Essays on Film Page 36

            The film Whale Rider is a story of leadership, sacrifice, family, and the role of women and the culture of the Maoris. The movie is depicted through the eyes of Paikea, a strong and intelligent female with the potentials of a leader, a view not shared by other characters in the early part of…

The film portrays the Trojan War with significant alterations to the Iliad’s narrative. Paris of Troy (Jacques Sernas) embarks on a journey to Sparta in order to establish a peace treaty between the two influential city-states. However, a storm causes his ship to return to Troy after he is swept overboard near the shores of…

Discovering the film “Blood Diamond” Plot: The plot of the movie encompasses various storytelling techniques, including chronological events, flashbacks, parallel storylines, reverse suspense, and foreshadowing. The most significant moments in the film occur when Solomon discovers a massive pink diamond and conceals it underground. Another crucial sequence involves Dia threatening Danny and his father Solomon…

Bowling for Columbine is a Michael Moore documentary about gun control and America’s violent national history. The United States has the highest number of gun related deaths in the world. Michael Moore sets out to get an understanding of why Americans have such a strong violent culture. To grasp the reasoning for the amount of…

Do you have spare time and feel bored? Instead of wasting it with friends and family, why not watch Ridley Scott’s latest film Gladiator? It will truly demonstrate the meaning of boredom, leaving you frustrated. In this film, the muscular Russell Crowe portrays Maximus, a tough Roman general and a beloved figure of the dying…

‘The Hire’ manages to draw in nine million viewers on the BMW films website, effectively reaching and promoting its brand to a diverse audience. Furthermore, the overwhelmingly positive comments from both website and conventional main-stream media contribute to BMW’s positive brand image and potential increase in sales. Comments such as ‘Absolutely fantastic!’ and ‘Wow. Very,…

In the classic film, “The Wizard of Oz”, Dorothy meets a tin woodsman. The solemn Tin Man tells Dorothy that he wasn’t given a heart. He then sings his hit single, “If I Only Had a Heart”, and through song and choreographed dance, the Tin Man shares his dream. He would be “friends with the…

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – English assessment draft In the book, Bruno is portrayed as a young boy with a sense of adventure and curiosity; it mirrors this in the film too, however in the book he seems more mature and his age doesn’t meet his personality, it expresses this when it says…

During Howard Days 2008 and 2009, a group of film students from California who call themselves Goodspeed Productions made trips to Cross Plains to film Barbarian Days, a documentary on the event and the fans who attend each year.  The title of the film is actually an interesting amalgamation of “Howard Days” and the “Barbarian…

Documentary are able to create different ideologies based on how the come across to their viewer. The documentary film Bra Boys, by directors Sunny Abberton and Macario De Souza seeks to portray its central characters, Sunny, Jai and Koby Abberton as products of their harsh upbringing as well as brothers who take their gang’s motto…