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Since 1919, due to the inception of the expressionist movement, and its increasingly artistic take on the medium, the German film industry had started to have major impacts on not only German culture but also how film had been viewed worldwide, from a form of entertainment for lower class citizens to an art form to convey complex plots and messages....
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Introduction to 'Schindler's List' and Its Historical Context ‘Schindler's List’ is an important film in society because it emphasizes marginalization, genocide, and individualization. There are many symbols that appear throughout the film. Some of these include the girl and red and the hand that lights the candle in the beginning scene. The use of symbolism helps create meaning and emotion...
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Tilikum, undoubtedly SeaWorld’s most famous whale, was held in captivity for 33 years of his life. He died in March 2016 due to bacterial pneumonia. His death was a result of the poor treatment and inhumane conditions he was forced to live in for 33 of the 35 years he was alive. Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary ‘Blackfish’ exposes the SeaWorld corporation...
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Michael Moore's ‘Bowling for Columbine’ provides imagery and irony by displaying the gun culture in America and graphic images of casualties from violence — therefore, showing the dangers of glamorizing the accessibility to and use of firearms. Michael Moore uses imagery in this documentary as a way to expose the harmful effects that gun culture has on America as an...
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In the film ‘Pay It Forward’ directed by Mimi Leder, an assignment is given to an 11-year-old boy in his social studies class to find an idea to change the world and put it into action. Trevor takes to hear challenge and starts a cycle of good deeds that truly change the world. Leder offers a vital message to empower...
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In this paper I’, going to analyze a scene from ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’. And the scene I’m doing is ‘the fair one’, which indicates the white superiority in the mission. The scene starts with a long shot of children singing Mr. Neville’s favorite Christian song, while Mr. Neville was sitting on the chair, and in contrast, the children was sitting...
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“We gestate in sound, and are born into sight. Cinema gestated in sight, and was born into sound” (Walter Murch). Sound design is a tool that employs conceptual models to improve the audio-visual connection. Sound design represents the planning and patterns of the film sound track and the meanings that result from its deployment within the exhibition space. This versatile...
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‘A Clockwork Orange’ is a film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick in 1971 in adaptation of the eponymous novel by Anthony Burgess which was published on 1961. Burgess is agitating about the issue of moral. He feels that integrity comes straightforwardly from inside one’s own feeling/heart; it is smarter to pick the terrible than to be constrained into doing...
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Introduction: 'Wall-E' as a Cautionary Tale ‘Wall-E’ is considered as a cautionary tale about the Earth, highlighting how the rampant consumerism and neglect have turned the Earth into a garbage-strewn wasteland. The film highlights the problem of human consumerism, which is based on an unsustainable relation between the economics of production, consumption, and waste management. The film eliminates the presence...
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Throughout California’s cinematic history, the construction of California communities in cinema has appeared as a central focus in many films. Whether inadvertently or advertently, films like ‘The Graduate’ and ‘Killer of Sheep’ have documented California’s historically- and culturally-specific spaces and introduced a larger narrative to their respective audiences about these spaces. In Nichols’ ‘The Graduate’, the film centers around the...
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‘Toy Story 4’ is a computer-animated comedy film that was released on 21st June 2019 by Walt Disney Pictures. The film has a universal rating meaning that the film is suitable for all audiences aged four and over. Perhaps Disney did this to increase their target audience which in turn would increase their revenue. This was a successful idea as...
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From training dolphins for the famous American TV series ‘Flipper’, to now being an activist for these mammals, Ric O’Barry has been playing a major role in trying to uncover a dirty secret that is performed by the Japanese fishermen. ‘The Cove’, an Oscar-winning documentary, directed by Louie Psihoyos shows the motives and passion that O’Barry had going into filming...
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‘12 Years a Slave’, directed by Steve McQueen, is a film about a free black man, Solomon, being kidnapped in to slavery, separated from his family, dehumanized, but eventually, finding his way into freedom again. The depravity of slavery stripped away his humanity and identity, stretching his hope further away as each portion of his life becomes harder to overcome,...
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‘The Graduate’ had a pivotal job in supporting the change to another period of filmmaking during the 1960s. This film has taught studio heads that great success could be made if aimed to make hipper films that targeted younger audiences during this era. Mike Nichols plays on the age hole in this film, complementing the adolescent by delineating grown-ups as...
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The controversial film ‘​A Clockwork Orange’ ​is best known for its scenes depicting graphic violence, rape, murder and human experiments. Whilst these scenes make ​‘A Clockwork Orange’ ​an uncomfortable film to watch at times; the visual aesthetics of the film demand our attention as the unconventional director Stanley Kubrick presents us with a unique and fascinating picture of a near...
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In this paper, Stanley Kubrick’s ‘A Clockwork Orange’ will be analyzed through several baroque elements that are present and developed further in neo-baroque aesthetics. Antirealism, point of view, spectacle, and violence are among the most common ones, and represent the core of the neo-baroque peculiarity that defines this film. All these elements have a common origin in baroque forms and...
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In this essay there will be an analyzes on five movies by different writers on films impacting motion pictures. These essays acknowledge the significance either positive or negative of the films to motion pictures as it focuses on a specific framework each film possess. The films include ‘Triumph of the Will’ (created in 1934 by Leni Riefenstahl, analyzed by Mary...
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Andrew Niccol uses dialogue, camera angles, and symbolism to show the main themes of his film ‘Gattaca’ - discrimination, perfection and determination. ‘Gattaca’ is about a seemingly utopian country with no illness and no disease. Though these people are genetically made, making it physically impossible to find an imperfection. The film is about how people are treated unfairly due to...
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After watching the movie '12 angry men' again, I found that through the movie, there are several organizational behavior lessons that are highlighted throughout the film and the interaction of the juries. Because when I watched it for the first time, I kept my focus on the plot of the film, and it was hard to observe the detail. I...
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In 1998, one of the most original movies in history came out, yes I’m talking about the ‘’Truman Show’’ By Peter Weir with the amazing performances of Jim Carrey(Truman) Ed Harris(Christof) and Laura Linney(Meryl) Imagine living in a world, where everything is fake. Imagine, every day waking up to go to work and then coming home to watch tv, in...
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‘12 Angry Men’-Group Influence: The movie 12 angry men revolves around a jury that must arrive at a verdict, either guilty or not guilty for an 18-year-old boy who has been accused of murdering his father. The members of the jury have to take a cohesive and unanimous decision on the verdict. Enough evidence, proof, and the boy's weak alibi...
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1. Enumerate the management lessons learned from 12 Angry men 12 angry men is a courtroom movie. In purpose, it is a crash course in those passages of the constitution that promise defendants a free trial and the presumption of innocence. It has a kind of stark simplicity. In this movie, we could get lessons related to management like without...
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Literary Exploration Everyone goes through experiences that change and shape who they are, and one's identity is constantly evolving, and molded in various ways. Throughout life, new experiences help a person to grow and change. Various situations and the emotions derived from them impact the way one views the world, influencing their values, hopes, and beliefs. The lessons one can...
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Introduction to Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption (1994), carries a theme of isolation and imprisonment throughout the film. The film centers around the character Andy Dufresne. Andy is a prosperous banker that is found guilty of murdering his wife and her lover. He is given a life sentence to be served in Shawshank Prison. Andy’s life will never be the...
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The Shining is originally a book written by Stephen King in 1977 after experiencing a horrible nightmare in the Shining hotel in Colorado about killing his family. It was later adapted into a movie in 1980, directed by Stanley Kubrick, and was later condemned by Stephen King. South Park Nightmare on Facetime Season 16 Ep 12 was produced in 2012...
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Introduction to Representation and Reality in Media The postmodern preoccupation with representation in the media is recognized by literary and film critics for its role in distorting appearance and reality. Guy Debord, in ‘Society of the Spectacle,’ argues “[that] in societies where modern conditions prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly...
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