Ethnographic film

The experiences you have while watching a film are very interesting. Typically within a film, you, the viewer, is presented with a problem or situation and it is up to you to come up with the solution. These situations may have good results or bad, but it is always up to the viewer to discover the solution. Discovering a solution is not always easy. Historian David Bordwell believes that the narration in a film cues and constrains its viewer .Directors always find ways to confuse a viewer by…

The movie Crash was released in 2005 and was directed by Paul Haggis. The film is set in Los Angeles and takes place within a 24 hour period. One character from the movie is Officer Ryan. Officer Ryan is middle-aged, handsome, white, tall and has a self-assuredness about him. Officer Ryan is a symbolic, conceited, and also racist character, representing the typical white American man in the movie. Many characters in the film have their prejudices and stereotypes. Officer Ryan is just one who…

Medicine Man, a standout amongst the most politically right enterprise films to be discharged as of late, has a few decent things working for it. The story concerns the quest for a cure for malignancy, a request to stop the pulverization of the world's rainforests, a romantic satire, fascinating locations, and not in particular, Sean Connery. Medicine Man is silly entertainment that could utilize some healing itself. As the film opens, Dr. Rae Crane (Lorraine Bracco) lands in the Amazon rain…

“Crash” is a drama film from 2004; Paul Haggis has produced and directed the movie. The film is set in L.A, a city with a cultural mix of every nationality. There are several main characters, including Shaun Toub as Farhad, Bahar Soomekh as Dorri, Sandra Bullock as Jean Cabot, Brendan Fraser as Rick Cabot, Matt Dillon as Officer Ryan, Terrance Howard as Cameron Thayer, Thandie Newton as Christine Thayer, Ludacris as Anthony, Larenz Tate as Peter and Michael Peña as Daniel. The film is truly…

Precious is an American drama film that was directed by Lee Daniels in United state, and it was produced in 2009. The film running time is 110 minutes. And it is based on a novel called Push by Sapphire. Precious’s screenwriter is Geoffrey Fletcher, and the starring were Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd and Lenny Kravitz. The movie has won so many awards, such as the Audience Award, the Grand Jury Prize for best drama and Special Jury Prize for supporting…

This essay applies the lens of hermeneutics and actor-network theory (ANT) to analyze a picked scene from the movie HER, which was directed by Spike Jonze in 2013, in order to understand the relationship between humans and technology. In the film, the main character Theodore works as a letter-author. He is on the verge of divorce with his wife, Catherine. Technology provides him a more colorful living environment that he needs especially under his situation. Sadness and anti-social, to him,…

The Rooster Bar is a book written by John Grisham that identifies the illegitimate practice of using for-profit-law-schools to commit fraud, and the tragic consequences that impact vulnerable law-school students. Grisham reveals the reality of what happens when a mentally unstable law student commits suicide, and the actions that his friends take to endure the process of entering the field of law, illegally. Upon discovering a grand conspiracy that interconnects Foggy Bottom law school with…

reputation. Not only is the movie action packed with unpredictable plot twists, but this movie is also a perfect example of feminism, as we see female characters of colour playing major roles in this film. In addition, the female characters are equally as important as their male counterparts in the film; unlike many forms of media seen in today’s society. The plot demonstrates the ideology of female equality and is maintained throughout the movie by showcasing the ability of females in…

I will analyse the original soundtrack as well as both the Finnish subtitles of the song lyrics as well as the translations dubbed into Finnish. In this preliminary report, I will be analysing four songs presented in the beginning of the film; The frozen heart (fin: Jääsydän), Do you want to build a snowman (fin: Lumiukko tehtäisiinkös?), For the first time in forever (fin: Ensi kertaa ikuisuuksiin) and Love is an open door (fin: Ovi nyt auki on). I will first gather the original song lyrics…

start of XX century cinematography was only to bring joy and hilarity to hundreds of people. Now it is made to do something else like educating by films. Learning a new foreign language by watching untranslated film or TV series is a really popular way. The words used in movies are mostly the words use often by the native speakers. So a student watching a film, TV series has a chance to hear how native speakers of this language speak, what kind of words they use. Thanks to movies and television…