Film Critique for “The Golden Compass” Andrea Sparks ENG 225 Instructor Moore May 28‚ 2012 Film Critique for “The Golden Compass” The Motion Picture of “The Golden Compass” is based on Philip Pullman’s novel “Northern Lights” (The first part in his novel trilogy “His Dark Materials”) and was rated pg-13 (indicating that the material within the film could be unsuitable for children under the age of thirteen (Murray‚ 2012))
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Week Five Individual Film Critique Neil A. Burgheimer HUM/150 Week Five Individual Film Critique This week for the final film critique I chose to review The Blind Side (2009). In this film Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Anne Tuohy‚ a successful interior designer. Her husband Sean Tuohy played by Tim McGraw is the owner of over 85 fast food franchises including Taco Bell‚ Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ Pizza Hut‚ and Long John Silver’s. In the film Leigh Anne takes a boy named Michael “Big Mike” Oher into
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In the 1830s and 1840s‚ the meaning of freedom to Americans differed from person to person just as much as it does today. It varied from being a white male who owned property who was very stuck in his idea of freedom‚ which meant political power and being allowed to do almost anything he could imagine. Black slaves who had no freedom had their own idea also. They dreamed of one day realizing his or her idea of freedom‚ which was to not be a slave. Along with freedom came the issue of equality
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Samad 1 Jacquline Samad Professor Brown History 106 25 April 2011 The Color Purple Film Critique The Color Purple is a 1985 drama film directed by Steven Spielberge that centers around the story of a poor southern‚ Black woman‚ Cellie Harris who overcomes years of racism‚ sexism‚ and physical/verbal abuse from the men in her life like her own father and husband. As she lives her life as a slave to her husband‚ she meets two strong black women along the way that gives
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Shutter Island Film Critique Jeannie Hatton Eng.225/Introduction to Film Instructor Wiltz 6/20/2014 First way that helps tell a story and converting it onto film is by using a nonlinearly or chronological approach. Often a director considered to be auteur is the main reason for audience popularity such as the director Martin Scorsese. How does cinematographers‚ actors and directors contribute in creating a film? By the use of different camera angles‚ lighting‚ colors‚ and
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Film Critique: 127 Hours ENG 225: Introduction to Film Prof. Aimee Garten October 24‚ 2011 Film Critique: 127 Hours The name Aron Ralston may not mean much to people‚ but the popular James Franco might to some movie buffs. It was Ralston ’s 2003 tragic but survivable journey that inspired Director Danny Boyle‚ also famous for the 2008 box office blast Slumdog Millionaire to gain another smash hit in 2010 named 127 Hours. Franco portrays Ralston in Boyle ’s Telluride Film Festival thriller
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Critique 2 Since the development of television and film‚ society has utilized the art form‚ specifically the plots of crime films‚ as a mechanism that draws on widespread attitudes toward crime‚ victims‚ law‚ and punishment prevalent at the time of the films making. The capacity to understand film history allows one to see more effectively underlying assumptions regarding the nature of crime in America as well as international society as a whole. The Silent Film Era (1897-1927) often reflected empathy
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Film Critique Essay The film‚ “Australia” (2008)‚ opens with a scenic backdrop as well as information on pre-World War II and its effect on Australia‚ specifically in the northern area. The film then transitions to the issue of Stolen Generations- the attempt of ‘whites’ to send mixed aboriginal children to mission homes on far islands to phase out their culture‚ setting the stage for the many complications and dramatic events in line to take motion. With the main characters of Lady Sarah Ashley
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In Harry M. Benshoff’s and Sean Griffin’s "Introduction to the Study of Film: Form and Representation‚" they use the terms encoding and decoding for the critique of films. Encoding is when a producer of an artwork incorporates meanings in their work whether it is intentional or non-intentional. Decoding is the viewer’s interpretation of the meaning. The decoding varies from viewer to viewer based on individual social and historical upbringing. The manner in which the producers encoded the work may
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Teen films and TV shows often follow same the conventions though depicting a popular girl who breaks up with a jock‚ which flows the jock falling in love with the outsider. In this genre the shows and movies shallow but they are a genre which teenagers can relate to. The movie Mean Girls‚ and the television shows Gossip Girl‚ and One Tree Hill‚ all follow the conventions of the teen genre while reflecting situations which teenagers face on a regular basis. Although teen movies and TV shows follow
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