The social importance of film in the 21st century is extremely evident to be a powerful form of communication. Through sound and images filmmakers make use of technical‚ symbolic‚ audio and written codes to convey strong messages. These themes are portrayed in all types of films such as documentaries‚ commercials and even Hollywood blockbusters. As time moves forward so does the ability to connect‚ through film‚ with the social aspects of our age. Every story‚ every image‚ every sound has an impact
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"Oscar" for the female role in the movie "Jasmine"‚ said that at Hollywood there are very few quality roles for women. Her opinion is confirmed by the results of the study "Women in Film and Television"‚ which was held at San Diego State University’s school of Journalism‚ Media and Film. So‚ within a hundred highest-grossing films in 2013 15 % of the main characters and 30 % of speaking characters are women. By the way‚ the latter figure corresponds to the number of women in movies of the 40s‚ which is
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in Film “Roll cameras‚ and ACTION!” We should see the roles that deal with politics and our managers normal‚ and not an exception. Along with actresses‚ female directors face a strong bias in landing any major roles in the film production. Like many advocates‚ I hope to be an influential director one day‚ therefore I will fight for equality but not a separation in Hollywood. The gap between men and woman have always been around‚ and it is also implied to the very thing we all love‚ film. I
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Literature and Film in Horror Literature and film has been a large part of horror for a long time in history. Horror has been in literature since early 1200s because of the book called Inquisition. The book was largely inspired by religion and witchcraft. Film in horror started with the first horror film Le Manoir Du Diable by a French filmmaker named Georges Melies‚ this film was only two minutes long. Hopefully‚ in this paper you will learn about the history of literature and film in horror. Literature
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DRAMATIC TECHNIQUES Speech directions: Words in brackets that tell the actor how to say the lines. This helps us to understand the feelings of the character easily. Asides: When a character temporarily turns away from another character and speaks directly to the audience. This helps us to understand a character’s real feelings at a particular moment in a play. It is often used for humour or to help us empathise with a character. Entrance and exits: It is important to notice when characters
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media tycoons to be the first producers of a film with the latest technology. With the advance and formation of newer equipment‚ stories have been reformatted to include the more novel‚ astounding special effects. With the movie Frankenstein itself; when it first came out in 1910‚ it was a mute‚ black-and-white phenomenon. 21 years later‚ voice technology was the reason for Frankenstein to resurface. Yet again‚ in 1994‚ once high-quality colour films and famous actors could be used‚ the movie was
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The Racial Differences In The Film Industry Researchers at the University of Southern California studied the 700 top-grossing films from 2007 to 2014‚ excluding 2011‚ and analyzed the race and ethnicity of more than 30‚000 characters to reveal diversity in film. The research showed for nearly a decade‚ filmmakers have made virtually no progress in portraying more characters from non-white racial and ethnic identities. Of the top 100 films of 2014‚ nearly three-quarters of all characters were white
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to the online Oxford dictionary‚ is “the action of hurting or harming someone in return for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands.” To me‚ this is essentially what Robin Wood means when he talks about “the return of the repressed.” In horror films‚ the things we try to repress in society‚ like female sexuality and social outcasts‚ end up being the things that return seeking revenge on their suppressers. That is why it can be said that the repressed return in horror movies. However‚ this can
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I agree with this view because key ideas are an important part of a film to make it more interesting for the audience. In the film Blood Diamond directed by Edward Zwick some of the key ideas are: What is valuable and important‚ the devastation of war and exploitation of people and resources. These key ideas in the film help viewers to understand the film better. The key idea of what is valuable is an important one in the film. The three main characters Maddy‚ Danny and Solomon all have something
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Critics argue that these roles that many African Americans play in films as servants‚ jezebels‚ unintelligent black men‚ and “mad black men” are mainly what is available because these are the roles that the film industries audiences want to see. They also think that this is what will sell. Woody Allen is a filmmaker and playwright and he says he only hires African Americans actors and actresses
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