Short film

Letting Go is written in creative narrative form with elements of realism. The general setting of the short story is in the mind of the character of Harlan’s wife. This was chosen as a means to reflect the oppressive nature of some males. The predatory archetype of the men in the 1990s is emphasised. The contemplative nature of the character explores varying emotions and the strength of compassion. The purpose of this story is to highlight that abuse is prevalent in and at any time and has the…

Plan Twentysomething is a short film directed by Avital Siegel that focuses on the lack of structure in a young woman's life. The film's title becomes the main theme of the story as well, for being twenty something is a feeling of confusion that few are forgiving enough to understand and that everyone feels regardless. This story is full of universal moments and that is what makes it a film worth watching and perhaps even learning from. The beginning of the film introduces a monologue…

dangers of mental illness. Quindlen uses pathos to appeal to the emotions of her audience. Quindlen states in the article that “psychological autopsy is what the doctors call it when a kid kills himself and they go back over the plowed ground of his short life, and discover all the hidden markers that led to the rope, the blade, the gun.” That particular sentence from the article really appealed to my sense of emotion and I felt the pain that she revealed through her amazing choice of words.…

Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James”. Number 13 is the second of four parts of Ghost Stories by M. R James. The previous parts are “A View from a Hill” and “Whistle and I’ll Come to You”. The film was began to show in December 2006 on the BBC. This forty-minute film was adapted by Justine Hopper from the short story and published in 1904. Number thirteen is a story of a historian who was willing to investigate the reason of his nightmares. In opinion, there are two main reasons why the…

Everything can be connected in literature. Whether it be a romance novel and an action book or a scary movie and a short story, there is always a connection you just have to search for it. I compiled five different pieces of literature and was able to connect them in a variety of ways. Using Thomas C. Foster’s ideas of “pattern recognition” and a literary lens mentioned in the “Literary Perspective Tool Kit” packet, I was able to connect The Matrix and Dead Poets Society. I also found…

something that constitutes of a real or actual thing, as distinguished from something that is merely apparent. Short stories have a fully developed theme that an author uses to portray his/her thoughts about anything they want. Flannery O’Connor has used her talented writing skills and put them to good use. She is known for writing horrific and shocking violent stories. She has written many short stories that have a unique aspect to every single one of them, but they all have something in…

them as characters. Characters have minds, feeling, moods, and looks, just like humans and we put them in a text and can’t help pretending that they exist. In the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, the author uses descriptive writing and figurative language to develop the characters. “The Tell-Tale Heart” is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe that uses descriptive writing to develop the characters in a way to make the story interesting. One example is, “Many a night,…

“The Black Cat” short story by Edgar A. Poe resembles another story that he has written; The Black Cat resembles “The Tell-Tale Heart” in various ways. The first echo between the two stories is the way the narrator presents himself from the beginning of the story. In both stories the narrator is trying to convince the reader, and himself, that he is sane. This style of introduction that is trying to persuade the reader that he is levelheaded, is consistent between the two stories. Along with…

breakdown with a side of paranoia. Forced to face his worst nightmares, among them being his failed marriage, the laundromat and the origin of fear itself. Simon Peggs character, Jack, portrayed the role of a man losing his nuts. “Jack is a wreck when the film opens, and his condition deteriorates from there.”(Malley). He flees from the shadows of the night, hearing strange noises, seeing the shadow…

within his films. I particularly focused on his use of certain shots, for example symmetrical, tracking and overhead shots. I did a lot of experimentation with this, using a dolly and grip to create my own tracking shot, also incorporating a whip pan effect, which has been used in many of Anderson's films.…