Film noir

B-movie studios” (TCM). Once the idea was pitched to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), they instantly realized the film’s potential went beyond the B-movie variety, “to everybody’s surprise, the studio decided to make this their first science fiction film and budgeted the film at $1 million, later expanding it to almost double that amount” (TCM). MGM smartly brought onboard talented screenwriter and novelist Cyril Hume to improve the original story. Block was a multitalented artist as writer and…

The motif of the sled is quite significant, not only in this sequence but throughout the course of the film. ‘Rosebud’ is Mr. Kane’s last word on his deathbed and the film’s plot is based around uncovering the meaning of this peculiar word. The mystery is finally put to rest at the end of the film when Kane’s childhood sled inscribed with the word ‘Rosebud’ is thrown into a furnace. In the ‘Thatcher taking young Charles’ scene, the sled acts as a visual metaphor of Kane’s childhood. He is seen…

Kane in class was my first time viewing the film. Personally I disliked the film, mostly because it seemed too long. The story didn't interest me as much, although the ending was amusing. Although the group of reporters never find out what "Rosebud" meant, the audience finds out it relates to the last few memories of playing in the snow before his bank-trustee appointed guardian, Mr Thatcher, takes him away to prepare him for his new isolated life. The film is held with high regard, even 75…

INTRODUCTION In The Great Gatsby film, Baz Luhrmann attracts his audience through many in depth film techniques. The film techniques of close ups, mid shots and low angle shots allow a modern audience to connect with the protagonist at a deeper level. In the conflict scene between Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, the technique of close up allows the audience to see another side of the main character. The end scene of the film where Gatsby is killed, lets the audience feel empathy for him, but also…

According to a study done by USC, “across 100 top-grossing films of 2012, only 10.8 percent of speaking characters are Black, 4.2 percent are Hispanic, 5 percent are Asian, and 3.6 percent are from other (or mixed race) ethnicities.” Moreover, the remaining 76.3% roles in these films were given to White actors. Whitewashing and misrepresentation needs to stop because, Hollywood and many other forms of media don’t bother with casting POC in movies. Hollywood gets praised for this, and the white…

Honor is to regard with great or respect or to have high esteem for someone or something. My personal definition of honor is to be a productive member in society and to help out others around you. Thomas Edison In 1877 Thomas Edison invented the first phonograph. A phonograph is a sound reproducing that uses cylinders to record sound as well as reproduce sound. In 1879 Thomas Edison built the first commercially practical incandescent light bulb. Edison also introduced the world's first viable…

Gorilla, My Love, the title story of Bambara's first short story gathering, has been all around singled out for acclaim since the volume, which has never been no longer available, was distributed in 1972. Commentators have valued Bambara's ear for the urban African American discourse of her female hero/storytellers voice that exclusive rarely had been caught so precisely. Gorilla, My Love is a gathering of fifteen short stories told in the main individual by female storytellers who demonstrate…

Bigfoot was there then they would hear two taps coming back, but this doesn't prove that it was Bigfoot because chimps are known to do this type of behavior for communication. One of the most controversial evidence of Bigfoot's existence is the Patterson film, which personally at first looks a bit true but upon further inspection, it looks fake because the figure of the body looks a lot like a man in a monkey suit, especially the fact that sole of the foot looks white just like most mascot…

actors list in Forbes Magazine, with an estimated yearly earning of 48 Million, despite a few flops at the box office. Have you heard of any doctors or surgeons making that much per year? In addition, actors get paid a royalty each time their film is shown or bought. So they continue to get paid even after they complete a project. They earn even more from public appearances, DVD sales and endorsement deals. Although Doctors and surgeons make a significant income, they don't continue to…

fundamentally. The first innovation I’m focusing on is the new use and concept of a storyboard. “Written notes, thumbnails sketches, even visual outlines had been used before, but this was the first time that a sequence of drawings was used to plot out a film in its entirety” (pg 38). This small technique made a tremendous difference when trying to piece together an animation. It not only gave clarity but it gave the Disney company an overall look at the animation so far before it was…