Film Essay

The Woman’s Film (1961-70) The Woman’s Film (1961-70) is a documentary created by the San Francisco Newsreel. This filmmaking collective was one of the many groups behind self-representational works addressing women’s oppression (Lesage 223). Known to many as the first feminist documentary, The Woman’s Film marks the era of the Second Wave Feminism in its quest to explore the female oppression that extends beyond the issue of gender into the domains of race, sexuality, and class. Women’s…

The film First Blood is first film in a series about John Rambo, a discharged green beret who struggles to assimilate into society and by failing to do so causes mass chaos. The film’s director is Ted Kotcheff, a director who got his start in England directing a film in 1957. Kotcheff has received praise for his role in increasing the film industry in Canada, Rotten Tomatoes states that Kotcheff should receive credit for, “all but single-handedly turned that country's film industry around”.…

Big Hero 6 touches a lot of emotional and thoughtful sayings from the cast. For example, one sensitive scene in the film involves Hiro in a sorrowful mood, thinking about his older brother, Tadashi. Baymax asks "On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?" Hiro answers with "Physical?" "Or emotional?" Additionally, Big Hero 6 is filled with hilarious and…

Table 6.0 Dreams & hallucinations, and it’s Signification in TV Chandran Films Film Dream (with screen time/scene no :) Signification 1 Ponthan Mada The climax sequence where Mada plunges into water,sheds his working cap, and swims across the water body to reach the other side, where his wife Karthu, and Sheema Thampuran are waiting for him ( 01:45:48 to 01:47:43) This signifies a kind of liberation, which never happened in his life, and finally he realizes his identity and becomes…

audience. Audiences often choose to watch a particular film adaptation because they appreciate the interpretation of a particular role. If we don’t love the actor who plays our favourite character, we might not be able to enjoy a film. This paper suggests that the use of well-established Disney characters in the 1983 adaptation of A Christmas Carol, “Mickeys’ Christmas Carol” makes it viable for the novelette to be condensed to a 25 min short film. It further argues that the appropriateness of…

Film director Kathy Bigelow has directed many films throughout the years, and most of which we know the names. Films such as: "Point Break", "Hurt Locker", and "Zero Dark Thirty". Bigelow was the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director in the film "Hurt Locker", but her astonishing directing abilities did not stop there. Bigelow was born on November 27, 1951, in San Carlos, California and is known for her incredible action films with amazing visual effects, and action…

tend to be much functional when comes to the mixture of them in films. Looking back to Altman's approach on the point of view in communication belief, he describes genre labels as messages which helps in marketing films to specific or large group of audiences. Different potential spectators conceived differently through advertisements like film posters, trailers, and reviews that can impel spectators to be interested to watch the films with different force of attraction by different genres…

last time the film speed is slowed down. This provides the audience to savor the moment to reflect on what is occurring. Roy knows this is the last time he will play professional ball. Having realized what is truly important in life, he can put the past behind him and look to the future. I think this film speed underscore the reality of the message. Although the film is not totally realistic, I love the shadows and lighting throughout the picture. My interpretation of this film is not…

It’s without a doubt that horror films that are made in modern times, like most forms of art, are definitely not what they used to be. The majority of movies in Hollywood today rely heavily on CGI and special effects, which is convenient for the film to look visually appealing, but inconvenient when the story is poor or unrecognizable due to the film makers relying too much on special effects to drive the movie. This is unfortunate,especially for the horror genre because whenever a movie lacks a…

The medium of film can be a very powerful and a profound way to captivate audience and immerse them in the experiences of the characters in the film to make them feel as if they themselves are there with them. Horror movies in general are almost always filled with special effects and props to improve the experience of the audience and leave them in anticipation with what’s to come. In the original The Evil Dead directed by Sam Raimi released in 1981 uses a lot of conventional methods of…