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enhances the emotion, violence, sex, and drama in these films aim to project these sensations and emotions onto the audience as well. One of the elements of bodily excess that the three genres of film possess are excessive bodily movements. In Pornography, the bodily movements are created to appeal sexually to the audience. In Melodrama, the excessive bodily movements allow a heightened sense of the importance or impact of the drama in the film, adding to the exaggeration of drama. For example, the

it is as if it never happened, which is tragic. This section of movies focused on how filmmaking preserves historical memories. I have come to the conclusion that films preserve historical memory by making the background the memory they want you to remember. We see this in all three films that war is the canvas of the film. The film then uses details of the individual's own recollections of the events to make up the background. In this paper I will focus on Peter Davis’s documentary Hearts and Minds;

The film which was up against Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” and Frank Darabont’s “The Shawshank Redemption” on the year of its release. The 1994 Robert Zemeckis’ film, “Forrest Gump”, won six Academy Awards against some of film histories greatest films. Forrest Gump is an American favorite about a kid from Alabama telling a story to people on a bench in Georgia. The story he is telling though is about his life and what he has gone through. The director, Robert Zemecki, is known for making

society will be explored and how they have been shaped by our social and cultural context. A recently produced Walt Disney film will be identified which portrays these standards of heteronormative gender structures. By analysing the film and making reference to an independent source, the background and history of this example will also be explored to determine if and why Disney films continually perpetuate heteronormative discourses of gender using the media. Steyn and van Zyl (2009:3) define heteronormativity

the festival with the short film ‘Beasts’. Hi, I’m Joana from Caneças, I’m 24 years old, and I’m in the festival with the short film ‘Beasts’. How the atmosphere that surrounds us make us who we are? For us, this is the main theme in the film. The story itself is about a kid, Lucas, who urges to be a man, but that urge ends up tricking him since he hasn’t the courage to become a man and involves himself with some characters that are the predators of that jungle in the film. Not having that courage he

years. He won an Academy Award for True Grit (1969) and is consider one of the top leading actors during Hollywood’s classic period. In Red River, Wayne stars in the unusual role of Thomas Dunson, who borders on good and bad tendencies throughout the film. “Wayne, often typecast, is given a tortured, conflicted character to play” (Ebert 392), and does remarkably well portraying someone with questionable values. Wayne is sometimes considered more of a natural force than an actor, but here his understated

The portrayal of adolescence in film is a relatively new concept, and one that many directors have attempted in their career to varying results. Some directors are able to capture the awkward, bumbling phase of adolescence perfectly. However, there are some representations of teenagers that cause much debate, and can generally leave viewers confused about the director’s intentions. On one hand, a director can undoubtedly celebrate teenage culture through a variety of techniques, however on the other

which are both coming of age film, Now shall compare and contrast the two films. What will be compared/contrasted will be the “Coming of Age” elements, literary terms, and film techniques between these two movies. This paper will compare the two movies and tell their differences based off these three topics. These are the topics being used to explain why Dead Poets Society is a better “Coming of Age” film than The Graduate. Two of the elements of “Coming of Age” films are: messages from adults to

the lifeline of any production company so making something for everyone is a savvy business move for the film industry. To cover all bases, there are over fourteen different genres of movies. Film making is not a solo effort. It is a collaboration between the actors, directors, producers and other key contributors. This combined effort or mise-en-scene includes all the elements of the film to include actors, backdrops, costumes, props and lighting used to meet the director’s vision

we began to watch the film The Edge of Seventeen. The film is contemporary and was released in 2016. It was produced by Gracie Films and Huayi Brothers Pictures. The Romantic-Comedy-Drama follows the life of a teenage girl named Nadine, and the story is told from her perspective through first person narration. The protagonist is awkward, lonely, and depressed. Nadine’s behavior spirals out of her control when her best friend Krista begins dating her brother Darian. The film centers around Nadine