Soundtrack

During this scene, where the Nazis are raiding the building and the Jews are hiding, the filmmakers used the editing technique of CROSS CUT, which is editing alternates shots of two or more clips of action occurring in different places. The film shows the Nazis waiting at the staircase and then alternates to show the Jews quietly looking for places to hide. This technique is used to build suspense within the audience by showing how close the Nazis were to the Jews. When the Nazi soldiers start…

stars of Frankenweenie are an innocent young boy and a cute dog, Burton utilizes typical horror conventions to elicit fear in the viewer. Seeing that the two main characters are charming, Burton compensates by using tactics like including a creepy soundtrack and using shadows to indicate impending danger/doom. This contrast between seemingly good characters and a creepy theme and plotline seems to depict a more lighthearted interpretation of the original Frankenstein…

Smash Mouth was formed in San Jose, Ca, in 1994. Smash Mouth’s band members were Steve Harwell as lead vocalist, Paul De Lisle as bassist, Michael Klooster as keyboardist, Kevin Coleman as drummer, and Greg Camp as guitarist. The band had a rough start, but began their journey to superstardom with the song “Nervous In The Alley.” Interscope Records heard that song and decided to sign the band. With IR, Smash Mouth created their first album, Fush Yu Mang, in 1997. In this album, was their first…

Walk the Line is raw look into the glamorous and not-so-glamorous parts of Johnny Cash’s quick rise to fame. Released in 2005, this drama is filled with intensity, emotion, and an inside view of the struggles, triumphs, and love behind the infamous Man in Black. With a selection of well-known actors, such as Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash, and Reese Witherspoon as his singing partner, and later wife, June Carter. Along with other big names such as Ginnifer Goodwin as Johnny’s first wife Viv, and…

They’ll call it a mystery, but we’re gonna call it Victory. We’ll be writing history, it’s gon be victory. This stanza, from the featured track ‘I See A Victory’ in the movie Hidden Figures, gives a basic overview of the theme. Hidden Figures a non-fiction novel by Margot Lee Shetterly, follows the stories of three black women who aided the U.S in the victory of the space race. It follows the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine G. Johnson, and Mary Jackson, who each contributed in their own…

My interviewee is my friend from work. Her name is Alaska. She is 21 years old and was born in Ireland. Growing up she moved around several times. She’s lived in Ireland, Florida, Virginia, Washington DC, Israel, London, Switzerland, Budapest, and New York. She says that her favorite place where she lived was Ireland because she misses her home. She’s currently studying at Miami Dade College and her goal is to become a neurosurgeon to save lives. She is an intelligent individual and very…

Rob zombie, a director and singer from Haverhill Massachusetts, has frightened, and shocked audiences with his horror-rock music, and gruesome, mind boggling films. He has had an active career since approximately 1980. His many works of art include; House of 1,000 corpses, and the 2007 remake of Halloween. Rob studied at the Parsons School of Design. It was there he met his soon to be wife, Sean Yseult. Rob and his soon to be ex-wife started the original band “White Zombie”. (“Rob Zombie”)…

In the documentaries “Bully” and “Letter of Intent”, both cover the subject of bullying in public schools and how it impacts people involved. Both films effectively use multiple rhetorical strategies to present their cases. The documentary “Letter of Intent” by Jared L. Cristopher was created with the purpose to support the idea that it is not schools that create bullies, but how you are raised that does. The documentary film by Lee Hirsch titled “Bully” on the other hand, was created in support…

Biker Boyz Critique DeWaun Bowman Methodist University The movie Biker Boyz is very powerful and it carries a strong message throughout the entire movie. It’s about the underground world of motorcycle clubs and not so legal street racing. A young man who is 18 years old named Kid (Derek Luke). Started his own motorcycle club named “Biker Boyz” after witnessing the death of his dad “Slick Will” at one of these races. He wants to be the one in charge the one everyone idealized…

With various feature artists, the soundtrack allowed the emotions displayed by the actors to be amplified and did a great job further connecting the audience with the scenes of the movie and the cast. I specifically remember the scene where Django was riding into candy land pretending to be…