Essays on Cinematography Page 12

“American Beauty” is a DreamWorks production that was shot in 1999 and released in the United States in 2000. It was the big-screen debut for director Sam Mendes, as well as for writer Alan Ball. The film was produced by Alan Ball, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, and Stan Wlodkowski. It won five Oscars: Best Actor…

Biography- Ellen DeGeneres Birth: “For me it’s that I contributed… That I’m on this planet doing some good and making people happy. That to me is the most important thing, that my hour of television is positive and upbeat and an antidote for all negative stuff in life. ” This was written by Ellen Lee…

Banksy, widely recognized as a street artist, combines dark humor with graffiti using his unique stencil technique. His art, encompassing political and social commentary, can be found on streets, walls, and bridges in cities worldwide. Banksy’s artistic journey began within Bristol’s underground scene, characterized by collaborations between artists and musicians. One artist remarks that Banksy…

‘Hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature’ The Outsiders – Text response essay In the novel ‘The Outsiders’ by S. E Hinton, we see how hard times bring out the best and worst in human nature. Human nature is basically what people are like deep down. As the characters change and…

In Neil Burger’s work, Divergent, he flips the script in terms of what is commonly seen in the genre of science fiction and fantasy. Typically, in these types of movies, the main character is a male who is strong willed, independent, and brave. Usually the woman is shown as the “damsels in distress” waiting for…

The movie I chose was Remember the Titans. It is based on actual events from the year of 1971. Two schools in Alexandria Virginia integrate forming T. C. Williams High School. The movie is about a football team and the Caucasian head coach of the Titans is replaced by an African American coach. Tensions arise…

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…