Film Analysis of Anna And The King

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Film Analysis of Anna And The King

When we want to analyze a film, we must know what films represent.

Film is the term we use to describe a particular material and medium

of communication that has certain specific properties governed by

certain physical laws…use to produce particular communicative texts

that formulate particular fields of symbolic meaning and effects, and

meet particular sets of criteria that give them particular value.

(Sobchack et al, 1987, P.3).

We need to investigate the films deeply so as to understand its

explicit and implicit meanings. I am going to investigate a film, Anna

And The King thematically so as to understand the explicit and

implicit meanings of this film and how the meanings were conveyed

through characterization, setting, point of view and dialogues.

I am going to talk about the explicit meanings of the film first.

Explicit meanings are the “ openly asserted meanings” (Bordwell et al,

2001, p.46) of the film and it tells the audience what the story is

about. In Anna And The King, the story is about the epic true story of

an Englishwoman, Anna Leonwens, who challenged the king of Siam, King

Maha Mongkut and finally saved the destiny of the nation. Anna was a

young widow and had a ten-year old child, named Louis. She was invited

by the king to travel to Siam in order to teach his fifty-eight royal

children. Anna had preconceived notions about the East; the king also

had similar notions about the West. At first, Anna found that she was

not suited for the culture of Siam and had conflicts with the king. As

time gradually passed, Anna and the King mutual respect grew and they

learnt from e...

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...hematically in social, cultural and personal life aspects. I have

also showed that how the theme was conveyed through characterization,

setting, points of view and dialogues. After reading this piece of

writing, the readers may have a better overview and deeper

understanding on the film Anna And The King.

References

Anna And The King. (2000). Beverly Hills, Calif: 20th Century Fox Home

Entertainment

Bordwell, D., and Thompson, K. (2001). Film Art: An introduction. New

York: McGraw Hill

Karriker, A.H. (Ed.) (2002). Film studies: women in contemporary world

cinema. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.

Sobchack, T., and Sobchack, V.C. (1987). An Introduction to film (2nd

Ed). Glenview, Ill: Scott, Foresman

Valasek, T.E. (1992). Frameworks: An introduction to Film Studies.

Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown

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