Thesis Statement: There are a wide variety of films out there‚ and they are categorized into many different types however there are 6 major types or genres those are‚ action‚ drama‚ comedy‚ horror‚ musical and science fiction. Types of Films | Characteristics | Examples | Action | Highly charged‚ violence‚ shoot outs‚ car chases‚ kung-fu‚ hero and bad guys | Avengers‚ James Bond‚ Resovoir dogs‚ Departed‚ Kill Bill‚ Dark knight‚ Expendables | Comedy | Humor‚ filled with jokes and loose plot
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effective or original production techniques. Joe Wright’s film Atonement is an excellent example of how even if a storyline is one we have heard before‚ a text can make it new and refreshing. The film is essentially a love story‚ but Wright creates interest through playing with the ideas of perspective‚ time and happy endings. By doing so he refreshes an overused storyline‚ making it an original twist on an otherwise clichéd story. In the film‚ the perspective someone has on various events are shown
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Film is a different medium through which to convey historical experiences of war and its social and cultural contexts. As learned throughout class‚ memoirs and non-fiction portrayals of war are excellent sources in which to learn of war and its effects on society and vice versa. Film‚ however‚ is no better or worse than these books. Throughout the semester‚ the class learned of the development of modern warfare since the Civil War in the late nineteenth century and the society that surrounded these
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Ysavela Corral 06/25/13 PoliSci01/Crain Final Paper Mahatma Gandhi The film I decided to watch was the film on the activist/lawyer Gandhi. He was most known for his non-violent ways of getting his point across when the United Kingdom’s takeover of his home country India. Gandhi first emerged this protest when he was on a bus and he was forced to move to the back of the bus because he was an Indian man. This is when Gandhi first entered into the activist world and began to merge his country
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Throughout the years‚ documentary films have gain esteem by viewers. In contrary to a stage or screen performance‚ a documentary film displays real people living everyday life. For many viewers‚ the notion of documentary film is based on the genuineness of a normal individual playing his or her role in society; without being staged or designed by a producer. However‚ documentary films‚ in the aim to portray a daily routine‚ may encompass professional actors to reenact such performance. Bill Nichols
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John Ford’s Directing Techniques in the Film Stagecoach By Bob For Cine 121 (01) John Ford’s film “Stagecoach” from 1939 had several important hidden messages tucked away inside it. The film has everything from social injustice to alcoholism‚ prostitution‚ gambling‚ and even working class people in general. This paper’s aim is to bring to light some of these messages that are expressed through Ford’s use of mise-en-scène and cinematography. In the scene when Ford introduces Dallas‚ it is
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Atonement : Film Study Question: Symbolism‚ narrative structure‚ and special effects are significant features of film. Focussing on one or more of these features‚ discuss the extent to which you agree with this view. Your response should include close reference to one or more films you have studied. When director Joe Wright began the task of recreating the Atonement‚ written by Ian McEwan one of the first decisions that Wright had to make was to follow as close as possible the complex and time
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cinematic language communicates to viewers that Juno had decided against an abortion. No one ever says‚ “Juno has decided not to have the abortion.” In the scene where Juno visits the clinic (starting with her encounter with Su-Chin)‚ how does the film show us Juno’s decision-making process? At what point do we know what Juno has decided? In other words‚ what do we see and hear in the scene that communicates what Juno is thinking? Once Su-Chin tells Juno about the baby having fingernails‚ Juno
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to have lots of knowledge is to read a lot of books just like Matilda. That’s why she is as smart as a master who is expert on everything. In the film‚ Matilda Wormwood‚ who was always being neglected by her self-involved parents tells us that parents need to have good responsibility of taking care children. An example of neglecting child in the film was when Matilda was forced to watch the television. ’And what’s wrong with the television?’ her father said. His voice was suddenly soft and dangerous
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Action Movies Action films is one of the most popular type of movies. This genre are always favorite since they are different from others. They show us that life can be dangerous‚ dejected‚ bloody‚ and deadly or it can be magnificent‚ innocent‚ and normal. Action film is a genre where physical action takes priority in the storytelling. Unlike other genres‚ this variety has been one of the most dominant in the world of the film industry for his highly complex‚ as is the destruction of an entire city
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