Essays on Film Page 24

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…

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…

My movie is Avatar, and I will provide a summary of this film. The story is set in 2154 on Earth, which has experienced a significant depletion of its natural resources. However, Pandora, a planet with valuable mines containing a mineral known as unobtanium, offers hope for humanity. The RDA corporation seeks to obtain this…

V for Vendetta Essay Analyse how your first impression of a character or individual was later challenged in a visual or oral text. In the film V for Vendetta, directed by James McTeigue, the viewer’s first impression of Evey is that she is vulnerable, feminine and a scared character, who is trapped by her fear…

As a director, it is very important when making a movie to stay true to what he believes in order to truly allow his audience to relate what they are seeing. In order to make this happen, the filmmaker has to make certain decisions during the post-production, mainly during the editing process. For example: choosing…

Donnie Darko, released in 2001, is a fantasy film that incorporates comedy and drama. Despite being initially overlooked, the film gained popularity over time and served as inspiration for aspiring directors. It explores various themes such as time travel through wormholes, parallel universes in quantum physics, religion, mental illness, predestination, and the conflict between good…

“American Beauty” is a DreamWorks production that was shot in 1999 and released in the United States in 2000. It was the big-screen debut for director Sam Mendes, as well as for writer Alan Ball. The film was produced by Alan Ball, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, and Stan Wlodkowski. It won five Oscars: Best Actor…

The Titanic’s hull plate was laid in 1909 and a little over two years later, Titanic’s 26,000 ton hull is launched at Harlan ND Wolfs shipyard. The ship reached a speed of Nell knots when it slid into the water before six anchor chains and two piles of cable drag chains weighing 80 ton’s each…

Journal: Rushmore Rushmore (1998), directed by Wes Anderson, is a film about a 15-year-old private school student, who is good at activities but bad at studies, falling in love with his teacher, Miss Cross, and trying to pursue her while competing with his friend, Mr. Blume. ‘Auteur theory’ is an idea that the director, as…

LIAR, LIAR Liar, Liar is a movie produced in 1997 that talks about a lawyer who keeps on lying all the time, either to his friends at work, his wife whom because of lying and his work caused a lot of problems between them that led to a breakup and divorce, and even his little…