Thesis Statement: There are a wide variety of films out there‚ and they are categorized into many different types however there are 6 major types or genres those are‚ action‚ drama‚ comedy‚ horror‚ musical and science fiction. Types of Films | Characteristics | Examples | Action | Highly charged‚ violence‚ shoot outs‚ car chases‚ kung-fu‚ hero and bad guys | Avengers‚ James Bond‚ Resovoir dogs‚ Departed‚ Kill Bill‚ Dark knight‚ Expendables | Comedy | Humor‚ filled with jokes and loose plot
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DEVELOPMENT OF FILM Birth of Film 1878 | - 1st Motion Picture created by Eadweard Muybridge on a farm in California- Photographed a horse in fast motion using a series of 12 stereoscopic Cameras (00:51 to 00:58 - Birth of Cinema video) | 1888 | - 1st celluloid film shot by Louis Aime Augustin using single lens camera in Yorkshire‚ Great Britain called “Roundhay Garden Scene” (01:07 - 01:10 - Birth of Cinema video) | 1894 | - Thomas Edison and Whilliam Dickson invented the Kinetoscope
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The boys in both film belong to boy stereotypical groups; Danny in Grease is a Greaser and a part of the ‘boy group’ called the T-birds who turns into a jock and Troy in High School Musical is a jock and captain of the basketball team. Both the girls‚ Sandy is in Grease and Gabriella in High School Musical are sweet and studious. It is a discovered shared interest in music that brings Troy and Gabriella together in High School Musical; throughout the film they have to contend with the desire of their
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experience of loosing his mother. Nas goes on in this exclusive interview about his experience working on the film‚ the cast‚ and the importance of the holiday musical that’s in theaters everywhere this season. Famed writer and director‚ Kasi Lemmons brings movie goers a holiday musical drama based on a contemporary adaptation of Langston Hughes’ celebrated play‚ "Black Nativity". The film follows Langston (Jacob Latimore)‚ a street-wise teen from Baltimore raised by a single mother‚ as he journeys
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LEVEL 3 How to write a Film Review Credits (first page only): Title‚ year‚ genre‚ director‚ (screenwriter)‚ music or soundtrack‚ main actors. Credits: Summary of the plot (synopsis): Only a brief summary of the film‚ around ½ to ¾ page. Make sure that your summary makes sense to a reader who does not know the movie. Do not refer to specific scenes and do not try to explain everything. You must also include the following items‚ but not as different parts (they should be included
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The Film Piracy Problem The Film Piracy Problem Teacher Overview Film piracy is the illegal copying and distribution of movies in print‚ videos‚ DVDs or electronic files. New developments in digital technology make server-based or peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing on the Internet convenient and relatively fast. A negative consequence of this new technology‚ however‚ is online theft of copyrighted material. This lesson introduces students to the problem of film piracy‚ focusing specifically on Internet
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Film genre From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia See also: List of genres#Film genres and television genre In film theory‚ genre ( /ˈʒɒnrə/ or /ˈdʒɒnrə/) refers to the method based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed. Most theories of film genre are borrowed from literary genre criticism. As with genre in a literary context‚ there is a great deal of debate over how to define or categorize genres.[citation needed]. Besides the basic distinction in genre between
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the weekend‚ I had no idea what to expect from the musical Chicago. I had never seen the movie‚ or anything related to the musical. I had however been to the city of Chicago‚ although it turns out‚ that wasn’t very useful information preluding the musical. I went into the theatre not having any clue‚ and I returned actually learning quite a bit. The things I learned from this experience are not solely related to the musical. I learned that musicals‚ and not understanding the arts very well‚ is a great
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Since the beginning of film there have been many styles and genres that have been portrayed on the silver screen. Each style has it’s own distinct qualities‚ laced with the talented individual who created it. These styles have been evolving and changing according to the technologies and resources available at the time. One of the most prominent styles has always been realism. Realism in films has been around since the beginning of films and is still present and making a huge impact today. Realistic
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Code and convention of horror film: A horror film follows certain code and convection to achieve its purpose of scaring and alarming the audience. The following are some of them: Setting/location: The location used for this genre of a film is isolated and lonely area that has been abandoned or an area where the victim will feel vulnerable. For example small communities‚ dark streets‚ narrow alleyways‚ roads‚ woods‚ haunted places‚ farms‚ country sides and cities etc… sometimes places with ‘dark’
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