and ethnicities (the screenplay is a low concept film that focuses on the characters to display a point). The motion picture Crash manifests important themes and ideas about the 21st century American zeitgeist and import ideas about life. By textbook definition the film is considered a work of art its original and deals with the important topic‚ case in point‚ racism. Crash also it sets forth a wholesome view of life. Each character in the film is a victim of racial tensions and also demonstrated
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Film Review-The Hunger Games Director and co-writer-Gary Ross The Hunger Games‚ it’s a harsh and relentless story based upon the first novel out of a trilogy of books by Suzanne Collins. The book is narrated by 16 year old Katniss; a young woman who lives in a post-apocalyptic America divided into 13 districts and ruled by one‚ the Capitol. In this imaginary future‚ ruled by the Capitol‚ an apparatus of their control is the Hunger Games‚ an event established in the aftermaths of a rebellion against
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Color in film went through a self-contained evolution much like sound. Many films of the silent era‚ for instance‚ used processes such as tinting and toning to give an overall color to the frame (Thomspon & Bordwell 34). Thompson and Bordwell comment on the process that “color could provide information about the narrative situation and hence make the story clearer to the spectator” (34)‚ much like the use of photogénie and mise-en-scene by the Impressionists and Expressionists. Other films‚ such as
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Notes from film: What is Cinema January-10-13 8:13 PM • An art form‚ an artistic spectacle‚ an aesthetic language with its own grammar and style‚ a ‚medium of communication and expression • A series of still image on a strip of plastic which‚ wen run through a projector shown on a screen‚ creates the illusion of moving images. • Form ( film language) and content ( message) are linked. The message is understood through its form or language by exploring how it uses
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Life for a black woman in the 1960’s was about as easy as finding a job once you’ve been called a thief. No one treated you right‚ everyone looked at you as if you had some sort of disease‚ you got bossed around and you had to take it. A symbol represented in the book is a white apron. A white apron represents the help since that is what they have to wear everyday of their lives while working for their white peoples. The idea a white apron represents is the injustice black people have to deal with
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The Departed is a film centered around organized crime that involves a wide array of characters. With drug deals‚ shootouts‚ scandals‚ and espionage‚ the movie has many tense scenes that have notable staging‚ costumes‚ props and settings. At about fifty-two minutes in‚ Costigan and French enter a man named Brian’s house to assassinate him. Dressed in dark clothes and with French wearing leather gloves‚ they are dressed to kill. The setup of the room has two conceivable exits‚ that are instantly
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It is wholly recognizable that the 1960’s is one of the greatest triumphs in American civil rights history. The 1960’s not only continued the frigidness of the Cold War‚ it bolstered voices of African American’s and their oppressed state. Centuries of their rights‚ ideas‚ and voices being suppressed or disregarded exploded during the 60’s. It was a revival in the confidence and idea of “black power” that spurred across African American people. The civil rights movement endured the common notion of
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Film noir "Film Noir" is a term that was applied to a style of American cinema that was popular in the 1930’s and 40’s. The term translates to "Black Film‚" which refers to both the characteristic lighting and the dark subject matter. Noir films often depict different aspects of the criminal underworld‚ and are most commonly set in the ’mean streets’ of the city. Many of the most recognizable early noir films were mysteries involving a hard-boiled detective like Sam Spade (played by Humphrey Bogart)
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counterculture refers to a more significant‚ visible phenomenon that reaches critical mass and persists for a period of time. According to Roszak’s definition‚ the counterculture movement refers to all the protest movements that happened in America in the 1960s‚ including both the political movements such as the women’s liberation movement‚ the African-American Civil Rights Movement‚ the antiwar movement against Vietnam‚ the environment movement‚ the gay rights movement‚ and the cultural "movements" as drug
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Wanjiku Mwangi ENC 1102 Research Paper Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Fostering Critical Thinking in Writing Classroom Using Film Composition Composition has long been established as a core element to the writing objective. Much effort has been used to classify different themes‚ styles and conventions within written works. This investigation into this particular medium has made for a scholarly outlook on writing. What was once a medium for simple communication; is now able to express varying
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