his audience. Ford uses his view of the world to deliver messages he has learned in his life to his audience through his films. Ford tries to let his audience see that some widely accepted ideas of his time were not quite correct about both people of different religions, and ethnicities. The Sacramental imagination as we understand it today can be compared to a Christian’s outlook on life. This so called imagination, or way of thought simply means that God and Heaven are present here on Earth. Ford, as many others do, believed that the world is at its core, a good and moral place that is just in need of guidance. He did not believe that we were all pre-destined or that the world was basically evil like the dialectical imagination would have us believe, but instead that God guides us along our way and is involved in everything we do. Ford’s belief in the Sacramental imagination can be accredited to both his upbringing and ethnic background. John Ford, or Sean Feeney as was his birth name, was born to an Irish American family with thirteen children in Portland, Maine. Having such an Irish background, with his father being a Gaelic speaking pub owner, Ford’s view of...
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...Your eyes are glued to the screen. Your feet pressed to the ground as if you were trying to make the very earth move. This movie that you have started watching was something you were able to relate to. We all have that special movie that takes us out of our physical world and into the movie you are watching. We feel what they feel. We can see what they see. We can connect with the characters. Out of the three movie clips of “The Hero’s Journey” I could relate to Luke in Star Wars. He is a young man that must grow into adulthood, experiences hardships, and has a set of determination. Part of human life is to grow and develop. We grow close to people that love us and people we love. Luke is no different to me in this aspect. At the beginning of the...
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...The movie UP is perfect for ABC yeah the movie of the house flying with a bunch of balloons. The movie consists on a young Carl Fredrickson meets a young adventure-spirited girl named Ellie. They both dream of going to a lost land in South America. 70 years later, Ellie has died. Carl remembers the promise he made to her. So he decides to go in an adventure, while he gets stuked with a young scout kid The movie up is perfect for ABC because it covers your basic requirements. The movie UP does not contain violence or profanity it is classified PG, in addition the movie UP has a perfect length of 1hr 29 minutes. ABC wants this movie because this points are important to consider, it is important because there is going to be children of a young age that could be sensitive at violence, that could lead to an unwanted behavior. Furthermore older people can be more susceptible to violence and could dislike the movie if so, your audience will really love this movie. Don't forget about the perfect length you have to take in notice that the movie UP is not a long movie so that kids can stay focused at the movie, and is not short so that you have time to appreciate it you must consider this factor a lot so that you can make you audience happy. I guarantee that they will love it. Paul Chambers from CNN Radio, ''Pure joy and one of the best films of the year. You gotta have a good story, and this one is a gem. It even made a bit misty-eyed. Good stuff from Pixar''. Also Dan jardine from...
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...Balaal from Carthaginian culture. The workers live above in a ever evolving world that is testament to mans achievements. The opposites rely on each other as the city could not function without the workers and without the thinkers creating an utopia they workers would not be needed. 2. Top Hat (1935). The film by Mark Sandrich and starring Fred Astaire was about an American dancer who goes to London to star in a show. Dancer played by Astaire meets and attempts to impress the woman in the hotel room below his. The film is sometimes called a glorified remake of The Gay Divorcee (1934). This was the fourth film by Astaire and lead lady Ginger Rogers and was specifically written for both parties to play their respective parts. Though the movie had a simple plot the dances helped to naturally develop the plot. 3. The Big Sleep (1946). The film by Howard Hawks is the first film version of the novel by the same name. The films plot is somewhat hazy as it revolves around a wealthy general who wants to resolve the gambling debts of his daughter. The film is best known for the convoluted plot as the viewer was never able to know the identity of the killer. Wartime rationing influences this film as a car in the film had the “B” gasoline sticker which meant he was part of the war effort and was allowed up to 8 gallons of gasoline per week. The Film also was not immediately released due to the back haul of war-related films that were coming out....
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...Movie Review We Were Soldiers Burt Thomas Liberty University CRIS303 – B01 Movie Review We Were Soldiers We Were Soldiers is a movie written and directed by Randall White. It is based on a book, We Were Soldiers Once…and Young: Ia Drang, the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Lt. Col. Hal Moore and Joe Galloway. It details the account of both men, as well as the men under Moore’s command during the battle of the Ia Drang Valley. The battle takes place early in the Viet Nam War and the movie provides a historical, as well as dramatic recount of the battle and the lives of the men who fought it. Movie Synopsis A narrator begins the movie by retelling the story of the French involvement in the early days of the Viet Nam War. There is a graphic depiction of violence as the French soldiers are killed, and the viewer is briefly introduced to Lt. Col. Nguyen Huu An. Lt. Col An would later command the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) soldiers during the battle with Moore’s soldiers. Eleven years later, the army is establishing an air cavalry division and Lt. Col. Moore is selected to command them. Mel Gibson, in the role of Lt. Col. Moore enlists the help of Maj. Bruce “Snake” Crandall, played by Greg Kinnear. Crandall’s crew of pilots is made up of a motley group of men and his pilots and equipment are considered to be some of the best in the Army at the time. The division is redesignated as the 7th Cavalry, and Moore notes the irony in its designation - this is the same...
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...October 22 2014 What Dreams May Come. Once true love makes its way into our hearts, and we know for sure who do we want to spend eternity with, there’s nothing that true love can’t overcome; the need to be with that special someone becomes essential, and in the movie What dreams may come, produced by the director Vincent Ward and written by Ron Bass, they shows us how strong the bond between two soul mates can be. It takes us on a journey where Chris Nielsen, played by Robin Williams, is willing to spend the rest of his life in hell, just to be able to hang with his wife for eternity. The movie begins with the encounter of the two soul mates, both who were spending their time on their sailboats, one of which had a red sail symbolizing seduction, love, sexuality, but also sacrifice and danger, the boat was owned by Annabella Sciorra who is played by Annie Nielsen , who happens to be Chris’ wife later on the movie. They strongly fall in love with each other and they had 2 children, Ian and Marie , played by Josh Paddock and Jessica Brooks Grant, both who died after being involved in a collision and the tragic event destroys Annabella and Chris’ life by leaving an empty space in their heart. The quietness of their house and the uncertainty of their future made Anabella have a mental breakdown and after going through a rough path, his husband (who is a doctor), dies in an car collision accident; while he was trying to save someone who was trapped inside their car after being flipped...
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...necessities of becoming a man and being important to society. The characters in “Gran Torino” undergo changes within the film that were caused by traumatic events that occur in the film. Thao gains confidence and becomes a man, finally realising his usefulness in the world. Walt gains new views and perceptions of the world around him and even learns to let go of his past. However, character development doesn’t extend out to all characters within the film, but situates on the most important individuals within the movie. Thao Vang Lor isn’t the protagonist of “Gran Torino” but he is the most important when it comes to character development. Thao is an American-born Asian who feels he doesn’t quite belong with his family. Intelligent as he is; Thao starts as a scrawny, hunched-over and his Hmong family don’t consider him a man. His Grandmother even tells one of the family members; "He does whatever his sister tells him to do. How could he ever become man of the house?” Thao is constantly being told what to do and does all the chores that the Hmong people see as ‘Women’s chores’, such as the dishes, or gardening. When Thao first meets Walt Kowalski at the start of the film, he asks for jumper cables to help start up a car. But he is shy and Walt immediately dislikes Thao and doesn't even give him the chance to speak, butting in and trying to push him to cut to the chase. In this scene, a high view is shot from above Walt, looking down on Thao. This symbolises the superiority that...
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...Introduction ‘Catch Me If You Can’ is a movie based on true story about a boy named Frank William Abagnale Jr. During Frank early teen years in the 1960s, after I.R.S. Investigate his father financial affairs, the family lost their home and this lead to divorce between Frank parents. When lawyer ask Frank to decide who he want follow after his parent divorce, he decided to run away, at this time, he just 16 years old. While on the run, Frank impersonates a pilot, doctor and even a lawyer to make money. While him impersonating others, he also cash multiple forged cashier’s checks, as the amount getting higher and higher, FBI agent Carl Hanratty get assigned to this case to find the criminal. The movie follow Frank adventures and constant running from FBI which start with impersonate a pilot. After impersonate as a pilot, he manage to become an emergency room supervisor at a hospital with a fake certificate from Harvard Medical School, at here he get to know Brenda and plan to married her, when he meet her parents, he says that he has passed bar exam at California before and become assistant prosecutor of Brenda dad’s until he get caught at age 19 by Carl when Carl found out he print real checks at Monrichard. After he get caught , he served in prison for few years and then start to working with FBI to help in catching other check forging criminal, he also helps in developing the design of current checks to make it more difficult to forge . Frank William Abagnale Jr is a very...
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...Eric Erickson and Sigmund Freud both believed there are stages in personality development with few differences. The Erickson theory is composed of eight stages that a normal human will go through from birth until death or one lifetime. Each of these stages can be related to different characters so it is easier to relate to. Trust Versus Mistrust The first stage of Erickson’s theory is trust versus mistrust. This stage is from birth to one year old and is based on the baby’s environment and the baby’s primary care giver. During this period, the baby builds a feeling of basic trust. If the baby’s primary care giver is consistent, predictable, and reliable, then, most likely the baby will carry this trust into other relationships, hoping for the best, developing a sense of trust in the world around them. On the other hand, if the baby is subject to the opposite, in a relationship with the primary caregiver that has been unkind, fickle, and unreliable then the child will develop a sense of mistrust. This will lead the baby down a horrible path and will not have confidence in the world around them or in their abilities to influence events resulting in a sense of mistrust into other relationships. This can result in anxiety, heightened insecurities, and have serious doubts in the world around them. A good example of this stage is Bam Bam Rubble, and Pebbles Flintstones from the popular television program, The Flintstones. This program ran on public television from 1960 to 1966...
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...of the Air Force One, I decided to go and see the Ronald Reagan Museum instead. I'm actually glad my friends and I couldn't find the right time to go together, since I had learned some history that I would not if they were with me. Let me start with a little history of the library and the museum itself. The Ronald Reagan Library and Museum has first opened in 1991. It contains 24 stunning galleries. When I entered the museum, friendly attendants were there to greet me. They offered me to watch a 3 minute introduction movie about Ronald Reagan and who he inspired and how he changed America. I watched and listened as the movie played information about Ronald Reagan's family and ancestors. It said he has ancestors from England, Scotland, and Ireland. His father, Jack, was the one who believed that all men are created equally. During his eighteen months in Hollywood, he played in small roles in 13 films. His first role was to play as a radio announcer in the movie "Love is on the Air". When Ronald Reagan went to the army, he was promoted Captain during his three and a half years in the U.S Army. It was a rough time or the people in California around 1996. Issues with ballooning budget deficit, the highest taxes in the nation, a terrible criminal offense rate, air and water pollution, and exploding welfare costs. Short to say the...
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...concept of marriage. Movies like Bandit Queen and Mother India make us realize that marriage does not always lead to an ending where the husband and wife live happily with each other. In the films, we see that the people don’t realize that the woman of the house has equal rights and deserves as much respect as the man of the house. When we think of marriage, we think that a man and woman have fallen in love, or they are brought together by their friends and family, and the couple has approved of each other. However, in rural villages, marriage is more like getting rid of a liability (daughter) and the acquisition of a ‘slave’. As seen in the movie Bandit Queen, Phoolan (Seema Biswas) is ‘given’ to Puttilal (Aditya Srivastava) against her will. We also saw how Phoolan, a little girl of eleven gets raped by her husband. She is thereafter scarred for life. We live in a society where romantic relationships and marriage are seen as primarily about an emotional union between two adults. However, I think that the concept of marriage in rural areas is very anemic and pallid. This may not be true in all cases, but the husband and wife have a relationship only meant for reproducing, for extra hands at work, and their respective work in the house and fields. We know that marriage is still central to people’s lives, but something somewhere is missing. In this paper I will discuss and analyze the...
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...Kant’s Categorical Imperative (Deontology) Movie: Gone, Baby, Gone The categorical imperative is something we are fundamentally required to do irrespective of how we feel about doing it, and even if others around us are telling us to do something completely different. In other words, we must always do this. The categorical imperative is also a priority, which means it will always be and have always been morally good. As such, we have a duty to recognize, and accept, its moral validity and finality. This means that the categorical imperative is not good on the basis of any effects or consequences it might produce, or even because someone or something else tell us it is good to do it. It is simply good in itself. Immanuel Kant developed a set of ethics to guide our decisions and help us judge whether certain actions are morally correct. According to Kant, the morality of every action must be carefully thought out beforehand. Thinking about all aspects of an action, or moral testing, can help to determine if an act should be performed at all. Kant introduced logical, objective methods to serve as a basis for distinguishing between what is right and what is wrong. He holds a common theme throughout his Kantian moral philosophy, that every act should be an accurate representation of a universal maxim. In the main action of the film, Kenzie discovers that Doyle is connected with the Amanda’s kidnapping, and then he goes to Doyle’s house to find that Amanda is living with him...
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