Film theory

and protective legislation for women worker. Laura Mulvey is a feminist film critic who suggested that media products are viewed from a masculine point of view and created towards…

‘criminals’ to analyse using theories that we discussed in class. I will be using four theories to explain why those two characters were committing criminal acts. The four theories I plan to use are learning theory, self control theory, general strain theory, and differential association. I would like to start with Michael Dowd. He was known to be fearless, he was known to not care if he got busted, and he learned a lot of this behavior because of his fellow peers. One theory that explains why…

The film discusses the events of the discovery of unknown cavities and openings in limestone bedrock on a property in Miami, Florida, and the attempts of numerous scientists from differing scientific fields to provide an explanation of origin for the holes…

of production of films”. Higson attempts to underline and further tie speculation to the characterization of national cinema illustrating that the site of production, of course does define the nationality of cinema in terms of locality, but furthermore, the consumption and subsequently the conditions through which audiences…

Deontology is the normative theory that morality ought to be focused on duties and adherence to rules and imperatives. Deontological ethics focus on duties and obligation: things we ought to do regardless of the consequences. From the day when Erin came across those medical records…

Science: Facts Making Theories or Theories Making Facts? Are scientists using the facts to form the theories of science or are they making theories then hoping that the facts fit the theory? If the facts do not fit, does science pursue the facts and the root of the facts searching for truth or do scientists ignore the facts if they do not fit and instead pursue to prove their theories by other means? Science has always been a field where the inquisitive may go to seek truth and to pursue…

Dreams can be seen as a trip into a fantasy, to relax, or even allow your unconscious to go through with fantasies that your conscious mind may not accept. Yet, sometimes dreams can be terrifying; they can leave you without any idea if what you are seeing is fantasy or reality. I remember, since childhood, of being told, ‘if you punch yourself and don’t feel pain then you’re sleeping’. But what if you pinch yourself and feel it; “...pain can be found in dreams and, thus, the saying that pitching…

The Male Gaze and Gender Stereotypes in Popular Culture Popular culture is significance of structuring race, class, and gender. “Although popular culture can be a powerful mechanism for sharping us, it can also be a vehicle for challenging structured inequalities and social injustices” (Guy, 2007, P. 15). According to Guy (2007), popular culture emerged as a concept in nineteenth-centry England and was taken to mean the culture of the masses. It was frequently used in contrast to ‘high culture’.…

In Robert Stam’s introduction to Literature and Film, titled “The Theory and Practice of Adaptation,” he addresses and discusses the numerous differences, limits, and elements of adaptation in film and the source novel. One of the topics in theory that he discusses towards the end of the introduction is the “point of view” and its impact on adaptation. Stam claims that when discussing “point of view” in the context of an adaptation issues will arise due to the instability of the term as it…

conceptual narratives (progress, convenience, determinism and control), and to take a closer look at the ways in which technology is integrated and embedded in our culture. Technology as a concept will be evaluated through applying the four phases of the theory of simulacrum in order to illustrate the ways in which it simulates the role of religion in a technologically driven era. Baudrillard created four levels of reproduction. These will be discussed in more detail later, but are: 1. The…