When all the pieces fall into place, everything goes right and when they don’t, everything goes down hill. The scene where Henry told Lois not to call anyone using the house phone and she does, is an example of when things didn’t go as planned, and the situation went south quick. This led to the narcotic officers busting Henry.
Another theme of the movie is that every girl goes for the bad boy type. According to relationship psychology examiner Rhonda Oliver:
“Bad Boys exude an arrogant, macho-istic, “gangsta” dominance of untamed masculinity, which serves as a type of intoxicating attraction to women who like men who live on the edge. Some sport tattoos, the more tattoos the better. If muscles accompany those tattoos, watch out! The psychology of it all is the challenge of "pursuit and conquer". Women who are attracted to the "bad boy" persona tend to be extreme risk takers or seem to dangerously live on the edge.” (P.1, 2)
Karen knows Henry is not a clean-cut guy and this turns her on. In the scene where Henry bashes in Karen’s neighbors face in, he hands her the gun he did the deed with. Karen knows most girls wouldn’t stay with a guy after he told her to hide a gun but she was “turned on” by it. This backfires on Karen as she ends up with a man that gets in serious trouble with the law and cheats on her throughout the film. Unfaithfulness is also a recurring theme in the film. The guys say, Saturday is for the wife and Sunday is for the girlfriend, in the scene where all the main male characters are seen flirting with women who are not their significant others.
The theme of difference in culture and religion turns up quite often as well. Karen, a Jewish woman is concerned that her parents wont approve of Henry, because he do...
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...comes when James is introduced. During the freeze Henry’s voice-over explains who James is. Again, in this situation the freeze-frame was used to establish a pivotal point in the film, since James is a major character. Zoom shots were used throughout the film to show characters emotions. One example is a zoom shot on Henry’s daughter when Karen and Henry get into an argument and Henry storms out the house. The camera zooms in on his daughters face so the audience gets an idea of whom these actions affect.
Tracking shots refer to a camera movement where the camera is attached to a dolly and pushed along a track to capture a moving object. In Goodfellas you can find several tracking shots throughout the film. These shots showed how everything came together for the mob and also showed organization. The first tracking shot comes when Henry first meets James. The shot
...ot where the camera follows a subject within a frame and motion of the subject or its surroundings is involved. In this movie Lee uses the double dolly shot which includes the camera dolly and the actor mounted on a second dolly so the actor is moving along with the camera. The double dolly shot signature move is one of Lee’s favorites and also plays into his technical competence for the movie. This shot stars Detective Keith Frazier and happens just seconds after a hostage is “allegedly” killed by the bank robbers. In this scene the camera tends to shake and Denzel facial expressions display feelings of sadness and anger. In addition, a small cameo of Sal’s Pizzeria pizza boxes are seen when the head bank robbers makes a deal with the officers to get food for the hostages. Lee has lots of these connections within his movies relating back to Do The Right Thing.
In this analysis includes a summary of the characters and the issues they are dealing with, as well as concepts that are seen that we have discussed in class. Such as stereotyping and the lack of discrimination and prejudice, then finally I suggest a few actions that can be taken to help solve the issues at hand, allowing the involved parties to explain their positions and give them a few immersion opportunities to experience their individual cultures.
Camera work assists with establishing Nolan's style by giving the audience a deeper understanding of the films. Nolan's close up shots show emotion on faces, which shows the audience conflicted characters, such as Borden when Angier is drowning. Close ups also help with Nolan's tendency to place the audience directly in the mindset of characters, especially using point of view shots.
Throughout the years, women have been mistreated brutally by gangs in their neighborhood. In a memoir by Luis Rodriguez, Always Running, the main character experiences many random acts such as shootings, rape, and many arrests. Even though, Luis may seem like a very tough young man, he gives the women the respect and love they wish to receive from a gang member. In today’s society, many young girls are attracted to what society calls a “bad boy” because their lifestyle seems exciting. When one decides to join a gang, one must prove their loyalty to their new family by getting “jumped” by the whole gang or committing a serious crime. When a young girl begins to date a gang member, she begins to see how quickly a situation can escalate to a violent scene and abuse. As soon as a young girl is expose to that lifestyle, they tend to get mistreated mentally and physically by other gang
	Aside from the audio and visual points, there are various camera angles used. When everyone is circled around the boiling pot the camera man uses a stedicam shot to circle around and show everyone’s face. When the viewer is seeing a girl take off her clothes the camera technician uses a zoom shot. This holds true when the governor approaches the gathering.
Even though the Christmas play was directly against her Jewish faith, Shirley did not pay much attention to that fact. She was more concerned about perfecting her role so that everyone watching her would be proud of her. However, Shirley’s mother was very concerned about her daughter’s performance in the play. Shirley’s mother had quickly noticed that the school was trying to encroach upon the non-Christian students with these Christian beliefs. She felt the students were being deceived, and she was very frustrated about the situation. Shirley’s mother stated, “Very funny, Misha. What is becoming of you? If we came to a new country a long time ago to run away from tyrants, and instead we fall into a creeping pogrom, that our children learn a lot of lies, so what’s the joke.” (171) The mother was rather fearful and furious that Shirley was playing a role in a play that would directly be against her own Jewish faith. Shirley’s mother felt that they had come to America so they could practice their own Jewish faith freely, which was something they could do not do back home. Yet, here in the American schools, her daughter and other children were presently being forced to learn about Christianity. Shirley’s mother used the term “creeping pogrom” as a way of referring the American schools to the organized massacres of Jews in czarist Russia. She felt that the children were being massacred of their Jewish faith because they were learning lies against their own Jewish religion. Shirley’s mother was further enraged because the children were young and did not know that they were doing something against their own religion.
The shot is a medium shot. Mrs. Robinson and Ben are shown from waist up. This medium shot tells us that a conversation is going on between the two characters and it gives us some cues to pick up on their body language and emotions.
Firstly, one’s identity is largely influenced by the dynamics of one’s relationship with their father throughout their childhood. These dynamics are often established through the various experiences that one shares with a father while growing up. In The Glass Castle and The Kite Runner, Jeannette and Amir have very different relationships with their fathers as children. However the experiences they share with these men undou...
Throughout the entire movie, this torn feeling between their Mexican identity and their Jewish identity is the central theme. As a little girl, Oshi visits a catholic church where she pretends to be catholic and says to herself, "I hope they can't tell I'm a Jew." Similarly, Rifke, as a little girl, demands a Christmas tree and nativity set like all the other kids have.
Juror #1 originally thought that the boy was guilty. He was convinced that the evidence was concrete enough to convict the boy. He continued to think this until the jury voted the first time and saw that one of the jurors thought that the boy was innocent. Then throughout the movie, all of the jurors were slowly convinced that the boy was no guilty.
Consequently, they must then take on parties, dates, auctions, beach days, and fashion shows, all while concealing their true male identities. While doing this, the movie portrays extreme stereotypes of gender roles and expectations. Although the portrayal of female expectations and characteristics is exaggerated for comedic effect, the underlying points and issues still remain. The way the brothers dress, speak, act, and understand their new social life as females, all contributes to the obvious contrast in gender specific qualities. The consistent sexualization of women and over pompous attitudes of men throughout the film provides exceptional evidence that society has established acceptable norms for both genders. These established roles of femininity and masculinity conflict within the undercover agents as they struggle to act poise, arrogant, non-confrontational, and sexy like their fellow female friends are, yet this is completely out of the norm for them as they are truly males. However, when they slip-up and allow their defensive masculine traits to show through it allows for not only a comedic break, but an exceptional
...s to zoom and focus on Madeline, the significance of the shot is made obvious through the use of non-diegetic dreamy music that insinuates the allure of Madeline, and her spellbindingly fatal hold over Scotty. As Madeline exits the restaurant a tracking movement is used to mimic Scotties point of view as she walks towards where he is seated. A series of shot reverse shots indicate his reaction as the camera then becomes static, fixed on a close up profile image of Madeline. The profile image is another motif used throughout Vertigo; it is applied in conjunction with a tracking shot, suggesting that the movement is an indication of Madeleine's magnetism for Scottie. The use of camera techniques, Mis En Scene and sound in this instance are all constructed to highlight Scotties character flaws and show he is easily manipulated by the illusion of the superficial image.
An individual is shaped and molded by how they are treated by those that surround them. Most people value the opinions of those they care about and want to act in accord. Consequently, the choices people make are greatly influenced by the people in their lives. Sometimes, someone will become close with people who are different from each other. Such is the case in Good Will Hunting. Will Hunting (Matt Damon) struggles between the people that created him and the people that discovered him.
These issues are also raised in "Death and the King's Horseman", but more with showing how important and determinant our culture is for our personal identity. Thus, living in an era where this one is changing, because of the rough imposition of a new one, can torn one's personality, making them doubt all of their beliefs.