Matilda (film) Title- “matilda” Type of text Film Composer- Danny DeVito Audience families‚ little children Source- directed in 1996‚ based on the book written by Roald dahl Context- A young girl‚ Matilda‚ who unfortunately was raised into a family that treat Matilda like a stranger rather than their daughter. Purpose- entertain inform Key elements- Dialogue‚ narrative structure with an orientation‚ complication and resolution cinematic techniques‚ e.g. setting
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abandoned building as they wait to fight off German forces‚ but are later on forced to take to the sewers as a means of escape from the oncoming death‚ with only the rare glimpse of the surface as they remain within these sewers until the end of the film‚ with the Lieutenant returning to the sewers after he kills the man who betrayed him and his men to save himself. Kanal‚ as aforementioned‚ is set during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. The film’s setting‚ therefore‚ must be described in order to accurately
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In An Introduction to the American Horror Film‚ Robin Wood states that “The release of sexuality in the horror film is always presented as perverted‚ monstrous‚ and excessive‚ both the perversion and the excess being the logical outcome of repression.” (Wood 213). By Leatherface showcasing his transgendered identity‚ it is monstrous and is viewed as him being over the top. His scream is very loud and has similarities to that of a women‚ and this correlates with Wood and how he says when sexuality
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tone‚ style‚ and content of Chopin’s "The Awakening" not only helps the reader to understand the characters and their literary qualities‚ but the relevancy of these characters to problems plaguing society such as the feminist movement. Chopin’s technique addresses’ the problems of women as a whole while showing individual dilemmas faced by women in the 1900’s. "The Awakening"
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Journal 1 What’s cooking? Explain the representation of women and their roles in their families. Explain the role of the generational conflict. How does the setting design tell about the characters? The film What’s cooking? is about four different families all coming from different cultures‚ but focuses primarily on the women of each. We have a Jewish mother who is trying to accept the fact that her daughter is a homosexual and trying to eases the acceptance. Then we have the Nguyens‚ the mother
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CSULB knowing little to nothing about film and I wrote and directed a short film called Comfort Zone‚ which is one of my biggest accomplishments that has affected me as an artist and student. The biggest challenge I had to overcome in order to complete Comfort Zone was my fear of telling a story that was personal. I felt exposed and was terrified people would not like or connect to the film. On top of that I did not feel truly confident about directing my short film because I have never done anything
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LORD OF THE FLIES Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell A plane evacuating British boys has been shot down in the Pacific. The boys have been ejected safely from the plane and have landed on a remote island. With no adult supervision‚ they attempt to establish order and a plan for survival. They elect a chief (Ralph) and he selects Jack Merridew‚ a militant choir bully‚ to rule over the choir‚ who become hunters. We also meet Piggy in chapter 1. Piggy is fat‚ suffers from asthma‚ and has no social skills
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The film Drive directed by Nicolas Winding and written by Hossein Amini is about a getaway driver. Played by Ryan Gosling‚ he portrays a nonattached male known as Driver that works as a stunt driver during the day and a getaway driver at night. Also‚ referred to as “a loner by nature” (DRIVE 2011) in rotten tomatoes description of the Driver’s character. We see Driver go from a board person that has nothing to look forward to‚ to someone that has a family and a different perspective of life‚ and
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"Casablanca:" A New Perspective Throughout history‚ the film industry has seen many directing styles and techniques. The early part of the 20th century saw a factory style of film production‚ but as the years went by‚ director’s began to employ new and untried techniques in their pictures. One such technique which these director’s implemented was a new approach to the use of the camera and camera angles. "Casablanca‚" an Academy Award winning film of 1942 saw director Michael Curtiz manipulate the camera
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The main focus in the film was to discuss the health stresses that come with socioeconomic status. In other words health equals wealth (2008). In the film‚ I was able to find a couple of things within the framework of violence. These include intersectionality‚ neoliberalism‚ political and economic wilding‚ and structural violence. One of the biggest themes I found in the film was how intersectionality plays a role in health outcomes of individuals. There is a large focus on capital‚ but the aspect
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