Essays on Cinematography Page 62

Historically, works of art, such as movies, arouse a variety of responses – both negative and positive – from audiences. For example, audiences can be mollified after watching an up building movie. On the other hand, the portrayal of discouraging aspects through a movie may make audiences to demonstrate fury. Further, audiences can draw significant…

Sparta, known as the most formidable city in history, is famous for its impressive military power, demonstrating that strength did not rely on numbers but on Spartan discipline. Originally a small city fighting solely for survival against enemy invaders, Sparta’s reputation grew exponentially. Her objective was to prevent defeat from other city-states and she came…

The movie is based upon a graphic novel by Frank Miller (of comic book fame). They are both based upon one of the most famous battles in the Persian Wars (492 – 449 BC), The Battle of Thermopylae. The Battle of Thermopylae goes down in history for being one of the most heroic feats of…

In the movie, the Purge is a state-sanctioned chaos intended to promote social catharsis. This begs the question of whether this approach is beneficial or equally hazardous as a form of governance that relies on blind faith. What are your suggestions on how the Philippine context could replicate the Purge? Please provide an explanation. From…

            Father Leclerc, a parish priest, noted that the church passion play has lost religious significance in the lives of his parishioners. With the goal of reinstating its importance, he hires an impassioned actor named Daniel. Daniel’s role is to energize the people of the parish and put new meaning into the liturgy of the…

            With the proliferation of the Internet today that provides video blogs and web blogs, almost everyone has had the chance to be critics on almost everything. Even social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter becomes a venue for Internet users to recommend a book or criticize a film or the spread the word of…

John Ford and Frank Capra: A Study of Their Movies”A great man and a great American, Frank Capra is an inspiration to those whobelieve in the American dream” John Ford”The megaphone has been to John Ford what the chisel was toMichelangelo…..Ford Cannot be pinned down or analyzed. He is pure Ford–Whichmeans pure great” Frank CapraFrank…

indifferent to the death of his mother, to his relationship with Marie, and to death itself. Meursault shows no sorrow to the fact of his mother’s death. On the first page Meursault says, “Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know. ..That doesn’t mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday.” Mersault also refuses to see…

Exposition is a description or an explanation of a idea or theory. The main characters are Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry. The setting in the book is in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1950. The major conflict in the book is that is the clash between the poor Greasers and the rich Socs and Ponyboy struggles mature. Ponyboy…

The movie Crash, created by Paul Haggis, incorporates the many struggles faced by today’s racial stereotypes, into a collage of various interconnected, cultural dilemmas encountered by the film’s multi-ethnic cast. Most people are born with good hearts, but as they grow up they learn prejudices. “Crash” is a movie that brings out bigotry and racial…