Violence is simply a physical force put forth with the intention to place another person in danger, resulting in an injury or even death. One example of violence in the film is explained by Council District Twenty-One residents Corey and Angelique Anderson. The Anderson’s explain that they try to stay close to their house and direct neighborhood because many parts are too dangerous to venture too. Recently, one cab driver was shot and another was strangled (Adelman, Smith, Herbes-Sommers, Strain, MacLowry, Stange, Garcia, 2008).…
The medium of film is enriching as it is able to transmit powerful themes and/or social issues to an audience, leaving them with a new understanding.…
All throughout history art has been around to appeal to those who were willing to take the time to understand it. While a large majority can appreciate art in itself, it is clear that not everyone has the patience or sometimes are just not even willing to attempt, to appreciate it. In the last century or so film has brought art to the attention of a larger audience through a way that, to many, comes across as more appealing.…
society. With such big influences, the economy in the United States also relied on film…
The Doctrine of Double Effect (DDE) is often invoked to explain the permissibility of an individual’s action that has two outcomes: one where the end result can be foresee and is good, the other that can also be foresee and is bad (Goldworth, Amnon, 2008). In other words, this doctrine is used to justify cases such as where doctors give drugs to patients to relieve severe pain (good result) knowing that doing so may shorten their life span (bad result). Under DDE, this action is justifiable because the physician intention is not aiming directly at killing the patients. The bad result of the patient’s death is a side effect of the good result of reducing the patient’s distressing pain. However, this doctrine is also a subject of controversy,…
While film can be used as propaganda, like in Nazi Germany, it can also be used to provoke thought, rather than control it, manipulate…
For starters, it is a visual medium that sticks with people well after the images are gone. The old saying ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ should be modified for film to read ‘a moving picture is worth a million words’ because of its awesome powers. Additionally, it is an auditory medium because it uses sound to augment the visuals to create a visceral experience. Many sounds in movies are meant to make an audience cry, scream with terror, laugh, gasp, become angry, and many other emotional responses. I would argue that there is no other medium currently available that can move someone as much as a film can, from emotionally to…
“I’m going to make a name for myself. If I fail, you will never hear of me again” Edward James Muggeridge. True to his words he succeeded in making a name for himself and he created the first movie or “motion picture”. Movies are a rollercoaster ride that transcends people into a whole different world fresh out of somebody’s imagination as seen through the genres of horror, drama, and science fiction. The movie business allows people to break through the burden of everyday life. Considering today’s way of life, people would be lying if they did not admit that movies are an influential entity in our culture. Movies have been successful in ingraining values and elements into society. Movies exaggerate, sensationalize and at times even trivialize the matters of society. It has also played a major role in media in positive developments such as fight against racism, fight against gender bias, and spreading awareness about world peace. Author Bill Swanson who wrote the text, “How Films Feed the Mind or When I’m Hungry, I Don’t Want to Eat Candy”, would also agree that movies play a significant role in structuring our society. In his text he explains movies have a big influence to people both physically and physiologically. Swanson states that films are only analogies of the real world that condense time into a two-hour story. Furthermore, Swanson explains movies are part of people’s memories, and many compare and reflect movies into their own personal experience. There are numerous examples in which Swanson refers to movies that are influential and momentous. One of the movies that Swanson proposes is Raging Bull, he quotes that: “Raging bull is the irrational urge to define ourselves by violent acts of control and domination” (Swanson 240). Raging Bull requires viewers to have cultural knowledge in order to fully understand the film. Martin Scorsese presents a movie that many critics would consider a classic. There are many characteristics that make this…
Film, like novels and plays, is a form of narrative or storytelling. However, image (and, to a lesser extent, sound) is the main ‘language’ film uses to tell the story. Some of the elements of this language include:…
The biggest problem humans have been having since the dawn of time is, 'how do we entertain ourselves? '. One would assume it began with fire, something that aroused the eyes and entertained the mind.Though fire may have been the beginning, centuries upon centuries later a much more highly intelligent form of entertainment revolutionized the world, motion pictures. In the dog eat dog world of entertainment Film reigns alpha dog. Film has some of the biggest influence on the world around us. It shapes our adolescence, teaching foreign things to the young developing mind. Cinema has spurred riots, love, and murder. So the question is, whats are these powerful pieces of art?…
Sound in film is often considered as secondary in importance to the image as a communicator of…
Movies is another version of media that can swade people's moods or feelings. There are different genres of movies than can people's perspective…
The cinema can configure physical, social, or psychological reality in many different ways or modes. Cinema persuades film viewers to believe in the validity of various uniquely constituted on-screen worlds – realism, expressionism, fantasy (& the fantastic), and cinematic self-reflexivity.…
Mass-media has always been an important part of the cultural analysis. And films, as one of the most important aspect of the mass-media, have very much influence both on the shaping of the culture and also on the reflection of culture. It is really difficult to make the exact definition of culture but briefly it can be said that culture is the everything that surrounds people; how they are grown up, how they wear, how they think on exact topics etc. And movies can be very effective on the people of a culture that they can both impose different ideas to people and change the mindset of people and also be very critical about the culture. David Fincher's movie Fight Club can be considered…
this day and age, media is as prevalent as the air we breathe. And like the air that fills our lungs, the influence and message of media silently fills our brain. Film, a type of media, is one of the carriers of these messages. Movies are a big source of entertainment. The film industry spends billions of dollars every year, and generates an even larger profit. In 2014, the U.S film industry generated a revenue of approximately 564 billion U.S dollars . 707 films were produced in the U.S in 2014. A portion of these 707 movies produced traveled into theatres, televisions, cyberspace, supermarkets, and even onto airplanes. This constant accessibility eases the ability of escaping from reality to a fantastic story. It’s a way to submerge one’s…