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political narratives. The most prominent medium of this manipulation is film as it enables the perfect portrayal of pain and sorrow, joy and beauty. People often deem film as a trivial spectacle produced to earn revenue: solely a form of escapist entertainment. And yet, the world of savage politics has always bled into the world of the darkened cinema. The remarkable capability of films to create or alter reality is akin to the stratagems of politicians. Facts are selectively presented and…

In society today, there’s so many problems. One of these many problems include the division and dissension between so many people. Whether it be social, economic, racial, bias, or simply because of petty disagreement, these reasons are what lead most people to disunite, especially family and friends. Despite the fact that this movie is directed by an adult film director, and the same sets that are used in said films are used in this children's movie, (Unsettling, I know,) and the special effects…

n this movie, all the parts Tom Cruise acts are incredibly amazing and the director uses specific cinematography to emphasize specific actions of Tom Cruises at specific moments to increase the suspense. For example, at 7:40s Tom Cruise swings around the skyscraper in Dubai, in this shot the director uses tracking shot to emphasize the action he is doing. We then as viewers get an emotion that increases the suspense of his actions during that shot. There is this other two parts which the…

How do film classifications impact people’s viewing decisions? Film classifications can impact the viewing decisions of the people in different ways however to main goal is to provide viewers, mainly parents, with information to allow parents to make informed viewing decisions related to content in films (Classification.gov.au, 2014). The current system of film ratings emerged in 1968 and greatly impacted the industry as prior to this the rating system was simply a series of guidelines as to…

controversial problem. Brian Godawa says that there are exhortation and exploitation in movies that distinguish the concept of the movie (Godawa 49-51). Some movies contain the sinful behavior such as rape, violence, and slavery just to maximize the entertainment of the movie, then this is the example of exploitation in movies. However, there are movies showing violence and sexual behavior not to encourage it but to inculcate a sense of morality to people, then it is the example of exhortation…

has grown since its invention. Many people tune in to television for entertainment and information, be it something as trivial as weather forecast or something as big as a terrorist attack. In many cases, what people see on the television programs becomes their perceived reality. With that being said, it is comprehensible for some people to unknowingly accept the stereotypes about minorities, such as Asian-Americans, that are promoted by television, thus expecting certain behaviors from…

When asking a group of people whether they prefer reading books or watching movies, the responses will vary. In any case, some people will prefer reading books, and some will prefer watching movies. While reading books and watching movies are both entertaining pastimes, it is certain that they are exceedingly different. Although books and movies have many differences, they have many factors that are alike, as well. In the world today, book reading is not as popular as it once was. Reading an…

We watch movies and read books with many characters in them. We watch how these characters act and sometimes we try to act like them. Sometimes we see characters that are extremely similar to us and it is absolutely awesome. I found that I am extremely similar to Almanzo from the book “Farmer Boy.” I keep reading and seeing his characteristics and I could not believe how similar our characterics were and I realized that his life and mine are extremely similar. I am extremely similar to to…

The novel, "The Hunger games" composed by Susanna Collins entertains the reader by displaying powerful and confronting themes throughout the futuristic and barbaric setting, the narrative text of, the main character, Katniss Everdeen 's inner thoughts and feelings. Collins presents significant themes throughout about the challenges tributes face and the struggle to survive, the courage the tributes gain outside and inside the arena as well as the control The Capitol has over Panem and the…

Quack, Quack, Quack Duck Game, a game where you play games with ducks, confront you and up to three friends on a set of Hunger Games-like matches that provide you with multiple weapons and utensils to help you defeat your opponents. This means that you can now entertain the blood thirsty duck people who so much adore watching you wreck your friends guts on the sports channel. Juan Solo will have his revenge against the great white knight!Juan Solo will have his revenge against the great white…