Steven Spielberg

According to Jason Rentfrow, Ph.D., the “Big 5” personality traits are: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience (Rentfrow, 2009). To determine my own personality traits, I took a version of the International Personality Item Pool test located at psychcentral.com, I found my scores of these five traits to be: extraversion 27, agreeableness 36, conscientiousness 33, neuroticism 24, and openness 33 (Goldberg et al., 2006). While the test did not…

Essay title The film Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg (2002) is a soft sci-fi film for sci-fi enthusiast that aims to provide insight into a near-future where the police of Washington D.C can prevent crime before it occurs while following John Anderton’s journey to unveil the truths of the Precog system. However, based on the events that show conflicting perspectives of crime from the film, an analysis of criminological theories arises from specific scenes that challenge classical…

What is A Celebrity? Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Oprah Winfrey, Siti Nurhaliza, and P. Ramlee are amongst the names well known by you and me. These famous people are called “celebrities”. A celebrity is a famous person or an individual with a state of being well known . He or she holds a personality that is celebrated by the society by what he or she does. The prominence in his or her doing has made them famous and renowned in the public’s eye. A celebrity could be a singer, an actor, a…

the book The New Hollywood written in 2005, Peter Kramer says, “In the conclusion I comment on new patterns of success from 1977 onwards, which are most closely associated with the science fiction and adventure films made by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, especially Star Wars“ (4). Kramer says that the most successful movies from 1977 until now have been the sci-fi genres and a very famous example of that is the Star Wars movies. Which means that the Star Wars saga has been very successful…

Real change takes time. It is not for the impatient or hurried. Hollywood is no exception. Gender inequality is rampant in film careers in Hollywood. For screenwriters, we appear to be in the midst of change. As Sherry Lansing broke through the celluloid ceiling in 1980 when she became the first woman studio head, “female screenwriters appear to have made a breakthrough over the last three years, with an unusually high representation in the top 20 UK independent films (37%) and profitable UK…

Years ago, species such as the Pyrenean Ibex, Passenger Pigeon, and the Wooly Mammoth used to roam the very same earth that we humans walk today. These species, along with many others have gone extinct over the course of time and now only fossils remain. However, Scientists are using biotechnology in an attempt to bring these species back from the dead. This process is known as de-extinction. De-Extinction, also known as resurrection biology, is the scientific process of resurrecting species…

The movie, Amistad (1997) directed by Steven Spielberg portrays the story of a group of slaves who travel in a Spanish ship, “La Amistad.” The film shows various events that have symbolism. Although the slaves didn’t speak English, and they had a whole different language, they still managed to communicate with them. The director of the movie, shows an accurate representation of the people. All the people who acted, have the correct appearance using the characters in the film. The black actors,…

Is college worth it? To many high school graduates, college has become mandatory if they want to have opportunities of getting high paying and quality jobs. However, the majority of high school graduates are not able to apply for a college of their dreams because of the high requirements in college admission or can not even afford the tuition due their lack of financial ability. There will be a large amount of people arguing that the investment such as student loan in higher education will…

The negative impacts of prejudice is an important issue to talk about, as it is a relevant problem in today’s society. The texts ‘Schindler’s List’ directed by Steven Spielberg, ‘The Chrysalids’ by John Wyndham, ‘Bred in South Auckland’ by Glenn Colquhoun and ‘12 Years a Slave’ directed by Steve McQueen are all connected because they all deal with the idea of the negative impacts of prejudice. The film Schindler’s List communicated the important idea of the negative impacts of prejudice.…

Evolution is defined by Merriam Webster Dictionary as the process of slow change and development. There is no artform more influenced by the evolution of technology than film and specifically animation. Animation itself was born out of the evolution of technology, specifically photography. Eadweard Muybridge inspired a new way to capture motion with his photographs of animals and humans in motion, other advancements in the camera pushed film forwards, but it was the mistake of George Melies that…