Film

1. Canadian films have long been compared to American films and described in the sense of being “not American”. There have been many ways we historically separate Canadian films from American films, and it has mostly been through showing the differences between the two. Canadian films, historically, must have Canadian elements to be considered uniquely Canadian. This could mean Canadian actors, a Canadian director, Canadian funding, or, most prominently, a Canadian setting. Specifically, as Jim…

views on film Realism, it makes sense that he would disagree with directors manipulating the “realness” of a film for the sake of the image (Blakeney, 2009). Bazin was a stickler for the importance of realness for film to be considered art (Blakeney, 2009) so in his opinion films should not have over-the-top editing or manipulation and should rely on what the camera has shot alone. An example of a modern film that I believe fits this description is Richard Linklater’s 2014 film Boyhood. This…

suit the prevailing political narratives. The most prominent medium of this manipulation is film as it enables the perfect portrayal of pain and sorrow, joy and beauty. People often deem film as a trivial spectacle produced to earn revenue: solely a form of escapist entertainment. And yet, the world of savage politics has always bled into the world of the darkened cinema. The remarkable capability of films to create or alter reality is akin to the stratagems of politicians. Facts are selectively…

Division of Directors Directing a film is no easy task, it takes hard work and vision. The amount of time it takes to create a film is astonishing, many times film directors don’t get the credit they deserve. I mention this because this paper is based off film directors and their achievements with films. Their hard work put into a masterpiece. When it comes to the reading of How to Read a Film, James Monaco focuses on the work put into a film. Whether it would be in Chapter one, talking about…

While reading martyr narratives one might see a horror film play out before their eyes. The scenes of torture and brutality should not be considered as just another woman martyr who becomes a saint but a woman who is in a real life horror fiction. These stories are not for people to learn about martyrs, or how to act virtuous, but as a form of entertainment for people. These stories were meant to be used as teaching methods to show people how to be chase and for women to keep their virginity,…

In the cinematic world, films and the ideas behind them are becoming more complex and innovative than ever before. In order to keep up with the demand for new, quality films, the masterminds behind the films have to get creative. A method filmmakers use to conjure these movies is the genre mashup. An excellent example of a genre mashup in the film industry is the movie Zombieland. A genre mashup is a number of different objects from various genres being "mashed" into one and in a sense, breaking…

The Jumanji movie in its remixed form is a prime example of successful remixing in modern Hollywood culture. Far too often, viewers are let down with unworthy remakes of classic films. In this particular case, the film improved upon an original design incorporating modern concepts and appeals to offer a more advanced viewing experience. The original movie was premised on a supernatural board game that lured players into playing the game, while introducing elements into their reality based on…

1. Over a hundred people were involved in the production of this film. The entire cast and crew are not given equal credit in most films. The majority of the camera crew and other production workers are not given as much credit for their work as the actors and director/producers, even though they play a huge role in the development and production of the movie. The making of a huge blockbuster like ‘The Departed’ involves the use of an immense crew. There is a large-scale division of labor as…

The PBS article on film adaptation discusses the challenges of adapting a novel into film and the challenges filmmakers must make. A great deal of novels and stories have been turned into films. “In novels we often come to know characters best not through what they say, but through what they are thinking or what is said about them in the narration(1) The key part of the film is the narrator, even though throughout the film, the narrator slowly disappears, and you don't often as much hear the…

and some great films that are still praised and relevant in today’s hard-to-impress society. About 35 years ago, films with short cinematic plots and cutting-edge cinematic effects started to gain popularity in the film industry, because they were easily marketable to a broad audience. Many popular films of the ‘80s were also violent, leading to concerns over which films were appropriate for certain age demographics, which I will be exploring later. Until the 1980s, action films were not a…