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Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller Inception does not use many of the building blocks of ancient Greek mythology, but they are present nonetheless. The film’s plot takes place in the modern time, where the main character Dominic Cobb is engaged in industrial espionage by introducing other people into the dreams of...
The novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” is formulated in the epistolary format. The main character, Charlie, discusses the events in his life by using letters to an unknown friend. The peculiar feature of this novel differentiating this work from others is that the thought flows in letters is...
Introduction For this creative, analytical essay, I decided to take the work of Fences, which proved itself worthy in many iterations. As for comparison, I chose to use the movie by Denzel Washington and the original play from the film, the play by August Wilson. Both works are fascinating, and...
Introduction The story Sweat, written by Zora Hurston, and the 1993 film What’s Love Got to Do with It focus on life stories of women going through a difficult time and their relationships with partners. Next, considering the timeless themes in literature, both works feature the themes of domestic abuse,...
Kardashian Nation Work in America’s Klan is Lofton’s discourse on the Kardashian family as a contemporary new media phenomenon in the American socio-cultural field. It starts with a preface about the Melissa Click incident and ends with a defensive speech about her. From the viewpoints of readers who are not...
Environmental problems concern society, and this issue is reflected in various ideas, such as science fiction books or films. The movie Snowpiercer, directed by Bong Joon-ho, represents the world of the future, where, in an attempt to stop global warming, humanity has frozen the planet. The last people were forced...
The Hulu original series, The Handmaid’s Tale, tells the story of a dystopian version of the United States, renamed Gilead. The television series, created by Bruce Miller, is based on the novel originally written by Margaret Atwood. When a political group named “the Sons of Jacob” overthrows the US Government,...
Kenji Mizoguchi is widely regarded as one of the greatest prominent figures in global cinema. In 1898 in Hongo, Tokyo, he was born in a middle-class neighborhood. Regrettably, he died from leukemia at 53 years of age in 1956 (Yomota 110). Mizoguchi did not immediately become a director; however, in...
The Simpsons is a famous entertaining animated series that is known for its peculiar sense of humor. However, the episode Trash of the Titans carried profound messages that underneath all the jokes were frustrating and mind-opening at the same time. This episode focused on problems of waste management, drugs, weapons,...
Introduction It is important to note that the given analysis will be focused on the drama film titled The Grapes of Wrath, directed by John Ford. The storyline revolves around the Joad family, who travel from Oklahoma to California seeking a better life through rumored work available for the people....
“Factory Girl” is a 2006 film about the complicated relationship between 1960s fashion diva Edie Sedgwick and iconic American artist Andy Warhol. The liberated and free atmosphere in which the characters of the film live, however, is also shown as superficial, insubstantial, and potentially dangerous. Throughout the film, Edie gradually...
Virtual production is utilized to offer vibrant and realistic surroundings in current film content, such as television series like The Mandalorian. According to van Wingerden (2021), The Mandalorian is a famous science-fiction show set in the Star Wars universe, which includes two seasons from 2019 to 2020. Disney’s The Mandalorian...
Introduction Gladiator (2000) with Russel Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix is one of my favorite movies of all time. It is a historical drama about Ancient Rome and the tradition of gladiator fights. The main character Maximus was betrayed by the government and forced into slavery. But he overcame the challenges,...
Avengers: Endgame has become one of the highest-grossing films in the history of cinema. No wonder that one may consider this film not only as a commercially successful product but also as a “Zeitgeist” film. The basic concept of the term Zeitgeist is that the film raises such pressing issues...
Introduction The history of the United States (US) is full of paradigm shifts that have turned American domestic politics, society, and the economy on its head. There are many cultural lenses through which one can trace this civilizational and historical process, such as literature and music. American mainstream cinema, namely...
Said and Khaled, two Palestinian garage mechanics and closest friends, are hired to cross into Israel and detonate themselves up in the film. They both had rough lives and blamed Israeli persecution for everything that went wrong. They become separated while accomplishing the task, which might compromise not just the...
Introduction It is no secret that the primary function of advertisement of any type is to promote a company’s products and services to the target audience. Since the advent of the advertising industry, advertisers have developed many diverse and practical approaches to convince one that they need what the business...
Out of Many, One is a 34 minutes film that addresses a complicated subject regarding immigration to the United States for many individuals worldwide. According to a preview posted on Netflix soon before the film’s premiere, one in every five immigrants chooses the country presently governed by Donald Trump to...
The ethical perspectives of the NFL include the provision of help to the people in need. The support should mainly be directed towards the youth, especially those who suffer from concussions. In addition, benevolence is required in managing the players and football, in general, to ensure success in the sport...
Independent filmmaking has been around for centuries, with one of the earliest examples being Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon in 1902. This film was not commissioned by a studio, and Méliès financed, wrote, directed, and starred in the film himself. In the early days of Hollywood, there were...
Introduction The film Words has a specific form and content, explicit and implicit messages, and an innovative genre. These are seen from the particular scenes, their arrangement, sounds, and the visual image. There are a unique film language and film composition form, which makes the film meaningful and worth analyzing....
Nowadays, due to the development of many types of businesses, one has good opportunities to achieve great career success. Career growth is characterized by one’s perseverance, composure, and, most importantly, the ability to work hard. The film industry is no exception, and a person can feel oneself more freely in...
Economic life is supposed to be challenging in terms of survival within the business world. As for competition that contradicts ethical norms, it is doomed to produce madmen gripped by pangs of conscience. This is also true of real life, therefore the story of moral insanity, which is based on...
Introduction Cinema is one of the most important kinds of art nowadays. Its significance is proven by numerous viewers and the extreme popularity of movies made every year. For this reason, there are numerous methods and approaches to creating a unique work that will be recognized by viewers. Specific lighting...
Monsters in horror films usually represent social anxiety metaphorically. Horror movies feature all types of fears that people might have in society that lead to the constant emotional pressure that individuals experience. For example, monsters that come out of the darkness represent symbolically dark emotions that individuals suppress when communicating...
Metropolis is a German silent film directed by Fritz Lang and released in 1927. It tells the story of the main character Freder living in a world divided into two classes: the elite and the workers. While the elite lives a wealthy and carefree life, the workers struggle for a...
It is generally accepted that comedy is always funny, but this is not always true. Sometimes dramas and tragedies have humorous moments, but that does not make them comedies. The main feature of comedy, among other genres, is that the characters receive what they want, and the plot always has...
Walter Salles’s film The Motorcycle Diaries focuses on the journey across South America of young “Che” Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado. Ernesto “Che” Guevara is well-known worldwide as a Latino-American revolutionary who became a symbol of rebellion. At the same time, most people forget that he was not only...
Introduction The neo-noir genre, which is more auteur than mass, is valued for the special atmosphere in which filmmakers reveal the deep personalities and experiences of characters and raise acute social issues. Although the vast majority of modern directors have moved away from this style, which is aimed at a...
Press freedom is an important phenomenon in ensuring non-biased reporting and news. This paper analyzes The Post, a film where Washington Post was in dilemma of publishing leaked documents on the United States’ failures in Vietnam. Although the government knew that the war in Vietnam was taking a wrong path,...
Introduction The film Star Trek was produced during the civil rights turmoil in the United States. The film addressed various issues that affected the country at that time, such as gender inequality, war, and civil rights. Star Trek has highlighted various leadership models, and how they have affected the country...
In the film “A Time to Kill,” my opinion is that Carl Lee Hailey was right to have murdered rapists who assaulted his daughter. This is because of anger and the weight of the two white men’s injustice to his daughter. Therefore, he was justified in murdering the men in...
Editing is an important activity in the film-making process since it allows for establishing a clear and evident relation between shots. One should carefully approach this process to ensure that appropriate shots are used and that they are effectively arranged (Bordwell et al. 217). The essay focuses on Just Another...
The documentary “Straightlaced: How Gender’s Got Us All Tied” by Debra Chasnoff explores the lives of teens through the lens of gender roles. The author gives students from California high schools an opportunity to openly speak their minds about gender diversity and speak about the sexual orientation pressures they experience...
History is an exciting and incredibly fascinating topic for research. This is due to the fact that, based on the experience of past years, people at the present stage of development can isolate a lot of valuable things. Thus, this scientific paper aims to study a documentary called “The Roman...
Introduction It is hard to disagree that movies are not only created for entertainment. Films are a unique way of communication, and directors can use an extended number of various tools and methods to convey information to millions of people. In movies, it may be essential to find valuable sequences...
WALL-E is Pixar’s longest-running and arguably most successful experiment in using new storytelling that is radically simple. During the first twenty minutes of the cartoon, the viewer sees only an abandoned, in a sense devastated, but full of garbage Earth. There are no conversations on the screen, only background noise...
“The Hurt Locker,” a war drama directed by Catherine Bigelow, was released in 2008. Thus, the action develops slowly, gradually concentrating into a dense, almost physical tension that does not let go for a long time after the finale. In this film, Catherine Bigelow shows that war is an addiction,...
The major debate of the triplets versus Louise Wise Services purported to highlight parenting styles. The researchers filmed the triplets from when they were adopted until they were teenagers. Although the research was allegedly aimed at studying parenting styles, the participants’ experiences prove otherwise. The experiences of the triplets suggest...
My Beautiful Laundrette is a British movie filmed in London in 1985 and directed by Stephen Frears. The film combines comedy and drama genres and depicts the story of a young Pakistani man reuniting with his old friend and eventually engaging in a romantic relationship with him. However, the plot...
The Hurt Locker is a 2008 war film with six Oscar awards for best film, best director, original screenplay, film editing, sound, and sound editing. The critics rated the movie high and appreciated it for its original script and epic but still dramatic atmosphere of the Iraq war. Despite some...
Quentin Tarantino’s film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019) is a comedy-drama that represents the alternate history of one famous event. An alternate history narration is a subgenre of science fiction that tries to answer the question “what if,” providing an alternative view on the same historical event (Schneider-Mayerson,...
The outbreak of the bubonic plague that struck Europe in the middle of the 14th century was one of the worst epidemics in European history. Yersinia Pestis, the plague-causing bacterium, arrived from its natural biome in Central Asia with trading caravans and, by the late 1340s, affected most of the...
Presumably, the best-known markers of a dictatorship are a personality cult and the systematic oppression of human liberties in a certain state. A combination of the two results in the lack of the possibility for the citizens to “change their rulers peacefully,” which Dent (2005) indicates in his dictionary (p....
A Fall from Grace is a film that features several different worldviews that are shared by the characters of the picture. The plot built around the case of a serious crime serves as a pretext for the director to reveal the attitude of his characters to the fundamental concepts of...
Summary The film The Martian, directed by Ridley Scott, employs an exciting plot that helps the audience understand the movie’s main ideas. Although science-fiction and drama are highly exhibited in the story, the director uses a plot to illustrate several themes to connect with the audience in a fascinating way...
Summary I watched 13th by Ava DuVernay, and I can say that this picture was both reaffirming and revealing for me. This one-and-a-half-hour documentary shows and deconstructs the still-existing topical American problems related to race relations and the social hierarchy of the United States (US). Via a consistent and systematic...
World War II movies are not usually associated with popular culture. Screenwriters use themes of Nazi oppression, the brutality of war, and the bravery of the allied forces, which have been cultivated for over seventy years. Yet, one of the most well-known and controversial movies about World War II, Inglourious...
Introduction Virgil Tibbs, an African-American Philadelphia police detective, is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the prejudiced police chief of little Sparta, Mississippi. Tibbs links up with Gillespie to locate the genuine criminal after establishing his own and another man’s innocence. Tibbs encounters both opponents and strange acquaintances...
A silent film is a black-and-white movie without sound. From the invention of film technology to the advent of modern sound films, silent films were the most popular entertainment. At first, there was no sound in the films, then they were with musical accompaniment, and then the help of Foley...
Once Upon a Time is the West is a 1968 “spaghetti western” made by Sergio Leone and Sergio Donati. The film is recognized as one of the major influences for the biggest directors of the past 40 years, from Martin Scorsese to Quentin Tarantino. In this film, Leone managed to...
Middle childhood is a child’s developmental stage that significantly influences the adolescent and adult they will become. Children move into expanding environments and roles in this stage. They begin to spend considerable time at school and various activities and devote less time to their family. This stage allows children to...
Introduction The film Munich explores the historical events at the 1972 summer Olympics, where a Palestinian terrorist group attacked members of the Israeli Olympic team. The film is partially based on Vengeance, a book written by George Jonas that describes the assassination campaign, also known as the operation “Wrath of...
The book and film versions of I Am Legend differ. Changes were made in the film for adaptation to the characters, plots, and connection to the title. First, the characters in the novel feel more real and include five main characters; Robert Neville, Kathy, Virginia, Ben Cortman, and Ruth. Kathy...
42 is a 2013 biographical movie directed by an award-winning American director Brian Helgeland. The motion picture dwells on the events of 1945 when Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman), an African American baseball player, became the first Black player to be signed for Major League Baseball. This film, although allowing for...
Introduction Films, just like novels, often tell a story that relates to the political, economic, and cultural issues in society. In modern society, there is an effort among filmmakers to ensure that their productions are relevant to specific audiences. A film that is popular among the youth may not be...
Freedom hits different when one has a life outside the walls of a prison, whereas those in prison are only free within their cells. On top of that, there is a different feeling for those set to get life in prison and those condemned to death, whereby a shooting squad,...
Introduction Hotel Rwanda and Equilibrium are two much-spoken movies centered around the controversial issue of questioning the option for choice in nowadays realities. The movie directors and scriptwriters convey diverse meanings in their works and want people to comprehend them carefully when they are overwhelmed with controversial emotions in a...
It has been more than five decades since the start of The Rocky Horror Show’s massive success, yet homophobia is still very much alive in the United States. Richard O’Brien’s play has gained global prominence and the status of a cult classic since its release in the early 1970s. In...
Both “Birth of a Nation” and “Hallelujah” were revolutionary for the beginning of the 20th century. One of the significant aspects of these movies was starring people of color and therefore giving them more representation in the film industry. However, both movies approached this element in very different ways, which...
The animation “Night is Short, Walk on Girl” is as unique as its title suggests. The film is a Japanese movie by Masaaki Yuasa that sends the audience on a psychedelic voyage focused on a single carefree night out in the city, portrayed from the views of two individuals as...
Movies are an integral part of the life of a modern person. At the same time, many films, for example, Do the right thing, demonstrate events that could happen in real life. In this movie, characters turn to aggression in times of extreme situations, influencing life from the external side....
Introduction The Seventh Seal is a 1957 AB Svensk Filmindustri feature film by Ingmar Bergman starring Gunnar Bjornstrand, Bengt Ekerot and the late Max von Sydow. The knight and his squire return from a crusade and meet Death, whom the knight challenges for a game of chess, bidding their lives....
Introduction Chinatown is a 1974 neo-noir movie directed by Roman Polansky, based on a screenplay written by Robert Towne. The film is a detective masterpiece that got Oscar for best original screenplay, which is interesting to read and re-read, studying how the story is masterfully built. Shot in Los Angeles,...
A genre is defined as a form of communication in movies, music, or writing, including novels. It is considered a foundation of a story that helps the reader understand the story better. Genre helps influence the audience’s expectations in a movie or novel, and there are different types of genres,...
Before the camps, Jeanne and her family enjoyed dinner together each night. They laughed and joked with one another, sharing stories of their day. During the camps, though, their dinners were much more somber. The family still ate together, but they spoke little and ate even less. They were all...
The film titled F for Fake is a documentary movie that focuses on the topics of lies, deception, and fakery with real-world implications. The main reason is rooted in the fact that it provides examples that are not fictitious in their nature. In other words, direct observations and assessments are...
Based on what I read and saw in the film, Doña Bárbara is significant in building Venezuelan (and Latin American) national identities since it shows new collective consciousness and political perspectives based on multiple identifiers such as gender. Understanding identity and how nationalism can be constructed in various socio-political contexts...
Apollo 13 is indeed not only a breathtaking and uplifting movie but also a great collection of diverse situations with the successful application of Critical Incident Management. Its most visible elements are the critical thinking and problem-solving abilities shown by the spaceship crew. Jim’s identification of the burst helium disk...
A documentary film A Conversation with Koko, which was shot in 1999, tells a story of a gorilla named Koko, who demonstrates profound intellectual ability and a sensitive emotional character. The film evokes mixed feelings, as it explores the areas which humankind is not yet at ease with, such as...
Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca (1942) and Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves (1948) are great movies with definite objectives. The production years are relevant for both movies, and the themes presented are factual. Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves fits Italian Neorealism where through the leading protagonist, Antonio Ricci, the movie depicts the...
Beauty and the Beast is a classic tale of the power of love, at least according to the animated fan-favorite film of 1991 produced by Disney. Once the company offered audiences worldwide the pleasure to enjoy a live-action adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, it became evident the largest global animation...
Before the start of westernization in the XIX century, Japan remained an exceptionally closed country for two hundred and fifty years. A rapid influx of foreigners and the new customs that they beheld caused the Japanese people to experience a certain state of chaos when they had to adjust to...
It is the constant struggle of the main character and the reader to determine what is real in Chuck Palahniuk’s book Fight Club. An ancient narrative tells the narrator’s journey up to this point. Tyler Durden, a philosophical anarchist and one of the traveling soap sales workers, helps the white-collar...
In the article by a professional feminist film critic, Kathi Maio, which is called Disney’s Dolls, the author discusses the history of Disney cartoons in the twentieth century. In the very beginning, Kathi Maio argues that the cartoon about the Chinese female warrior who protects the dignity of her country...
The US cable industry is one of the fast-growing industries in the US. As growth occurs, the industry is experiencing impacts from different environmental factors and forces that affect the attractiveness of the industry. The two major general environmental factors that have the most impact on the industry include demographic...
The standpoint theory is a theoretical perspective that argues that anybody knowledgeable is stemmed from a social position. The standpoint theory acknowledges diversity by welcoming the oppressed group of women (Halpern, 2019). The documentary shows that the US and Mexico border is the only line that separates the two nations....
Wakanda as an idea is a place where the cultures of different African countries come together and coexist in peace and harmony. The filmmakers created an imaginary copy of the African continent in order to redefine its history. Wakanda honors traditional customs and rituals, but the country also has advanced...
Dinosaur Wars is a documentary that was aired on January 17, 2011, by American Experience. It narrates the story of two US paleontologists, Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope, who waged over fossils of dinosaurs in the American West. According to the film, western North America was a significant...
The “Real Value” documentary is a film that depicts businesses and the alternative approaches to generating financial gain. The first relevant idea from this movie is that businesses can create value that is beyond the profit they generate. The second idea is that the majority of American businesses are built...
The philosophy behind morality helps to train mind in the disciplines of logical and critical thinking to distinguish between good and evil and what merely appears to be both of these things. As normative ethics became widespread, more theories and addendum were proposed by scholars and philosophers. Over the years,...
Ramita Navai’s documentary “The UN Sex Abuse Scandal” traces specific allegations of predatory behaviors of some UN peacekeepers in conflict countries worldwide, with detailed interviews from survivors of sex abuse. More than 2000 allegations of UN sexual abuse have been reported and recorded in Congo, Cambodia, Bosnia, and Haiti in...
The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected many industries ranging from restaurants to professional sports, even the movie theater experience will not be the same for years to come. With so many people quarantined, the demand for entertainment content grew, and eventually – the existing shows and movies were not enough,...
The Hunger Games films narrative campaigns include many elements such as setting, genre, flashbacks, allusions, protagonist Katniss Everdeen, theme and conflict. The storyline begins with the main character Katniss Everdeen getting into a deadly game in which the character survives and becomes the leader of the struggle for freedom and...
Introduction Currently, democracy in the United States is endangered just like it was at the filming of “Meet John Doe.” The Americans do not clearly agree in a marginal way what actuality really looks like (Brackney, 2017). Essentially, humans are not inclined in having similar thoughts or beliefs. In discussing...
Introduction It is quite common for most American cities to have homeless persons living on the streets and needing to ask other people for money, shelters, or food. In Sacramento, this problem is becoming more severe, so it is extremely significant to raise public awareness and create more opportunities to...
Introduction The film adaptation of a book can be viewed as a sociocultural phenomenon that heavily influences the formation of reading fashion in any culture. This is especially true today, when visual information prevails in society, partly reducing the reading activity of the population. Therefore, it is important to find...
The film A Beautiful Mind can be called a cult film, forever included in the world cinema fund and not going to leave it. The film tells about a mathematician who suffers from schizophrenia and tries to get along with this disease. There are many opinions and disputes about the...
Core VRIN-based Competencies of HBO Max Quality content Quality content is the number one core competency in the media industry. Warner Media owned HBO offers TV shows and movies to the audience. Its content is unique and has been known for establishing milestones in the TV industry. For instance, its...
Throughout the existence of humanity, it was accompanied by religion, magic, and rituals. Thanks to people who preserve their way of life in the form it existed among their ancestor’s thousands of years ago, modern anthropology studies people’s past. In particular, magic that existed near representatives of these cultures was...
Introduction People passionate about reading books try not to disregard films based on the stories described in their favorite writings. However, many film adaptations have inconsistencies with the books, and some scenes may not coincide with the events written on paper, and readers rarely understand why. One of the main...
The movie Mon Oncle by Jacques Tati attempted to draw parallels between traditional France and its modernized counterpart, showing that the latest domestic gadgets might not always be considered a positive invention. The movie director’s ambition was to critique the idea of owning objects and being obsessed with various technologies...
The Aeneid is Virgil’s poem that depicts Aeneas’ journey. The Trojan has traveled to Italy, encountering romantic dramas, adventures, and problems on the way. A significant aspect of the epic poem is the love story between Aeneas and Dido. Moreover, the lovers’ first encounter is what subsequently caused them to...
Dawn of the Dead is set on the eve of the apocalypse, as zombies progressively take over the United States. The film tells the story of a mysterious sickness that sweeps the country, forcing the recently deceased to rise from their graves and prowl the countryside, fueled by a thirst...
For this assignment, one can take a look at the universally known scene from Peter Jackson’s movie Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. In this scene, all of the members of the adventuring party in the making are swearing their loyalty to the main character Frodo, who...
The documentary Kevorkian features one of the most controversial men in United States history. Dr. Jack Kevorkian, labeled as “Dr. Death,” is an Armenian-American pathologist who helped dozens of terminally ill patients in the U.S. undertake physician-assisted suicide (Crime T.V. 3, 2014). The thought-provoking film reviews Dr. Kevorkian’s convictions about...
Introduction The situation when different objects in art, literature, or cultural rites, are depicted as having human-like traits, called anthropomorphism, is typical for humanity. The film Dumbo and the book on which it is based are examples of using anthropomorphic elements in art. Throughout the action, they depict animal-sentient traits...
Technological development is an inseparable part of human lives as it influences almost every aspect of everyday routine. During the last centuries, scientific progress provided a large number of benefits, including an increase in life expectancy due to better healthcare and medicine, worldwide communication, superb logistics, and many others. However,...
When comparing the themes of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), viewers can note one fundamental difference – the former provides a superhero story, while the latter is a parody of this genre. Both movies show middle-aged characters, but unlike Batman, who is...
The film called JFK, produced by Oliver Stone, is one of the most discussed in the cinematic world. People have divided into two groups, and while one community believes that all described actions and events presented in the film are correct, another group denies the truthfulness and refutes the facts...
The confrontation between the Joker and Batman is one of the favorite topics for comics and cinema. Both images are fascinating and well-developed since Batman is not an absolute hero, and the Joker can hardly be called an uncharismatic villain. Nevertheless, the confrontation of these two characters can be analyzed...
The Inside Job film elaborates on the economic crises witnessed globally in 2008 because of the unsteady systems. The economic instability affected the atmosphere adversely, triggering the loss of jobs and properties. All the institutions that triggered the crises and the people involved, as well as their deeds, are explicitly...
Get Out film should be considered as social history versus other approaches learned in class. The reason is that the film has focused on discussing specific concepts about human interactions and stereotypes that have been evident in society concerning a given group of people. In the film, the audience can...
Introduction The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, text revision (DSM-IV-TR) is a collection of mental disorders. It includes the definitions, classifications, and organization of the disorders. Also, the manual contains a list of criteria that is used to make a diagnosis. The DSM-IV-TR is...
Introduction The topic of war is common in modern cinematograph, and due to significant advances in technological equipment, realism and drama are characteristic aspects of such films. The documentary For Sama directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts will be examined from the perspective of the cinematic elements used, the...
Introduction When people negotiate, they aim to reach an agreement regarding a particular issue or conflict. Those involved should possess various skills, such as verbal and written communication, leadership, rapport building, and decision-making, to ensure that they succeed in the process and receive the intended outcomes (Watershed Associates, 2021). They...
One of the main tasks of any work of cinematography is to convey feelings and bring the audience closer to the idea of the film. The two main paintings closer to me are Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, and Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein. Moreover, it is worth noting the...
Black Panther is a 2018 film that is based on Marvel Comics and has an exemplary representation of African perceptive in various issues. The storyline is based on a certain kingdom known as Wakanda where a global revolution under the king by the name T’challa is witnessed after plans to...
Introduction The idea of comparative analysis of films is a technique that endeavors to comprehend a film by relating it to another film. This article seeks to compare two films (The Public Enemy and The Godfather) by analyzing the common themes and stylistic devices used. The two films have several...
Did you know that Batman has returned on the big screen? The hero, often known as the Dark Knight, is ready to fight villains again and protect people. If you have not watched the recent movie yet, here are some reasons why you should. The Batman does not have an...
Animation and visual effects of outer space in cinematography are used for a long period of time. In the space related movies 3D and other effects look appropriate, as they are the only available way to conduct a shoot in the modern realities. Through visual effects, viewers begin to feel...
The film called Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a classic British comedy. According to the film’s plot, King Arthur, the king of the Britons from Camelot, gathers a team of loyal knights and searches for the Holy Grail. But it’s not the complexity of the plot but the...
For this essay, I decided to write about the 2007 drama movie “Ben X” by Nic Balthazar. Although remaining largely unknown to the general public, this movie includes topics that are essential for human society to function: acceptance and empathy. I chose to write about this movie out of curiosity...
Tasso Azevedo proposes several solutions to deforestation and global warming. The first suggestion is to think of development and carbon emissions separately (Azvedo, 2015). Many people believe that carbon emission is necessary for economic and global development. For instance, they argue that agricultural production can only be increased by cutting...
Film Analysis: The Fugitive Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Course Professor’s Name Date There is a significant difference between content and form in a film, despite that it enhances the quality of the experience among the audiences. In the movie The Fugitive, the form significantly complements the content to elevate the...
The American legal system has been quite notorious for some of its obvious loopholes and flaws, yet a more detailed assessment of it reveals that it, in fact, needs an urgent reconsideration. Representing the direct opposition to the 13th Amendment, which prohibits and condemns slavery, imprisonment can be seen as...
Background Information and a Star Rating Julie Taymor’s Frida is a biographical drama based on Frida Kahlo’s life story. The movie premiered in 2002, producing box sales revenues exceeding its initial budget by more than four times (“Frida: 2002, Biography/Drama, 2h 3m”). As per the movie’s aggregated rating, Frida’s average...
Introduction The issues concerning ethnicity and race have been complexifying public life for centuries. Every sphere of life is touched by inequality, unfairness, and varying attitudes towards different groups of people based on their race, ethnic identity, or any other feature. However, the questions regarding the absence of racial equality...
According to the French translation, the arrangement of stage and scenery characteristics or components in a drama is known as mise-en-scene. Although the word mise-en-scene may be translated to “stage setup,” in cinema analysis, it focuses on everything that occurs or is performed in front of the camera, including the...
Title of the Film California Homeless | Seniors on the streets: More older people in Sacramento are on the brink. Expectations Statement Judging by the title of the documentary and its length of a little over 6 minutes, I expect a news report featurette about the issue of increasing elderly...
Introduction Sylvester Stallone directed Rocky IV in 1985 in the United States of America. Apart from Stallone, who played Rocky, and Dolph Lundgren, who played Drago, another main character is Talia Shire, Rocky’s wife, Adrian Pennino. The film portrays Italian-American boxer Rocky Balboa’s journey to defeat Ivan Drago, a world-renowned...
During their lives, people find themselves in a kaleidoscope of encounters, make various decisions and cope with the outcome. Such a way of things inevitably leads to the accumulation of experience, which, in turn, is used to build a personal perception of everything that happened, is happening, or will happen...
The 2019 film, brightly titled Blood Quantum, reflects many cultural moments related not only to Canadian culture and history but also the history and culture of all America. Cultural assimilation, super-aggressive and brutal absorption of resources, land, and living space by white settlers are the issues covered in Blood Quantum....
Silver Linings Playbook is a film directed by David O. Russell based on Mathew Quick’s novel. The movie is focused on a troubled character Pat who returns home from a psychiatric facility to reunite with his family. Pat had suffered from bipolar disorder, which led him to fight the boyfriend...
The success of Peter Jackson’s earlier adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings brought forward the idea of adapting The Hobbit to the cinema. Taking the liberty to fill in the unexplained parts of the book, Peter Jackson decided to release The Hobbit as a trilogy as well....
The Principal Points The documentary on Supplements and Safety by Frontline, New York Times, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation presents an insightful description of the hidden dangers of supplements and vitamins. These organizations analyzed the marketing and control of supplements, as well as their serious health problems. According to the...
The Season of Mists is a fascinating story about how Dreamer received the keys to Hell from Lucifer and was subjected to countless threats from deities who dreamed of getting the freed realm. The Creator decided to put Hell back under the responsibility of angels Duma and Remiel, who were...
Introduction Michel Gondry is a contemporary filmmaker from France, famous for his works Science of Sleep, Mood Indigo, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The spectacular cinema approach was inspired by the pioneers of this genre, Georges Méliès, and Busby Berkeley. Gold has received several awards as an appraisal...
Introduction “Judas and the Black Messiah” is a biographical drama directed by Shaka King that tells about the Black Panther Party (BPP) in the late 1960-s. The name links the events in the movie with the Bible story about the betrayal of Judas. The Black Messiah is Fred Hampton, who...
The topic of the project should be formulated using tools of doubt and relevance assessment since there can not be a single consolidated opinion. Although various probabilities exist, the greatest deeds require sacrifice and discipline since dreams do not come true on their own. This statement is related to the...
Introduction Pictured in 2013, a period-drama film “12 Years a Slave” shows how quickly a free man’s life can be destroyed, depicting enslaved people’s lives in 1841 and the following 12 years. This biographical film was directed by Steve McQueen, a British filmmaker, who was working on such films as...
Introduction Warrior Women was created to convey how indigenous women engage with and see the world. Madonna Thunder Hawk is a Lakota activist whose career spans decades. She participated in the organization of protests and campaigns aimed at fighting for the rights of women and indigenous people in America. Through...
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a film that has received widespread critical acclaim, including an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. VFX directors Tim Burke and Christian Manz have implemented many innovative technical visions to create visuals during filming. This paper aims to discuss the new techniques...
The Codebreaker is a documentary about Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a significant figure during WWII, yet not many people know about her. Friedman began her career as a codebreaker when she started analyzing whether Shakespeare’s works were written by Francis Bacon or William Shakespeare himself. Friedman and her husband soon became...
The movie The Baader Meinhof Complex takes place in the late 1960s and 1970s Western Germany and tells the story of The Red Army Faction (RAF) – a far-left terrorist group that organized bombings, hijackings, assassinations, robberies, and kidnappings. The group consisted of people who believed that West Germany was...
Introduction The film Contagion, directed by Steven Soderbergh, first appeared in movie theaters on September 9, 2011. It attracted the viewers’ and critics’ attention not only due to the realistic display of possible pandemic outbreaks but also due to its impressive cast that included many famous actors and actresses. As...
Forks over Knives is a 2011 American advocacy film and documentary that promotes a low-fat, whole-food, plant-based diet to avoid or prevent several chronic diseases. The documentary also focuses on the distribution of the US healthcare budget and other global issues of the nation. However, the film’s actual value lies...
Green Book is a film that presents the relationship between two real-life people: Donald Shirley and Tony Vallelonga. The film perfectly highlights the theme of racism and discrimination in the early 20th century by drawing the picture of a classical piano prodigy (Chow). Despite the virtuosic techniques of the main...
Introduction Popular media projects designed not only to entertain but also to convey important thoughts and ideas to the public are increasingly appearing in the modern media environment. One of such products is the documentary TV series Finding Your Roots, hosted and produced by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. This show...
Untitled Film Stills by Cindy Sherman and Early Colors Interiors series by Laurie Simmons belong to the second wave of feminist art of the 70-80s, representing the so-called deconstructionist approach. They both abandoned the essentialist concept of the first wave, contributing to establishing a new feminine aesthetic that questioned gender...
Hope is a significant subject in Frank Darabont’s movie The Shawshank Redemption. The film emphasizes the value of hope and the implications of both possessing and losing hope. It is critical that Darabont’s film addresses the issue of hope as it is critical in our everyday lives since having or...
Coco, a culturally sensitive, beautiful, and colorfully animated film, is formed around the Dia De Muertos (the day of the dead), a Mexican-based traditional and cultural celebration conducted to commemorate and honor the dead. Norms and cultural practices are usually specific and meant to portray or represent a precise meaning...
Aliens is a fantastic canvas that develops the mythology of the space saga. James Cameron, having replaced then Ridley Scott, was seemingly trying to consolidate his new status. Both James Cameron and Ridley Scott have made some of the most successful movies worldwide. Cameron took the opportunity to direct this...
Introduction Within the framework of the current paper, the author intends to review the personality of Tony Stark, also known as the Iron Man in the Marvel Comics Universe. The particular area of discussion is the application of the cognitive learning theory to Stark’s personality to explain his thoughts and...
Introduction The film ‘Dune’ by director Dena Villeneuve is based on the novel by Frank Herbert. In the United States, the film was originally scheduled for release on December 17, 2020, but the world premiere was later moved to October 21, 2021. The picture has collected $40.1 million in the...
Margaret Mitchel’s celebrated film “Gone with the Wind” intertwines a magnificent love story that occurred during the eve of the Civil War. The love story involves Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara whose passionate love affair and impressive lines form an important part of the film. The romance story in the...
The episode’s topic is prison sports in San Quentin State Prison in California. The episode demonstrates the essential opportunities to engage with offenders through sports as an intervention for correction and highlights the increased re-offending rates among those released from jail. The episode also demonstrates that through sports, individuals engage...
Introduction Suicidal contemplations and actions remain taboo topics, which might hinder suicide prevention efforts. In his speech titled “Why We Need to Talk about Suicide,” Mark Henick exposes, criticizes, and explains the ongoing avoidance of this issue. This response paper’s purpose involves summarizing new learning from the video and remaining...
Introduction The legendary director Martin Scorsese has become the embodiment of cinematic classics. Despite his impressive age, he never ceases to delight audiences with new films that, once released, become some of the most famous and highest-grossing films in the world. This unique man is a genius and talented in...
The book Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy by Kevin Bales explores the stories of contemporary slavery. The investigation of ‘new slavery’ conducted by the author links to the problems of the global economy and the underlying motive of the movie Tsotsi. Tsotsi was released in 2006 and...
