Film Analysis Essays

Nathan Graham English W131 9/22/09 Project 1 Linda Seger’s 10-Point “A Hero Myth” Analysis The idea of heroismhas been traced back to centuries of years throughout history. Greek Mythology is the father of this concept of heroism and this concept has continued to grow and develop through stories, writings, and films over the years. Humans …

Curtis Hanson’s urban drama 8 Mile, reveals the story of an ambitious white rap artist desperate to make a better life for himself. The main character, Jimmy Smith Jr., more commonly known to his friends as Rabbit, features real-life entertainer, Eminem, a multi-platinum recording artist. The film is semi-autobiographical, based on events in Eminem’s life …

I am going to write about the film “On The Waterfront” It is written by Budd Schulberg and directed by Karl Malden. The film is set in the city of Hoboken, with New York City across the bay and follows the story of Terry Malloy, played by Marlon Brando, who is a young dock worker …

Prot appears to be a human figure, who some may think is a lunatic due to the fact that he claims that he is from another planet called KPAX. Firstly, humans are incapable to understand a dog, when it barks and responds back. In KPAX Prot communicates with Dr. Mark Powell’s dog and then tells …

Brief Biographical Data of Orson Welles George Orson Welles or popularly known as merely Orson Welles. was a great American manager. histrion. author. movie. telecasting. phase and wireless manufacturer. He besides won in the esteemed Academy Awards. Welles became celebrated through his wireless broadcast’sThe War of the Worlds. It called a big figure of devouring …

In Muriel’s Wedding identity is represented by numerous film techniques. The dominant ones being acting, music, design, camera angle and editing.The two aspects that evidently represent the identity are acting and music. Of these two acting is the most effective film technique in capturing Muriel’s individuality and unique approaches to life.Throughout the film with Muriel’s …

Gladiator in my opinion, is a moderately accurate historical representation of the events that took place in the latter half of 2nd century AD. The historical setting Starts in the winter Of 180AD with the initial battle according to the opening text in the movie. The movie focuses on the events considering Marcus Aurelius and …

Without movie manner movies would be a boring art signifier and observation movies would be a reasonably uninteresting activity. Film manner refers to the manner in which filming tools are used to add ocular entreaty, significance and deepness to a movie. Without it movies would be level, one dimensional pieces of work. An of import …

Miss Congeniality was the first of three Sandra Bullock films to be directed by Donald Petrie. Rated ‘M’, due to its low level violence, the all American comedy film was released by Warner Bros in 2000. Miss Congeniality later went on to claim the ‘Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical …

It’s a breath of fresh air when one of the most anticipated films of the year hits the big screen and actually lives up to the hype. 2010 has seen the building up of films such as Alice In Wonderland, The Wolfman and Robin Hood which have all fallen far short of expectations. Fortunately, Christopher …

To give a bit of an overview, the movie “Gran Torino” was directed and produced by Clint Eastwood who also starred in the movie. This movie highlights the modern conditions surrounding many aspects of intercultural communications. Clint Eastwood plays Walt Kowolski whose wife just died and who is a Korean War veteran. He has a …

The manager uses several cinematic techniques and embeds a whole scope of other techniques to make a dark atmosphere. The gap foreshadows the sinister temper and atmosphere throughout the entireness of the film. A broad panning shooting across a organic structure of H2O is accompanied by sinister music ; created to heighten the ocular experience. …

Explain why the auteurist theory has become so important to film analysis. What are some arguments against auteurist theory? How does auteurist theory affect the way that films are marketed? How does it affect the way that films are analyzed by critics and audiences? Please use an actual film/director/marketing campaign to illustrate your points. The …

Film Analysis: “MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING” Introduction to Sociology “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”, is a wonderful movie all about the Greek sub-culture in Chicago. This movie explores, and demonstrates many sociological points. This movie is exceptional because, this movie also shows the values of Greek immigrants living in America. Furthermore, the American Greeks …

Synopsis Directed by Chito S. Roño, this adaptation of Lualhati Bautista’s prize-winning novel Dekada 70 chronicles a middle-class Filipino family who, over the space of a decade, become aware of the political policies that have ultimately led to repression and a state of martial law. Vilma Santos stars as Amanda, who realizes the implications of …

The film I have chosen to analyse is The Fall. The Fall was written and directed by a man named Tarsem Singh and was released in June 2008 in just nine screens in the USA. The film is an adventure fantasy set in Los Angeles in the 1920’s, a young immigrant girl finds herself in …

Annie Hall considered as Woody Allen’s greatest movie which was released in 1977 shows the story of a failed romance. Starring Woody Allen himself and Diane Keaton the movie represents Allen’s own personal. This movie was a completely different idea of Allen from other movies since all other Allen’s movies are always filmed in a …

In this film, it was shown that women can be as powerful as men in relationships. The strength of women is clearly shown when they manipulate men to do achieve what they want in a relationship. The film also shows that women exert their power in romantic relationships by choosing to do what they want, …

rStephanie Ralston Film Aesthetics and Analysis In the film, The Constant Gardener (Meirelles, 2005), the use of editing helps to convey a central theme of uncertainty. Another important theme that arises in the film is justice. Uncertainty progresses into a revealing of truth that leads the protagonist to seek justice. The plot follows a young …

With a close up of the award, the clip begins with our view of the couple only in reflection of Malcolm’s recent award, which is made to seem meaningless as we can’t read the writing despite it being in centre of the frame. The award is in a red frame. This already seems to be …