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    The action/thriller film of 1954 Rear window‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock shines the light on the primary theme of marriage throughout the film. Each of the characters are related to their marital status‚ at one point or another‚ even the crime on which the plot twists is the product of a failed marriage. Within the first couple of minutes you are able to tell that L.B. Jeff Jefferies‚ tosses the idea of marriage around throughout the film. With Jeff examining his neighbours marital problems each

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    Yolngu Boy Film Analysis

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    Yolngu Boy – Film Reflection Write a reflection on the film ‘Yolngu Boy’ which demonstrates an understanding of the characters and their experiences as members of an Australian Indigenous community. Three best friends; Botj‚ Lorrpu and Milika decide to flee to Darwin to accomplish some of many aspirations. They all once shared a childhood dream of one day becoming great hunters together. As they grew older‚ they were led on different paths‚ where Botj constantly was getting into trouble and soon

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    of relating our aesthetic identity to the African culture the most appropriate national film festival to compliment the film would be Design Indaba. This festival not only caters to the national entertainment industry but the international one as well. It not only focuses on film‚ but on various elements of art including fashion design and graphic design amongst many‚ which are elements that make up our film in terms of being discipline specific. Our aesthetic is predominantly South African‚ we incorporate

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    movie is sometimes extremely underrated. Not a lot of people know this film‚ like they know about Alien.. and so on. Comparatively‚ this film has a compete with other incredible SF classics‚ for an example‚ a well known movie‚ ALIEN and ALIENS. PREDATORS has great action‚ a very good performance from Arnold Schwarzenegger‚ cool special effects and some incredible tension throughout the run time of this film. The story of this film is very simple. A group of highly trained soldiers are sent to the central

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    April 2 1968‚ the total run time of the movie is 2 hours and 29 minutes. The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) rating of this movie is “G” for general audiences. I find this rating quite fitting as there is not any cursing throughout the film and only a few people die during the movie. The movie is split apart into 3 different sections each with different characters and settings. The first section takes place at the dawn of man in a hot African desert landscape and centers around a group

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    FTP 150 Film Analysis

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    For this film I used many different concepts learned from FTP 150 this year. I used concepts such as different camera angles‚ music to give the video more emotion and further the story‚ using jump cuts at certain points‚ telling the story visually‚ using a script to plan the film‚ filming multiple shots several times‚ giving the actor specific direction on how he should play the role‚ and much more. All of these concepts put together with the actual story I had envisioned created the final product

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    women are sexually assaulted while serving in the United States Armed Forces (Citation). The Invisible War‚ a hard-hitting investigative documentary‚ exposes one of the United States’ best-kept secrets: the rape epidemic within the military. The film puts forth an idea of how big this problem actually is in American society – today‚ that a woman is more likely to be sexually assaulted or rape while serving than to be injured or killed by the enemy’s hand (Citation). Focusing on victims’ stories

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    For replacement credit‚ I watched the film‚ Hotel Rwanda. In this reaction paper I will write my impressions and reaction to the film‚ as well as address the film as it relates to the concepts of human geography that I have learned over the semester. The movie is about the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The movie shows how Hutu extremists mass murdered the Tutsi population and how one Hutu named Paul Rusesabagina‚ a hotel manager‚ helped save the lives of his friends and family and over one

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    Taxi Driver Film Analysis

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    In the film Taxi Driver‚ Travis Bickle‚ a middle aged man with no proclaimed direction in life in the beginning of the film. He soon enough‚ through his convictions about the "scum of the city‚" a love lost‚ and perhaps mental instability as a result of the Vietnam war‚ finds meaning in his life and carries it out through controversial actions. According to Merriam-Webster judging is defined as: "to form an opinion about (something or someone) after careful thought." Whether it be taking a girl out

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    Finally‚ the Shinto religion is quite concerned with the idea of balance. This usually results in a concern for the balance between humans and the natural world. In Miyazaki’s films‚ there is also a lot of emphasis placed on balance. In fact‚ his protagonists often undertake a voyage of balance‚ either between humans and nature such as in Princess Mononoke‚ or within themselves like in Howl’s Moving Castle and Spirited Away. Princess Mononoke makes peace with the humans rather than yielding to

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