Before watching this movie, I thought corn farms would be produced through plantation agriculture since corn is usually produced in large quantities on monoculture farms, or intensive agriculture because farmers want more crops using less amount of land so they are able to make more profit from their harvested crops. I imagined corn farms to be hundreds, maybe even thousands, of rows of green husks stretching for miles. Once the corns were in seasons and ready to be harvested, there would be tractors that drove down the rows to collect the corn. I know corn is an important grain for agriculture, especially for the livestock industry so I believed farmers would produce an abundant amount of corn for the population and livestock consumption.…
The movie I chose for my presentation is Hoop Dreams. This movie was produced in 1994 by Steve James, Fred Marx and Peter Gilbert. Hoop Dreams is an excellent three hour documentary about two black boys growing up in the inner city of Chicago, Illinois with aspirations of playing basketball in the NBA. The movie starts out when William Gates and Arthur Agee are going to enter high school. William and Arthur both are recruited by Earl Smith a talent scout to attend the famous private school St. Joseph. St. Joseph High School is a predominantly white-suburban private High School in Illinois similar to Detroit Country Day High School in Michigan. They both receive a half scholarship to attend Isiah…
The 1991 movie “BOYZ ‘N THE HOOD” is written and directed by John Singleton, and the director of photography is Charles Mills. The movie is edited by Bruce Cannon; music by Stanley Clarke,and produced by Steve Nicolaides. Columbia pictures released the hour and seven minutes movie. The main characters of the movie is Doughboy, Tre Styles, Ricky Baker, Furious Styles, Reva Styles, Brandi and Mrs.Baker. The movie is rated R and is considered a drama film, but also considered an action movie. The film setting is in los angeles south central neighborhood.…
Fried Green Tomatoes is the story of the town of Whistle Stop, Alabama. Most of the story centers on Ruth Jamison and Idgie Threadgoode, a pair of women who changed the lives of everyone in their town. The story is told both in the present, 1920s-40s, when the events occurred, and in the past, while Ninny Threadgoode relives those events by retelling them to her friend, Evelyn Crouch, in the 1980’s.…
"The quality of putting others before yourself is a great way to build your self-esteem and continue to those who need you at the same time". This quote that was one said by Sonora Roy preaches the importance of caring for others.Being mostly concerned about yourself will make you a narcissist. When we care for others, we usually receive the love from them in return.…
Little Miss Sunshine was the feel good movie of the summer, opening on July 26, 2006. The minds behind the camera were Michael Arndt, who wrote the screenplay, and directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The movie would not have come together if it had not been for the awesome cast that brought it all together, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, and Alan Arkin. Not one of the 17 awards and nominations for the movie and cast could have happened if it had not been for Fox Searchlight Pictures and Big Beach production companies for believing in bringing the story to the big screen.…
We are venturing again to Los Angeles this week where 1987 graduate, Corey Jackson, works as a film and television composer. After a movie is made, Corey meets with the director of the film to “spot” the film. This is the process of deciding where music should go in the film and what emotions the music should portray. After the spot, Corey writes the music for one scene at a time. Each composition is sent to the director for approval. Corey says that the director may like it the first time or may send it back with notes and suggestions for him to try again. “Once that is completed I, with the help of my team, will record, mix and deliver the music to the dubbing stage for final mix,” says Jackson. He also describes being on the set of a movie as not glamorous, contrary to what some may think. On a constant deadline, he says working is hard, time consuming, and challenging, but working with like minded people who all have the same ultimate goal and work ethic makes it easier.…
Red Sorghum, which is Zhang Yimou’s first movies, tells a tragic story take place in rural China during 1900s. Red Sorghum, as the awards winner movies for the 38th Berlin international film festival, indeed have several significances. In example, the great portion of color red that is used in the movie has successfully created a visual impact to the audience. Apparently, the color red carries significant information throughout the whole movie. Red, as the color of blood and fire, has commonly been understood to be associated with meanings of love, passion, desire, et cetera. Despite other significance carries along with the film, in this paper it is argued how Red Sorghum expresses an aim for feminism and sexual liberation.…
I have chosen the film Forest Gump to write about my understanding of film. It was released in 1994 and directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Wendy Finerman and Steven Tisch. The movie based on the written screenplay of Eric Roth from the novel of Winston Groom. It has several well-known, talented actors such as Tom Hanks, Sally Fields, Robin Wright and Gary Sinise to name a few. The production cost of fifty-five million and it grossed six hundred and seventy-seven million worldwide. Forrest Gump won six Oscars at the Academy Awards for this display of artistry.…
One of my favorite narrative is a movie called The Hungry Games. In this narrative movie there is a lot of problems all build up onto one big problem, but there is only one solution to it all. There is a lot of action and adventure that happens in order to solve the characters problem. The main problem is in order to save the village that each character lives in they have to fight against each other, and win the fight. The way they are chosen is each child in the village name is put into a jar however many times they go out to buy something. Once there name is selected or drawn from the jar they have to get sent away where they are to fight other children from different villages. On the ride to the arena they are persuaded with food, nice…
Lennie brings joy and hope to those who are lonely by helping them realize their dream. When George and Candy find Curley’s wife in the barn after Lennie killed her, “Candy spoke his greatest fear” (Steinbeck 94), asking George if they were still going to get the farm. By saying this is Candy’s greatest fear, Steinbeck shows that Candy desperately wants to leave the ranch, because he is lonely. Candy does not think he can get a place on his own, so he is filled with joy when George and Lennie say that he can join them. George answers Candy’s question, saying that “[he] kn[e]w from the very first [...they would] never [get the place… Lennie] usta like to hear about it so much” (94), that the idea just stuck. Lennie was the reason George continued…
The movie starts with reinforcing that the images of pastoral society that food labels often carry is not reality. I think this traces back to Americans desire to return to agrarian living, just with the perks of industrialized society. Also labels…
Art is a curse that will grab you once you're hooked and hold on to you for the rest of your life. Art doesn't hold people’s hands through the rough patches, of course; she makes them work for it. If someone thinks that art is easy then they have another thing coming, because art doesn't kiss on the first date. Art had forced me to confront the emotions that I was not ready to confront. I have met jealousy through other artists’ artworks and I know frustration through mine. I become frustrated and blinded by my work when I am unable complete it because I can’t translate the image in my head to the paper on my easel, and there is so much that I wanted to say through my art, but my hands can’t seem to work right.…
Summary: Discusses the Australian film, The Castle. Explores how Australia is depicted in the film. Provides a plot summary.…
A Christmas Carol, both the play and the movie, have many similarities with just as many differences. Although the movie was created as a follow-up to the play, there were many times where the movie was completely different. On occasion, there would be times where you could follow along to the movie with the script, but most of the time, it would be somewhat the same.The script compared to the movie is more informing and fills in empty holes. Although watching the movie is easier, in order to get all of the facts straight, it would be better to read the script or see the play.…