Cruzan v. Director

The Fall is a wonderful movie directed by Tarsem Singh. Tarsem Singh is a director who has directed several movies of varying success. The Cell. Mirror, Mirror. Immortals. And, most recently, Self/Less. Before this movie was made, Singh had made a small fortune directing music videos and television commercials. Instead of going wild and indulging, he put all of the money towards making this film. And it shows. It really shows. This movie radiates passion and love. On the surface, The Fall is a…

To manipulate one’s audience, one must “give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.” Award-winning director, Christopher Nolan clearly portrays this in his films through his trademark directorial style of editing with specific use of non-linear narrative and mise en scene to create tension for his audience Through closely analysing the open scenes of Nolan’s Memento (2000) and Inception (2010), the audience can understand Nolan’s directorial style and the…

Agency vs. Stewardship Theory within Corporate Governance Brittany M. George Columbia Southern University Abstract This paper compares the dissimilarities of agency theory and stewardship theory within corporate governance. It will explore the responsibilities of those within top management and the leaders of a company and address the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Upon the establishment of a company, many founders develop a set of guidelines for a company to adhere to as a…

In an interview with Chris Dickens (Editor of Shaun Of The Dead) Dickens states that when an editor is choosing shots they are choosing the shots they like. It is a matter of taste, but what creates that taste is the understanding of the meaning and purpose of that film in such detail that your choices are made with purpose that aids the film effectively (HDFilmtools, 2009). Dickens statement summarizes the importance of the knowledge behind filmmaking and how the editor needs to do research on…

Lino Brocka’s best-known film, Maynila sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag, is arguably the most complicated work in Philippine cinema. Translated as “Manila in the Claws of Neon” and “Manila: in the Claws of Darkness” to foreign audiences, the film made it in some international critics’ lists as one of the most important films ever made. The indecision in providing a more accurate translation sheds light to the uncertainty of the film’s characters, their fates bounded by Manila’s luminescence and…

they were very rarely integrated as carefully as the ones in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The typical intermissions of the time were a feature used to make the movie feel like more of an event and sell more product at the concession stands in the lobby. Directors often did not take the plot or narrative flow of the film into account when choosing where to stop for the intermission. Kubrick, as several critics at the time noted,…

The focus is on the significance of the existence of the fundamental principles of architectural design in the field of cinema, it is also intended to support this assumption with certain examples in filmic medium. In other words, with an agreement that basic principles of architectural design can be treated as an apparatus for the design of a film, this comparison will emphasize not only the significant role of architectural basic design elements in the process of filmmaking; but also emphasize…

an omniscient narrator. But in a film, the scheme of things changes and the narration can be done in many different ways. The cinematic techniques can be used creatively and effectively to become sources of narration. In The Old Man and the Sea (Sturges) and Samskara (Reddy), the filmmakers have resorted to flashback sequences as tools of narration. Both the film adaptations have rather linear plots, which are very similar to the original novels. But with the change in the medium of expression,…

consider the actor-director, Charles Chaplin as an expert through his various films and shorts. His works are enjoyed yet there is something beneficial to one interested in entering the entertainment industry. However, Chaplin did not gain his skills out of nowhere as his movies have been inspired by his poverty-stricken childhood and his mother, Hannah Chaplin. In addition, the learning process is a continous one. As Chaplin learned and was inspored by comedic actor-director, Mack Sennett, he…

2: Summarize the plot (story). Where and when did it take place? Who are the main characters? What is the story about? Don’t forget to mention the name of movie, type of movie; director; actors. Please use examples from the movie to support your analysis. “Thirteen Days” is an American historical drama-thriller movie. This movie “Thirteen Days” was directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow. The…