There have been many movies that have been remade throughout the years, but one set that stands out the most is the two different takes on Roald Dahl’s Charlie book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, both are unique in their own way of bringing the book to life and expressing a certain theme, and although they both follow the same story plot, they both used different music or camera angles to get their points across to the audience. In the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory they emphasised
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California Institute of the Arts. Just like many others who graduated from that school, Burton’s first job was an editor for Disney. He really liked movies with, Vincent Prince, and he was known for his distinctive voice and his performances in horror films. Tim Burton is a kind of dark humor person. His movies are for all ages, unlike a lot of movies, and his movies feel like they are from a different time. In his movie Charlie The Chocolate Factory, you can notice
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main focus of the film following a priest helping the fiance of a resistance member who has been abducted. The film came as a shock to me. I was unaware of the effects that left Rome in ruins during the immediate aftermath of World War II. A film produced based on serendipity, Rome Open City by Janus FIlms, was the film of it’s generation a unique masterpiece featuring a story of an atypical storyline in Rome, Italy. After the abolition of Rome by the Americas in 1944, this film was published to set
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Robert Wiene’s silent film, “The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari”, is an early cinematic gem that uses expressionist form in order to convey social and political messages to viewers. This film is not only a representation of the artistic styles within Germany at the time, but also an insight on the opinions of the German people during the early Weimar Republic. Sociologists, such as Siegfried Kracauer, have praised this film for its artistic form and political message. The expressionist stylings of
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by Jacob and Wilheim Grimm are commonly employed in producing Disney films which adapt and elongate their storylines for the big screen. Consequently, much of the original storylines are altered for theatrical and practical purposes when adopted by the Walt Disney Company, and creative liberties often distort the intended portrayals of the characters that were determined in the original stories. For instance, in Walt Disney’s film “Cinderella” (1950), Cinderella’s stepsisters are portrayed as unattractive
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At first, I felt a movie would not have the power to bring about revolutionary change to the way a culture thinks and acts. But. the more I thought about it and considered other examples, like The Beatles or Elvis Presley, the more I believed a movie has the capability to define certain aspects of culture. Though it is a single work, lasting only a few hours, the new idea can be reiterated through music, symbolism, clothing, actions and even subliminal messages. Easy Rider is an example of a counterculture
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My trend will be society's increased desensitization to violence due to the media. This trend has occurred to more violence in the media that we consume for entertainment like tv shows, game of thrones, and movies, saw, as well as through the violence in our world that is shown to us through the news. I chose this trend because people always seem to talk about how hyper violent our world is and I wanted to see if it is affecting us the way people say it is. Plus I know this trend to be occurring
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director award, but here she is, she breaks multiple social barriers. She is Angel Ponce, a latina who has earned herself an Oscar for screenwriting. Who knew this would happen! From a small house in Modesto to large rooms filled with people watching her films, she wants to set an example for others. Ms.Ponce is a social activist and poet who has also published a series of books; Flores, Lonely little Latina, Oxymoron, Ways of a former wallflower, Emptiness, Resurgent, and Simplicity. Altogether her books
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Marilyn Vall Eugenio ENG 105 October 29, 2015 Maria Zafonte Criteria Essay The movie “Black Mass”, directed by Scott Cooper, is a drama and biography based on a man by the name of James Joseph Bulger, also known as “Whitey”. He and his Irish-American mob were notorious in Boston during the late 1970’s for protecting their infamous name and desired territory. The mob would go to any extreme to intimidate
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Throughout history one thing can clearly be said about mankind, They love entertainment. Entertainment has been in the history of mankind since the beginning. From the Roman colosseum to the movies watched today, humans love to be entertained by different aspects of media, but the most common in today’s world is that of the cinematic experience. For a cinematic experience to be complete there has to be promotion, the public must know when that a movie is coming out, what the movie is about, and who
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