The present study has made a thorough examination of the eleven films directed by TV Chandran made during the period 1989 to 2011 constituting his sample. The methodology applied for the same was semiology. Paradigmatic and synatagmatic analysis of the film text, and examined various signs and its signification, detonative and connotative means of the text, metaphor, metonymy, binary oppositions, dreams and hallucinations, historical allegories, codes, historical parallels, and Marxian analysis…
Rick Groen, Mick LaSalle and Colin Covert. The piece will describe the four reviews. The discussion will also include the praises of the film, the name of the article in quotation as and some of the agreements and disagreements in the review. Further, it will be inclusive of block quotes and special kudos wherever needs be. Joe Williams in his review terms the film as faint. The name of the article review was “Unlike previous versions, latest ‘Planet of the Apes’ has heart”. Joe Williams says…
a fringe group of skaters. The struggle to fit in is a fairly common theme in young adult fiction, most likely because feeling like they don't fit in is something that almost every teenager can relate to, at least to some degree. In many of these films, the protagonist eventually finds a group of outsiders of some sort, whether it be the skaters or the nerds or what have you, and they eventually find their place within that group. In That One Day, Rachelle finds herself on the outside of a…
History Subject code: FTV 209 Title : French new wave and how it influenced Films today French New Wave First of all what is the French New Wave ?French New wave is a Blanket term used in the late 1950 to 60s . This New wave Was created by 4 film makers Jean- Luc Guorad, Francois Truffaut, Claude Chabrol and Jaques Rivette. They thought that films were lacking of Innovation and have become stale . So that is why they created the films which are different than others . For example there are 100…
Samantha Lopez Vrooman Film Studies November 2, 2014 Jules and Jim Film Analysis Trying to comprehend this film was hard because to read the subtitles and trying to look at the scene of where the characters were at felt like the audience had to choose which one was important, the conversation between the characters or scenes of where the characters were at to make the plot. This understanding between the scenes and the words connect with the film of Catherine choosing between two men. This…
watch the film version of the play. Thought the characters used the same words as in the play throughout the entire film, it sounds different and it was more effective. Those word in the play were very hard to understand and I guess some of them are not used in our everyday life but watching them in an act were very powerful and easy to understand. When I go through the written play I build up imagination of the situation in my mind and I found different scenario of the situation in the film…
In focusing on a narrative form that he terms as ludic, Newman looks at the work of the teasing inside joke and the enigma of the puzzle film. The word ludic was created around 1940 by psychologists as a way of describing the play of children, and applied to film, Newman informs us that this game-like form “… offers its own rewards, its own pleasures.” As a demonstration of these “pleasures,” Newman reads Pulp Fiction (1994) as a puzzle created for spectator entertainment, that uses the form of…
4. Cinematography A. The Godfather The films usually use the common tracking style in order to keep tabs of the characters. Often, the camera would close-up to the character being emphasized by the current narrative. The camera mostly drones from character to character, focusing mostly on Vito, Michael, Sonny and Tom. Events are also pointed out with focus; some pivotal and important scenes are often given emphasis even after the action is long done. The camera would also transition smoothly…
major plots of Buster Keaton’s The General. The General premiered in 1926 and was written and directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman. The film stars Keaton as train-loving, everyman, Johnny Gray and Marion Mack as Gray’s sweetheart, Annabelle Lee. The General monopolizes on the success of chase films such as The Great Train Robbery to create a film that seamlessly combines drama, action and comedy. In fact, these three components are so intertwined that it is tricky to talk about one…
Steven Allen Spielberg began to grace us all with his presence. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, He is the son of Leah Adler Posner and Arnold and the older brother to three sisters. We began seeing glimpses of his future greatness after his prize-winning film ‘Escape to Nowhere’, which he directed at the tender age of 13. It was at Arcadia…