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plot, and the phenomenal special effects and music that were used in the movie. To this day, there have been many reviews written on the movie, but I was highly impressed with Kofi Outlaw’s review on the website Screenrant.com. The beginning of the film, highly resembling that of the first X-Men movie, takes place in World War II Nazi Germany. In the…

but when he got into a wreck his dreams of being a race car driver went out the window. At age twenty he left for Los Angeles, going to the college USC he found himself making a one minute film called "Look at Life" it had thirty two feet of film. Being a hard worker and doing things his own way made him a film school star,…

both lack star studded casts. For Bubble this choice was likely made for two reasons; amateur actors gave a more authentic feel to the town about a small town, and it was an experimental film that did not need to specifically do well. Soderbergh had already been promised a contract for several additional films no matter the outcome of the first. This opened Bubble up for Magnolia and Cuban to experiment with its release with very few consequences. The lack of a well-known cast in Whitey was not…

Often times when viewing a film or short video project one may find a particular aspect of the production which above the other production elements drives the mood or the purpose of the production. In viewing the short film “Nocturne in Black” directed by Jimmy Keyrouz from Columbia University, this was undeniably the case. While the film was produced at an undeniably high caliper, with every detail ranging from lighting to shot development being nearly without flaw, the sound design above all…

Wark Griffith was an actor, writer, producer, and director of both stage and screen. Out of his four fields he was most famously known and honored for his ability for directing. [2] D.W. Griffith’s experience helped him develop narrative film techniques. His films commonly illustrate the brutality of human nature. [3] I will investigate two (editing and his talent for what appears on camera) of his many methods and go into detail about their success in telling a story and the effect achieved on…

The film I chose for my final research paper was Paris is Burning, because although we viewed 2 other films about gender roles, I believe it represented all of the gender roles found in society. Livingston was able to dive into the world of the New York City drag balls and give the viewers an insight to race, class, gender, and sexuality in America. She was able to depict this by conducting interviews with “legends” in the ball scene but also footage of ball competitions and the interaction of…

Chinatown by Robert Towne is a neo-noir film following detective J.J. Gittes as he investigates the water crisis in Los Angeles, California. After a set up by an imposter, Gittes meets a woman named Evelyn Mulwray whose husband is in charge of the water company. Mr. Mulwray is found dead which intrigues Gittes and starts thinking that he was murdered. After getting involved in the water crisis and with Mrs. Mulwray, they all end up with Chinatown where anything can happen. The script is set…

through one of the most intense real-life mysteries in American cold case history. Layton’s goal throughout the film is to entertain the audience with a bigger-than-life story. The director achieves this goal by creating the element of mystery using in-depth interviews, selective music choice, media from the time of the event. Layton shapes all of his characters and builds suspense in the film by using these techniques. During the opening scenes…

through use of stereotypes, causing misconceptions of what Natives North Americans were really like. The image of Natives in films has changed as different eras of filmmaking were introduced and various genres and styles of film have altered over decades. The depiction and the stereotypes…

and blind-buying, which was how major studios had made most of their money. This ruling effectively ended the studio era and “threatened not only the system by which films were developed, produced, distributed, and exhibited in the United States but also the studios’ collective financial base” (Lewis 194). Further pressuring the film industry during this time, Congress decided to pressure Hollywood studios with a federal workforce…