Essays on Cinematography Page 31

The 1985 movie “The Goonies” in my opinion shows a hero’s journey. This is where it all starts. Brandon is left in charge of the kids when the dad is at work and the mom is out for groceries this clearly means nothing but trouble. While the mom is away the kids always get into…

It seems that today cinematography holds a firm place as perhaps the most widespread form of popular art at least in the Western societies. However, there is more to cinema than only its entertaining effects that people seek in numerous blockbusters. In fact, the artistic genre of film has an enormous potential for the expression…

Which would be worse, to live as a monster? Or to die as a good man? (Shutter Island) Shutter Island takes place in and around Ashecliffe Hospital in 1954. Ashecliffe is an institution for the criminally insane. The film opens on a ferry transporting U.S Federal Marshal Teddy Daniels played by Leonardo DiCaprio and his new partner…

Look up in the sky. It’s a bird. No, it’s a plane. No, it’s Superman. No. Wait. MaybeMetropolis and Gotham city each have their own unique super heroes that savethem daily from evil villains trying to take over the world. Both superheroes have beenquite successful over the years in doing so Batman and Superman. Two…

The Hero’s story that I am going to write about is the ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ in this story you will see how Bruce Wayne (batman) will come from being known as a villain in Gotham city to be coming the city’s biggest hero they ever had. In the last move of the Dark knight…

Bollywood song and dance draws attention to Indian film studies as one of the most dominant and distinguishing features of the Indian culture (Dudrah, 2006, p. 26). Dancing within movies is becoming among the most common attributes of modern popular culture that generates and reflects diversity in cultures and the traditional values of a society….

The act of conversing is vital for establishing connections and cultivating relationships. Both spoken and nonverbal communication play a pivotal role in influencing people’s reactions and choices when it comes to forming relationships. Anthony, the main character, continuously encounters obstacles as he strives to challenge preconceived notions about black individuals. His persistent grievances regarding stereotyping…

The film True Grit, directed by the Coen Brothers in 2010, is a western film that can most certainly be portrayed as a revisionist western in that the general cinematography brings forth a darker feel, with more realistic elements, straying away from the typical romantic feel of classic westerns. 1. The general iconography in True…

The movie I watched was Hotel Rwanda. This movie covered the genocide that occurred in Africa between April and July Of 1994 when two tribes began fighting. These two tribes were the Hut and the Tutsis. In just a little over three months, 800,000 people were murdered. In the beginning of the movie, a man…

Laura as Film NoirIntroductionDuring the war years of the 1940s, there emerged a film genre in American cinema that film critics recognized and termed film noir. The term film noir literally means “black film” in French, although the adjective noir also denotes dark emotions, including gloom and sadness, both of which are also appropriate in…