Teen films

FAMILY AND GROWING UP INTRODUCTION The films Coraline (2009) and Spirited Away (original Japanese title: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, “Sen and Chihiro’s Spiriting Away”, 2001) comes from producers with different cultural backgrounds. Despite being intended for younger audiences, both films, which revolves around the fantasy genre, are uniquely presented in such a way that is shrouded in mystery and uncanniness that my first viewings as a young teen carved very deep impressions that left me…

convincing myself that i didn't have a choice to begin with” Jamesy boy is a 2014 american biographical crime drama film, directed by trevor white and written by white and lane shadgett. The film starts spencer, mary-louise parker, taissa farmiga, ving rhames, and james woods. It tells the true story of ex-convict James Burn. Spencer Rocco Lofranco is a Canadian actor. He made his film debut in the 2013 romantic comedy At Middleton as Conrad Hartman, and portrayed the lead role of James Burns…

Rated PG-13: Why Movie Ratings and the MPAA Need to be Reformed The film industry has become a huge part of modern day culture, and it is all controlled by one company. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) controls what movies are rated on a scale that they created. The scale consists of five different ratings; G, PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17. A rating is given based on amounts of inappropriate language, violence, sex and nudity, and use of drugs and alcohol. The MPAA states that their…

franchise has had upon Americans. Even George Lucas could not have predicted the major success of his films. Forbes Magazine contributor Scott Mendelson believes that, “Star Wars hit such a chord precisely because it was an original and precisely because it was unlike anything that was currently available in the marketplace (Mendelson).” When Disney purchased Lucasfilms, they announced that new Star Wars films would be made. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the seventh installment in the…

Romeos is a German Drama/Romance film released in 2011. The movie is queer and independent, and the largest creation from director Sabine Bernardi. The synopsis of the film (according to Google) is: “Lucas, a transgendered woman becoming a man, is stuck in a female residential hall.”; getting past misgendering and mislabeling Lukas, the summary significantly sells the movie short. The film does focus on a boy named Lukas, who is a FTM (female-to-male) transman, who is also wrongly sorted into…

Natural: A Forgotten Filmmaker The first known female filmmaker in the world, who revolutionized the film industry is forgotten in the cinematic history. A global powerhouse with decades-long career who made over one thousand movies, and saw the birth of cinematic motion pictures is vaguely remembered today. Her name is Alice Guy-Blaché and she directed, wrote, and produced nearly one thousand films, both silent and talking. Her drive can be clearly seen in this quote, “Is nothing connected…

Where the wild things are in 1963 published by Maurice Sendak and also the story of the same name was made into a movie by Spike Jonze in 2007. It was a different experience to read the book (where the wild things are) and to watch the movie. The producers also made changes that made the movie more appealing to a diverse audience. This essay will talk about what the differences are between the book and the movie of the same name. The book ‘’Where the Wild Things Are’’ is a children’s story that…

Films that feature highly active bodies are often discussed in various areas of scholarship as having the ability to evoke kinaesthetic empathy in their audience. Kinesthesia is often informed by senses including vision, hearing, muscle tension and body position, it refers to sensations experienced in relation to movement and position (Dee and Reason, 18). Thus, kinesthetic empathy refers to a participation in this from an audience, empathy being the process of projecting the self on to the…

No offense to film critics, but it doesn 't take a genius to tell a good movie apart from a waste of time you 'll never get back. Motion picture films date back to the late 1800s, each film different from the last. However, that doesn 't mean everything that makes it onto a theatre is worth viewing. There are certain components that make a great film and can be proven true throughout all genres no matter when they premiered. Now, I 've seen my fair share of films and have come to the conclusion…

today’s society, most people enjoy going out to see a good movie or two. Before we do so we watch trailers and look at movie posters to see what these movies will be about. Movie posters are a good way to take a quick glance to capture the basis of a film before we pay to see it. Over the years we have progressively gotten better at capturing a movie through a single poster. In 1974, a very famous movie in the genre of drama and romance was release to the public. This movie is known as The Great…