Screenwriter

In the movie “To End All Wars” we see a group of soldiers during World War II who get captured by the Japanese and try to survive until the end of the war. This movie gives the viewer a great example of the power of forgiveness, self-sacrifice and God’s peace in the midst of the most terrible of circumstances still remains. Throughout this paper, we will look at cultural texts for the movie “To End All Wars” and see how this movie helps us as viewers change the way we think when watching movies.…

Laws are implemented to benefit society and some of the laws passed can have a very profound effect on society as a whole or just certain individuals within society. The decisions made by our federal government have had and currently have an impact on Hollywood as well. The film industry is in the business of entertainment and education and has the ability to convey messages to people on a different level. With that being said, the government has had a hand in controlling how the industry…

Even before this class, writing has been a significant and amusing element of creating for me, I aspire to be a screenwriter for my own TV and film productions, however, I had a constant feeling of an ungoverned order within my writing. Despite how difficult it is for me, I never stopped writing, in fact, as required, I took numerous English classes and I attempt to take elements of my teachings outside of the classroom with me, so I can increase the quality of my work. During this fall semester…

What idea does Frank Darabont, the director and screenwriter for The Shawshank Redemption, explore in his film? What cinematic techniques does he use/manipulate in order to portray these ideas?

Interview Host: Today I am joined by the director and screenwriter of the internationally acclaimed motion picture The Shawshank Redemption, Mr. Frank Darabont. The film is accompanied by numerous accolades, seven Academy Awards nominations and two Golden Globe nominations, cementing its status as a…

eventually be adapted it into a movie. It was in 1962, during the tail end of the golden age of Hollywood that director Robert Mullligan and screenwriter Horton Foote brought this movie to life. Their adaptation gave an artful…

Often when adapting from a play into a movie, screenwriters choose to take a different approach to the narrative configuration of the work. Due to this, certain elements of the film and theater adaptations may present differentiations in meanings or themes. An example can be seen between the screen and stage versions of Six Degrees of Separation [1993]. Both are inspired by the true story of David Hampton, a young con artist who was able to convince elite Upper East Siders to open their homes to…

BBC America’s series #Killing Eve made a killer impact with audiences on Sunday, following up a strong first installment with another action-packed episode. The psychological thriller chronicles two women, in adversarial roles, who become obsessed with each other. Jodie Comer plays female assassin Villanelle with gusto; while Sandra Oh’s (formerly of Grey’s Anatomy) depiction of MI5 operative Eve may garner the Canadian actress more Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards. At times, you…

There are many alterations that were made in the film that are different from the myth and the reason why screenwriters did this is to add a little more jovial and hysteric to the film to lighten the mood and to maintain the children's attention. Unlike the myth, the villain in the film is not Hera but it is actually the god of the underworld Hades. Hades want to…

Roger Ebert, a reputable movie and art critic, wrote a review on the movie entitled The Hurt Locker. This movie dives into the war-ridden life of William James and his squadron during the Iraq war. William James, played by Jeremy Renner, is an Explosive Ordinance & Disposal (EOD) specialist who risks his life to disarm deadly home-made explosives. J.T. Sanborn and Owen Eldridge, played by Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty, are James’s eyes and ears over an active bomb site; Sanborn being the…

Aside from his education, another major influence on Huxley’s life and writing was an eye disease contracted in his teenage years that left him almost blind. As a teenager Huxley had dreamed about becoming a doctor, but the degeneration of his eyesight prevented him from pursuing his chosen career. It also severely restricted the activities he could pursue. Because of his near blindness, he depended heavily on his first wife, Maria, to take care of him. Blindness and vision are motifs that…