Essays on Cinematography Page 48

While the visual aspects of Avatar were enjoyed by many viewers, I observed a dearth of discourse surrounding the plot and characters. As a writer, I firmly believe that these components are pivotal in ascertaining a film’s success. I viewed a critically acclaimed film that evoked a profound sense of injustice concerning its depiction of…

Double Indemnity The movie that I watched this week is a 1944 American film called, Double Indemnity. This film was directed by Billy Wilder, produced by Buddy Desylva and Joseph Sistrom and co-writen by Wilder and Raymond Chandler. The script was based off a 1943 novel with the same title and was written by James…

The Apartheid Era is undoubtedly one of the darkest times in the history of the African continent. The best tool that has told this story is the 1992 film ‘Sarafina’ which shows a story of struggle, beating the odds and fighting for what is rightfully one’s own. There were casualties along the way but in…

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a movie from 1939 about a governor of an unnamed state has to pick a new Senator because Senator Sam Foley had passed away. The governor’s children want him to pick Jefferson Smith the head of the Boy Rangers, and by flipping a coin he chooses Jefferson as the…

The Hurt Locker is a movie directed by Kathryn Bigelow. set in the Iraq war. The movie is about three work forces who makeup an explosives regulation squad ; Staff Sargent Matthew Thompson ( Guy Pearce ) . Sergeant J. T. Sanborn ( Anthony Mackie ) . and Specialist Owen Eldridge ( Brian Geraghty )…

The exploitation and colonizing of the Australian Aborigines by the British settlers in the early 20th century is evident through Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington. Historical background information has provided a deeper understanding into the “stolen generations”; hence, we further understand the struggles Daisy, Molly, Gracie and their families had to go through. The kidnapping…

In the evening of October 5th, 1974, in a pub in Guildford, an IRA bomb explodes, killing five people. The police force is forced to turn to the most likely suspects without regard for their guilt or innocence. Gerry Conlon, Paul Hill, Paddy Armstrong and Carole Richardson, known as the “Guildford Four”, become prime targets….

It is necessary to mentioned that “Little Buddha” is a powerful and highly entertaining movie. Actually such films are rare, because it is filled with things being not only entertaining, but such as also uplift people’s spirits and leave positive meaning. This movie makes people think about life and death, about joys and pressures of…

Tartuffe was written in the era of Louis XIV, the Sun King, a time when France was arguably the greatest nation in the Western world and a time when the intellectual and aesthetic development of society was in a stage of development called the Baroque. It was a time of excess and a time of…

Both The Pianist and Maus offer different niceties about the functions of the Germans and the Jews in the Holocaust. Some may see merely the Nazis as the slayers in the Holocaust and non see other fortunes. The Pianist and Maus offer different cases to demo that confederates. bystanders and saviors provide a grey country…