Essays on Cinematography Page 86

The unique name and meaning is what intrigued me to read this book. But as I read more, I realized that the title wasn’t the only intriguing thing. The story was so interesting, it was as if the plot was forcing me to turn the pages. Divergent by Veronica Ross is a story set in…

Mrs. Acosta On behalf of Others On Behalf Of Others Individuals who are under certain conditions should have their situations exploited in order to avoid having more people suffering. I agree with Agee’s claim because if their situations are not exploited then they can’t be given aid and it can’t be prevented in the future….

In the early 80’s a space ship stalled over Johannesburg located in south Africa. The ship sat there for upwards of twenty years before human intelligence was able to cut their way into it. Once inside they found malnourished and scared aliens. Humans nicknamed the aliens “prawns” because they look like a shrimp in the…

During my first official semester at Collin College, I was assigned to watch a movie for my United States History class. I initially chose the film Lincoln. After watching the first few scenes, I became overwhelmed with emotion due to the raw brutality and bloodshed. Ultimately, I decided on another movie and did not complete…

Menilmontant, is, in my personal opinion, the best silent as well as expressive cinematic film I have ever seen. Specifically, by looking at the way in which many of the films techniques are representative to that of Germaine Dulac’s work on “The Expressive Techniques of Cinema,” whether it is because of the different camera shots…

As a child born and raised in India, I never questioned the law of karma; every action must have a reaction. The ideology of Karma emphasizes that cause and effect of a person’s action control everything in life including health and wealth of an individual. However, I began to doubt this ideology when I study…

The genre of Horror can be said to be as old as entertainment itself. For as long as humans have interacted with one another, tales of shock have been present in their nature, and with each new innovation in media, horror entertainment has been at the forefront. First there were ancient oral traditions, with stories…

This film ‘Inside Out’ carefully depicts the emotions of a young girl from early childhood to middle childhood. Five emotions were expressed including Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger. At times these emotions were expressed individually, other times they were expressed all at once. Riley, the main character, often felt torn between the many emotions…

Into The Wild: Text and Film Contrasts Both the Into the Wild book by Jon Krakauer and it’s film adaptation written and directed by Sean Penn are amazing works in their respective modes of media.  Both works are respectively captivating in their portrayal of Christopher McCandless, though there are interesting differences between the two. The…

To exercise our sociological imagination, we had a film viewing of the indie film “Ded Na Si Lolo” by director Soxie Topacio last 8 July 2010. This film was all about a family who lost an important loved one—their father. Charing, one of the main characters, is one of the children. One morning while she…