2004 in film

was a standup comedian. Him being so funny opened many doors for him like TV roles such as the host at ShowTime at the Apollo, and the star of a WB sitcom series. Harvey was also featured as one of the four comedians that was featured in Spike Lee Film the Originals Kings of Comedy. He now host a weekday morning radio show called “The Steve Harvey Morning Show” from 8am-10am, which was originally syndicated through Radio One, Inc. Even while Steve Harvey was trying to balance out his busy…

Pixar Animation Studios is a well-known creator for movies, shows, and short films. They have made films such as Toy Story, The Incredibles, and WALL•E. Pixar animators are the storytellers of legend. Their tale is a long and hard one, with trials and speed bumps. Through the hard times they have faced, Pixar has remained victorious. The company has gone through an amazing transformation and really has become one of the wonders of the digital age. In the beginning, it was George Lucas, the…

relation to the movie City of God. The 2002 Brazilian film City of God was directed by Fernando Meirelles and co-directed by Kátia Lund. The plot is loosely based on real events as written by Paulo Lins in the novel of the same name. It depicts the growth of organized crime in the neighbourhood of the Cidade de Deus, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro between the 1960’s and 1980’s. The film was a worldwide success, receiving four Academy Award nominations in 2004. In order to discuss the ways in which…

The Motorcycle Diaries is a film set in 1952 which followed 23 year-old Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (also called Fuser) who was on break before returning to his last semester of medical school and his friend Alberto Granado (nicknamed Mial) who was a 29 year-old biochemist. This film was based on the diaries of Guevara and provides an account of an 8,000 km motorcycle journey to see as much of the continent of South America in the few months before returning to complete college. The trip would…

Joe Hisaishi is a Japanese composer and musical director known famously for his scores in animated films from his professional partnership with Studio Ghibli's co-founder, Hayao Miyazaki. (Brightwell) Although known professionally under the name of Joe Hisaishi, or Hisaishi Jo, his real name is Mamoru Fujisawa. His work consists of different works such as European classical, Japanese classical, film scores, experimental electronic, minimalist, and animation music. He has won seven Japan Acadamy…

climate fiction has come into fruition ever since scientist have brought to our attention the occurrence of a human induced climate change. Climate fiction has been a hard film category to define, and an even harder genre to critique. A historical analysis of climate fiction is legitimate though the time period climate fiction in film covers is only 40 years. Its legitimacy spurs from climate fiction being a public response to a problem and also the fact that it drives others to make a societal…

War Horse: From the Book to the Play to the Film There are several challenges a film can face when it is adapted from a written piece. Whilst some critics will defend that film adaptation tend to vary several aspects of a story, others, may object there are techniques, which help to recreate and maintain the plot alive within audio-visual frameworks. This paper will discuss two of the main difficulties of adapting War Horse and the different methods that were used in the pursuance of visual…

African American Film Director, Spike Lee. Spike Lee famous director of black film, Malcolm X- Inside Man - Do the right thing – He got Game – Jungle Fever According to: Business Insider, Spike Lee spent the last three decades making some of the most important movies in the modern era of filmmaking. From the socially conscious "Do the Right Thing" to the powerful "Malcolm X," Lee has used the medium to. Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very…

animation Time; 2’53’’ Director:Xu Guangtong Animation producer: Xu Guangtong, Qi Yuehui Image design: Yuan Qi Sound effect: Zhang Yue Software:3D Max 6.0, After Effect6 6.0, Premiere 6.5, Photoshop 7.0 Hardware: PC Production cycle:3 months (April, 2004-July, 2004) The outline of the story: The play Grabbing a Seat is a story about two persons, one is fat and other is thin. In order to occupy a seat, they used tricks and even resorted to fighting. However, finally neither of them succeeded.…

Nowadays on one hand cinema is considered as a modern industry and on the other hand as the cultural need in our country and undoubtedly it is one of the most fundamental and effective media which plays an active role in continuing the expansion and survival of real art and culture of a society. It can be said that cinema is a polyhedral phenomenon which is affected by human culture and influences more cultures. Cinema and watching movie in theaters or in another words going to cinema is one of…