Essays on Cinematography Page 66

Avatar, the movie, is an epic science fiction by James Cameron shown in 2009. The film’s setting was in 2154, where humans dwell on Pandora, an Earth-like moon of the planet Polyphemus in the Alpha Centauri Star System. The humans belong to a group called RDA who plans on mining a precious mineral called Unobtanium….

The box-office of success of a number of documentaries indicates the increasing polarization in the American political landscape, wherein the battlefield has extended to this media form that had been often reserved for classrooms and public television. Michael Moore’s darkly comic, sensationalistic and suggestive style has prompted a number of documentary film directors and critics…

The film “Footloose” centers around a town where music and dancing are prohibited by law, which Reverend Shaw Moore helped institute. As the minister of the tight-knit community and the father of a high school girl, Reverend Moore enforced these regulations in response to his son’s untimely demise, which he believed was caused by music…

The movie title who belongs to a Melina Matsoukas’ highlight, ‘Queen and Slim’ is frightening: monstrous yellow letters against a dark foundation, with the tremendousness of the textual style setting up the huge extent of the film. Turner-Smith and Kaluuya are a couple of youthful spirits on an apparently straightforward first date. While they are…

"All of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way–if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy."Gene remarked. (p.196) A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, is the story of…

The film Sunken tells the story of the fourteenth Dalai Lama’s first twenty four years with the use of symbolism and cinematic prowess that can only be described as spellbinding. The film provides insight into Martin Course’s more sensitive style of directing without losing any of his incredible talent at weaving a story one can’t…

When evaluating Ken Burns documentary series The Civil War (1990) in terms of establishing a  verdict on the inherent quality of the series, it is important to keep in mind that there two basic perspectives from which the film will ultimately viewed: the perspective of an “average” viewer, and the perspective of an historian.   The…

Watt’s use of film technique is critical to exploration of character and theme in Look Both Ways. Discuss. Mixing of animation and action slips clearly show what is going on inside the mind of characters. Meryl images train wreck, sharks attack, being run over by a car or even earthquake. Her thoughts are full of…

The main focus of this paper is on the “Bomba” films within the independent film, “Serbis”, and their importance to the overall story. Through a semiotic analysis of the posters, signs, and film itself, I aim to demonstrate their relevance to the plot. By examining the cultural context in which these films are viewed, I…

Designed by William Pierre, many considered the Titanic unsinkable”. Although none of its builders declared it to be so, its sixteen airtight compartments earned it this nickname. Even Captain Smith admitted, “l cannot imagine any condition which would cause this ship to founder. I cannot conceive Of any vital disaster happening to this vessel”. (Adams)On…