romance genre of Hollywood films has evolved throughout the decades to match the societal norms in which they were created. American society’s ideologies of romance and love the time in which seen through the film’s narrative structure‚ plot‚ the protagonists‚ and costumes. All of which are enhanced‚ in some way‚ by the setting of the scene and film technologies used to tell the narrative. A contrast can be seen in the way romance‚ love and sexual relations are depicted in films during the time of the
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Film Crtique: Titanic Eng 225 Laura Carter August 11‚ 2014 Film Critique: Titanic Millions of people go to the movies each year to view new films‚ but how many of those people actually stop to analyze the film. Analyzing a film is very essential in that it is an important factor‚ in fully understanding the film you are viewing. In the essence of the film’s development and production there are a lot of key people that bring all the aspects of a
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The Lights of Casablanca -An indepth look into the lighting techniques employed and the context in which they were used‚ caught between film noir and the classic Hollywood style. Casablanca (1942)‚ directed by Michael Curtiz‚ is a perennial favorite‚ depicting unique Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman characters caught in situations out of their control. While the film’s story is engaging on many levels‚ Curtiz’s use of lighting is an integral tool he uses to help tell of the story. Previously
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Film Critique Intro to Mass Media July Term 2012 Taylor S. Haynes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been a subject of musical‚ artistic‚ and even psychological curiosity for centuries. In the screenplay‚ Amadeus‚ Peter Shaffer not only sheds light into the charmed and mentally pained life of the composer‚ but also uses a great amount of artistic license to embellish details concerning events during the period. By 1984‚ the film was adapted from the screenplay and Shaffer oversaw the project under
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by Mr. McGuire to Benjamin Braddock‚ the main character. The film‚ The Graduate‚ directed by Mike Nichols in 1967 shows the audience how hard it is to stand out in a “plastic” world through the uses of screenplay‚ performance‚ cinematography‚ music and sound. Nichols wanted us to feel what Benjamin felt as well as be engaged in his decisions. Nichols achieved this by using subjective shots in the film. The cinematography in this film shows many symbols that are often the protagonist’s point of view
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The filmmaking competence of the acclaimed Chilean director Pablo Larraín (Tony Manero"‚ Post Mortem"‚ "No"‚ "The Club") is not at stake in his latest feature‚ “Jackie”‚ a stylized biopic with a few aspects to admire. The film‚ written by Noah Oppenheim (“The Maze Runner”‚ “Allegiance”) and co-produced by Darren Aronofsky ("Requiem for a Dream"‚ "The Wrestler"‚ "Black Swan")‚ is centered on the former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy‚ emulating her emotional states in the aftermath of President John
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Joyce Simmons 802 Words Monday/Wednesday 2-3:15 Primary Focus Film Evaluation Radio Years ago I watched a movie for the first time that honestly changed the way I think. The movie Radio is based on the true story of James “Radio” Kennedy and T.L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones. It tells the story
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simply with the heart of a child. The film began by diving into a slow paced‚ but bold‚ Taiko drumming that gradually transitioned into a fast paced drumming along with some clapper instruments. The drums were two sided and players used two sticks to hit the drum on each side to produce contrasting beats‚ producing a complex and interesting rhythm. Kodo’s style of drumming is a unique synthesis of old and new; it cannot be fully categorized. Throughout the film‚ there were drums of various sizes with
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Sarah Ladis History 2235 1:00 February 21‚ 2014 The biographical film Gandhi‚ directed by Richard Attenborough‚ starts off with a life changing moment in Gandhi’s life when he is thrown off of a South African train for being an Indian in the first class section. It is at that moment when he realizes that the regulations are prejudiced against Indians and in reply‚ he chooses to create a non-violent protest movement for the human rights of Indians in South Africa. Although the ruling classes
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Tania Modleski’s "Cinema and the Dark Continent: Race and Gender in Popular Film‚" discusses how popular film perpetuates stereotypes of black women. Some controlling images of black women include: the mammy‚ the jezebel‚ and the sapphire. While Modelski doesn’t analyze the sapphire stereotype‚ she does use Whoppi Goldberg’s past film roles as examples of the nurturing and maternal mammy and the over- sexualized jezebel. While I could clearly see Modelski’s comparison of Goldberg’s
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