Essays on Cinematography Page 82

I Am LegendThe search for answers to our numerous questions can have variable consequences. The movie, “I Am Legend” dealt with the escapades and struggle for survival of the supposedly “last man alive” in New York City, and pressumably of the whole world. The film adaptation of Richard Matheson’s novel gave us an insight on…

For this essay I am going to describe, in detail, what Alfred Hitchcock did to make Psycho an innovative film, a new one that hadn’t been around before. It is famous because at the time it had a huge effect on the audience, we’re analysing how and why it did.In the 1950’s America had a…

Requiem for a Dream depicts the downfall of four main characters as their lives spin out of control due to drug use. Ellen Burstyn portrays Sara Goldfarb, the mother of Jared Leto’s character Harry. Jennifer Connelly plays Marion Silver, Harry’s girlfriend, while Marlon Wayans portrays Ty, Harry’s best friend. All four characters get caught up…

Remember the Titans is a movie that depicts the concept of a system, which is comprised of multiple interconnected parts functioning together as a unified whole. Within this movie, various examples of how different parts are interconnected and work interdependently, creating a ripple effect and generating synergy can be observed. Furthermore, the film also demonstrates…

Solomon Northup illustrates in agonizing detail the atrocities he endured during his twelve years of enslavement through an autobiography. Assumably, the details of this text are historically accurate and shed a light on the cruelties committed against the African-American population during the slavery era. This text was adapted and released in the form of a…

In times and places quite different, but both struck with war times, two boys would seem to be very different. Andrew “Ender” Wiggin lives in a future under threat of buggers. Ralph is stuck on an island with many other boys during a war when their plane was shot down. However, both boys have quite…

A Tragic Hero In the film Into the Wild, Chris McCandless embarks on a long self-journey through Alaska’s frontier. At the beginning of the story, we are introduced to a troubled college graduate who has little plans, other than to escape from his past reality. From a young age, he is described as an individual…

Genre theory refers to a cumulative term that describes the categorization of other films that have similar aspects such as characters, narratives, filming techniques, etc. Goodykoontz (2019) states that ‘For most of us, genre is the first way that we learn to engage with film.’ In other words, a film’s genre can stimulate and pave…

The drama The Silent Light (originally called Stellet Licht) is the director’s, Carlos Reygadas, third movie. It’s an unusual story of a crisis of faith and a love-triangle between a man, his wife and his mistress, set against the background of a Mennonite community in Mexico. Silent Light tells a story of devote people who…

The American doctrine of freedom of speech, as articulated in the Bill of Rights, is 200 years old. The absolutist doctrine of freedom of speech originates in the arguments and discussions of Pierre Bayle ( 1647- 1706). Although Bayle has long been seen as a major figure in literary studies and the history of ideas,…