Another movie I watched a few weeks ago was, The Strangers. The Strangers is a film based off true events that was written and directed by Bryan Bertino and was released in 2008. The two protagonists of the film, James and Kristen, are a couple staying in James’ father’s isolated vacation house. The couple end up being victims of a violent invasion by three strangers, all of which conceals their identities by wearing masks. The three masked individuals were described/named as Dollface, Man in the Mask, and Pin-up Girl. The three invading strangers remain hidden behind their masks until the final scene, where James and Kristen are violently killed. The film can be related in many ways to numerous pieces of writing we have discussed this semester.
The paper I decided to do was on “Schindler’s List”. I have seen this movie four times and yet had not really noticed the many ways in which the director, Steven Spielberg, used the camera to emphasis a “million words”. It was interesting, when watching this film from this stand point, how I was able to see the importance of the way the director uses sounds and color to make some much significant points of a film.
For this assignment I have chosen to focus on the film Good Will Hunting primarily because I have seen the movie prior to this course and I feel it is one of the best films I have gotten a chance to see. Will Hunting's profound genius was as much a burden as it was a gift. Initially seeing the film I enjoyed it but viewing the film in the scope of all that I have learned in this course made the viewing experience much more meaningful, as I now had a deeper understanding of Will's internal conficts, and how they directly effected his relationships, beliefs, and actions. The film is an excellent example of the issues involving interpersonal communication and how they play a part in either making or breaking our
2. What was interesting about the process you went through in writing this paper, and what did you learn from it? The process of researching the topic was very interesting because although I had already read the novel, re-reading parts of it allowed me to elaborate more in this assignment.
I have added the assignments SA 1.2, SA 1.3, and SA 1.4 my short assignment because these assignments created the foundation to my film analysis. SA 1.2 taught me to look deeper into the meaning of a scene’s mise-en-scene. This is where
The film I choose to watch for the chapter 16 essay was “The Last 203 Days of Sarah’s Life”. I previewed some of the films available from option A and then previewed Sarah’s film. Sarah’s film touched me at a personal level after I realized what the film was about. My maternal grandmother has reached the age of 101 years this October and although she is not sick like Sarah was I realize that my grandmother cannot have too many years left.
2) What are some of the themes that are central to the film? How have they been communicated?
Tuttle uses various film techniques to emphasise character emotion and their view about the society they are in. In the
(INTRO): The most crucial and pivotal part of a storyline is the ending. Oftentimes, a movie and a book based on the same storyline will differ in a multitude of ways. Consequently, the entire interpretation of a story is based on the ending. This concept is expressed in the intricate and intriguing plots of the short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates and the movie Smooth Talk. (THESIS): The ending of the short story is more effective than the ending of the movie because it leaves more to the imagination with its graphic scenes that emphasize Connie’s complex relationship with her mother and show a transformation in Connie’s personality.
Our modern day world has been a major draw point for all four of these films as all of the themes that have been discussed occur everyday. Through the use of dialogue, camera shots, ideas, point of views and inner concerns there four films have connected together to show the rising concerns within our soon to be dystopian
Overall throughout the course of the class we have read, watched, and analyzed many different films. From the way the characters speak, act, and even their personalities have impacted their roles in the films. As well as scrutinizing films to find out the main points in which the movie/film is rather underlined through messaging or subliminals. Along with discovering the exact movements throughout the films from camera angles, settings, non- diegetic and diegetic sounds, along with cinematography. While watched films from so many different views to help relate with real life situations in a social and technical way, we have been able to pinpoint aspect of film studies that the average individual wouldn 't have a clue about. Each film that
In the essay Little Themes by Claude Chabrol, Claude Chabrol argues that the script of a movie does not matter, but the theme of the movie is the most important. He says there is no such thing as a 'big theme' and a 'little theme', because the smaller the theme is, the more one can give it a big treatment. In this essay we are made to understand that a film's moral position should be in its form and style, not in an underlying social message in its narrative and that the content of a movie is subject to style. Style is something that is personal to each filmmaker. Style is what differentiate movies from one another. Several
To begin with this essay, I will be focusing on two pieces of media. I had recently read a book named "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne and watched a movie called "Easy A". People say that Easy A is a good portrayal of The Scarlet Letter. Don 't get me wrong, the movie shares some of the same themes and the movie is influenced by the book, but in reality, Easy A is not a good portrayal of The Scarlet Letter.
The movie that I have chosen is a classic film from 1988 called Heathers. Heathers is an American cult black comedy film written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann. The film portrays four teenage girls—three of whom are named Heather—in a clique and a teen named Veronica Sawyer who desperately wants to fit in, as well as a crazy and unstable boy named J.D that plans to ruin it all. The focus of this essay will be on three characters. Analyzing their internal and external battles, as well as their social interactions with loved ones and other members of their fictional society.
In this reflective paper, I will be talking about the two movies: Matewan and On the Waterfront. I will tell you how each of these movies made me feel while I was watching them. Also, I will talk about how they relate to our HR book. Another thing that I will mention are the different acts and how the outcomes would’ve been different if they would have been in act at this time.
i Suoi Fratelli, it is beneficial to analyse these films with reference to two sub-themes: