When it comes to the movie ‘The Shawshank Redemption’, I was able to come across several examples of communication theories and how they applied to the movie in each scene throughout the whole movie. The paper is about the exploration of the symbolic interactionism theory and Aristotle's rhetoric theory and how each theory relates to the movie ‘The Shawshank Redemption’....
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‘Scream’ is a movie where director, Wes Craven, utilizes multiple elements to create this movie and make it scary. One way he does this is by making everyone in the movie a possible culprit of the murders. This paper shows how the Craven uses certain parts of directing to emphasize certain parts of his movie. Specifically, he applies sound, camera...
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In the two biopic films, ‘A Beautiful Mind’ and ‘The Kings Speech’, there are many rather unique characters and some of which are extremely different to one another. These contrasts that the directors of these films have purposefully implemented into these films help to intensify the meaning and or the intention of the biopic film. In the biopic ‘The Kings...
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The word ‘animation’ is not one a lot of us are unfamiliar with. Most of us have heard the word from someone or read about it somewhere. A lot of people from my generation have grown up watching cartoons like ‘Swat Kats’, ‘Recess’, ‘Scooby Doo’, ‘Pokemon’, ‘Digimon’, ‘Dragon Ball’, ‘The Flintstones’ and many more. Some of these stories were set...
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During the Holocaust, millions of Jews were killed as result of Hitler wanting to make a master race. It was a terrible event for Jewish adults, but more so for the children. Most children under 18 would have been killed, as the Nazis saw no use for them. In the story ‘Night’ by Elie Wiesel, and the movie ‘The Boy...
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A green ogre with a big heart, a hilarious talking donkey and a karate chopping princess creates the magnificent animation, ‘Shrek’. This remarkable film was directed by Andrew Adamson, released in 2001, has genres of fantasy, comedy and adventure. The tremendously talented voice actors include Mike Murphy (Shrek), Eddie Murphy (Donkey), Cameron Diaz (Princess), and John Lithgow (Lord Farquaad). ‘Shrek’...
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In literature, a quest is a mission the protagonist goes on to achieve a stated goal while he unknowingly completes another desired task. The five elements of a quest are: “a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials en route, and a real reason to go there” (Foster). The quest is one of...
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A hero is defined as someone who is admired for his or her courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. A hero usually demonstrates the values of sacrifice, selflessness and bravery. In today’s society, the work hero is passed around excessively much. A football player who scores the winning try or the final swimmer of the Olympic relay team are defined...
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Computer animations are gaining popularity in movies and television. Traditional animation will undoubtedly continue to play a significant part in animation for many years to come. Apart from being faster and more cost efficient, computer animation offers several additional advantages. Because it is software-based, this streamlines the animation toolkit. Traditional animation is time-consuming and labor-intensive. The finished product involves many...
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“Hope is a good thing, may be the best of the things. And good thing never dies” (Andy Dufresne). ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella ‘Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption’. In 1947 Portland, Maine, banker Andy Dufresne is convicted of murdering his wife and...
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What does happiness and suffering means to you? That is very board topic as everybody have their own perception towards it. Personally, humans must experience both happiness and suffering during its lifetime as it is a part and parcel of life. We cannot say that we are only seeking pleasant experience and feeling. Feeling of suffering helps to shape a...
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In this paper, I'm going to analyze one of the scenes in ‘The Shawshank Redemption’, namely the scene (0:34:00 - 0:38:51) where Andy helps Hadley with his tax problem and gets beers in return from him. This scene is shot outdoors unlike the majority of the film, which is shot indoors and makes very good use of natural lighting for...
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Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel ‘Never Let Me Go’ and Andrew Niccol’s film ‘Gattaca’ portray dystopian worlds where many individuals are victim to the discrimination and the pre-determined causes provided by their fate as being classified as ‘sub-humans’. In ‘Never Let Me Go’, Kazuo Ishiguro exhibits a dystopian world where many individuals are cloned from others to be used as organ donors...
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In 1994, the iconic movie ‘Forrest Gump’, directed by Robert Zemeckis, was released. This movie gave life to one of today’s more inspirational movie characters, Forrest Gump. The movie ‘Forrest Gump’ is about a simple, seemingly uneducated man’s journey through a string of complicated times and nonetheless coming out on top. At the start of the movie, we learn Gump...
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Disney movies have been criticized in the past for promoting an unrealistic beauty standard through their princesses as well as constant reinforcement that a man is needed in order to complete a woman. However, in the 2013 movie ‘Frozen’, Disney seemed to have attempted to listen to some of these gendered critiques. The main characters, Anna and Elsa, do still...
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Horror and thriller movies were born out of a need for us to confront fears and conquer something we do not understand. ‘The Birds’ directed by Alfred Hitchcock delivers the audience both of those two promises. The movie shows how something that is perceived as peaceful, such as birds, can turn into a terrifying presence at any time. The movie...
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Lord Farquaad is the main evil villain of the movie ‘Shrek’, and shortest one too. He is the ruler of Duloc - and a cruel one at that. At the beginning of the movie Farquaad banishes all of the fairytale creatures from his land (relocated to Shrek’s swamp), torturing others to give up the location of whatever creatures he hasn't...
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‘A Beautiful Mind’ is a true story that was turned into a film in 2001 about a man named John Nash who struggled with schizophrenia throughout his life and how he eventually learned to overcome it. Throughout the film, John’s schizophrenia caused him to hallucinate and imagine people that did not actually exist. One of the men that John imagines...
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‘The Truman Show’ follows the life of Truman Burbank, a thirty-year-old male who lives in the small town of Seahaven. Unaware that his entire life has and is being filmed, Truman thinks he’s living a normal life. Whilst I’m sure many people in our modern world would love to star in their very own TV show, Truman’s life has revolved...
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Every film, fiction or non-fiction, will have their own unique ideas and themes about a certain topic. The movie ‘Billy Elliot’ demonstrates new perspectives about complex human experiences, such as the human desire to accomplish individual goals and the rebellious nature of human beings who feel inclined to fight against corrupt authorities. The 2008 movie by Mark Herman, ‘The Boy...
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I think that the use of 3D animation films has grown tremendously over the last few years. The first 3D animated series began with ‘VeggieTales’. It was created in 1993 and basically set the stage for other 3D animated films to come after. The first totally animated movie was ‘Toy Story’. Other films before it had used 3D animation to...
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The reality of the world and the truth of it is questioned every day, especially when something goes wrong. This is shown in ‘The Truman Show', when Truman finally starts to question the reality of the world and the truth of the people that surrounds him. The movie serves as a symbol for our current condition. In our cultural world,...
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Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one in which we are stuck and forced to live with. We have an innate belief, or faith in our world, and our reality. This is evident in ‘The Truman Show’, directed by Peter Weir, where Truman Burbank, the protagonist, is born and raised in a mock reality. He grows up...
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Literature, a timeless piece of writing bonded together by unspoken words. Animated movies, a reel rolling a flipbook of pictures telling a story. Literature in its purest form is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. Words slowly bind themselves into sentences that create stories, speaking in a universal and infinite language. Literature is the immortality...
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The movie ‘Shrek’ directed by Andrew Adamson and Vickey Jenson, is an exceptional movie that follows the ‘Hero’s Journey’ while simultaneously subverting it. The main theme of the movie is ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’. This moral also makes you reflect on some judgements that you may have made about a person throughout your life. The key stages...
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All thrillers seem to clothe themselves in a pretentious cloth of unoriginal uniformity so much so that we have a handle on what will happen as soon as the heart-thumping cinematic music starts. They all follow the theme of a few ready-made American fetishes: demonic activity, psychopath killer, a ghost of the past, and corny revenge stories. But we have...
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“It is as inhuman to be totally good as it is to be totally evil” (Burgess Xiii). Life could not exist without evil. ‘A Clockwork Orange’ by Anthony Burgess describes the exploits and behaviors of Alex. The author depicts him as a violent and sociopathic adolescent who strives to become a constructive member of the community. Based on the story,...
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‘The Truman Show’ offers viewers a great insight into the concept of discovery by presenting themes of Descartes’ perception and reality and the power of media are prevalent in the process of discovery promoting a sense of reality and awareness of one’s place in life. In this film directed by Peter Weir, the viewers are confronted with the eponymous character’s...
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In Book III of Plato’s ‘Republic’, Socrates, amid the process of constructing his ideal city in discussions with his interlocutors, introduced to the world the concept of the noble lie; in a simplified form: a lie for good. He asks: “Could we somehow contrive one of those lies that come into being in case of need, of which we were...
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The story of friendship between two men serving life sentences in prison may sound rather dull as a movie plot. However, director Frank Darabont’s movie, ‘The Shawshank Redemption’, is far from dull. Starring Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne and Morgan Freeman as Ellis ‘Red’ Redding. ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ is a movie about time, persistence and friendship. Not qualities you would...
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