alike have become so accustomed. However, recent melodramas have been unable to reach the popularity that the films of the 1950s achieved, and most current audiences would dismiss the na•ve and artificial world that those films presented as rather trite. But Thomas Schatz raises an interesting point in his article "The Family Melodrama." He claims that "those who look more closely at [the films of the 50s] may see through the facile naiveté to an altogether bleaker reflection" (152). And, even though
The Underdogs, by Mariano Azuela, is a 1915 novel on the Mexican revolution, which was still ongoing at the time of book’s publication. The novel follows a group of anti-government rebels under the leadership of the peasant Demetrio Macías during the early years of the revolution. The experiences, backgrounds and fates of Macías and the other characters parallel those of the various groups that composed the various pro-government and anti-government factions in Mexico throughout its revolution. Throughout
The conception of film is surely a momentous step in human history similarly to Lance Armstrong’s first step on the moon. Movies make for a timeless escape from the restless realities of life now just as much as for those that watched them during the Cold War & subsequent space race. Films unwarily impact the viewer with subtle differences in thoughts, emotions, and actions after participating in this modern art. The social and cultural impression of film is quite significant as the correlation can
2001 was released in the tumultuous spring of 1968, at the same time that Americans were reeling from President Lyndon Johnson’s announcement that he would not seek reelection and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. It might seem odd that so many people would get so excited about a science fiction movie in the midst of urban race riots and campus protests against the Vietnam War, but to many, 2001 had far greater importance than its sci-fi trappings. Baffling early audiences with its non-traditional
A): “Introductory Readings for Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey” Robert Poole, in his article, “2001: A Space Odyssey,” explores how the film was put together, edited for better responses from viewers and critics, and how our culture and politics of the 1960s influenced its making. Poole describes how Kubrick’s ahead-of-their-time special affects set the stage for future science fiction films and inspired many. Poole gives his readers a summary of the film, describing how man evolved from ape and
South Korean friends and colleagues are reluctant to admit this, or focus solely on the problems the industry is facing in the future. There may be worries about the future and there may be “ifs” and “buts” about the present state of the South Korean film industry. But we should start out by acknowledging its success. In considering some of the reasons for the recent success of South Korean cinema, two further observations can be made. First, if we pay attention to the international export success
Ethics in Filmmaking One of the integral things that must be addressed when making a film is the ethics involved. Ethics are a constant issue that have to be carefully considered when filmmaking. This difficult decision-making is highly prevalent in that of documentaries, because of the difficulties associated in filming ‘real people’ or “social actors, (Nichols, 2001).” More importantly, the issues faced by a filmmaker differ between each of the documentary modes. Each particular documentary
2001: A Space Odyssey The following paper will analyze the movie, “2001: A Space Odyssey” by Stanley Kubrick” and “The Centinel” by Arthur C. Clarke. Although there are many themes present between the story and the film, the following are the most dominant. I will be discussing Scientific themes, Religious and Moral Themes, and Clarke’s development of the short story into a full-length film. The first issue, I will be discussing the scientific themes of the movie. The movie, “2001: A Space Odyssey
Comparing and Contrasting the Social Politics in Save the Last Dance (2001) and Step Up (2006) The question this essay will be answering is: to what extent do ballet and hip hop highlight the social politics, specifically the division between classes, that are present in the films Save the Last Dance (2001) and Step Up (2006)? To prove this argument, sources from dance studies will compare and contrast the two films presented. This essay will be discussing the divisions between the
Gender Role Portrayals in Disney Animated Films Introduction Disney is one of the largest corporations in the world, known for entertaining and having a dominant role in children’s media for over 60 years and counting (Towbin, Haddock, Zimmerman, Lund & Tanner, 2003). The purpose of this study is to analyze Disney animated films according to gender roles and gender role portrayals. Research shows that Disney animated films have highly portrayed traditionally feminine and masculine characteristics
Introduction The film, A Beautiful Mind (2001) is the fictional account of the life of a mathematician and the Nobel Prize-winning economist, John Forbes Nash, Jr. in his struggles with schizophrenia. The film was inspired from the unauthorized biography of the same name written by Sylvia Nasar (Wikipedia). Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder through which a person has difficulty in interpreting reality which may result to the combinations of hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking
The Impact of Digital Technology on the Film Industry The purpose of this research assignment is to put forward a convincing argument in how digital technology in the last four years have completely revolutionised the whole film industry. This thesis will attempt to focus on the main disciplines of film making and the impact that technology has had on each area. Firstly, this article will look at recent changes in the pre-production area of film making followed by what new equipment and storage
The form of documentary films has been a very powerful platform in engaging people with the real and historical world. Documentary films are one of the most noteworthy techniques for which individuals find out about actual stories and real people. The literature of documentary filmmaking offers four different approaches that researchers have used to study this genre. One approach is related to cultural production that determines and shapes the form of documentary film such as subject depictions,
Art. Contrary to Pudovkin, surely it must be the directors vision that is the foundation of film art. The theory that a director is the person who controls the creative feel of the film originates from the auteur theory. François Truffaut and Andrè Bazin were the first to coin the word auteur, which is the French word for author. Bazin states that “today we can say at last that the director writes the film” [Murphet, J. and Rainford, L (2003)]. The primary belief of the theory is that directors will
September 11, 2001 Catastrophes shown in two Point of Views Killing around 3,000 people, September 11, 2001 was a day of complete devastation. After terrorists from the group Al Qaeda took over four different United States planes, one of the most horrific events in history occurred that has influenced the creation of the film, United 93. In the film, United 93, director Paul Greengrass decided to keep some major details from 9/11 the same but modified the timing of the events due to the lack of
New International Division of Cultural Labour in the Context of Outsourcing of Hollywood Film and Television Production The New International Division of Cultural Labour (NIDCL) comes from the idea of the New International Division of Labour (NIDL) which is a result of the movement of industries from advanced first world countries to developing ones such as India and China. This is of course, is a result of globalisation across many platforms throughout the world, as advances in technology,
timeless, captivating film that incorporates great cinematography and a daring endeavor by Luhrmann to reinvent a musical. Moulin Rouge is about the night club in Paris called The Moulin Rouge, and the journey of a young writer who falls in the love with the star dancer and finds himself caught up in a love triangle. Baz Luhrmann uses different techniques to convey images to his audience. An example of this is mise-en-scene, cinematography, and editing to draw the viewer into his film. Mise-en-scene is
techniques used to expound upon those themes. In this paper I will be specifically discussing five of my favorite Kubrick films to demonstrate various aspects of Kubrick as an auteur: Dr. Strangelove, the cult classic dark comedy about nuclear warfare, 2001: A Space Odyssey, a benchmark science fiction film, A Clockwork Orange, a dystopian commentary on our society, The Shining, a horror film that follows few rules, and Full Metal Jacket, a Vietnam movie filmed entirely in England. Kubrick is very fond of
The psychological phenomenon explored in the film Memento (2001) is Anterograde amnesia. This is the loss of ability to create new memories after the event responsible for the memory deficit that caused his amnesia ("Anterograde Amnesia | Simply Psychology", 2017). The Inability to recall the recent past while long-term memories from before the event remain intact. Brain areas implicated are the temporal cortex including the subcortical regions and the hippocampus. With Anterograde amnesia, there
the media will promote stereotypes and the representation is relatively negative (Seger, 2007). In the first place, a 2009 study by the University of Southern California on women representation in the top 100 Hollywood blockbuster films, found that in superwomen films only 576 composed or female speaking characters (Dutt, 2014). This character imbalance in regards to gender representation illustrates that women are stereotyped. Secondly, Magoulick (2006) has analyzed the television action heroine