Essays on Cinematography Page 8

The movie Stand By Me is based upon a novel by Steven King. It doesnt have the same eerie feel as some of his other books and is generally a more serious movie. It takes place in the small town of Castle Rock, Oregon. It is the middle of the summer in approximately the early…

Hollywood, Bollywood… Ah! Ha! Nollywood! Life as a way of taking shape on its own if will fail to straighten its bends and correct its mistakes. In the movie world Hollywood is no stranger to the masses and the youngest of children. Over the years, Hollywood has grown to surpass the imagination of the world,…

This review will discuss The Descendants, a film directed by Alexander Payne. George Clooney plays the main character, Matthew King. Matthew lives a seemingly perfect life in Honolulu, Hawaii. He has a great family and is a respected lawyer. However, his life changes unexpectedly when he becomes the sole trustee for 25,000 acres of valuable…

It relates to society in various ways which then are appreciated and valued by many. And I still think that performing arts are arts that are performed. Some forms of performing arts are music, drama, magic, and dance. These types of arts stray from paint and clay because the art itself is admired after it…

The movie depicted the life of Jose Rizal, who is regarded as the national hero of the Philippines. It showcased his upbringing, challenges, and ultimate demise at the hands of Spanish authorities. By employing flashbacks, the film emphasized Rizal’s multifaceted abilities and accomplishments such as being a brilliant individual, writer, physician, artist, romantic partner, friend,…

Lisa Rowe ( Angelina Jolie ) is diagnosed as a sociopath, is the most powerful personality on the ward. She apparently takes some pride in her diagnosis. Lisa whose introduction establishes her as an angry, very aggressive rebel prone to escape and recapture. Her disregard for authority makes her a frustrating and entertaining figure in…

August Rush is a movie which is a psychological movie that deals with the connection of the nature and nurture development. Nature development is responsible for cognitive aspects such as mental capacities, endowments, innate traits and other materials that contributed to development as passed upon generations through heredity. The inherent traits that an individual possesses…

As a little girl, Catherine wants to marry her firefighter dad. Her mom says, “You can’t marry Daddy, I’m married to him. ” The film relates what transpires 25 years later. Catherine is now married to young firefighter Caleb Holt (Cameron). On the job, Caleb lives by the motto “Never leave your partner behind”, forcefully…

Mona Lisa Smile The movie “Mona Lisa Smile” is set in the 1950s and deals with the starting feminist’s movement against traditional roles. The main character, “History of Art” teacher Katherine Watson, arrives at the conservative all-women college of Wellesley and tries to teach her really smart students not only art history but also independence….

After the Walls had been in Welch a while, Rex and Rose-Mary decided to leave the children with Rex’s mother Erma, and make a road trip back to Phoenix. Their excuse for leaving them was that it was only going to be a short trip, all business, and to retrieve anything they had left behind….