Film characters

How is the character of Lady Macbeth presented in the text of Shakespeare’s play & in Roman Polanski’s 1971 film? In this essay I will be discussing how lady Macbeth is portrayed in both Shakespeare’s version as well as Polanski’s 1971 film. The play was written abruptly after the latest accession of James I, meaning that there was a lot of tension regarding a male leader over a womanlike one. Furthermore, there was a lot of suspense with the regarding of witches. If you were alleged to be a…

signifies the archetypal alpha female character in the television show UnREAL, in that Quinn as the alpha-female highlights an important theme: Feminism. Most notably, Caucasian males regulate the higher power hierarchies of the film industry. It is the point that Quinn blazed herself a path of success as an executive producer in the male-dominated industry of film that makes the television show UnREAL a venue for promoting the feminist ideology. Therefore, Quinn’s character exemplifies the…

events in the film but it´s importance fade as the story develops (…). This element became something important and characteristic on Hitchcock´s films, as it makes the character actions have sense and at the same time is a way to conceal a theme or catch the audience´s attention and make a smooth transition to personal and emotional issues. A McGuffin appears at some point of the film and makes a character do things he or she wouldn´t do in normal conditions, it takes the characters out of their…

of the characters on screen in his 2012 film Moonrise Kingdom. The film tells the story of two twelve year olds running away together and being searched for by their respective guardians, a Captain Sharp, and a troop of Khaki Scouts. While in most of his films Anderson does give some attention to elements of the mise-en-scene, in Moonrise Kingdom(2012) Anderson forgoes his iconic use of pans and tracks to bring more of the viewer’s attention to the set design and placement of the characters. Wes…

audience, through which people are able to have access to the imaginary world in the novels and the films. Different points of views will lead to various angles and perspectives upon the same individuals, events or actions, and thus bring about divergent interpretations of the emotions, feelings, and comprehensions. Therefore, to analyze the literary point of view in the narrations of both novels and films is essential for people to approach the core values and the true attitudes below the…

In all three of the films she has directed being, Love & Basketball, The Secret Life of Bees, and Beyond the Lights, she casted mostly African-American actors. When asked why there is such little diversity in Hollywood, her response really stuck out to me; she said, “Behind the camera, it makes no sense. In front of the camera, it makes no sense” (Elbert, 2014). My favorite…

and navigates his life through his own talent of lying. The adaptation of the novel to a film addresses some changes to meet the ‘requirement’ of the new form of entertainment in order to grab the spectator’s attention. This paper will compare the narrative configuration of the novel and the film, and will show how the differences between the two affect the themes of the story. Both the novel and the film follow the chronological structure, starting with Herbert Greenleaf asking Tom to…

to which we do not analyze media leaves us vulnerable to the desensitization of the messages and ideas they perpetuate. An important piece of media which has a major influence on us and our values is film. After analyzing a very popular form of media, movies, it was evident that men dominated the film industry and women were often portrayed in very stereotypical roles. While more movies hire women…

Adichie’s novel Half of a Yellow Sun is told with true brilliance through her use of pendulum narration, moving from one character narration to the other. The three key narrators of her novel are divergent in every sense – adding to the richness of the books storytelling as their lives interweave through the use of an extradiegetic narration. Ugwu takes us through the life and experiences of an adolescent houseboy coming of age. Olanna shows us the world of a well-educated and privileged woman…

anxious, or excitement. I chose the film Silence of the Lambs to describe suspense because this film in particular touched me in a suspenseful way. The basis of the movie in itself is suspenseful; police investigations and attempts at stopping a serial killer who is at large creates an exciting atmosphere. Its themes also create some suspenseful aspects to the film that are also applicable to life. The themes present in this film include gender--the main character is a female FBI agent, making…