Cinema Film Essays and Term Papers
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Film Crime
Film genres are categories, classifications or groups of films that have a similar, familiar or instantly recognizable patterns, techniques or conventions that include one or more of the following: setting, content, themes, plot, motifs, styles, structures, situations, characters, and stars (filmsite.org and notes). There are many categories of film genre. These categories can cover practically any film ever made by man, although film categories can never be precise. By isolating the various elements in a
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Hindi Cinema
Bollywood (Hindi: बॉलीवुड, Urdu: ИЗбی жЏ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India (Bharat). The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Hindi cinema. Bollywood is only a part of the Bhartiya film industry. The name is a portmanteau of Bombay (the former name for Mumbai) and Hollywood, the center of the American film industry. Though some deplore the name, arguing that it makes
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A Film Comparison: Aristotle and Schindler’s List
The Judgment of Oskar Schindler Judge: "Members of the jury, we are present today to decide the level of virtue possessed by Oskar Schindler during World War II. It will be up to you to take in the facts presented by both the State and the defense and make an informed and unbiased decision. Please take extra care not to allow the influences of other philosophers, such as Hobbes, Mill, and Kant, interfere with your
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The Life of David Gale Film Review
The Life of David Gale Film Review (WARNING: SPOILERS) In The Life of David Gale, an opponent of the death penalty, David Gale, played by Kevin Spacey, is on death row, with only a few days before his execution. He has summoned Elizabeth "Bitsey" Bloom, played by Kate Winslet, a journalist who served seven days in prison because she refused to disclose her sources for a news story, to hear what he has to
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Kodak at a Crossroads - the Transition from Film Based to Digital Photography
Executive Summary Report Kodak at a Crossroads: The Transition from Film Based to Digital Photography March 26, 2007 The world we live in is evolving and advancing at a staggering pace, and in the digital technology/photography industry companies are finding that in order to survive intense competition they must abandon old business strategies that centered on traditional film processing and embrace strategies that focus on digital photography. For decades, Kodak thrived on a classic
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Emergence of Musical Film and Its Influence on Society
Essay Question: Critically discuss and describe the emergence of musical film and its influence on society. “The musical is one of the most popular film genres among both audiences and film scholars, probably for many of the same reasons - the spectacle, the music and the enjoyable predictability of the outcome weighed against the pleasure of the varied details.” Bill Marshall and Robynn Stilwell A proverb once claimed that “in life, you are either being
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American Memory the Great Gatsby Compare and Contrast of the Film and Book
American Memory: “The Great Gatsby “ Compare and Contrast of the film and book As a top selling mind wrenching, interesting book the film industry decided to make a film. Discussed is a compare and contrast of the book, “The Great Gatsby” written by F Scott Fitzgerald and the 1974 movie directed by Jack Clayton. There are few differences in the book and the movie. The biggest contrast between the movie and the book would
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The Power of one’ Could Have Been the Title for All the Films.
'The Power of One' could have been the title for all the films. The topic i have chosen for my essay is "The Power of One could have been the title for all the films." I believe this proves true in the three movies we watched which were "The Emerald Forest","The Empire of the Sun", and finally the "The Power of One". When one thinks of the term "The Power of One" i presume most
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The Black Dalhia Worst Film Essay
Snickers really satisfy; “The Black Dahlia” does not! If all that mattered in movie-making was that the end result was pretty to look at, I would be giving Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia a rave review. There's no denying the film's visual virtues: the cinematography, the set design, the costumes, the hairstyles and the makeup. The screenplay, however, is another matter. For about 90 minutes, it moves at a fast pace, the movie is
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Taxi Driver: A Modern Version of the Western Film
There have been many genres of film that are included in American film history; one of which is the Western. In the mid 1900’s Western films were at their peak and Saturday afternoons would be spent watching cowboys and Indians battle until the end while watching comfortably from a movie theatre. Knowing this, it’s not hard to understand why film makers later on would base plots and characters off of these mystifying films. The
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Film Noir
Film noir is a film style and mood primarily associated with crime films, that portrays its principal characters in a nihilistic and existentialist world. Film noir is primarily derived from the hard-boiled style of crime fiction of the Depression era (many films noir were adaptations of such novels) and the gritty style of 1930s horror fiction. Film noir is first clearly seen in films released in the early 1940s. "Noirs" were historically made in black
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Bias in Twelve Angry Men (film)
‘It’s very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth.’ [Juror 8, page 53] Perhaps this best sums up the basis of ‘Twelve Angry Men’ by Reginald Rose. This play is about a young delinquent on trial for the murder of his abusive father. The jury must find him guilty if there is no reasonable doubt, and in turn, sentence
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The Spectacle of Violence in a Post-Chc Film
The Spectacle of Violence in a Post-cHc Film During the era of classic Hollywood cinema, oftentimes the violence that was part of a film’s narrative was often downplayed or even eliminated from the actual script and substituted by means of implication or through verbal narration. This was largely in part because of The Production Code which was enforced in 1934, which forced filmmakers to censor blatantly violent scenes. But later in that century, when American
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Requiem for a Dream Film Response
In Requiem For A Dream, the story revolves around four main characters: Harry, Marion, Tyrone, and Sara. All four of these individuals are shown as expressing what is generally believed to be deviant behavior, and a couple of theories that explain how these characters are deviant include labeling theory and conflict theory. Anomie theory also plays into their stories. Sara Goldfarb is shown to be affected by labeling theory by the fact that she becomes
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To What Extent Do the Conventions and Codes of Film Noir Used in Double Indemnity Reflect the Social, Economic and Cultural Content of the Period?
Double indemnity was made just after the war, during a period of time where men felt insecure, as women had become more powerful and independent. This is represented in the film by a negative portrayal of Phyllis. A common type of woman featuring in noir films is the femme fatale, which challenges the most traditional role of the woman and the nuclear family. She refuses to play the role of devoted wife and loving mother
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The Maroon as Metaphor for Resistance in Latin American Film
Third World Film Professor: Andrew Millington Student: James Cheek Date Due: May 3, 2004 FINAL PAPER: The Maroon as Metaphor for Resistance in Latin American Film Cultural surrender is more than a matter of rejecting one’s father and mother culture. It means that one accepts a new definition as a person. The culturally dependent person is a mere spectator, a receptacle for the creativities of others. To demand freedom from slavery only to use that
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The Decline of the American Horror Film
Decline of American Horror Films American horror films have undergone several series of change in the past 50 years. The claim most often directed against modern horror is that it is somehow “sick”. Some viewers declare its preoccupation with violence and sexuality is excessive and politically incorrect. However, the horror films of the 1960’s redefined and distinguished American horror with racial undertones as in Romero’s “Night of The Living Dead,” and indirectly addressing social and
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Mahatma Gandhi and Indian Cinema
Mahatma Gandhi was a multi-faceted man, one whose writings spanned every subject under the sun, including: agriculture, education, science, sanitation, economics, literature, industry, women, children, health, family planning, religion, and, of course, politics. Many were surprised to learn of his prolific writing, and were astounded to hear that he had probably written more than anyone else in history (his collected works run to over 100 volumes, several hundred pages each). Mahatma Gandhi was born during
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The Heroic Journey in Film - Shrek
The Heroic Journey in Film- Shrek “… Once upon a time, there was a lovely princess. But she had an enchantment upon her of a fearful sort which could only be broken by love’s first kiss. She was locked away in a castle guarded by a terrible fire-breathing dragon. Many brave knights had attempted to free her from this dreadful prison, but none prevailed. She waited in the dragon’s keep, in the highest room of
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A Short Film
[Camera pans in on a caterpillar nest. Nest is covered in sprinkles for no apparent reason. Steve Irwin type narrator is standing beside the nest] Narrator: Here we get our first exciting glimpse into the mysterious world of the caterpillar. These nests are like training centers where the baby caterpillars grow and learn. All young caterpillars are called Ernesto, this causes terrible confusion but it keeps the caterpillars from mobilizing a force and rising against
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Blacks in the Film
In studying and understanding the politics and artistic ideologies of film, not in the popular "Hollywood" tradition, films of different cultures must be examined to explore the political and social history of the struggles for cultural identity. The film becomes a means of consciousness and of creating political awareness. Films of revolution and social change cross all cultural boundaries and bring to the screen revolutionary movements in developing and underdeveloped countries. The power of film
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Pi: Transcendence Through Film
God Is In The T.V. No system can understand a system of equal or greater design. A human being can study the human brain and know how it works; electrical impulses are sent between nerve endings which then communicate with the rest of the body, but no man knows why the brain works. It is the same way a computer cannot understand why it computes. It is able to read binary code and process information
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Rosemary’s Baby - Film Review
Rosemary’s Baby Film review by Mischel Figusch Director: Roman Polanski Cast overview: Mia Farrow .... Rosemary Woodhouse John Cassavetes .... Guy Woodhouse Ruth Gordon .... Minnie Castevet Sidney Blackmer .... Roman Castevet Maurice Evans .... Edward 'Hutch' Hutchins Ralph Bellamy .... Dr. Abraham Sapirstein Victoria Vetri .... Terry Gionoffrio (as Angela Dorian) Patsy Kelly .... Laura-Louise Elisha Cook Jr. .... Mr. Nicklas (as Elisha Cook) Emmaline Henry .... Elise Dunstan Charles Grodin .... Dr. C.C.
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John Q - Film Analysis
Daniel Jones Business Ethics Film Analysis Ms. Corso December 6, 2002 In my film analysis I will be discussing some of the fourteen principles of a satisfactory moral system and a good ethical decision. I will also discuss how some of the characters use the theory of care ethicist (care ethicist is to treat others as a human being fairly or equally) and virtue theorist (virtue theorist is doing the hard thing). My movie analysis
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Usefun Teaching with Films
Table of Contents Preface Table of Contents Introduction Theoretical Part 1 Film as a teaching tool 1.1 Why use film in the classroom 1.2 The advantages 1.3 But what happened to reading 1.4 Television above all 1.5 So why use it in the classroom 1.6 The entire film or only a scene 1.7 Good and bad intentions 1.8 When do we press play 1.9 Just don’t exaggerate 2 Teaching techniques 2.1 Silent Viewing 2.2 Freeze
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