Why Hate the Film? Paula Oliveira Dr. Sucheta Choudhuri Literature and Film 2315 21 February 2014 Why Hate the Film? While most of us love watching films‚ those of us who have read the book in which a film was developed from‚ will most likely feel uneasy when the film does not match exactly what we read. In most cases‚ we feel disappointed to not see our own interpretation of the book on the screen. A film made from a book or inspired by a book
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The Patriot The film The Patriot directed by Roland Emmerich follows Benjamin Martin‚ a hero of the French and Indian War‚ and his service in the American Revolution fighting against the British. The Patriot is a film that romanticizes the fact that freedom is not free. The intended purpose of the film is to make Americans and those who fought for freedom to feel good about their country. In fact‚ freedom is a continuous theme in the movie from start to finish. This can be seen at the start of
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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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WHY IS COMPUTER ANIMATION IMPORTANT IN THE FILM INDUSTRY?Voices Home The Digital Medium Has an Important Contribution to Cinema’s Artistic and Entertainment Values For more than 100 years since its birth‚ the movie industry has evolved much as an art form and a creative industry. Since then‚ it has provided major contributions in the arts‚ culture‚ politics and technology. And whether it’s in Hollywood‚ Bollywood or any other film industry center in the world‚ each one continues to develop better
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world appeared as a well functioning nation‚ inside‚ people were beginning to suffer from the disease of corruption. “The cause and effect relationship begins to quickly spread the disease throughout the characters” (unknown author). In Hamlet‚ we see that as the play progresses‚ three main characters become rotten with corruption; Claudius‚ Polonius and Hamlet. Claudius and Hamlet try to hide it at first‚ but it soon becomes too much and they eventually can‘t hold it in any longer. Polonius on the
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new film Halloween. The film follows a group of young females as they are stalked‚ tormented and inevitably killed by an escaped lunatic wearing a Halloween mask and wielding a knife. The film was revolutionary for the many themes and concepts it introduced‚ (including the concept of the final girl) things that have been so often repeated they have become tropes of the genre. However the initial praise heaped upon Halloween for it ’s portrayal of a previously unheard of strong female character may
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WRITING A BOOK / FILM REVIEW Reviews are brief accounts of books‚ films‚ plays‚ CDs‚ etc. Their purpose is to inform readers and viewers‚ while also giving opinions and recommendations about whether or not they should buy a CD‚ read a book‚ watch a film‚ etc. A good film / book review should include: ( An introduction which gives facts and background information concerning the book‚ film‚ etc‚ its credits. Some good examples of them are the following: Credits: • Title and year
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Film Review Notes- Costuming- Humans wear snow gear (Windbreakers‚ ski pants‚ gloves and beanies) Predator costumes consists of metal chest plates‚ shin guards‚ wrist guards‚ knee pads‚ elbow pads‚ a fish net body suit‚ dreadlocks that look like they’re made out of a rubber substance‚ Masks made out of metal‚ shoulder pads‚ skirt. Aliens costumes consists of a large black full body suit with an elongated head and two sets of mouths‚ long claws‚ long tail with a sharp spiked end and four horns sticking
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for his film before adapting it into the novella of the same name. Because of this rather peculiar order‚ the similarities between the two are very strong‚ something that is not always the case with books and their film adaptations. Though there a few stylistic differences between the novella and the film‚ the two mediums of storytelling both remain quite true to the central storyline. The noir genre was an essential piece to the story of The Third Man‚ and both the novella and the film were able
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country’s life completely as well as the lives of people generations from him. This paper will discuss and evaluate the 1982 film Gandhi. Through exploring both the film and the autobiography of Mohandas Gandhi‚ this paper will attempt to compare and contrast the depiction of our great hero. In addition‚ this paper will discuss how the information in the film represents Gandhi distinctive to how Gandhi portrays himself within his autobiography. Furthermore‚ this paper will subjectively illustrate
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