Constantine IV

JJ Abrams is a very popular director in today's cinema and widely considered as an auteur. He has helped rejuvenate the Sci-Fi genre in many ways. First off if you have seen any of JJ Abrams movies or TV series’s they all have one major similarity which is; whatever you think is going to happen next, something entirely different will happen, as the case in Lost. Also all of JJ Abrams work have been strongly character driven something that doesn’t always appear in movies, especially in the…

The Hero’s Journey is a widely-used formula to understand protagonists and is the perpetual basis for most story arcs involving good vs. evil. The portrayal of the main character, as introduced, is that of an average joe. Someone that would otherwise be indiscernible in a crowd of extras. For example John Connor, Bilbo Baggins and Neo from the Matrix. The “commoner to hero” narrative is generally the basis for most hero beginnings given it creates a sense of relatability between the audience and…

George Guay 11/29/17 Development of Western Civilization Seminar Prep (Watchmen) Summary: The comic book Watchmen begins in the most dramatic way out of all the books we have read for this class this semester. The book that Alan Moore wrote starts with the murder of “The comedian”. This book starts out in New York City and the comedian’s real name is Edward Blake. The main character, Rorschach develops a theory to why Edward Blake is dead. That theory is a plot to kill the people like…

SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS IN PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK AND THE LAST WAVE Australian cinema has started to gain succes at the beginning of the 1970s. As well as the films that are screened in succession demonstrate varities in Australia, Australian cinema awake the attention in Hollywood. Picnic at Hanging Rock is a film that directed by Peter Weir in 1975 and is acclaimed worldwide. Actually this mysterious film is the adaptation of an Australian historical novel by Joan Lindsay. The plot is…

Scott Pilgrim Vs the world, a movie based on a comic and a video game. After having combined all three components together, with a genre of action, comedy and romance, we are given an amazing, interesting and fiercely thought about and put together, a well done movie. This film was rated an overall 7.5 out of 10 from over 237,823 users. The film also makes its way into the top 100 domestic grossing films of 2010. Directed by Edger Wright, who was once Director, Writer, Executive producer actor…

CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE SIGNIFICANCE IN TELEVISION DRAMA ‘BINIKU NINJA’ Keywords: Cinematography, costume, lighting, space, drama The artwork that will be discussed in this paper is cinematography as presented in figure 1. It is one of the television programs in ASTRO OASIS. This drama is an adaptation from a novel and it is inspired from a true story of a couple named Azlan and Sabatini who got married while pursuing their studies in United Kingdom, UK. Both of them loved to travel and because…

Star Wars vs. Star Trek Throughout the past two decades, two leading science fiction cult classics have rivaled and fought each other. Both have resilient followings of faithful fans who live and breathe these classic tales. Videogames, Lunch boxes, t-shirts, masks, bed sheets, and figurines embody only some of the Merchandise of these two epic films. Star Wars and Star Trek form the benchmarks for the genre of science fiction movies. While the similarities are not difficult to see, especially…

The ending of Inception is one of the most famous and iconic scenes in movie history. The totem keeps spinning, leaving the viewer on the edge of an astonishingly dramatic precipice. It was a good movie, but soon after, people slowly left the world of science fiction and dreams and come back to reality. But the idea doesn't go away. An idea, as Di Caprio claims, is the most resilient entity. And the fact is, the more ridiculous and ambitious an idea is, the more resilient it is. Humans tend…

ABANGAN, KENDRA MARIE L. OT 1-1 MA’AM PEGGY ANNE OBRE “Awakenings” By: Oliver Sacks The awakening is based on a true story. A movie nominated 3 academy awards and considered as a box office movie that had reached approximately $52 million in their earnings. It is full of drama that can touch the heart of every person that will watch this kind of story, a story that is filled with hopes, joy,…

Are Star wars movies getting better or worse? The Star Wars movies have arguably been the best movie series ever made. Pretty much everybody knows what it is or has at least heard of it. If you have ever watched the movies and you know a lot about it, then you know the original movies started in the late 70’s. The trilogy didn’t start again tell 1999 and George Lucas’s series ended in 2005. Well, besides some Ewok movies and the animated Clone Wars movie. Recently the trilogy has returned and…