Film Criticism Lee R. Bobker affirms that there are six rudiments that film criticism should involve to be effectual: 1. Theme of film 2. Quality of technical execution 3. Quality and nature of ideas in the film 4. Validity of ideas in the film 5. Individual contributions 6. Relationship of the film to other works by the same filmmaker Each of these essentials must be satisfied or the film criticism will lack its effectiveness. A true critic realizes the importance that they hold
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Significance of Film Film is a series of still pictures that tells a story. Film incorporates a lot of elements such as drama‚ movement‚ visual art‚ and etc. A lot of things could be seen in a film but one of the best points of film is that it tells a story. But making a film is not just storytelling. You have to mind other elements such as cinematography‚ lighting‚ editing‚ location and etc. to make a film. Every single detail in the film should be well thought of. It is one way of letting the
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In Hoop Dreams‚ the lives of two students athletes‚ William Gates and Arthur Agee‚ are documented as they both pursue their dream of making it to the NBA one day. The documentary emphasizes many of the themes and concepts about the African American athlete that we have learned in class. One of the themes we talked in class was the exploitation of the student athlete for the benefit of the school. Student athletes are expected to live up to the expectations of the coaches and the school and devote
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A Comparison of Supernatural Films Horror has been one of the most popular categories of films in the movie industry. Horror movies are divided into genres with different subgenres. Horror movies are defined by the emotional status of the person focusing on people darkest secrets and fears in relation to other genres such as science fiction or crime films that are defined by setting and narrative context (pdf). However‚ the problem with most horror movies is that disgust and fear can be interchangeable
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Kidnapped for Christ was just supposed to be a documentary by Kate Logan that aimed to document the life of struggling teenagers sent to Escuela Caribe‚ a Christian boarding school located in the Dominican Republic. But as she went down into the condition of these people‚ what can be called part of the modern-day anawim‚ she found out more than what she needed. Her faith was shaken‚ and she found herself questioning not only God but also her faith‚ into the Christianity she believed in. She had anticipated
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how the five main channels of information in film--visual image‚ print and other graphics‚ speech‚ music‚ noise (sound effects)--work together to communicate it. Note that not all films make use of all five channels (e.g.‚ print and graphics were common in the era of the silent film) and‚ further‚ that the intermittent suppression of one channel (e.g.‚ silence) can also communicate information. Of the five channels‚ the visual image is (in most films) the most important. It is certainly the most
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the opening seconds of the History Channel’s documentary the Dark Ages. This documentary focuses on Europe during the time frame of 500-1000 CE after the decentralization of the western half of the Roman Empire. The documentary portrays the early Middle Ages as very dark and somber. This is contrary to the readings and lectures with the portrayal of the events‚ but similar with the Catholic Church‚ in order to St. Benedict and Charlemagne. The documentary is different from the lecture as it portrays
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9/18/2013 Poor Kids I could relate to the movie because I also grew up poor. It’s full of incredibly sad circumstances. It’s sad to see families‚ or anyone really‚ living in a homeless shelter. It’s sad that in a country where there is so much excess‚ anyone has to be homeless. It is truly depressing when a person‚ especially a child‚ sees other people have nice‚ clean things and eating food‚ food that is a special treat for a poor person. The ridicule and humiliation that stem
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were mostly for pure entertainment‚ never delving too deep into the human psyche or touching on subjects outside of the day to day lives of the upper crust of society. Films never touched on the real day lives of the average person who‚ ironically‚ paid to those types of movies. During ww2 films served a similar purpose. Many of the films at the time were created to boost morale of people at home and to support the troops. They were understandably created to make the public at home feel a little less
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Seth 10/6/13 Walker Percy Essay An epiphany: a sudden realization of great truth. No piece of writing has affected me at a level even remotely close to what this essay has. In the Loss of the Creature by Walker Percy‚ so many fallacies of modern day society are exposed for what they truly are. I discovered that I‚ along with the majority of society have been letting myself be swayed hopelessly by the perceptions and expectations of others. A perfect example of this was my first thoughts of
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