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that even when you are very isolated from everyone else, you can still have a joyous life to get other people to like you. In many of his movies, Burton uses low key lighting in order to express the difference between the characters he uses. In the film Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, when Burton shows Charlie's house it always appears to be a dull lighting but when the camera shows a different area the shot is always a bright lighting. He uses this technique to really show the depth of…

In 1988, Martin Scorsese directed and released one of the most controversial films of the decade, “The Last Temptation of Christ.” While many previous films surrounding Jesus portrayed stories that many evangelicals are familiar with, this took a completely different route. The film even begins with a disclaimer stating that it is not based off the Gospels. It can be argued that this takes away from the true historicity of who Jesus was, but the interpretation provided can possibly give…

Filmmakers use a variety of techniques to make their films captivating to the viewers. Movie scene transition techniques include the dissolve, the wipe, the jump cut, and the fade. Camera shot and angle techniques used by filmmakers are low, high, and level camera angles, pan, p.o.v, close up, and long shot. All of those filmmaking techniques are utilized throughout the Lost Names’, “An Empire for Rubber Balls” storyboard and work together to create a special meaning for what the viewer sees…

Régis Dubois begins his second chapter “ The “New Jack” years” with a list of events that show recognition and a better status of the Afro American. In 1983, Vanessa Williams became the first Black Miss America. A year later, the Afro American politician Jesse Jackson ran for the presidential elections. Another significant event in 1986 is the declaration of the Martin Luther King Day, specifying Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday . All this episodes echoed in the Hollywood industry. We show more…

Trending today in popular culture is the transformation of books, even comic books, into television shows and series. The fascination with zombies, vampires, and other supernatural beings is at the highest it has ever been in our society. The Walking Dead is a television series directed by Frank Darabont, first aired in 2010, which was originally a comic book series by Robert Kirkman. The show displays the willingness of human beings to fight and survive during a zombie’s invasion. According to…

a daily basis, I’ve come to the realization that expected things often aren’t what the outcome is. In the film Carlos, many scenes give a clear image that things don't always turn out as planned. The main character has ambition to create the biggest and most successful terrorism and without violence there’s no screws to put the ladder together. Through many of the strong messages from the film, one that stood out to me was the use of violence. Violence portrays as a tool for achieving the power…

The Australian film industry has been around since the late 1800s but it took until 1970s for it to fully start. This is because, during this period, the Australian government started funding feature films through the Film Finance Cooperation. This sparked an era of ‘Comedy Gold’, in which many cult classics such as Crocodile Dundee and The Castle were made, excellent examples of Australians cinema. However, during this period, larger American films swamped the Australian film industry with…

The term “film festival” may mean different things to different people. Film buffs look at it as an opportunity to watch thrilling new films from all over the world before general release or even film that will never be released. Filmmakers see film festivals as opportunities to display their work and gain acknowledgement to international audiences as well as to connect with other filmmakers. Film producers, distributors and investors use film festivals as a platform to network, educate…

Stenberg demonstrates her selflessness in her desires to promote diversity in films. During an interview, Stenberg shares what she feels about the lack of representation in the casts of today’s films: ‘“There are so many different kinds of people that aren’t represented, that don’t have characters who look like them. And that’s one of the reasons why I intend on being a director, because I want to actually tell some of these stories’” (“Interview Magazine”). Stenberg clearly demonstrates her…

has become a disastrous word people used to associate with the film industry. As the global Another key thing to remember is that throughout the series, changes were made to suggest different possible storylines. Ghost in the Shell TV series varies from the video game’s version thus the portrayal of Major Motoko Kusanagi diverges from time to time (Wikipedia). Moreover, Scarlett Johansson is only being referred to as ‘Major’ in the film adaptation. Hence, there will be slight differences between…