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Research Essay on the Kardashian

4 Pages 1878 Words
'Sometimes called popular factual television, reality TV is located in border territories, between information and entertainment, documentary and drama' (Hill 2005: 2). Discuss with close reference to AT LEAST TWO reality TV shows of your choice. Reality Television is a genre of television program that documents unscripted real-life situations of individuals. Biressi argues reality TV started as far back as...

Research Essay on Genre of Literature

3 Pages 1600 Words
Growing up, I think it’s fair to say that science fiction has played a role in everyone’s upbringing. Classics like Star Wars and The Matrix have inspired many to indulge and achieve many imaginative pieces of art while providing visual gold for all viewers. SF, Sci–fi, or science fiction, call it what you like. But behind the lasers and the...

Career Research Essay about Film and Video Editor

3 Pages 1366 Words
The career I would be most interested in for filmmaking would be becoming a film editor. A film editor works with the director to edit footage, shape character and perspective, as well as create a comprehensive onscreen narrative. Going into further detail, a film editor’s tasks are mainly to organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according...

The Greatest Showman': Review Essay

2 Pages 788 Words
What many films made in recent years fail to draw in both the critics and the audience and trying too hard to make a great production to please their expectations can have a seriously negative effect on the final product – even though ‘The Greatest Showman’ did not win over the critics as hoped, it won over modern audiences with...

Essay: Rocky Ends the Cold War

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More and more modern films resort to geopolitical tricks to diversify the movie and increase the audience to increase the box office. This trend was maintained even back in the early 90s. So, the movie ‘Rocky IV’ released in 1985 from the Rocky series directed by Sylvester Stallone used a parallel between the box and the Cold War to somehow...

Analytical Essay on Horror

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'In general, little attention has been given to the filmic representation of race in film genre criticism.' (Mark A Reid). Making detailed reference to one or two discuss the ways in which a genre of your choice uses discourses of race. This essay will analyze the horror genre’s approach to race in a variety of ways. Depictions of race in...

Essay on Thelma and Louise Friendship

2 Pages 1134 Words
Using films and movies as a platform to ventilate social messages is identified as a common measure that directors and producers use extensively. In the case of reviewing ‘Thelma and Louise’ and ‘Amelie’ as clearly feminist films, it is important to understand the background of the movies and the perception that those two movies possess in order to analyze the...

Race Reflections: 'Race: The Power of an Illusion'

3 Pages 1255 Words
“Being black in U.S. society means always having to be prepared for antiblack actions by whites – in most places and at many times of the day, week, month, or year. Being black means living with various types of racial discrimination from cradle to grave” (Feagin, 167). Racial discrimination is still happening today and is currently affecting the life chances...

Leadership Dynamics in 'Remember the Titans'

2 Pages 1070 Words
Introduction "Remember the Titans," a 2000 film directed by Boaz Yakin, offers a compelling portrayal of leadership and collaboration amidst racial tension in 1970s America. Set in the context of a newly integrated high school football team, the narrative centers on the challenges and triumphs of Coach Herman Boone, played by Denzel Washington, in uniting a racially divided team. The...

Twelve O'clock High' Leadership Essay

4 Pages 1663 Words
12 O’Clock High Case Analysis In this case analysis, we will focus on the leadership styles, the subsequent effectiveness, and the appropriateness demonstrated by General Pat Pritchard, General Frank Savage, and Colonel Keith Davenport as seen in the film 12 O’Clock High. The beginning of the movie starts with a plane rough landing on an airfield, Colonel Davenport lets the...

Personal Response Essay 'Life of Pi'

3 Pages 1298 Words
One boy, one boat, one tiger, and one cinematic success! Foxton pulls back the curtain on this year’s most visually enticing film as Ang Lee brings to life Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. From land to sea, human to tiger, despair to hope – this film is nothing short of a cinematic miracle. Ang Lee’s remarkable reworking of Yann Martel’s...

Essay on 'Life of Pi' Movie

5 Pages 2217 Words
Films, from the beginning of their invention, have been based on the manipulation of the captured image. Over the years this has only been made easier with the introduction of new technologies, giving visual elements an ever-evolving aspect in cinematography. In this way, digital cinema has brought about a new era in film production and reception. Previously, directors would have...

Life of Pi' Book and Movie: Comparison Essay

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Literature is a vast area that incorporates different genres and cultures within itself. Novels, short stories, and biographies portray characters and events through words. When a film is made from a book it is called an adaptation. From the beginning, filmmakers have made films based on novels, short stories, biographies, and plays; of the sources of these adaptations, novels have...

Analyzing the Demise of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Classic

2 Pages 1044 Words
Introduction Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" is a poignant examination of the American Dream and its implications on the individual psyche, as exemplified by the tragic downfall of its protagonist, Willy Loman. First performed in 1949, the play captures the desperation and disillusionment experienced by many Americans in the post-war era. Willy Loman, a once-aspiring salesman, finds himself entrapped...

The Impossible': Movie Review Essay

2 Pages 769 Words
On Boxing Day 2004, at 07:59 a.m., a 9.1-magnitude earthquake ripped through an undersea fault in the Indian Ocean. It propelled a massive set of waves towards shores lined with masses of people. Thailand was classified as ‘lucky’, yet its death toll was nearly 5,400, including 2,000 foreigners. This was one of the largest disaster victim identification processes in history,...

Rhetorical Analysis Essay on a Movie

2 Pages 994 Words
Rhetorical Analysis: Breakfast at Tiffany’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a romantic comedy film that focuses on the eccentric Holly Golightly, and her new neighbor and friend Paul Varjack, who she calls Fred, after her brother that he shares a striking resemblance to. Their friendship is threatened when Holly’s husband tracks her down and talks to Paul Varjack, revealing that Holly,...

Research Essay on 'Divergent'

4 Pages 1887 Words
In the novel Divergent, it tells about a dystopian society and how they separate each other into five factions, the factionless, and a wall. These five factions all have different role and a different way of life. Dauntless are the brave and fearless, Abnegation is selfless, Candor is the honest, Erudite is smart, and Amity is the nature lover. They...

Persuasive Essay on 'The Lion King'

4 Pages 1839 Words
This may sound very archaic but: 'What is the use of man winning the world, if he loses his soul?' This phrase repeated endlessly, even on the big screen, can be applied to Disney standards and its new live-action remakes, increasingly referred to as dry remakes, as in the case of 'The Lion King' (The Lion King, 2019). The level...

Evaluation Essay on a Movie

2 Pages 883 Words
Bee Movie is a 2007 American animated film. The main character (Barry B. Benson) is a honey bee, his voice is played by the star Jerry Seinfeld. The story follows Barry on his adventure to sue the human race for exploiting bees after he found out humans steal honey from bees. It starts with Barry not wanting to get a...

Evaluation Essay on a Comic Book

5 Pages 2089 Words
Comic book movies have become the customary stock of motion pictures and have been reigning at the box office for the last 20 years. Box office sales are a huge factor in the production of comic book movies and the money spent to produce them is extraordinary. Hollywood has invented a world of fantasy that has become an obsession for...

Evaluation Essay on 'The Lion King'

1 Page 595 Words
Grab a mate, purchase your popcorn, and sit back and enjoy The Lion King. Watch one of the best Disney classics, well-crafted with amazing acting, intense plots, and dramatic music. The Lion King is a clever, suspenseful movie with a gripping plot. The movie portrays the ‘circle of life’. Directors Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers present another movie, famous for...

Evaluation Essay about a Movie

2 Pages 895 Words
The documentary, “The Eleventh Hour” narrated in 2007 by Leonardo Dicaprio a movie actor and a producer, tells us mainly about the current and future state of the world and humans. The documentary gives us a message about how our mother nature is changing drastically throughout the years from human behavior and what can be done to slow or reverse...

Evaluation Essay about a Classic Movie

2 Pages 973 Words
Film Review on A Chinese Ghost Story 1. Records “A Chinese Ghost Story”, means “The Ethereal Spirit of a Beauty”. It is a 1987 Hong Kong romantic comedy horror film produced by Tsui Hark. The plot is essentially based on a short story about Nip Siu-sin, from Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling's “Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio”. The 1960...

Critical Essay on the Movie 'The Lion King'

3 Pages 1218 Words
The Lion King is a popular children’s movie created by Disney in which a lion is the king. The story of The Lion King focuses on a young lion named Simba who grows up as the son of Mufasa who is the current king of an African savannah named The Pride Lands. This particular story follows the 14 steps of...

Critical Essay on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Moriarty

2 Pages 864 Words
The television adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story ‘The Final Problem’ is a modern retelling of the traditional narrative in which both the storyline and characters are appropriated into new contexts. Sherlock’s ‘The Reichenback Fall’ provides a fresh interpretation of the storyline, making it accessible and relevant for viewers today. This has been expressed in the three major...

Critical Essay on 'The Hunger Games'

1 Page 542 Words
In this essay, I'm going to write about how Katniss’s role in her family affects her behavior in the games by giving examples from the novel The Hunger Games (2008), written by Suzanne Collins, and finishing the essay with a conclusion. The novel The Hunger Games (2007), written by Suzanne Collins has its main character Katniss Everdeen who is only...

Critical Essay on 'Oldboy' (2003)

1 Page 511 Words
Oldboy is a 2003 South Korean action thriller film co-written and directed by Park Chan-wook. One of the most important themes in Oldboy is the human concept of the Truth. Oldboy helps us understand the need for truth in our human minds, and that revenge does not alter the painful feelings that have been experienced. Humankind is obsessed with the...

Critical Essay about a Movie

2 Pages 826 Words
“Beyond the Wild Wood comes the Wild World,’ said the Rat. ‘And that's something that doesn't matter, either to you or to me. I've never been there, and I'm never going, nor you either if you've got any sense at all.” (Grahame, 1908). In the one hundred and twelve years since the publication of Kenneth Grahame’s ‘The Wind In The...

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