Black-and-white films

99 days is about a teenage girl named Molly who ran away from home after her mother betrayed her by writing a best selling novel about how Molly cheated on a boy named Patrick Donelly, with his brother Gabe Donelly. When Molly comes back home everyone in the town knows what she did. Molly used to be super close to Gabe and Patrick’s sister Julia, but after what Molly did, Julia is her worst nightmare. Really, the only people in town that are talking to Molly are her mom and Gabe. Before Molly…

It has been raining for days; and, out in the dense forest the wind was howling like a wolf and the trees were shaking, as if there was a giant in the forest. Jake, Finn and Joan, rushed northwest, towards the mountains, where they hoped to find the Land of the Lake Arch in time. Luckily, they survived an attack from, the terrifying fyrnocks on their town. Fyrnocks are vicious creatures from the Southeast, and now they were hunting them. Terrified, all of them wished, to find this mythical…

The plot of Pleasantville is expressed through the very essence of radical change and revolution. This “coming of age” is explicitly demonstrated throughout the duration of both stories through four particular individuals seeking change for everybody including themselves. The figures of cause and effect, change, and self-expression are very important in shaping the plot of revolution. David‘s fascination with Pleasantville is rooted in the simplicity and happiness that he longs for in real…

Caitlin’s Growth Response Caitlin has grown in so many ways throughout the book. At the beginning of the book Caitlin was socially struggling. Throughout the book Caitlin slowly made friendships. Caitlin never liked group projects so when Caitlin was invited into a group with Emma and her friends she was surprised and accepted the offer. The girls in Caitlin’s group were very welcoming and encouraging because they let Caitlin do the drawing, her favorite thing to do. During the course of the…

The piece of artwork I chose from the University Art Gallery was a piece of work by Courtland Blade called The Institution. This piece of artwork is oil on canvas and was created in 2013. This piece of work is a part of the Alumni Exhibit in the University Art Gallery. The following paper will cover this piece of artwork, including a description, an analysis of elements of art used, and my personal and informed reaction of this piece. This piece of work is a simple, realistic painting of an…

reference to another text within another text and is a vital element of postmodernist films, which are films made a significant time before the present. We find a variety of examples within the film Pleasantville such as: links to visual art, literature, religion and Harper lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (a book written in the 1950’s set in the 1930’s) to express ideas of change and ways to deal with it. Pleasantville was a film made in 1998 and directed by American director, Gary Ross. It consists…

African Americans in the film industry, but not many know about the path they had to take to get there. African American films have always played a significant role in my family. We loved to see films that make us laugh, but also ones that revealed more about the history of our race, especially since my distant cousin Pearl Bailey starred in many of those motion pictures. The fact that my cousin worked in film during a time that African Americans were looked down upon in the film industry…

first glance the films Pinky (1949) and Lost Boundaries (1949) appear to be progressive. They portray controversial ideas such as miscegenation and equality between whites and blacks. But are these films really trying to make a statement of equality? While on the surface Pinky and Lost Boundaries, make a contentious political statement; in actuality they make a mockery of the idea of egalitarianism. The film Pinky addresses the questionable idea of a mixed race couple and of a black woman…

The color white typically represents goodness, purity, idealism, and knowledge. This color is commonly worn by the heroes of a story. The color black typically represents evil and death, and is typically worn by the villains in a story. The characteristics of these colors are presented in the film by being the color of the clothing worn by the characters, matching the characteristics of the character wearing them. In one of the scenes, Obi-Wan Kenobi, one of the heroes of the film, is fighting…

president being black, and other top job positions being held by an African American male or female. The people as a whole still have that negative outlook on them as a whole since the beginning of their time here. However black males are the ones who are stereotyped the most, in which the film world has only contributed to the negative image of African American males and the roles they play inside of films. With African American males being stereotyped the most it makes the film world focus in…