Essays on Cinematography Page 82

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…

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…

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…

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…

Imagine a world in which your childhood was stripped away from you. One that forced you into slavery, the military, or even marital trades. In the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, this is exactly the kind of world the main characters are living in. Ender was taken to become a member of the…

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…

Digital Campaigns Online promotion is not straightforward. It seems to stimulate an incredible level of creativity. The possibilities are endless to market Bollywood movies abroad when you think outside of the box with website creation and social campaigns. The digital market campaigning was popularized by the film ‘Bang Bang’ in 2014. The popular #BangBangDares filled the…

Personal satisfaction is more important than financial rewards, as depicted in Satyajit Ray ‘s short story “Patol Babu, Film Star. ” The main character Patol Babu realized that personal satisfaction could not be measured and weighed by money, and so he acted in the film out of passion he felt toward the job more than…

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,…

Analyzing a Movie             Movies have special place in our lives, as equally as they entice, they also create an essence of value, in terms of monetary as well as emotionally. We pay a cost for movie, to this extent we expect movie to be highest quality with a degree and depth of entertainment and…