Film Essay

Amélie (2001) is a French romantic comic fantasy film directed and co-written by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. This whimsical film narrates the story of a young introvert woman named “Amélie Poulain”, who decides to intervene and improve the lives of the people around her, while battling with her own seclusion. The story revolves around the protagonist, Amélie who was the only child of two quirky parents. Amélie’s father, Raphael was depicted as a reticent ex-army doctor who misdiagnosed Amélie with…

In this essay I will depth into exploration of the film ‘Redacted’ (2007). The contempary war film by Brian de Palma, and state how it is altered by multiplication of digital typologies and formats, with a particular focus on the reception and experience of the film. The aim is to conclude from textual sources with regards to the aesthetic, and to explore the Spector ship and reaction it determines. ‘Redacted’ (2007), is a film biased on the devastating reconstruction of the rape and murder of a…

Your task in this essay is to select a film - any film except the ones we have screened or that I have shown clips of in class - and write an interpretive analysis of race and representation in this film. Your paper is to be between 5 and 7 double spaced pages in length, with 1-inch margins and using 12pt font. Quinceañera (2006) is an independent film by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland about a 14-year-old Mexican American girl named Magdalena in Echo Park, Los Angeles. She becomes…

narrative are transform into visuals; from the ideas to small details. In cinematography, visual metaphor requires the film maker to have the ability to tell a story through the visual (Brown, 2016, p. 46). This is very important as…

different theories discussed in this course, how societies work. It depicts some of these theories on several different occasions. Hegemony and Alienation are two concepts that are shown and elaborated upon in this picture. In this post-apocalyptic film, the dystopian society that has be created to differ from our own, but shows potential risks or warnings to the society overall. In terms of Hegemony, it can be defined as “the control of the ruling class over a society’s belief system… it has…

genre is the best genre there is to date. Its best movies come out of this drama don 't believe two of the three movies I just mentioned are crime genres and there named top three movies ever made by watchmojo. Anyways moving on to what I feel the film industry has become over the span of 3 decades. You see before the late 90’s movies were a gold mine there was this level of creativity that was off the charts it was a good time for movies but you know every era has to end. During the late 90’s a…

Personal Connections with Chicano Films Chicano films tell stories that explore many topics and issues that mainly pertain to the experience of being a Mexican- American in the United States. However, many Americans of Hispanic descent, whether they are first generation Hispanic- American or even third generation, can identify with many of the themes, topics, and issues seen in these films. Throughout this course, I have watched a number of films that deal with serious, shocking, saddening,…

The movie Jaws is a classic film which follows the “typical” film structure. Looking at the precise layout of Jaws, it fits with Blake Snyder Beat’s. The reason the Blake Snyder model is effective, is due to how many beats it contains. Fifteen beats doesn’t make it difficult to comprehend, along with extreme pinpoint accuracy. Combining the simplicity of the film structure along with the model, it’s a perfect combination for learning. The film starts off with the Opening Image, giving the…

Narrative & Composition The Incredibles Film Analysis Portfolio The reason I chose the 2004 Pixar Animation film The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird, as my independent film analysis is because of, despite it being a children's film, there is so much more meaning to the computer animated superhero movie than it simply being an entertainment for toddlers. Some qualities the film explores are the way the public interacts with people who have amazing extraordinary abilities; it demonstrates…

•Identify the type of lighting used in the film (traditional three-point, high-key, or low-key) and assess the impact of the lighting used to establish the theme. The film that I have selected is The Searchers (1956).In fact, the type of lighting used in the film is low-key lighting, artificial lighting, and natural lighting. “Often there may be only a single source of light, coming from the back or the side of the main characters” (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2014, section 6.4). Ultimately, the…