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who was the undercover. Then the movie went back and inserted the things happened to each Mr. Color before the robbery to leave audiences endless imagination for who exactly was the undercover. We didn’t know it until Mr. Orange shot Mr. Blonde. Finally, almost every main character showed up in the movie died in the warehouse except Mr. Pink, who is “distant, pragmatic, calculating, and unsentimental.” (Weinberger 50) He seemed weak and creepy throughout the movie but he was the only one kept…

author’s work becomes a feature length movie entertaining more people than have ever even heard of the book. While many audience members leave the theater with their jaws on the floor, some audience members leave a little disappointed. They see all the details that the movie got wrong, big or small. Many movies fail to completely fulfill their original book’s ideas and plot lines. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is no exception to this rule. The Outsiders movie was far different from the book in…

TV franchises under their belts. But then again, The Rock has had a lot of success as the king of reboots. He even breathed new life into The Fast and the Furious franchise. So perhaps, the lineup is a sign of blockbuster success. The "Baywatch" movie is a real thing that is happening, so everyone is just going to have to learn to deal with that fact. But fans should know this isn't just some dull reboot, with star Dwayne Johnson promising the comedic take on the material co-starring Zac…

Media content analysis was introduced as a systematic method to study mass media by Harold Lasswell (1927), initially to study propaganda. Media content analysis became increasingly popular as a research methodology during the 1920s and 1930s for investigating the rapidly expanding communication content of movies. In the 1950s, media content analysis proliferated as a research methodology in mass communication studies and social sciences with the arrival of television. Media content analysis has…

The Goddess (1934) is a silent film made by Wu Yonggang, a well-known Chinese director in the 1930s. Hailed as “a masterpiece of ‘the first golden age of Chinese cinema’”, the film marked not only Wu’s directorial debut, but also “the pinnacle of [Ruan Lingyu’s] career” (Harris, 128). Ruan’s “mature, nuanced performance”, which was “subtle but at the same time powerful and rich”, proved to be a major factor in the movie’s success and lasting impact in Chinese cinema – even inspiring Hong Kong…

The question of why synchronised sound developed can be approached in many different ways. From a teleological approach the argument would be that the development of synchronised sound seemed inevitable, arguably a logical improvement on Hollywood films. A teleological viewpoint would see the development of sound as inevitable because this makes the films more realistic. Steve Neale argues that the use of sound-in-film “reflects more of the world as experienced through our two basis senses”…

media serves as a source of information, education, entertainment, and culture to large audiences from one screen. Almost everyone has seen a movie, or a TV show that has influenced his or her life. I enjoy watching movies or TV shows, whether it is at on my television in my house, or going out to the theater and watching it on the big screen. Going to the movie theater used to serve as a special day to me, usually spent with my family or friends for an event. Going to the theaters and buying…

Celebrities on Social Media “Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are where stars go to be made and where dying stars go live again” (Allen). Since the Internet has appeared, the music industry has been majorly impacted. Celebrities are now able to gain exposure and fans, and can also use social media to connect with their fans and stay famous. They are able to get more exposure and promote themselves to help their careers. They also can use their fame for other purposes such as charities. The…

Film noir, a genre of darkness, of shadows, of hardboiled loners and bottom-feeders. The term noir was coined by French film critic Nino Frank in 1946 that literally means “Black Film”. This essay will discover how film noir is affected by the context of history as well as its course of evolution to reach its state nowadays. This would collectively enhance my degree of understanding of this influential genre of filmmaking. The origin of film noir dates back to the 1930s, the great depression…

DirecTV and actor Rob Lowe have recently collaborated on a series of commercials. The purpose of these commercials was to persuade people to get rid of cable, and sign up for DirecTV. Every commercial that was released pretty much followed the same format. I will be specifically analyzing the commercial titled, "Far Less Attractive Rob Lowe." The commercial begins by presenting the audience with Rob Lowe as his normal self. He is depicted as the handsome, successful, and confident man that a…