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In the documentary “Undefeated” by T.J. Martin and Daniel Lindsay, an underprivileged black high school football team tries to break the streak of never having won a playoff game as long as the school has been around. Through all of the struggles that these kids face, they learn to come together with the help of their football coach. While the film was nominated for an Oscar, there are two completely different views on whether the film was about overcoming difficulties, considering the situation or about made up miracles that are only seen in fictional movies. In both reviews of the documentary, the authors talk about both the characters and the directors and how well they delivered their message.
Bad Day at Black Rock Kathryn Abbott October 29 2015 DRAMA 3030 The unexpected arrival of a stranger to a small, Midwestern town creates a feeling of scepticism and suspicion, and through this the explicit meaning is revealed: Fear of the unknown and the moral and physical deterioration of a town left to its own devices. The film exemplifies these concepts through the use of mise-en-scène, and vivid cinematographic elements. The blood red coloured train stands out against a muted background.
His clothing was impeccable, expensive, custom. A dark blue button-down was tucked into white corduroy pants, formal yet looking casual. He wore his hair slightly long, down to the top of his shoulders” (Coes
On Tuesday, October 6th, “The William & Stephanie Clohesy Documentary Film Series” brought American film director, Dawn Porter, to discuss her documentary Spies of the Mississippi to UNI students. This paper not only discusses the documentary, but also goes through each step of the critical process to make an informed judgment about it. Description Spies of the Mississippi is based in the mid-1900s during the civil rights era in the southernmost state of Mississippi. It was a time when races were segregated and equality was desired by the black community. Change was not only wanted, but was fought for through various organizations, such as the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).
DEATH! When and where symbolism was used in a story that Poe wrote. In the Masque of the Red Death, Edgar Allan Poe uses symbolism to show how the colors of the last room mean DEATH, how the mysterious/ masked person represents Red Death, and lastly how the castle means a barrier from the Red Death. The colors of the last room, black with blood red windows, symbolizes DEATH.
Mise-en-scéne is crucial to classical Hollywood as it defined an era ‘that in its primary sense and effect, shows us something; it is a means of display. ' (Martin 2014, p.XV). Billy Wilder 's Sunset Boulevard (Wilder 1950) will be analysed and explored with its techniques and styles of mise-en-scéne and how this aspect of filmmaking establishes together as a cohesive whole with the narrative themes as classical Hollywood storytelling. Features of the film 's sense of space and time, setting, motifs, characters, and character goals will be explored and how they affect the characterisation, structure, and three-act organisation.
Filip Nedelkov Mrs. Carver Honors Junior English - 5 29 January 2017 On The Waterfront On the Waterfront is a 1954 film directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando, Eva Marie-Saint, and Karl Malden. The movie is about Terry Malloy, and ex-boxer who is working for a corrupt union boss on the waterfront.
Brick, is a 2005 mystery/crime film directed by Rian Johnson. The film elucidates the story of a teenage loner Brendan Frye, who discovered the death of his girlfriend, and strived to solve the murder case himself. By infiltrating high-school coteries, his search for the truth leads to a dangerous confrontation with a drug dealer known as "the Pin”. Ultimately, his scrutinization guided him to suspect the veracity of the murder and unearth the truth. The following scene occurred after Brendon’s initial approach with “the Pin”.
Reasonable doubt can be defined as a doubt based on reason and common sense and not purely on speculation. In the play “12 Angry Men”, a boy is accused of stabbing his father to death with a “rare” knife. Juror #8 is the protagonist in this play and he is trying to raise reasonable doubt in the jury room. He sees all sides of every question and is very persuasive.
Change occurs every day involuntarily. When people encounter change they are limited to only two points of views on it, negatively or positively. Some may react by panicking and going into denial whereas others may try to adapt to it and make the best out of the situation. It can affect one’s life drastically depending on the situation and how they portray it. In the movie “Rivers and Tides” and the story “Metamorphosis,” and the passage, “Simplexity”, change is initially portrayed as positive, but after a series of events it becomes overthrown by negativity.
Madison Avenue advertising executive Roger Thornhill’s (Cary Grant) life changes drastically after he is kidnapped and mistaken for a spy named George Kaplan. After a successful escape from attempted murder by Phillip Vandamm (James Mason), Roger Thornhill begins a journey to search for George Kaplan. On his itinerary, he meets the beautiful Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint). A romantic relationship is started between the two, leaving Thornhill to believe that Even Kendall would cooperate and help him to meet Kaplan.
The very act of cross-dressing itself was subversive, especially in Spain where costume was hugely important, not just on stage but in real life. Literary critic William Egginton notes in An Epistemology of the Stage, that when it came to costume the "Spanish public was extremely sensitive to such signifiers of class and could not, for example, tolerate or comprehend a scene in which the signs of social status presented by costume and speech would conflict". (402) With the audience so sensitive to costume details, what must they have thought about Rosaura 's male attire? Women dressing as men was a common device used by playwrights in the Golden Age (mujer vestida de hombre ) and one wonders was it merely because it was practical?
Introduction When I was asked to do a movie review of the film entitled Antwone Fisher I was hesitant as to what to write. However, as I watched the movie there was a flood of emotions and thoughts that entered my mind. Antwone Fisher the movie was based on a true story of a man, who ended up writing a screenplay about his experience. The movie was based on Antwone Fisher’s life who is an African-American in the United States Navy that was stationed in California.
On The Beach (1959)- On The Beach, staring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, and Anthony Perkins, is one of director Stanley Kramer 's better (7/10 stars) works of of film. This motion picture is an alarming view of what a post-apocalyptic world would look like. The whole film is from the perspective of those people who avoided the destruction of functioning civilization. In the film Australia, more specifically Melbourne, has apparently "evaded destruction ", as it was spared complete obliteration.
“Shutter Island” is a 2010 psychological thriller directed by award-winning American filmmaker Martin Scorsese set in 1950s Boston. Based on author Dennis Lehane’s novel of the same name, it pays homage to the film noir genre and portrays the story of Andrew Laeddis (played by Oscar winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio): a mentally deranged man who, due to his tragic past and actions, is fully convinced he is a US marshal named Edward “Teddy” Daniels on Shutter Island to investigate the alleged disappearance of an inmate from the local mental institution. The film explores Teddy’s inability to grasp reality and accept responsibility in the murder of his wife and 3 children and in the end truly depicts the brutal physical treatments enforced on mentally ill individuals at the time. Scorsese makes expert use of camera shots and angles to visualise teddy’s inescapable challenge. The techniques have a variety of purposes, such as demonstrating Teddy’s power (or lack thereof) and his feelings.