2004 in film

signs (Hawkes 2003). Signs and symbols are used everywhere. They are read on people, paintings, books, television and even films. The main focus of this essay will be on films, focusing on the horror genre specifically. The use of semiotics within films is something that has been happening from the birth of films, even if we didn’t know about them, they were still there. Horror films in specific take advantage of signs and symbols, which mean different things to different people. Writers and…

Dr Cliff Huxtable became a popular name in the early 1980s as the character on a television sitcom, The Cosby Show. The show was the first of its kind and showed that not all black homes were broken and unstable. The man behind the character was Bill Cosby; a comedian, entrepreneur, beloved mentor and actor. Cosby slowly began shedding this image when in 2005; sexual assault allegations were made against him. A civil lawsuit filed by Andrea Constand in 2005, along with a detailed account of how…

COM 320, History of Film Prof. Kim Kneuendorf Paper A First Draft 10-15-15 Max Ophul?s Influence on Stanley Kubrick?s Filmmaking Paper Outline Introduction Ophuls Influence on Kubrick?s technical filmmaking and storytelling Liebelei and Lolita: Comparing the early works of Ophuls and Stanley Kubrick Eyes Wide Shut and La Ronde Interpretations of the work of Arthur Schnitzler Conclusion Stanley Kubrick is considered one of the greatest film directors of…

Grace Kelly: An Iconic Actress Acting her way through her success, Grace Kelly, an American actress, caught her audience’s attention with her direct symbol of excitement in the film The Country Girl (Gevinson 659). She was known for all the shows she was in. Kelly changed the acting communities by her various performances and created the iconic characters that she was known for. After retiring her profession, she continued to help America through her fame. Grace Kelly, a talented American…

The silent period of 1885 – 1930 was an age of great creation and experimentation. There were a number of soviet film like Melies, Edwin S Porter, D.W Griffth, Vesvolod I Pudovkin, Sergei Eisenstein. These people revolutionized the film industry with their techniques as film makers/ editors in different ways. The earliest films were less than 2 minutes’ length, although melies films grew to the length of 14 minutes they still remind as a series of single shots recorded as a performed scene…

Many of his films have strong female leading characters that embody a contemporary attitude towards women. He has stated that his “most personal film” is Kill Bill, a film centred around the female protagonist (Tarantino, 2004.) His female protagonists are amongst some of the most rebellious and memorable women in contemporary cinema. I believe that he supports feminist…

When it comes to views of film, and how Christians should approach film in general, there have been a number of different viewpoints that have been taken over history. There are the people who say that Christians should stay away from any aspect of film, even the faith based ones. There are also others who believe that we need to watch the secular films to help improve our understanding of the culture. I will be talking about several of these viewpoints, along with giving my own opinion on how I…

history has undoubtedly created conventions that audiences have come to love and expect. However, just as other genres have combined into hybrids or evolved, the classic Western is no exception. Unforgiven (1992) is an example of a revisionist Western film. Directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, it tells the story of an old farmer, with a legendary reputation, who attempts to carry out one last job in order to earn some money for his family. The…

What time is it? Time to reconnoitre the psychedelic darkness and yet the sunny disposition of one of the world’s most popular animated children’s series ‘Adventure Time’ - (Cartoon Network, Pendleton Ward, 2008) and what makes this unorthodox animation lure and appeal to both the young and the mature intellects – uncovering its mass of kaleidoscopic pedagogic episodes that illuminate the uncomfortable themes of reality. Death, cannibalism, depression, an abundance of horror glazed over by the…

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 the story, others, may object there are techniques, which help to recreate and maintain the plot alive within audiovisual frameworks. This essay will discuss some of the difficulties of adapting War Horse and the different methods that were used in the pursuance of telling the story visually. War Horse is a children’s novel…