Screenwriter

Sherman Alexie was born on October 7, 1966 on the Spokane reservation in Willpinit, Washington. He is the author of several novels that have won him various awards. He is a director, a performer and screenwriter. Indian killer was Sherman’s second novel and was published in 1996. Alexie lives with his wife and son in Seattle Washington. Indian Killer is the story of John Smith, a twenty seven year old Native American man who at birth, was adopted by a white couple. Smith’s obvious mental illness…

The Negativeness of Culture and Counterculture in the Sixties: Conventionalism vs. Bohemianism in Didion and Shepard’s Ideology The 1960s is a period when new cultural forms arise; it is a time when the traditional roles of women were reevaluated; it is “an era in which the ego ran wild, and the young had a craving for altered states.” As many young people were dissatisfied with the conventionalism — the mainstream American culture after post-World War II, the counterculture emerged in the…

What happens when an adorably entertaining dog combine with the gothic wonder of Robert Louise Stevensens novel “The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde? The real question is “how does one strategically adapt a version suitable for kids?” Knowing what is necessary material to give acknowledgement to the source text is essential. The chapter “The Ethics of Infidelity” in “Adaptations Studies New Approaches” edited by Christa Albrecht-Crane and Dennis Cutchins perfectly explains the infidelities of…

"The Fate of the Furious" action film you've been waiting for and is almost a 9/10, sorry Roman you're still #11 RATING: 9/10 STARS: 5/5 Intense cheers, tears, and and a room full of many emotions was what packed a Houston crowd that was part of the 8 on the 8th screening of The Fate of the Furious. From the Universal logo that opens the film to the one that closes it after the movie credits, the pun "It was a hell of a ride" is not only fitting to the latest installment of The Fast and the…

I’m in and out of hospitals with my son, and wear the hat of chauffeur, cook and friend. We’ve traveled together, go to thrift stores to find old books and drink Starbucks whenever possible. He’s in college studying to be a screenwriter, while my guest room has been turned into my writing room. It’s there, beneath a print of Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night, two autographed posters of Al Stewart and a beautiful autographed print of Ray Harryhausen’s most popular creatures that…

The movie I picked was The Trench written and directed by William Boyd. It was released in the United States November 22, 2000, and starred Paul Nicholls, Daniel Craig, and Julian Rhind-Tutt. The movie starts off in the summer of 1916 and shows the British Army getting ready for the Somme Offensive. It opens up with some information on the setting, “while hundreds of thousands of soldiers massed in the rear, a small force was left to hold the trenches” (The Trench). The movie gives us an…

High school and college years are defining times for teenagers because it is the time where many students begin to discover a career path they want engage in for the rest of their life. However, many people do not know that this formative time of their life can easily be influenced by outside sources. One of the main outside sources people are engaging in is watching television. The average person aged fifteen and older spends approximately 2.8 hours per day watching television (“American Time…

Giving one-dimensional words life and turning it into a three-dimensional movie with sounds and visuals takes effort and to effectively portray a movie from a novel is extremely difficult. It takes countless hours of imagination and thoughts to do but in my opinion, Martin Campbell, director of Casino Royale (2006) made all the right decisions and pressed all the right buttons to successfully portray Ian Fleming 's 1953 novel version of Casino Royale. The famous book Casino Royale written by…

Spielberg’s Influence: An analysis of Lawrence of Arabia (OUTLINE) I. Introduction A. Introduce topic and key points. 1. Making of realistic based film 2. Lawrence of Arabia and Empire of the Sun 3. History of Lean 4. History of Spielberg II. Body A. Making of realistic based film 1. research concept a. supporting ideas b. connect to next concept 2. research concept a. supporting ideas b. connect to next concept 3. research concept a. supporting ideas b. connect to next concept B. Lawrence of…

If we identify the movement behind the scenes we develop an understanding to how media is carefully curated for each audience. Individuals such as directors and screenwriters etc. make decisions regarding the elements presented in order to aid the audience in understand that particular character presented and the elements that make them who they are. It is these attachments of elements; it is these elements that the audience remembers. In the GoPro advertisement these same decisions are made to…