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Film As A Cultural Artifact The cultural significance of films is something that I feel is frequently overlooked and unrealized. Most are unaware just how much various media tools play a significant role in our everyday lives. In the following paragraphs I will be taking an in depth look at the film Pans Labyrinth, and talking to the cultural significance of it and how this should be important to us now. To start off, we must first understand what a cultural artifact is and how that relates to film

Movies are almost never made strictly for entertainment purposes. The actors and actresses and the director are trying to get their audience to feel something, to think something, or to do something. Movies are supposed to make its viewers hold a certain opinion or thought about an issue or theme and The Perks of Being a Wallflower is no different. Perks, as it is commonly referred to among viewers, covers some very heavy topics, among which are sexuality and coming of age. This is not uncommon

A movie can be fun to watch, but there can be a lot to learn from each and every movie. Just by watching the movie and thinking critically while watching it, one can analyze various points of the movie which can be helpful to learn something from it. The movies have a great influence to every culture and there are different movies for different cultures. Among many points of the movie to analyze, there is a test called the Bechdel test which can be analyzed in any movie. It’s a simple test based

While many films use history as a setting, these films do not always represent history in the most accurate manner. Whether it is in the little details, or with major moments, films often portray much of history inaccurately. A Knight’s Tale is guilty of many historical inaccuracies, but there are a few deliberate choices between the accidental anachronisms. This essay will cover some of A Knight’s Tale’s anachronisms, and whether the film can be used as a tool for teaching people about history.

Critical analysis of the Franklin series by Paulette Bourgeois A children’s story is the first step a child is introduced to in terms of reading and literature. These books give children enjoyment, develops their feeling and imagination. And it might also help children resolve problems by creatively portraying the issue in the book and also by teaching how to deal with it in an entertaining way. For example in Franklin Fibs, Paulette Bourgeois innovatively explains how lying

There is a Fine Line Between Based on History and Historical Film has been around for decades and decades. The main purpose of film has been the same for years. To tell a story, fact or fiction from beginning to end. To be able to draw in an audience and make them see and believe in the plot one is sending out. However there are many different types of films. Especially when it comes to history in film. Robert Rosenstone does an excellent job establishing the drastic difference within the historical

Hollywood has always been known for glitz, glamour, and fame all around the world for as long as television has existed. It seems that more and more movies on the big screen have one main thing in common and that is alcohol. This seems to be the cool thing to do is drink during a film and people pay a large amount of money to view people doing it and acting foolish. Some people even reenact the movie and play the parts for fun and laughs at social gatherings. More than 80% of movies out now in rotation

Of Mice and Men was a particularly good move, and went along with the book just fine. Some things bothered me about, they were missing scenes from the book. Other than that there were just some things that could have been better. In some of the scenes like the train cargo scenes, lighting could have been brighter, just so you could see the characters faces. The sound effects were much better than what some people thought they would be. The sound effects were especially good in the scenes where

In the movie, Captain Phillips, Capt. Richard Phillips assumes that it is just an ordinary day of sailing however things go awry when his ship is chased as well as attacked by Somali Pirates. Captain Phillips is a depiction of a true story that played out and as viewers, it is our job to figure out as well as determine whether or not the events portrayed are factual. As my research began, I felt as the more knowledge I gained about Captain Phillips, the events which happened in the movie aren’t

In "TV," Mary Pipher claims that television has had a significant impact on modern society. She argues that TV cause people to become delusional to the point that they have a hard time distinguishing "reality and fantasy." She points out how the dramatized television world disturbs people ability to differentiate persona and person, fooling people into believing that the TV characters and real characters are the same. Pipher claims that TV can cause isolation. She illustrates this problem by giving