Film Essay

While it is easy to criticize the new medium of film for lack of substance—Aichele and Walsh wrote that “one does not expect especially valuable insights from [film]—it is clear that audiences can learn from the morals and values taught in biblical movies CITATION (Screening Scripture p.viii). Parallel narrative techniques used by biblical filmmakers represent an excellent example of a novel format through which religious teachings could be conveyed to mass audiences; through direct, immersive…

to the film director and main casts especially Leslie Jones. This has seen the film earn one of the highest dislikes in Youtube’s movie trailer history mainly because of its franchise reimagined with a crew set consisting of just women. Recently, the online culture has experienced various attacks targeted on the women with the online misogyny being predictable to a point that the film had anticipations about the reactions. This saw some the critics decrying the very existence of the film for…

The films The Adventures of Félix, directed by Oliver Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, and Tomboy , directed by Céline Sciamma, each cause viewers to question the identities of the characters within the films and maybe even their own identities. Due to the directors’ use of similar styles of self-discovery and equivalent identities , connections can be found between the main characters of both films, Félix and Mikäel. Additionally, varying styles of narration communicate numerous complimentary…

why in particular and in which parts of their journey the three main characters of the analysed movies can be considered antiheroes, what their lives as losers have in common, and why the viewer can relate to them. Especially at the beginning of the films, one can detect a great amount of obvious features that can be subsumed under the category ‘antihero’ such as Lester’s clumsiness, Frank’s business suit that makes him disappear in a crowd of fellow sufferers, or Brandon’s still, grey face and…

This paper investigates the utilisation of film scores, in particular in the horror/fantasy category, as an Instrument to evoke a persons, emotions, repercussion states (E.g conjuration) and other phenomena, when these are not introduced on screen or need emphasis by the score. On this subject I will fundamentally concentrate on the putative achievement of new musical dialect and common assumptions made on the affectional impacts of film music, frameworks a few observational studies that could…

The film was shot live with a camera showing the point of view of the killer, during Halloween. The film was very unique as it showed the actions of the killer, which is the opposite of what we usually see in horror films. Interactivity was key in this film as the entire film was shot live, where the killer would look at the camera and communicate with the audience. He would ask questions…

will my film include & how will I do this? • Like in any horror film your main point of the film HAS to be to make your audience feel the fear of the people in the film. During my research on horror films I looked up the definition of horror and I found this: The definition of “horror” is: 1) ‘an intense feeling or fear, shock or disgust. 2) A thing causing such a feeling. 3) Intense dismay. Informal or a bad or mischievous person, especially a child.’ These 3 points are crucial in a horror film…

Genre’s in Film Since the beginning of film making we have used technology to advance the way we see films today. Because of the technologies, cinematographers have been able to create perfect moods to the themes of the types of movies to they produce. This enabled them to effectively create different types of genres in film. According to (Jacobs, 2014) genre is a type, or category and genre films are usually easily recognizable as part of a certain genre. The use of familiar story formulas,…

Patrick Mai Research Essay Phillip Woods 4 December 2014 Can the State Use Film to Influence National Identity? Cinema can be, has been, and will continue to act as an incubator for cultural nationalism. Film propaganda serves to target specific groups in order to persuade viewers into adopting the film’s intended messages or beliefs whether they are political, economical, religious, or philosophical. In cases like Britain during World War II, the government’s goal was to gain support for the…

Film Noir includes dark, suspense-filled and thrilling mysteries. They are usually ambiguous, pessimistic and emphasize the isolated feel of the modern cities. The usage of low-key lighting and dark colors to create high contrast on screen is very common. Low-angle shots and Dutch camera angles, which are shot with tilted camera angles, are used to portray tension. Instead of showing a person directly, they commonly used disorientation and showed people reflected in a mirror. Film Noirs take…