Essays on Cinematography Page 11

ON GIA MARIE CARANGI I specifically chose the film Gia in writing this paper because I could truly say that I greatly felt for her. Gia Marie Carangi was born in Philadelphia. She went to New York in order to find a modeling job because there is a lot of money in modeling. She was…

Anna wants to marry a prince, but Elsa refuses to give her blessing. In a fit of anger, Elsa accidentally freezes the entire city and runs away to the mountains. Anna goes after her to bring her back and save the day. However, during their journey, Anna’s heart gets frozen and she needs to find…

The movie Girl, Interrupted is based on the book of the same name by Susanna Kaysen. Winona Ryder effectively portrays Kaysen’s borderline personality, while Angelina Jolie’s performance as Lisa Rowe truly mesmerizes viewers. The film depicts the story of a teenage girl who is admitted to a mental hospital after attempting suicide, which she attributes…

            Viva Villa (1934) is a film stared by Wallace Berry as Pancho Villa , written by Ben Hecht, adapted from a biography by Jack Conway. The movie is a fictionalized bibliography of Pancho Villa. He takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father’s death. He befriends an American reporter…

Imagine a world without dreams; would it not be empty and meaningless? This is the big question for many people. No one can live without dreams; you have to strive for something in life otherwise your life is boring and uneventful. If your dream never succeeds, you often isolate yourself. It is like living in…

Movie Synopsis             In  Remember the Titans, T.C. Williams High School is the scene of integration and community racial tensions. African-American coach Herman Boone is given the job of head football coach, displacing former white coach Bill Yoast. Boone faces numerous challenges from the community and from the players in trying to bring the team…

The episode Fresh Hare of the Loony Tunes is a classic interactive situation between a white, ambitious, American named Elmer FUD and Bugs Bunny, the comical, laid- back, carrot-eating bunny rabbit. It entirely involves Elmer trying to catch the UN- catchalls Bugs while Bugs sets up obstacles and traps for Elmer to amuse himself and…

As a director, it is very important when making a movie to stay true to what he believes in order to truly allow his audience to relate what they are seeing. In order to make this happen, the filmmaker has to make certain decisions during the post-production, mainly during the editing process. For example: choosing…

As Good as it Gets and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Running head: AS GOOD AS IT GETS AND OCD As Good as it Gets and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Melvin Udall lives a very unhappy, isolated life as a writer. He spends most days indoors with the exception of his daily trip to his local restaurant, where he methodically…

“On Golden Pond” In our contemporary world, it is almost universally the case that men are valued more than women. Customs as well as social institutions subordinate women to men. The imposition of patriarchal power, which has come to dominate political, social, economic, and even family life, the male species all over the world have…