most important parts of a film are the mysterious parts - beyond the reach of reason and language" - Stanley Kubrick Kubricks distinguished movie making was made out of experimentation. Everything is centered around re-invention. It's hard to talk about Kubricks work without overly analysing it, but that should be done because he is one of the most celebrated directors of our time. His film making techniques are striking, but the most important things within his films are exploring the biggest…
Amada Hopkins Motion Picture Analysis Step 1. Pre-viewing The film I chose to watch was To Kill A Mockingbird,(record group source). I think that this film will display the hardships people faced during the depression era. This film will also contain life lessons like overcoming challenges, moving on with life and equality among men. It will also have characters of authority, teenagers/children and victims. Step 2. Viewing To Kill a Mockingbird is a Theatrical short subject. It has…
full computer animated film “Toy Story”. Pixar have only ever made computer animated films and between all their films have an “average World Wide Box Office of $588,014,626” (Nash Information Services, 2014). Over the past few years CGI has merged with video to make the “Digital Cinema”. "Digital cinema is a particular case of animation which uses live action footage as one of its many elements “(Lev, 2012, p.5). What Lev is trying to argue in this article is that CGI film has almost surpassed…
still a film festival which is seeking for its positioning is that it has not yet made a clear decision on whether to be a “business festival” or an “audience festival” (Peranson 39). The concepts of “business festival” and “art festival” are explained in Mark Peranson’s article: First You get the Power, then You get the Money: Two Models of the Film Festivals. In this article, Peranson has listed the different characteristics of the two models of the film festivals. Two of the prominent…
and color revolutions and the advance of the "Talkies", and the further development of film genres. It was the decade in which the silent period ended, with many silent film stars not making the transition to sound. By 1933, the economic effects of the Depression were being strongly felt, especially in decreased movie theatre attendance. Although the movie industry considered itself Depression-proof, the film industry was just as vulnerable to the Depression’s impact as any other industry. To…
wouldn’t be where we are now. Don’t get me wrong, the Golden Age had many notable characters like Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tom and Jerry and countless others. During this period animation moved from shorts shown in movie theaters to feature length films particularly Disney’s first…
States’ Film Industry Watching movies in the early twentieth century served as America’s convenient entertainment, but the American film industry also played as an important factor into the initiation of America as a dominant and thriving country. As much of Europe was in distress during World War One, the United States’ decision to stay neutral until the brink of the war (in 1917) allowed room for the American film industry to creatively expand cinema through propaganda films, short films,…
Race, Age, and Sexual Orientation in Disney Feature-Length Animated Films.” Journal of Feminist Family Therapy 15.4 (2004): 19-44. Taylor & Francis Group. Web. 9 Oct. 2015. The authors are associated with the Colorado State University Human Development and Family Studies Department; two are professors. The purpose of the article is to analyze the way race, gender, age, and sexual orientation are depicted in the media, and specifically Disney animated films. The article includes descriptions of…
Hammersmith 1 Film Research Paper Andrew Hammersmith COM 320, Sec. 1. Dr. Neuendorf 10/15/15 Outline Introduction Marx Brothers were a major early 20th century comedic force Among the people inspired by them was Mel Brooks. (Use quote from book). Both served to promote a specific style of comedy filmmaking. Thesis: The extent of the Marx Brothers influences on Mel Brooks lies within their roots in vaudeville, emphasis on multiple forms of comedy, and overall anarchic attitude…
beautiful morning, I’m going to present you the most fascinating film that I have watched, The Parent Trap. The film was released on 20 July 1998 in United States, directed by Nancy Meyers and produced by Charles Shyer under Walt Disney Pictures. It was written by Charles Shyer & Nancy Meyers themselves. The 128-minute film features a comedy-drama-romance genre. Here, I am going to share with you Now, let me tell you the cast of the film. The main characters are Annie James and Hallie Parker…