Raging Bull

The lighting style used in the movie Raging Bull was a special techniques by the director. It was filmed lighting was in black and white, that played important part that placed perfectly on each scene. While Jake was fighting scene the lighting with high key to stress on the boxers, also the high key lighting provide a beautiful elegant look and some scene. Low key lighting was used to give a look as if brutal low-spirited atmosphere, like when Jake life started to spiral out of control, went to prison and in his cell. How this technique contributes to theme because, Jake LaMotta, was a real boxer and the movie is about his life as a up and coming middle weight champion. The lighting gives great emphasis Jake high and low throughout his…

Acting, a form of performance used to describe a character. It allows individuals to change their identity by performing a certain way. If an individual were to act as a hero, they would present the characteristics of one – courageous, selfless, and caring. In the film, Raging Bull, Robert De Niro must exhibit the characteristics and emotions of a famous Italian boxer living in the Bronx going through his rise and fall. De Niro does not only portray this character in the movie, he also…

Character’s slow speed but smooth movement gives audiences an unreal but happy feeling. We can feel Karen expects her new life. At the beginning of Taxi Driver, Scorsese also uses slow motion way to add a little mystery and dream feeling into the night view of city. In King of Comedy, there is fabulous slow motion shot too. Rupert stands in the crowd and stares at Jerry, when Jerry walks out of door and gets through the crowd (around 2:41). In Jerry’s eyes, to be a star like Jerry is his…

cultures within. It is a tedious societal process that is taught to boys from a young age that to be a man, they need to act the part of one. Whether it be through the way how they dress to the toys they play with as children, men have been placed into a role that separates them not only from their female counterparts but from society as a whole. To reinforce this image of masculinity, aggression plays on a frontal defensive mechanism to ensure distance from a male’s emotional identity, but also…

The sports film genre remains one of Hollywood’s most prolific and popular forms. Famous films such as Rocky, Field of Dreams, and Space Jam are but a few of the many notable examples of the genre. Director Martin Scorsese’s take on infamous boxer Jake LaMotta, the 1980 biographical film Raging Bull, remains as one of the genre’s most highly acclaimed films, and also one of the genre’s most challenging. The film does not follow the inspirational uplifting feel highly known for in the genre. The…

somersault over a huge beast (McInerney 12). The word toreador is originated from taurokathapsia which means “laying hold of the bull” (Higgins 35). First, the rider baits the bull to exhaust it; then he runs up beside it, leaps on its back, grasps the horns and brings down the tired bull. However, in the fresco, it seems to be a religious rite of the bull worship rather than the fighting competition to differentiate between human’s strength and the bull’s. This ritual consists of an acrobatic…

(“NBA,50”). Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA’s top scorer in the leagues history, he also leads the league wit the most block and also the most MVP awards (“NBA,50”). Scottie Pippen played with the Chicago Bulls along side with another all-time sharpshooter; Scottie finished his career with 18,940 points and also had an average of 6.4 RPG (“NBA, 50”). Clyde Drexler is one of the NBA’s greatest guards; Drexler finished his career with over 22,195 points and also an average of 6.1 RPG (“NBA,50”).…

NBA championships and six Finals MVP awards. In the 1986 playoffs, Jordan averaged 43 points per game. The lowest points per game Jordan averaged in the playoffs were 29 points. In the playoffs, Jordan averaged 33 points per game which is the highest of all time. He has scored 5,987 total points in 179 games which is the most of all time. He has had eight playoff games where he has scored 50 or more points. Jordan has made six game winning shots in the playoffs, two of which were in the finals.…

After a long and a frustrating day at school, you still have soccer practice to go to. What do you do? Oh wait, a can of RedBull should get me through the practice. But how good of a decision is this? It is a fact that energy drinks do give energy, but is it good for the human body? Energy drinks come in a tall cans with many different colors and a catchy slogans that grabs many teenagers attention. We see them all over the place like commercials, billboards, radio and even school cafeterias.…

In retrospect, I remember opening the refrigerator and was about to take a sip of that red bull. Out of nowhere I heard someone called my name really loud; “Leeeee!”. My father was the one who yelled at me and quickly took the red bull away from my hand. Even until this day, I never knew why he took away the away and won’t let me drink it. I always thought he yelled at me because he was attempting to protect his drink from me; from drinking it. As I grew up, taking health class made me realized…