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Mark Watney has a problem. Not only has he been stranded on Mars, but he has no way of communicating that problem with his former crew or mission control back on Earth. The storm destroyed the main...
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Maleficent is based on the wicked fairy godmother from the tale of "Sleeping Beauty" in Charles Perrault's 1697 book of fairy tales, Histoires ou contes du temps passé. Her very name suggests...
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No-Face symbolizes how children form an identity based on the people around them. Identity is one of the key themes of Spirited Away, most potently expressed in Chihiro losing her name to Yubaba,...
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There are many ways to develop a film on the basis of Italian neorealism. I will discuss a few characteristics of the movement that may be included to help you get started. Developing a film on the...
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Italian neorealism is a film movement that arose in around the end of World War II and the resultant end of Benito Mussolini’s rule in Italy. Under Mussolini, the Italian economy fell into...
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After World War II, Italian filmmakers sought to capture the damage and suffering of everyday Italian people. They aimed to depict real lives and the hardships of people trying to piece their...
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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner is a Canadian Inuit film directed by Zacharias Kunuk. It tells the story of a man called Atanarjuat who is being pursued by his rival, Oki. The film was a huge critical...
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The first appearance of the Lakota Sioux in Kevin Costner's Dances With Wolves is not as positive as their depiction throughout the remainder of the film. As a lone civilian wagoneer traverses...
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This is an interesting question, which was originally placed under "Literature," because Man in Hiding is the film version of the novel, Queen in Danger, by Elleston Trevor, who wrote it using the...
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Andrew Niccol's Gattaca is a science-fiction masterpiece. NASA even released a statement that said that Gattaca is the most plausible science-fiction movie ever made. There are many reasons for why...
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When Tracy meets Seaweed's little sister, Inez, and realizes her talent, she immediately supports her in wanting to addition for the Corny Collins show. Realizing that it's impossible for Inez to...
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Most filmgoers would probably agree that a principal concept stressed in Do the Right Thing is that of the continuance of a pernicious racial dynamic in American society. Lee's point is that even...
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In the book Film Art, chapter 6 (entitled "The Relation of Shot to Shot: Editing") discusses ways in which proper film editing as a storytelling technique is essential to good cinema and makes more...
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Both Antonin Artaud and Bertolt Brecht sought to revolutionize traditional theater. As both felt that the norms of traditional theater, such as realism and naturalism, were too complacent and...
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In Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock makes extensive use of camera angle and framing. The film takes place in the apartment of L. B. Jeffries, where "Jeff" has limited mobility in wheelchair because of...
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In Alfred Hitchcock's film Rear Window, L. B. Jefferies, who is called Jeff, is the protagonist. He is played by Jimmy Stewart. Jeff's girlfriend, Lisa, is portrayed by Grace Kelly. The film opens...
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The role of storytelling is, to borrow from Horace, to "instruct and delight." Storytelling through film has some constrictions as far as running time and, perhaps to a lesser degree, audience...
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Loudness, pitch, and timbre are words that are always confused, so this is a good question. Let's just get the definitions for the three straight. Loudness is, very simply, how loud something is....
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In the film Sankofa, Mona is an African American fashion model on a shoot in Ghana, Africa. A white photographer is taking pictures of her in front of a castle that was originally used to imprison...
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Since filmmakers seem generally to use any method available to alter novels when they adapt them for the screen, this is a difficult question. But several examples from the film repertoire will...
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I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone? Stand by Me is 1986 film directed by Rob Reiner and based on a story by Stephen King. It is told, in...
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I am assuming you mean the earliest version of The Great Train Robbery, filmed in 1903 for Edison's film studios on the East Coast. This film is in the public domain—no one has copyright to it...
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The 2002 film The Hours, directed by Stephen Daldry and based on the 1998 novel by Michael Cunningham, tells three seemingly disparate stories about three very different women living in three very...
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La Haine (translated into English as “Hate”) is a black-and-white film directed by French filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer Mathieu Kassovitz, released in 1995. The film takes a Marxist...
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Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (or Amélie) is a film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet with Audrey Tautou as the titular character. It is one of the most internationally successful French movies...
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The Breakfast Club offer several messages. A movie about five archetypal high school students—jock, nerd, popular, outcast, angry loner—with very different backgrounds and who mostly run in...
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After Mary's husband, Michael, commits suicide, her relationship with Reverend Toller grows closer. One night she is feeling lonely and asks Toller if she can lie on top of him, as she used to with...
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Pan's Labyrinth is set after the end of the Spanish Civil War, with Franco having set up a dictatorship controlling Spain. In it, fairy tale aesthetics are interwoven with cruel reality, through...
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At one point in Paul Schrader’s film First Reformed (2017), Father Ernst Toller is visited at night by one of his parishioners, the pregnant and newly-widowed Mary Mansana. She asks to lay on top...
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The stories presented in the original Disney Sleeping Beauty and in the more modern Maleficent are very different. Let's look at some of those differences and see how they might inform how you...
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Alfred Hitchcock is viewed as a filmmaker who strived to maximize his use of cinematography and imagery to convey the story and emotion. For him, it was imagery over dialog that could best advance...
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Creating suspense in a film be achieved through specific aspects of mise-en-scene, especially color and lighting. The relative placement and position of the character would also be significant, and...
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The Mount Rushmore scene in North by Northwest is particularly noteworthy because of the iconic American sculpture that forms the backdrop for the action. The two protagonists are fleeing the...
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I would argue that the techniques used to explore and reinforce the idea of love and life are found in the story, rather than the cinematography or any technical effects. Love and life are the key...
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In my mind, the question is asking you to assess how attitudes of racial discrimination led to policy decisions that reflected it. The concept of "prejudice" is something that can be characterized...
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Much of the film is symbolic. The premise of the work is that Kurosawa had "dreams" that are the different vignettes in the film. In this, there is much in way of symbolism because dreams in this...
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I think that the film relates to economics in a couple of ways. The first is that Gardner is depicted as wanting to succeed in an economic condition that is also making his life difficult....
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The movie She's the Man is, of course, an adaptation of Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night. An essay focusing on gender equality, identity, and relationships should include supporting details in...
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In the movie "Avatar" which was written and directed by James Cameron, two societies collide. Thehumans have abandoned a dying Earth and invaded the planet of the "Na'vi." Pandora has mineral and...
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Michael has a very challenging and unique relationship with his family in the first film of The Godfather trilogy. Michael is the most beloved of the three children. Vito Corleone is one who...
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One technique that is used in Dead Poet's Society to enhance the overall theme of the film would be in the final scene. The pull back shot that shows many of the students standing on their desk...
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One of the most famous scenes in cinematic history, the shower scene is a work of cinematic art, which in some ways symbolizes the previous thoughts and activities of Janet Leigh's character in...
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One of the techniques used to bring out the discussion of freedom is the dialogue. The script does not miss opportunities to inject the freedom concept throughout the film. Consider Chrystof's...
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The idea of the auteur, French for author or originator, is at the center of cinematic approaches that emphasize the vision of one person, generally the director. Auteur theory guided the French...
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Some of the most striking ethical dilemmas are seen in the Rita Harrison character. In the exposition of film, when her character is first introduced, she has made ethical decisions to choose...
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Yes, Cady in Mean Girls experienced many stressors. Cady, portrayed by Lindsey Lohan, immediately experiences one of the biggest stress events—she moves from Africa to America and has to enroll in...
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I am not sure that there are many religious implications in the original Karate Kid. Made in the 1980s, the film absorbed much of the decade's fundamental challenge with effectively knowing how to...
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In the film, corruption is shown in a number of ways. First of all, the way that Mr. Smith gets into Congress is corrupt. He is chosen by machine bosses who want someone in Congress who will obey...
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I think that the theme of identity is strongly evident in the film when Tim recognizes that his redemption is linked to the lives of others. This is significant in that his identity at the start...
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I think that one important symbol is the 1966 Thunderbird convertible that becomes their home, their getaway car, and the source of their liberation. The idea of the car being symbolic of...