Abstract What is the psychological science behind why horror films appeal to us, despite having such a negative notion to cause anxiety and fear? Even individuals who do not like the horror genre, find themselves captivated and glued to their seats in a torturous and excited manner. Why does this happen? How does it affect viewers? And why is it...
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Are Horror Movies Diverse? Horror is arguably one of the most, if not the most, popular film genres out there. This has recently led to debate among movie fans about if horror movies are as diverse as they should be. In 2016, film critics felt that most of the mainstream horror movies out were too white, but it appears that...
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Lincoln directed by Steven Spielberg, was made not too long ago in 2012. Because this film was produced relatively recently, the production quality was obviously more advanced than other movies about the civil war. Using more developed technology, props, costumes, etc. the portrayal of the time period of the 1860s was very accurate. The sets did very much look like...
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Cinematography contains many different intentions, much of them going far beyond the direct action of photographing the action. Many of the methods used are all about adding visual subtext and visual metaphor to a scene. The ways in which the cinematographer uses movement, composition, color, and light can be powerful tools to enhance the dramatic elements of the story. Martin...
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Different works of art can portray ideas in a variety of ways. An example can be Alan Parker's crime thriller film 'Mississippi Burning' (1988), which explores the ideas of racial prejudice and bigotryâs effects on a vulnerable community. As well as the injustice of the legal system and the way that perpetrators are sentenced in biased ways. This is shown...
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In the scene 'Brooks', I observed in Frank Darabont's 'The Shawshank Redemption', Brooks Hatlen was released on parole from the Shawshank Prison after serving time for 50 years. During this time Brooks had become institutionalized by prison life, being treated like shit, and having no freedom was normal for him. Brooksâs attitude reflects the way he feels in the outside...
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To survive, in basic terms, is to be able to have access to resources such as food, water, and shelter. To acquire these resources, several stances need to be taken, whether it be aggressively, neutrally, and rarely ever altruistically. A perfect example to demonstrate the multitude of different stances would be in the television series âThe Walking Deadâ. âThe Walking...
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The movie â42â starts off in 1945, when America comes back from war. Nazi Germany was defeated, and Imperial Japan surrendered. The United States had gotten their freedom, yet African Americans still had it rough. They served their country the same way the white men did but returned to racism, segregation, and Jim Crow law. The only difference between these...
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âHollowness: that I understand. I'm starting to believe that there isn't anything you can do to fix it. That's what I've taken from the therapy sessions: the holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mold yourself through the gapsâ (Hawkins, 94). âThe Girl on the Trainâ is a thriller...
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Oscar-winning film for Best Sound Editing, âAmerican Sniperâ, is known for its high-packed action scenes filled with gunfire and war. However, these sounds of gunfire were not easy to create. Sound supervisors Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman were responsible for delivering the sounds to the director, Clint Eastwood. They made sure to deliver a very realistic documentary approach to...
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In âA Beautiful Mindâ, they attempt to depict the triumph and struggles of a Nobel-Prize-winning mathematician whose mind was brilliantly flawed. The film provides an insight into various aspects of society, including the great competitiveness that exists among academic scholars, the reality and difficulties of marriage, as well as the world of schizophrenia. John Nashâs struggle with schizophrenia, which is...
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Addictions are common among the public. For example, from substances, medications, and liquor to addictions like sex, betting, and eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Somebody in your work or companion circle has battled with fixation. Addiction advising takes learning and tolerance from advisors. I have connected the information from the course of this addiction to â28 Daysâ featuring...
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When I remember growing up, I wasnât much of a reader, despite having a mom who has probably read every book ever written. Reading isnât the butter to my bread. I got distracted by my phone when I got my first iPhone in year 6, reading didnât feel important to me anymore. I had just turned 11, and I was...
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One of Sicilyâs prominent filmmakers, Giuseppe Tornatore, transcended the Italian film industry by breaking the conventional, stereotypical and ordinary. On the 17th of November 1988, Cinema Paradiso was released and it is a product of his creativity that helped the Italian cinema to its peak. The film follows the life story of a notable film director Salvatore di Vita who...
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Black and White Flashbacks: Looking Our Racist in the Eye In the film, American History X, he portrays the profound message of how prejudice and hatred can change people and bring them closer together. Shows how âhate is baggage and lifeâs too short to be pissed off all the time.â Although hard to watch the film American History X, the...
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âThe Lovely Bonesâ by Peter Jackson is a film which has an unpleasant character called George Harvey. The director utilizes the character of Susie his victim, the character of George Harvey, key scenes, and the setting to create this unpleasant character. Susie Salmon is a 14-year-old girl from Norristown, Pennsylvania whom her neighbor murders at the start of the film....
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In the video âTough Guise 2â, Jackson Katz explains the violent masculinity in domestic violence, video games, movies, manhood, and media. He also argues that men are not violent as most people think. In todayâs world, men and young boys are taught to âman upâ and act tough. Violence is a man's issue, therefore, men are taught by people who...
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'Fight Clubâ (1999), directed by David Fincher, remains to be a volatile encapsulation of the zeitgeist on the eve of the 2000s, underlining white-collar melancholy mourning the loss of manhood. The film has been interpreted in vastly differing lights â some identify it to be a film that critiques hegemonic norms of white masculinity, but also one that perpetuates a...
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âThelma and Louiseâ, written by Callie Khouri and directed by Ridley Scott, is a drama and mystery film released in 1991. It was a remarkable film at the time, given that it had two strong female leads. It is very representative of the second and third waves of feminism. Although this was not the only film or show displaying feminist...
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Steven Spielberg's 1993 action, adventure-filled, science-fiction thriller follows Dr. Alan Grant and Dr. Ellie Sattler. John Hammond discovers a mosquito frozen in tree sap from millions of years ago and gets the blood that the mosquito took from animals. He discovers that the mosquito had been carrying dinosaur DNA, so he then uses the DNA to create living dinosaurs. This...
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The movie âThe Boy Who Harnessed the Windâ is a true-life story following the life of a young boy named William. The life of a young man in Malawi, growing up at the time when poverty struck in the country. At the time William was growing up in his village, people were still very conservative of their culture and didnât...
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The film âPleasantvilleâ, directed by Gary Ross, highlights the nostalgic perspectives of the present century looking back into the 1950s, known as the âGolden Age,â where society was known to be a structured and simple lifestyle. Ross has positioned the audience to reject the idea of this constructed and idealized view of society, using parallels to the 1950s and Pleasantville,...
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Individual human experiences are fundamentally modulated by the values of the collective, by which individual and shared beliefs determine human behavior, emotions, and motivations. As such, the value and meaning in peopleâs lives are dependent on collective human assumptions and ideas, prompting personal reflection to which an individual can weigh and assess the value and meaning of things, as well...
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In the movie âGandhiâ, Gandhi marries a girl at the age of thirteen. As he follows the death of his fathers, he was sent to England to study law. He became very interested in the philosophy of non-violence, but he didnât fulfill the decree of law. Thatâs when he came back home and got into it with the British, he...
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Movies about terminal illnesses mirror a very vital part of life that humans love to shy away from. It reveals to us a scary reality that awaits some of us. Though most people donât want to look into this mirror, death, after all, is something that we all are going to face sometime in the future. What these kinds of...
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âOn Wednesdays we wear pink!â. This is a phrase that most teenage girls know by heart. This iconic phrase belongs to the 2004 released movie âMean Girlsâ. This film, directed by Mark Waters, stars Lindsay Lohan as the main character, Cady, who along with the other characters portrays the theme of reflection. Through the exhibition of the consequences of being...
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The filmmakers of the movie âMcFarland, USAâ were trying to impart several lessons by filming the story of Jim White and his team, which competed for cross-country championships in the United States. One of the significant lessons from the movie is never to give up on what you want and put a lot of hard work into what you do....
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Textual analysis is a way of understanding languages, symbols, and pictures for presentation in texts, designed to gain information about how people understand and communicate life and life experiences. Visual, written, or verbal messages provide clues about how to understand communication. Moreover, it is a way for those researchers who want to understand the ways in which members of various...
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Genre theory is utilized to explore films and place them into a category, so people are aware of what genre of film it is before seeing it. Genres are classifications based on the tale of the movie. All movies belong to a genre or sub-genre type. One of the better well-known but missed genres is a romantic comedy. The cheesy...
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âMise-en-sceneâ, translated from French, means âplacing on stageâ; it refers to the surroundings in the frame of a film or the arrangement of actors and scenery on a stage for a theatrical production. Professor and author, John Gibbs, has contributed a large amount of comprehension and ideas in the world of film and media, specifically with his insightful book âFilm,...
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