Spike Lee's Film School Daze

In the 1960s, there was a considerable decrease in the number of students joining fraternities and sororities on campus. The movie implemented a rejuvenation of the Greek college, party life on campus. Sperber writes “Nationwide membership in fraternities doubled from about one hundred thousand in 1970 to two hundred thousand in 1980, and doubled again to almost four hundred thousand in 1990” (16) Due to the rise of party and prank behavior attributed to membership, colleges put regulations in place to stop student drinking. These regulations do not work. The regulations also contradict the advertised Greek life used while recruiting students to pledge. My impression of this is that it still occurs today. I agree with Sperber, there are many students entering college just to be part of this

Walking around a university’s campus any day of the week, one sees an array of Greek letters worn proudly by young men and women in the Greek system. Fraternities and sororities play a big part in a university. The Greek system can also be an easy target to direct criticism. There are those who oppose the Greek system and those who embrace it. Evan Wright opposes the Greek system in his article “Sister Act” that was featured in Rolling Stone Magazine. He uses examples from students at Ohio State University in Columbus to show his disapproval of the way sororities are now days. He portrays sorority girls as catty conformists who are obsessed with partying with fraternity

The Greek communities that have risen across the country have created huge impacts on every university that they have established themselves on. Historically, fraternities were designed for students to discreetly meet to discuss issues and host debates that their members believed would be deemed inappropriate by their collegiate faculties. Since their founding, fraternities and sororities have completely revamped their focuses. They are used as social, professional, and honorary organizations that promote many different combinations of community service, leadership, and academic success. The ideas of brotherhood and sisterhood have also transcended the college experience,

Do you like to watch movies? Spike Lee is one of the most famous directors in America. He grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He was born on March 20, 1957. His real name is Shelton Jackson Lee.

One of the biggest stereotypes about being in a fraternity or sorority is that you party and drink a lot. Drinking alcohol is not a focal point of Greek life, although alcohol is at almost every social occasion in Greek life. In Blake’s article it is said that no matter what Greek organization you are a part of underage

When one first thinks of Greek life or a sorority the only thing that comes to mind is the social aspect. Most people don’t think of sororities as social institutions that envelop their own culture, with mannerisms, languages and customs that are unique to each individual organization. However, these institutions promote a common set of values that enable members to become connected in a way that has a more profound meaning than just social interaction. Greek organizations are good examples of how institutions can affect and be affected by social status and roles within the collegiate community. They are also a prime example of how race, class and gender can affect a social setting in both positive and negative manners.

Everyone has had their fair share of high school drama; whether it’s rude stares down the hallway, distant whispering behind your back, spreading rumors about students and faculty, social sabotage, or segregated school lunch tables. The teen drama film Mean Girls delves into the sociocultural environment of teenage academia. This two hour film documents how Cady, the new girl from Africa, starts her first day of public school. Throughout her high school adventures she learns the social hierarchy and rules created by the students for the students. As she begins to adjust, she climbs the social ladder and becomes one of the cool kids, or as everyone calls them, “the plastics”. In the article, High-School Confidential Notes on Teen Movies, by David Denby, he claims that the enemy in teen movies is not the authority figure as many may believe, but rather it is the students themselves, and the surrounding climate that they create. The film Mean Girls is the perfect example that show cases Denby’s claim through superiority mindsets, social cliques, and lack of parental involvement.

They are white and blond—two physical attributes the young girl is not. Thus, she comes to the conclusion that being white with lush blond hair is the definition of beauty. In Goldberg’s show, the first thing the audience acknowledges as the little girl steps onto the stage is the white shirt that sits on her head. At first glance it appears as a child who is innocently mimicking what she sees from television, but the true reason behind that is darker than anyone would assume. The shirt represents the young girl’s blond hair as well as a mask obscuring her identity as the black person that she is neither happy nor proud to be. Media glamorizes white beauty and successfully convinces a credulous child into having the mindset that only white is beautiful. It drives the young girl away from her cultural background to the point where she wishes for white skin and blue eyes. Regardless of her own grandmother advising the young girl to stop with her nonsense of a desire, white beauty monopolizes her mind. All she wants is to be beautiful in the standards of

Pulp Fiction, a crime film released in 1994, was the second of Quentin Tarantino’s many well known films. It was written, directed, and for the most part, composed, by Tarantino himself. He also made an on-screen appearance as Jimmy, the desperate husband in the interrelated story titled 6. The Bonnie Situation There was no official film score composed for Pulp Fiction, but the movie is rather an assortment of rock and roll, soul, pop, and surf music. Tarantino uses surf music as the typical style of, not because it is a movie related to surfing, but for the cool western sound. The best example is during the opening credits when Miserlou plays. Chuck Kelley and Laura Lovelace, friends of Tarantino, are credited as music consultants

Everyone has had their fair share of high school drama; whether it’s rude stares down the hallway, distant whispering behind the back, spreading rumors about students and faculty, social sabotage, or segregated school lunch tables. The teen drama film Mean Girls delves into the sociocultural environment of teenage academia. This two-hour film documents how Cady, the new girl from Africa, starts her first day of public school. Throughout her high school adventures she learns the social hierarchy and rules created by the students for the students. As she begins to adjust, she climbs the social ladder and becomes one of the cool kids, or as everyone calls them, The Plastics. In the article, “High-School Confidential Notes on Teen Movies,” by David Denby, he claims that the enemy in teen movies is not the authority figure as some may believe, but rather it is the students themselves, and the surrounding climate that they create. The film Mean Girls is the perfect example that showcases Denby’s claim through superiority mindsets, social cliques, and lack of parental involvement.

“Quentin Tarantino” Quentin Tarantino has made a reputation for himself for using very specific camera shots, references and themes in his films. In using these techniques, these films have become a part of their own genre. Charles McGrath says in the New York Times- “His movies are famous for their violence and bloodshed; their blaring soundtracks; their offbeat, Pinteresque dialogue; their startling performances from actors you had almost forgotten about; and their encyclopedic range of references to other movies, especially schlocky ones”. Quentin Tarantino has a unique style of directing which favors an unconventional approach.

Ever since Quentin Tarantino’s film directorial debut in 1992 with his very first film, Reservoir Dogs (1992), his films have been the same in terms of his uses of lighting, themes, camera angles, and soundtracks used with his each one of his works. A few examples of this would be his films Pulp Fiction (1994), and both volumes of Kill Bill (2003-2004).

The movie Pulp Fiction(1994) was directed by Quentin Tarantino is regarded as one of the best movies ever made and especially for the gangster film genre it is quite unique. It can be argued that Pulp fiction is or isn 't a gangster movie but there are enough signs to prove that it’s definitely is a gangster film. This movie focuses rather on the morality of decisions and about the character 's internal conflict and the karma that the character’s receive. Not only is there karam associated with their actions but a chance for redemption . All of these things add for a wonderful gangster movie but it is missing some very conventional aspects of the genre that definitely set it apart from the rest.

Recently, the idea of partaking in a fraternity has become more prevalent. Young adults are captivated with wanting to live the Greek life. The clothes and parties seem to drawn in teens like a magnet. However what these teens do not realize is the terrible things associated with fraternities. Many fraternities have a reputation for turning college students into drunks, treating women vulgarly, enacting violent hazing against other fraternity members and disrupting the true reason why students go to college. For these reasons fraternities should be banned altogether on college campuses.

Despite its 12 years of production life time, ‘Boyhood’ really doesn't say much about life besides what I previously mentioned about how "life goes by fast". ‘School of Rock’ genuinely has more to say about life and emotional maturity than ‘Boyhood’. But the biggest fault about the movie is how after hours of screen time and spending 12 years with them, I couldn't remember any of their names. If this movie so desperately tries to be a coming of age story or a character study it kind of helps if we know these people are in a fundamental and basic