Cinema of China

I will be discussing the aspects of development from a historical perspective of the film and television industry. To help achieve this I will be focusing on musical genre in Hollywood by analysing the following clip shown of ‘Singin’ in the rain: Good Morning’. This clip shows how the musical conforms by having general conventions of the genre and also shows the development of Hollywood musicals and it’s importance to genre in a particular time period. Musicals had become an essential to…

“It was 34 years ago, on May 25, 1977, that “Star Wars” (later known as “Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope”) thundered onto the big screen and changed the course of Hollywood history.” (Hero Complex Star Wars) The budget that the crew had was eleven million dollars. It became so popular that it had made over four million dollars in the US but had made over seven million dollars world wide in the box office which put it as the number one movie of the year in 1977 by about four million dollars…

Ani Hovhannisyan Enoch Anderson English 101 03 December 2015 The US Army in World War II within 2:00 Minutes Aundrey Hepburn, one of the most famous British actresses, once said, “Everything I learned I learned from the movies” (Lamoureux). The role that motion pictures have in people’s lives is distinct and undeniable. As a matter of fact, being a mixture of art and technology, movies have always been considered to be the core part of a nation’s culture and the whole country itself. “So it is…

1..Trading Places directed by John Landis and starring Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd focuses on a theme that is commonly represented in popular films. The subject of the film is the corruptness and advantage people desiring an immense amount of wealth take part in. Those seeking riches achieve it through whatever means possible, and those who are wealthy take advantage of the poor. The theme although a serious lesson is expressed through comedy. Trading Places is unique as it uses humor to teach…

n utilised in their own works. Though “the young French cinema indirectly reproached Hollywood’s long-established narratives and restricted storyline subterfuges” (Lanzoni, 206), the French New Wave directors also had a longstanding appreciation for directorial greats like Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang and Orson Welles. Each film was an exercise in honouring great filmmakers, and any other hero of the director: writers, great thinkers and even Hollywood actors, through countless references in…

Neorealism is a movement especially in Italian filmmaking characterized by the simple direct depiction of lower-class life. De Sica's finest achievement is bringing the previously ignored working classes to the screen. His primary aim in the Bicycle Thieves was to use the camera to show how people lived. The non-professional actors give fine performances and lend the film a documentary-like air, even though the narrative itself is fictional. A crowd forms in front of a government employment…

Indian Film Industry promoting rape and violence The Indian film industry is one of the biggest film industries in the world, producing over 1200 films yearly in Hindi and many other regional languages (McCarthy). The film industry plays a substantial role in shaping the attitudes, perspectives, and social interactions in Indian society. Studies have shown there is a correlation between the behavior of people and the films watched (Huesmann). The growing obscenities in Indian films and the…

While most films offer a sort of distraction from reality, musicals are often a utopia of wealth and happiness (Belton, 2009). Through dazzling song and dance, they make routine look like pageantry and loneliness feel like individuality. Even the most conservative of musicals transform the everyday into a spectacle, transitioning dramatic tensions into a melodic fanfare. Singing liberates the characters to express themselves in a way that mere words never could, giving them a freedom from the…

Film Analysis Quo Vadis Hyowon Kim 2344997 Quo Vadis stands for the Latin phrase “Where are you going”. The film was directed by Enrico Guazzoni in 1912. There are multiple versions after 1912 but the one directed by Enrico Guazzoni is known to be the first block buster film during the silent film era. Quo Vadis is adapted from the novel Quo Vadis, a historical novel taking place between the years of 62-64 CE. The plot sets time during the early years ruled by Emperor Nero who was well…

Sanjay Dutt (born on 29 July, 1959) is a famous bollywood actor widely known for his deadly image on screen. Sanjay Dutt is son of Sunil Dutt and Nargis, two great actors of Indian cinema. He was involved in Indian politics for a very short time and mostly was infamous for involvement in Bombay Blasts, 1993. Actor is now is spending his jail term in Yerwada jail, Pune making paper bags and doing clerical work for jail officials. When the riots between hindus-muslims took place in Bombay in 1992…