Film Essay

Throughout my life, there have been few films that has affected my life. Films have shaped how I view people and the world around me. There are few films that I believe have not only profoundly affected me as a director, but as a person. Heat is one of those films. Heat is about the duel between an angsty LAPD detective, Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) and methodical career criminal, Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) as try to thwart each other's plans. Everything about the film ranging from the…

Unit 3 Assessment 1. Perform a rhetorical analysis (focusing on the criteria of your choice) of the U.S. Government film about the Japanese & Japanese-American internment camps in class. I like focusing on the objects in the background of propaganda, and think of all the ways it can affect an audience like I did with The Thrifty Pig film. The first time I watched it I noticed the multiple American flags, the globe in the man’s office. Flags showing that the man giving you this information is…

Jang Sun Woo’s A Petal (1996) and Lee Chang Dong’s Peppermint Candy (1999) are two films that confront the highly traumatic Gwangju Democratization Movement in unique ways… Arguably the most well known ould be considered ???? Give a new perspective, …. two influential Korean New Wave directors. (Depending on 1st sentence However, (?)It was only following the relaxation of censorship laws that enabled filmmakers to look back at the movement and tackle its sensitive issues through cinema. A Petal…

In “Baka: Cry from the Rainforest,” the is film focused on a Baka family and their lifestyle. The film represents The Baka in a believable manner. I have not read or done any research on The Baka but I think that this film provides accurate and unbiased views. The film doesn’t seem to exclude any information that could be biased. The film really portrays how Indigenous people live and the issues that they are facing. A scene that represents these changes that stands out is the whole sequence of…

set of old film cameras to our school for display. I wandered around those giant black boxes entranced, and when they set one up and projected the film against the wall, it was love at first sight for me. Since that day, I’ve always prided myself on my appreciation for well-made films. I drive my friends and family nuts, picking apart the lighting or angles in scenes, and I am known to make my opinions about a movie loud and clear. But as I’ve examined the factors that led to my film preferences…

novel L. A. Confidential written by James Ellroy. This was a newer film compared to the previous films that we had watched, it also happens to be my favorite film we have watched so far. With that, it presented some similar characteristics and traits like the other films, but it also created new emerging characteristics that would continue with this film genre. Some of the traits that are shared with other films include: the film takes place in a city, there is always at least one detective who…

The Ever-changing Field of Film The world of film and cinematography has changed a lot over the years, and it will likely change even more as time wears on. Like many modern innovations, film and cinematography have changed very quickly over a rather short period of time, before reaching a plateau of existence that won’t advance for a while, though it definitely will eventually. Still, it is impressive to think how far film has come, and looking back allows us to have a bit more appreciation for…

Atonement Essay- Symbolism, narrative structure, and special effects are significant features of film. Focusing on one or more of these features, discuss the extent to which you agree with this view. Based on the novel written by Ian McEwan “Atonement”, directed by Joe Wright has four distinctly different parts. Part one is set on one glorious summer’s day in 1935. Parts Two and Three are set in overlapping times in 1940 during the war, first in France and then in London. The Coda is set in…

Films about war have always caught my attention. American Sniper was no different. American Sniper is a film that was released in 2015, based on the book written by Chris Kyle. Chris Kyle is known as the most lethal sniper in American history. He was a United States Navy SEAL, joining the elite squad when he was 25 years old. By his own account, Chris Kyle says he killed 160 enemies while protecting our military men. His primary mission was to protect his comrades and he took his mission to…

is hard to define a film and place it into a certain genre. It is even harder to make a claim that the film achieved cult status. Welch Everman however provided some basic guidelines to be able to identify a cult horror film. With Everman’s proposal it gives some idea of what constitutes a cult horror film and what a cult horror film is not. Everman’s idea should be at least the basics that we use to identify a cult horror film and with them we can start to form a list of films. I believe based…