Many of us can share the love and excitement of walking into a dimly lit theater‚ of lying back in a squishy chair‚ of reaching with one hand into a bowl of butter-soaked popcorn; and of resting for two care-free hours to watch a movie meant to bring great emotion to the audience. Since their creation‚ movies have become a significant part of American culture. Today hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on creating movies and just as much is spent on viewing them. To keep up with popular demand
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Cited: West‚ Dennis‚ West‚ Joan M. “Sending Cinematic Smoke Signals: An Interview with Sherman Alexie.” Cineaste 22 September 1998; 28. Smoke Signals. Dir. Chris Eyre. Perf. Adam Beach‚ Evan Adams. Miramax Films. 1999.
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Midnight in Paris Analysis The Oscar-winning film‚ Midnight in Paris‚ written and directed by Woody Allen uses cinematic techniques to create a world of fantasy and reality. Throughout the film‚ reality and fantasy are constantly paralleled. This film succeeds because of the elements Woody Allen uses to juxtapose the main character‚ Gil Pender‚ sense of reality and fantasy. Elements such as mise en scene‚ costume design‚ the auteur theory‚ and the screenplay writing all work in conjunction to
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impact of those torch bearers whose untiring efforts have led Bollywood to become the biggest film industry in terms of volume. For brevity sake‚ I’ll discuss the article in a two part series. This is the first one dealing with initial half of our cinematic journey. From Dada Saheb Phalke’s humble beginnings to the golden era where storytellers like Satyajit Ray & superstars like Raj Kapoor ensured an Intellectually vibrant as well as a financially sound film industry. Next 50 years of this journey
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desires‚ and dreams. B. Mutual Relationship between Countries a. Public awareness of a country’s relationship through the acceptance of a foreign artist. b. Local artists are considered less professional. c. Ignorance of a country’s own cinematic production. II. Standard of Originality and Creativity A. Originality a. Subject matter is rooted from realities may it be related socially‚ economically‚ etc. b. Discuss the involvement of music‚ arts‚ literature and
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effectively brings out the utmost details of the page 3 category people belonging to upper class society. The movie ‘Fashion’ highlights the dark‚ gloomy and pitiful state of affairs in the world of fashion‚ modelling and glamour. These films are mere cinematic version of the unquestionable truth or fact and we somehow identify with the characters in the movie. Apart from films‚ television acts as a mirror act of the society at times too. The popular TV show “Balika Vadhu’ highlights the all time evil
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films made set in the ancient world. The question is‚ why was Gladiator able to revive the ancient world genre? After seeing films like Ben-Hur and Spartacus‚ two of the greatest films ever made set in the ancient world. it is hard not to see the cinematic cues that Gladiator takes from these films. Ben-Hur follows the story of Judah Ben-Hur after he was betrayed by his childhood friend and seeks revenge against the man who wronged. In Gladiator‚ we have Maximus go on a quest for vengeance after the
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Two of the legendary Italian film director Federico Fellini ’s films‚ OTTO E MEZZO‚ also known as 8 ½‚ which was filmed in 1963; AND THE SHIP SAILS ON‚ which was filmed in 1983‚ demonstrate significantly different aspects of this great director ’s cinematic talent. Separated in time by two decades‚ created in distinctly different social and cultural environments‚ and products of very different stages in Federico Fellini ’s career‚ the two films reflect contrast much more than they feature similarity
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scopophilia were introduced in the analysis and study of films‚ notably from individuals such as Laura Mulvey‚ Gaylyn Studlar and Gilles Deluze. Laura Mulvey uses Freud’s psychoanalytic theories and concepts as “political weapons” to argue that cinematic spectatorship is influenced by patriarchal society (Mulvey‚ 746). Women in films are often used to depict in voyeuristic and fetishistic aspects‚ two modes of the male gaze‚ throughout mainstream cinema. They are described as passive‚ seen as sexual
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Running head: PSYCHOSOCIAL EXAMININATION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA DAVID HELFGOTT: A PSYCHOSOCIAL EXAMININATION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA Abstract This research paper examines the cinematic biographical adaptation of musical child prodigy David Helfgott. The paper will examine Helfgott during the following four stages of psychosocial development based on the psychosocial theory of Erik Erikson: Middle childhood (6-12)‚ Early adolescence (12-18)‚ Later adolescence (18-24) and Middle adulthood (34-60). Erik Erikson
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