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Joseph Campbell, in his book chapter “The Self as Hero,” argues how all heroes go through similar, if not the same, stages on the way to complete their journey. He supports his claim by citing evidence from classic literary tales like “The Princess and the Frog” and “When the Two Came to their Father” and appealing to pathos and logos. Campbell’s purpose is to educate readers on how most hero stories follow the same path and can influence and be influenced by the public, who can learn from the…

Man with a Movie Camera, a film from 1929 directed by Dziga Vertov, is a film unlike any contemporary movie we would see today that may hold more significance than most modern blockbusters from Hollywood. This film takes place over the course of one day, and presents how extraordinary everyday life can be. Vertov uses no actors and tells no story in this film. Instead, he focuses on the technology of the camera he is using to film, and shows his audience what the kino-eye sees and what really…

or audible learning. Due to the success of the film industry, they made a 300 million dollar investment in order to upgrade to movies which contained sound which was revolutionary at the time. This massive investment was soon easily paid off as the movie industry was making more money…

When it is coupled with a fitting plot, character development can transform a good movie into great one. In Blockers, each character develops differently with the viewer’s impressions on many characters changing by the end of the film. The opening video of Julie, Kayla, and Sam on the first day of school serves the purpose of giving a…

The Grand Budapest Hotel is one of my favorite movies that recently came out. The movie was released under Fox Searchlight Pictures in February of 2014. Fox Searchlight Pictures is a branch company from it’s main sister Fox Entertainment Group making it an independent film company. Since it’s big sister is a well known company with great resources, Fox Searchlight Pictures has access to the great advancements in film production. Because they are the sister to a major film company, budget wasn 't…

Caché Scene Journal Description of the Scene Caché is a French film, directed by Michael Haneke. I chose to analyze the last ten minutes of the film because I found the ending very intriguing. The specific time of the film scene I selected is from 1 hour 46 minutes of the film till the end of the film. This scene can be divided into two specific scenes. The first scene takes place at George’s childhood farmhouse, and there is a man and woman who come in a car and pick up a little boy from the…

“I’ll never leave your side, my dear Clyde. I’ll ride till I die.” Bonnie Parker’s words, spoken in the 1967 film named after the infamous duo, are quite literal when studying the criminal couple genre. No matter how much they love each other, the road will always be the double-edged sword of freedom - at some point, the rest of the world will catch up with you. Starting with the film “You Only Live Once” (1937), through “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967), and continuing to this day, the romanticization…

Ducks”: A Sport’s Psychology View To practice implementing sport psychology concepts, I chose the 1992 film, The Mighty Ducks to be my example situation. Being that it was the only movie on the given list that was readily available to watch on Netflix, my decision was easy. Having only seen bits and pieces of the movie, I was now able to watch it in its entirety. The Mighty Ducks is a sport drama starring Emilio Estevez. Estevez plays Gordon Bombay, a high powered lawyer who will do anything to…

was portrayed in The Tree of Life, is entirely reserved for African-Americans. They are shown as an almost sub-human class that needs the oversight of the white southerners to maintain control over their more primal natures. From the start of the movie, Griffith starts off by showing the southern slaves working on plantations which immediately creates the link in the viewer’s mind that they are inherently closer to nature. Griffith’s next step was to then give the African-Americans in his…

that are supposedly art. Moreover, aesthetic film history often ignores “the institutional and cultural contexts of production (Chapman, Glancy and Harper 3; Allen 12).” Aesthetic film history is certainly part of the discourse of Chaplin, but the movie also identifies institutional and cultural contexts that informed Chaplin and his movies. For example, the film features scenes of Chaplin’s transition from vaudeville to cinema, as he joins Mack Sennett’s film production studio. During these…