Quentin Willson

The film The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is an outstanding film that depicts many characteristics of a classic western. Everything from the horses, bounties, and violence point to this movie being a typical western film. However, because of the abundance of twists and turns it would be considered a revisionist western movie. Despite its few traits of a classic western, everything ranging from the unclear heroes to the absence of typical female roles lead to The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly…

Scotland's Superman Few words are more abused in Hollywood than historical and epic. While historical is such a broad term that can refer to anything in the past, epic is often the colloquial of anything that’s awesome. However, when the words combine they form a favored genre of moviegoers. According to FilmSite.org, “A historical epic is defined as film that takes a historical, mythic, heroic figure, and adds an extravagant setting accompanied by lavish costumes and a grand musical score.”…

Music plays a key role in a film, as it can add profound levels of emotion and change how someone interprets and comprehends a given scene. The usual music utilized on film is one that fits seemingly and represents the actions, visuals and emotion being displayed. For example, a frantic car chase can go along with fast and agitating music; or comedy or a parody can go along with ridicule and playful works. In both cases the music influences the viewer on how they should interpret, feel and…

In the sphere of film discussion often you hear people openly say that modern films are all remakes, sequels or prequels that have no soul or imagination. I wholeheartedly disagree with this sentiment, but the wide release film schedule would definitely prove contrary. Which is why filmmakers like Guillermo del Toro are so indispensable to the modern film ecosystem, they’re constantly churning out these original concepts with boundless imagination. This is a guy who, on a constant basis, creates…

The most electrifyingly opportune motion picture playing in New York was made in 1965. Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers is well known, however for quite a while it's been accessible just in washed-out prints with ineffectively interpreted, white-on-white subtitles. The recently deciphered and subtitled 35-millimeter print at Film Forum is probably the form that was secretly screened in August for military work force by the Pentagon as a field manual for battling terrorism. Previous…

Pulp Fiction is a film directed by Quentin Tarantino. This film contains nonlinear storyline between criminals and gangsters in the location of Los Angeles.It follows the story of Butch and the goold watch story, he receives a gold watch which has been passed down four generation and as a child he is told from a friend of his dad about his familys war history and hand him the gold watch and we see the symbolism of war to his current affairs.While another story line include Jules Winnfield and…

Django Unchained and 12 Years a Slave amassed condemnation regarding their misuse of gratuitous brutality. Labelled as ‘torture porn’, both films focused immensely on the physical inhumane treatment of slaves, but that’s not to say they omitted the true dehumanisation of slaves during that time. They may have been set during the civil war and slavery era, and they may have recognised slavery in 19th century America, but, they do not depict slavery in a way that teaches or gives new insight to…

“Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.” Known for his infamous creations of film which usually have a depiction of violence and liberal use of profanity, Martin Scorsese has had an overwhelming abundance of success in the film industry. In this essay I will discuss how the director Martin Scorsese uses certain techniques such as long tracking shots, freeze frames and the structure of his films in the films like “Goodfellas” and “Casino”. I will discuss and analyse these…

The Auteur Theory, is the idea that the true author of a film is the director. The director leaves an implicit remark on the film and because of this cinematic, literary, or thematic signature, they are credited as the author of the film. While there are numerous people involved in the production of a film, with some directors it is truly prominent who can be described as the author of the film. Mel Brooks, renown comical director and screenwriter is one instance of the undeniability of the…

The artist/designer i have decided to base my work off is Tim Burton, Tim Burton is an American film director, producer, artist, writer and animator. He is mostly known for his “Burton-esque” style that he has been developed by him as he is such an influential artist with his films and art, it is mainly frame by frame art as he does storyboards for his stop-motion films and also concept arts for his final characters in the films, his work has been produced since 1982 and he is still making work…