Essays on Cinematography Page 12

You must be the alteration you want to see in the universe “Despite the possible positive results. alteration is frequently resisted at both the person and the organizational level” ( Mullins. 99 ) It is in human nature to defy alteration. “We resist alteration. We choose to maintain our wonts. instead the comfort of our…

To begin with, baseball is my favorite sport. Laded baseball and softball for many years as a kid and as a young man. So any movie about baseball is Of some interest to me. Not all sports movies are normally very good, but this is one is of the best. This movie is not just…

Summary: Donnie Darko, a film by Richard Kelly is about a schizophrenic teen who lives in the American suburb of Middlesex. When an unidentified giant plane engine crashes into his room, a chain of mysterious events are triggered. {draw:rect} Donnie Darko, a film by Richard Kelly is about a schizophrenic teen who lives in the…

When I was a kid, one of my favorite story books was “Where The Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak. As a piece of my childhood, that simple story about Max and the “wild rumpus” meant a lot to me. So in the fall of 2009 when I saw the coming attraction for the full-length…

The Importance of Being Earnest’ was originally intended by Wilde to bear the subtitle ‘A Serious Comedy for Trivial People’. This oxymoronic insight into the flavour of the play could imply several different things. ‘Serious’ could be taken as in conveying an important message, which would ultimately make sense as Wilde’s views on marriage and…

The Titanic’s hull plate was laid in 1909 and a little over two years later, Titanic’s 26,000 ton hull is launched at Harlan ND Wolfs shipyard. The ship reached a speed of Nell knots when it slid into the water before six anchor chains and two piles of cable drag chains weighing 80 ton’s each…

Introduction             The Passion of Christ is a movie based on the suffering and death of Jesus Christ on the cross in the hands of the Romans as provoked by the Jewish religious leaders. The movie started at the scene in Gethsemane where Jesus was agonizing about his eminent death on the cross, as recorded…

S.E. Hinton’s coming-of-age book “The Outsiders” addresses socioeconomic class, loyalty, and identity issues. The conflict between two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs, centers on Oklahoma in the 1960s. Johnny Cade is one of the book’s most memorable characters because of his nuanced personality and profound influence on the story. This article explores Johnny’s complex…

Sarah’s Key contains some of the most powerful, heart-wrenching scenes ever filmed — and this is not sensationalism, but truth. This film is important for making everyone aware of a particularly horrific episode in France during World War II and — if you didn’t know — what human beings are capable of, for ill as…

Thirteen is the movie I chose for this assignment, and it immediately captivated me with the complex challenges faced by a thirteen-year-old girl. My theory is that people who regularly associate with deviant individuals tend to mimic their actions. In the context of this film, I believe that examining the issues and resolutions from a…