Short film

Face Age was set up in a series of six short films that told the held stories, descriptions, and the examination of these participants. The six films that the exhibit showed was assumptions, mask & deception, memory, mortality, what the face holds, and being seen. The assumption short film had to deal with the generation stereotypes of the different age groups, more for the views to think deeping into the meaning of aging. The mask and deception short film deals…

trying to find someone to love” (Brainyquote). By this, Marilyn Monroe was trying to describe the way she felt about herself. She grew up living a tough life, but found a way to get herself out of it. And succede doing so. Even though her life was short lived, she remains a legendary sex symbol today. Born on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California, Marilyn Monroe was given the name Norma Jeane Mortenson. As a child, she lived a very troubled life (Marilyn Monroe). Norma never knew her…

An Encounter Without Words Encounter is a short film directed by Giacomo De Bello that details the encounter between two strangers at a train station. It follows these two characters as they travel and tells a story of attraction and hesitance. The film centers on their unique encounter without actually using dialogue to make the characters interact. The film starts with a guy sitting on a bench, tapping his leg as he waits for the train. A girl approaches the scene and it's as if the…

A Fearless Girl Who Only Cares About Her Heritage “Everyday use” text is about a short story written by Alice Walker in the 1970s. As, “Everyday use” a film version by Bruce Schwartz released in 2005. In the “Everyday Use” text Mama is telling a short story about a single mother with two daughters. In the text Mama explains, that her two daughters are quite different from each other. Dee a young wild woman who is willing to search and make a vivid image of her heritage. Maggie a shy,…

Often when a film is adapted from any works of literature, the details of the works can be portrayed differently and/or similarly. The short story by Joyce Carol Oates, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been," and the Sundance Award-winning film directed by Joyce Chopra, "Smooth Talk," show that both works have similarities and differences with each other when it comes to characters, themes, and plots. Throughout both the short story and the film, Connie faces personal struggles in both works…

novels. He loved the novel The Catcher in the Rye; writers F. Scott Fitzgerald and Tennessee Williams. In 1988 Chbosky graduated from Upper St. Clair High School, while in high school, he seemed to have met Stewart Stern; screenwriter of the James Dean film Rebel Without a Cause. They closely became friends after the screenplay, Stern became Chbosky's mentor, and had a major influence on Chbosky's career; Bill from Perks of Being a Wallflower was based off of Stern by his positive influence on…

The Tell-Tale Heart, a film of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, uses background music. It was produced in 2008 as part of a project from Freak Daddy Productions, this story stars Sebastian Montoya as the servant, a man who tells the story which he confess to having killed an old man because of its “vulture” eye. After the beginning of the story, a piano starts to play as the background music representing a mystery theme while the narrator is writing, with pen and ink, the story which he confess to…

of the text is crucial for understanding what it is the author is trying to imply. In the short story “Videotape,” by Don DeLillo, a little girl is in the back of a car filming a man in the car behind her. As she is filming, the man is shot out of nowhere and the girl caught the whole thing on tape. The video is being watched by a man in his living room who is pleading for his wife to come watch the film with him. DeLillo uses literary techniques such as imagery, point of view, mood, and…

Red Wind: Short Story Review “Red Wind” is a short story from Raymond Thornton Chandler’s novel collection “Trouble is My Business”. Chandler is a famous mystery thriller writer, and his writing style and idea have significant affections to today’s detective stories. Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago, Illinois. Although he wanted to be a good writer, his mother and grandmother insisted him to be a civil servant. After having an oil business for many years, he was fired because of…

social worker taking his daughter, and losing almost all possessions he once owned. He returns to the rough side of the streets to rebuild his life and tries to construct back what has been broken. This film makes the viewer appreciate hard work and the love of a father. I think the purpose of this film is to show a person the saying “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” is a true statement. My personal…