Genres

Photography is the key element of mise en scene that determines how an audience will interpret the visual information in film. Orson Welles used the photography of his 1941 film Citizen Kane to emphasize aspects of the film he wanted viewers to focus on, and to remove non-essential information from the frame. This was accomplished through various camera tequniques including manipulation of angles and proxemity. Approaching the end of the film there is a scene just after Susan (played by Dorothy…

Introduction Movies are entertainment and they tell stories about characters going through experiences. But what exactly is the content of the film? To find richer meaning in film, a variety of theories are developed to analyze films in order to understand how they created responses in viewers and just what they might mean. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000) is presented by its non-linear narrative structure. It provides the viewer with the ‘clues’ necessary to decode the film and help them to…

Since its publication, Pride and Prejudice has become one of the most popular books in English literature. According to the idiom ‘’Don’t judge a book by its cover’’ it is understood that a title of a book plays an important role for the readers even though one should not form an opinion on a book by its title. A title must be attractive and stick in the minds of prospective readers. Jane Austen first entitled the book ‘’First Impressions’’ but then altered it to ‘’Pride and Prejudice’’. But why…

Andrew Niccol is a New Zealand-born director who has created futuristic films in his writing and directing career spanning 20 years. Some characteristics of his directorial style are colour and positioning to symbolise characters and themes in his work. These factors are highlighted in the opening scenes in Gattaca (1997) and In Time (2011). Each film parallels each other specifically through camera work and colour, helping the audience to have a clear understanding of Niccol’s directorial style…

Insurgent Theme Analysis Revolt. One word that pretty much sums up the novel Insurgent. Insurgent is about Tris and Four, who are fighting against the faction Erudite in order to save all the other factions. Tris and Four, who are dauntless, find themselves in a world where divergent people are immune to mind control simulations. It happens that they are both divergent, so they need to use their minds as their greatest weapon. They encounter a within themselves. Throughout the novel, there are…

Fear, cultural anxiety and transformation is an anthology that combines scholarly works on film remakes as a cultural phenomenon. The contributors to this collection focus on the multiple ways in which horror, science fiction, and fantasy films have been remade and analyze them through a range of perspectives from the philosophical to the technological elements that reside in them. The compilation of these essays all argue that the remakes of horror, science fiction, and fantasy films reveal our…

When it comes to symbolism in films, whole books have been published by various authors on their speculations as to the meaning of the symbolism contained in Stanley Kubrick’s recondite, enigmatic, philosophical, science fiction epic 2001: A Space Odyssey. Most obviously from the title, much of the symbolism is derived from Homer’s The Illiad and The Odyssey. Other authors theorize that the film is an allegory to Arthur Clarke’s (novelist of the literary version of the film and co-writer of the…

The tone of a poem sets the mood for the attitude one will feel while reading it. The theme of a work is the meaning of a piece yet can be achieved through multiple tones. The two villanelles, Martha Collins “The Story We Know” and Elizabeth Bishop’s “One Art” both depict themes of love and loss, however, Martha Collins portrays a collected, accepting tone, while Elizabeth Bishop exhibits an indifferent tone. In the poem “The Story We Know” by Martha Collins, she portrays a strong feeling…

Poets all have diverse writing styles. Poets like to express their ideas in an original way. Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes were two prodigious poets. Their styles varied much but they had many similarities. Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes both wrote during times or segregation and race problems, personally I believe all these problems made them want to write so that they could have an effect on people and open their eyes to what was going on. Maya Angelou’s and Langston Hughes’ writing…

Poetry and songwriting both share a significance when it comes to creating a vivid image in the readers mind. Rapper Tupac Shakur and Harlem Renaissance Poet Langston Hughes both share that in common as artist when it comes to using imagery and personification to showcase their feelings. “The Rose That Grew from Concrete” by Shakur and “Juke Box Love Song” by Hughes are prime examples of both artist explaining their harsh environments to express the beauty they find in it all, and although they…