Silent Hill

Within the 1920’s there were new forms of entertainment being created as well as existing forms of entertainment being greatly expanded upon and reinvented which quickly became the norm of entertainment for the public. Movies were being produced very early in the 20’s but had no audio and instead played a song over the film. Movies were helping in educating teens as they provided a whole new way to teach, being a visual aid with moving pictures as opposed to text or audible learning. Due to the…

decline of the silent film era 1 Silent Films Introduction. The mental image that many people have of a silent film is of a simple, black and white film, perhaps grainy and distorted in image, depicting a time long gone. With modern, dialogue driven narratives in film, it is easy to forget that dialogue is not the only way to drive a story, dialogue does not necessarily need to be spoken out loud in order to be effective, and that many actors had built careers out of silent films- careers…

For this story “Videotape” it feels as if Don DeLillo had heard of the term “Mondo film” (or as it is also known Shockumantry) and was inspired by it to write a story of someone who would be a viewer of these kind of films. A “Mondo film” is a sub genre of exploitation films that take a documentary/pseudo documentary style focusing on taboo subjects such as death real or fake. Don DeLillo 's “Videotape” shows us a man who has become desensitized to violence. The character in the story is a…

When it comes to films there are plenty of aspects that are needed in order to complete a film to make it a great enjoyment for the viewers to be entertained. What helps a film would be the three elements of the film which are mise-en-scene, mise-en-shoot, and editing to get the film moving along. Mise-en-scene has elements that are a part of it that are an important factor for a lot of films such as lighting, wardrobe, and the actor movements. This is true for all works of film, yet some were…

Speaking up and exposing issues are two of the most important acts that a person can do in order to solve a problem. Rachel Carson was an excellent example of this when she released her book, “Silent Spring.” Carson exposed a popular pesticide used in farms, (Bell and Ashwood 2016). This pesticide poisoned birds, which decreased their population. If this happened to the birds, then nobody wanted to imagine what it can do to our health. This is…

With each movie genre comes growth and evolution. When a genre first starts out in the industry, it usually will not look exactly the same as it would if it was made today. Specifically, when it comes to mafia movies, the core values each film shares still stays true. The consistent rush of criminal activity and bad guys looking like good guys are all the same qualities that keep the content of the films strong. But, the genre itself has continued to grow, both through techniques as well as the…

Abstract In the book, Silent Springs Ms. Rachel Carson began a new movement. Rachel Carson brought to light the many dangers pesticides such as DDT have on the environment, animals, and humans. This environmental movement offered new insight about the harm pesticides have on all living organisms. In Silent Spring Rachel Carson starts an environmental movement by informing the public of the dangers of pesticides, which causes a shift in views towards pesticides and the harm they do to the…

1. Thesis statement a. The 1998 version of The Parent Trap is a soundtrack film with many nostalgic aspects in the music, which changed the way audiences viewed this version of the film compared to the original 1961 version. 2. Use of nostalgia in film a. “As texts move through history, they encounter new audiences, are placed in new contexts, or gather new historical and cultural resonances. Thus, the political and social function of texts’ nostalgia inevitably change.” (Dwyer, 2015) i. This…

Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera, and Sergei Eisenstein's Strike. Both films are known for their groundbreaking use of montage and the powerful messages the two films convey through their scenes. In 1929, Dziga Vertov released a sixty eight minute silent film he titled “Man with a Movie Camera”. The film is a montage depicting urban life in the Soviet Union from dawn to dusk in a single day.…

ethnicity. In 2014, there were more Hispanics, African-Americans, Asians and other ethnicities than the older generations. Marriage rates were also lower compared to the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers and Generation X in 2014. Only twenty-eight percent of Millennials were married when they were 18 to 33, and sixty-four percent of the Silent Generation were married at that age. Religious views are another difference. There are more unaffiliated religious groups since 2014 than before making…