Independent films

In this film, Laura (1944) we are introduced to a group of corrupt and fittingly shady upper-class social order types. The focus is on particular conventions of content, like themes or settings and/or form, including structure and style (Goodykoontz & Jacobs 2014). This film will be critiqued by the author through the lens of the genre theory (AMC, n.d.). The genre theory allows critics to take a short cut to categorize films. The director woks with the time-period and has a vision and that…

Victoria is a new independent film that leaves you at the edge of your seat and with your heart racing throughout the entire movie. It centers around a naïve and inexperienced Spanish girl named Victoria (Laia Costa) who after meeting new friends finds her night quickly spiraling out of control when they recruit her as a getaway driver for a bank robbery. The film starts off by playing into a typical Berlin stereotype- the first scene is set at a nightclub. Victoria is dancing alone among…

In 1983, the film, “Terms of Endearment” was produced. Its plot focuses on the relationships and lives of its characters in their conquest to find love and happiness. The film follows the protagonist, Emma Greenway-Horton’s life from childhood to her untimely death. However, “Terms of Endearment” is not solely about Emma. Emma’s mother, Aurora Greenway plays an integral role in the film and to her daughter. Amidst a difficult and unfaithful marriage to Flap Horton, Aurora remains constant…

Film Noir, launched just before USA’s entry into the World War II and peaking during the Cold War, was a hybrid of glamour and grittiness, exposing a seamy underside of America during the mid century. Film Noir was cast with wised-up men and wordly women who might not have had the right answers, but certainly had all the right moves. More than often, they held mixed motives and malign agendas. The name ”Film Noir” was coined by french film critics whom, after the trade-blockade following the…

stereotype, whether it is on the animation movie or popular films and television. These researchers will be also used as a reference in this research. First is from Brewer (2009), the researcher analyzed about the stereotypic women portrayals in the slasher movies between 16 totals of the slasher films, 8 of original films and 8 of the remake films. The researcher found that there are a slight changes of portrayal of females in slasher films, which is the portrayal of women are more masculine…

Akira McKinzie Films or Moral Struggle Professor Al Auster Spring 2015 Jules Et Jim Jules et Jim, a French New Wave film relies heavily on camera movements to supply elements of the New Wave aesthetic. The story is about two men, Jules and Jim, one from Austria, the other from France, who become lifelong friends after they meet in Paris 1912. They travel, take in art, and even share the women they court, until they meet Catherine. They both fall in love with her, but the impulsive Catherine…

enhanced the style. Genre in Hollywood Almost every Hollywood studio was associated with a specific type of genre; MGM had musicals and dramas, Warner Bros. Had gangster films, Universal had its share of horror films. Although different genres, they fallowed the same classical narrative structure. Problems arose in the beginning of the film and they must be solved in order to restore the balance in the world. To identify a genre we must look at their components. For example a western genre has…

UNDEAD EXPRESS is a great name for this horror zombie script. The goal is well defined and the stakes are life and death. There are solid themes about survival and second chances. While zombie films are not original to the industry, they have been a fan favorite. The script attempts to add some new hooks that have merit. One is the idea of the story mainly taking place on a train. It’s a smart contained and isolated setting and one gets the feeling of being trapped with no way off. In addition…

In both films Dial M for Murder (1954) and A Perfect Murder (1998) one is able to establish some similarities and differences found in these films. To begin with, both films share essentially the same plot in which a husband wants to have his wealthy wife murdered so he can get his hands on her inheritance. When the husband discovers her secret affair he comes up with the perfect plan to kill her. He blackmails a third party member using the letter that proves the affair (which contains the…

to capture, process and project footage from the device itself (B. Retchless, n.d). Early film makers would play a continuous unbroken piece of footage which was shot from a static position, once the footage had finished they would reload the Cinematographe and continue playing the next sequence of film. This resulted in a laps of time between the viewing of footage for the audience as reloading the film was a lengthy process. Early filmmakers were unaware that they could cut different scenes…