Film scenes

told about the order not to destroy any of the Union's train tracks but in the film it is clearly shown in the first scene. This little alteration already takes away from the thrill of the text by removing some mystery behind why he is about to be hanged. In the scene of the film you are also shown soldiers in a manner which emphasizes the hanging in the background.The text also highlights this but not as well as the film. Both version…

to have different responses and reactions based on their personal background and experiences (Reason and Reynolds, ) While they consider this specifically in relation to dance, these varied responses could be extended to sports films such as ‘Rocky I’. In some cases a film will not promote embodied viewership, but rather, disembodied viewership caused by some kind of disconnect between the spectator and the spectacle on screen. They continue by discussing…

The film Strawberries and Chocolate, by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, is a film set in Havana 1979. Gutiérrez Alea’s attempts to illustrate a dynamic, Cuban revolution in light of what he depicts as a static revolution that has stopped moving forward. The central theme of the film seems to be a struggle between the binary ideological opposition represented by the two main characters: Diego and David and the struggle for access to freedom. Using two opposite minded characters, Gutiérrez Alea juxtaposes…

‘Casablanca’ was released during the golden age of Hollywood film; “a visual and narrative style for making motion pictures and a mode of production used in the American film industry between 1917 and 1960”. It is a style in which falls between formalism and realism. Casablanca makes the shots realistic at the beginning by making the voice over resemble a radio reporter - drawing the audience in and making them feel apart of the story. But the the film is then also filmed in controlled studio…

creating a film? The writer decides the characters and how they will react in different situations and their personalities. They also decide the setting of the movie and why a particular scene should be shot there. He also coordinates with the director and producer to accomplish the “what” in a given shot. A film director is responsible for developing a creative vision, which leads film to success. He is responsible for changing the scripts into wonderful shots. The responsibility of film…

sources set a mood expresses emotions for the audience. Most of the music that is accompanied in the film is romantic style and definitely fits very well with the plot of the movie. The music displayed in the film gives off a refreshing and relaxed vibe. The music also creates a significant mood as whole and sometimes affects the roles of the characters. The mood that the music sets up during the film changes time from time, but generally stays within a romantic theme or up beat and poppy. The…

He mainly explains that Disney movies teach young girls that men are dominate over women, and that men care more about a woman’s image rather than what a woman has to say. Giroux fails to consider that the children exposed to Disney films would not comprehend the message in the same way he does. The images that Giroux discusses such as; “Ursula's disclosure to Ariel that having her voice taken away is not so bad because men do not like women who talk is dramatized when the prince attempts to…

documentary based on the book of the same name by Dr. Jack Shaheen. In just fifty minutes, Shaheen uses the film to show how American culture has been trained to demonize Arabic culture; Hollywood and its political agenda being the main culprit (Shaheen & Jhally, 2006). One point of the film’s focus is to make the audience aware of the many negative tropes against Arabs in television and film. Additionally, it also shows that most of our media does not show a realistic representation of Arabic…

In the film “The Hurricane” directed by Norman Jewison, the main theme is imprisonment. The theme focuses on not only physical imprisonment but also imprisonment of our mind through misconceptions and internal conflict. Norman also displays the willpower it takes to overcome these types of imprisonment. Norman uses a range of symbolism, shots and dialogue to help the audience to not only understand and relate to the themes and ideas but also the overarching message of the film, to never give up…

Film is portrayed as the art of stimulating experiences that convey ideas, emotions and surrounding environments through the use of the mechanical and automatic recordings that reproduce reality; being both past and present. Bergson describes cinema as being directly related to the function of intellect (Deleuze, 1986:1-4). Many theorists have stressed the importance of film’s ability to represent reality and the truth that might have other wise been overlooked. This truth derives from film’s…