comedy- drama film was directed by Marc webb‚ a director who mostly focuses on music videos. (500) Days of Summer follows a protagonist named Tom Hansen‚ a subpar card marker who has a romantic fling with a woman named Summer‚ after watching The Graduate together the fling unexpectedly ends and Tom doesn’t take the break up well. Even trying to win Summer back before she gets married. In This paper I will discuss various scenes‚ discuss (500) Days of Summer being a more modern film then the other
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The Equalizer reunites director Antoine Fuqua and Academy Award winner Denzel Washington in another action thriller film. Before the two worked on the film Training Day‚ which is regarded as one of Washington’s best films and won him the award as Best Actor for his role. The two come together once again to help elevate a poor script and make it a film that is actually worthwhile to watch. The story of The Equalizer follows a mild mannered retired black ops government operative named Robert McCall
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realizes the truth. With the central plot being based mainly on the ghost of Nak and her often brutal interactions with other characters‚ the film could generally be regarded as a horror story. However‚ the evident focus on the concepts of Buddhism‚ achieved through the director’s choice of presentation‚ essentially set aside the horror elements to reveal a film that ultimately highlights the efficacy of Buddhism. Nang Nak is heavily embedded with references to Buddhist beliefs. Nak clinging onto
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Double indemnity was made just after the war‚ during a period of time where men felt insecure‚ as women had become more powerful and independent. This is represented in the film by a negative portrayal of Phyllis. A common type of woman featuring in noir films is the femme fatale‚ which challenges the most traditional role of the woman and the nuclear family. She refuses to play the role of devoted wife and loving mother that society prescribes for women. She finds marriage to be confining‚ loveless
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Documentary film-making has a history as long as that of fiction film-making and began in the late 1800s. From the first developments of film cameras many people found the need to ’document’ the life they saw around them. Film gave rise to a new and very powerful way of looking at the things. Each decade brought with it lighter and easier to use camera equipment‚ as well as film stock which could be used in a wider variety of lighting conditions. This made films easier to make‚ and the subjects
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our leader in order to be help purify the world. On the other hand‚ the white people are holding reenactments‚ making speeches to buy bonds‚ and traveling across the country just to promote themselves as heroes. The citizens are the real Onis in this film literally sucking out the life force of the soldiers and feeding onto their own delusional fantasies of how great their country is. The soldiers seem more like the victims of the war as it really showed that they were
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The film noir movement was a staple of American cinema but it has been the decline for quite a long time. In response to this‚ a number of directors have sought to revive this dying genre. A popular example is the period film Chinatown (1974)‚ directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson‚ Faye Dunaway‚ and Jon Huston. This film is heavily reminiscent of the neo-noir genre and showcases this quality through it’s use of narrative and visual structures. This film uses noir characters‚ plots
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Film & Society Jan 08/09 1a) describe the early filmmaking format. (9m) b) Discuss the FOUR components of time in a movie.(16m) 2a) Define mise-en-scene.(5m) b) Based on ONE musical film of your choice‚ apply all FIVE elements of mise-en-scene seen in the film.(20m) 3a) Describe your understanding on the feminist model.(5m) b) Discuss the strengths of the feminist model.(10m) c) Choose ONE movie that best describe the above model. Discuss the elements of feminist seen in the movie.(10m)
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INCEPTION Inception came out to theaters last 2010. It is an action‚ adventure and sci-fi film starring Leonardo DiCaprio (Cobb)‚ Joseph Gordon Levitt (Arthur) and Ellen Page (Ariadne). The movie revolves around Cobb‚ whose job is to steal information from the minds of people through their dreams. He was given the task to perform the reverse called Inception on a businessman named Fischer in exchange for having the charges against him dropped and going back to America to finally see his children
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Monsters in Films Throughout our generation‚ films have had a huge improvement in production over the years. Whether it’s the style of music or the brilliant use of special effects‚ movies have never looked better. Though the product has changed‚ there is one thing that still seems to stay the same‚ the use of monsters and the real meaning behind them. Though some are not as noticeable as others‚ almost every film includes a monster. Whether is a horror‚ drama‚ or science fiction film‚ there is always
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