Film Analysis Essay

In the article “Aesthetic of Astonishment: Early Film and the (In)Credulous Spectator”, Tom Gunning argues that the first people who watched Lumiere’s Arrival of a Train at the Station were not in shock because they believed that the train was real, they were astonished by the illusion they witnessed before them on the screen. In contrary to the myth that people feared that they were going to be killed by a train, Gunning stresses that the Audiences’ astonishment was derived “from a magical…

movies is the movie Ex Machina. To begin with, production design includes the design of sets which makes set design one of the most important aspects while producing a movie. For example, one of the points set design deals with is the location where the film is going to be shot. Funderburg (2015) explained that in the movie Ex Machina, they used two Norwegian locations both designed by the architects Jensen & Skodvin. One of the locations is a private mansion and the second one is the Juvet…

considered for the Dreamworks film adaptation of Paula Hawkins best-selling novel The Girl on the Train. The novel follows a woman who has just gone through a tumultuous divorce, but finds relish in her train commute. She observes a married couple from a far on her way to work, envisioning they live a perfect romantic life, but then finds herself tied into a strange mystery involving this couple. The film has already found a trio of actresses to appear in the film with it confirmed that Emily…

to watch and the whole film has an exceptionally solemn, depressing and cold feel to it. Some have condemned it for demonstrating redemption yet I think that views truly overlooks the main issue here. All things considered, life needs to go ahead after such traumatic occasions and I think Herzog is essentially demonstrating the effect of one's actions and what life will resemble attempting to move past it. The stories are all to a great degree well-told and generally the film is entirely perfect…

camera is the best way to capture these amazing moments, the skier of course is the main subject, but what good would a ski film be without a environment? The environment also plays another major role in the film, it answers the audience’s questions like where are they? What are the conditions? The environment can easily answer these and many more questions during the film. Skier him/herself…

Kristof Deak directs the powerful short film Sing, which centers around a young girl who finds out the ugly truth behind her new school’s choir’s success. Sing is a bully and a victim story about a teacher and her students. Even though Deak does a fantastic job portraying a story of justice and power, his plot line is predictable. This short film was predictable with the expected ending and foreseen character development. Short film is the genre for Sing. It follows characteristics like a…

There are many film techniques involved in the film Julia. The movie Julia begins with a one camera shot, which adds the appreciation of the entrance. After the opening, the water images use the technique of lap dissolve to transition to the scene of the actor is talking. While the character is typing on the type writer admiring the world, she gets up to leave the room, and the technique of panning is used to follow her into the other room. Panning is used throughout the whole movie, but this is…

Per reporter: Kiara recently moved from Laurel to Gulfport to move in with her grandfather (Raymond). Kiara and the children are sleeping on two mattresses on the floor. Before moving into the home, Raymond advised Kiara that there was no running water in the home. Raymond allowed Kiara and the children to move in with him because he didn’t want them on the streets. Although Kiara has burned bridges with other family members, Raymond advised her to take the children to other relative’s home to…

Film analysis of Beauty and The Beast Beauty and The Beast was directed by Jean Concteau in 1946. The main characters in this film are the ugly beast, the beauty Belle, Belle’s family members, and Avenant who is a friend of Belle and wants to marry Belle. After belle’s father lost his merchant ship at sea, the family has nothing much left. Belle’s sisters still spend lots of money in clothing and living a fancy life. Belle’s sisters treat Belle as servant around the house. One evening, Belle’s…

The “Antwone Fisher” film analysis is a paper that will help us use outside resources other than our textbook to understand concepts that we have learned in class. It also allows us to take a look at a real life example of child abuse and neglect and understand how it effects a person throughout their lives. Antwone Fisher, was boy who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, who had a challenging childhood. Fisher said he had “no parents” as a kid, but really his mother was in prison since he was born, and…