Throughout the movie “Pleasantville”, there are numerous social issues. This paper will look at and identify some of them, as well as defining the basic social issues and how they relate to the movie. Some sociological concepts found in the movie include Race and Ethnicity, Age Stratification, and Social Interaction. Throughout the movie, there are plenty of examples, but I will use the three main concepts I found. The example of Race and Ethnicity would be Discrimination.
The Prom Night in Mississippi was an extraordinary documentary, which encompassed the racial and discriminative views and actions from a small community and school district from the early 2000s. While watching the video multiple emotions and thoughts rushed through my head, however what stuck out to me the most was how recent this document took place, and how severe certain individuals where to possessing certain racial qualities. From only nine years ago students where still experiencing racial discrimination, in which individuals fought so hard for to be solemnly free in the United States. In fact to have an interracial school district that thought it was “okay” or politically right to have a segregated prom in 2008 blows my mind. Especially when the school district had superior faculty members who were interracial to multiple sport teams.
Racism will always exist. It exists everywhere. Continents. Countries. Cities.
The video was very different from the book. The movie was still a somewhat accurate representation of the book, but a lot of things were changed. In the movie Nightjohn was bought for only fifty dollars, and had a few scars on his back. In the movie Nightjohn was bought for a thousand dollars, and was described having scars covering his entire back.
I am going to focus on the cinematic element of sound because I think it is a very important element in film when it comes to producing the whole effect of a scene. In the film High Noon, Will Kane goes to see Martin Howe at is home. Will was the marshal of the town, but as of today he no longer is. Yet, he is preparing to face a criminal he arrested that just got out of jail recently.
In my opinion, I believe that “1917” was a mostly historically accurate movie of WW1 with its unusual military tactics, fashion attire, no man’s land, and the trenches. In the film, many of the military tactics that were used are unrealistic and far-fetched. An example of this was when the Allies went “over the top” of the trench and charged into no mans land. From the lessons, we know that when a charge occurs, there is artillery and machine gun support, but in the movie, there was no support when the charge happened.
That young boy’s name was Christopher Boone he seemed to know all the countries of the world and their capitals and even every prime number up to 7,507 he was a smart men but suffered from Asperger which was a autism of a sort , eight years he met a lady named Siobhan who showed him a picture of emoji’s such as sadness which he felt for that dog wellington , happiness which seemed to remind him of reading a book about Apollo space missions or when he walk outside at 3 or 4’oclock in the morning up and down the street which seemed to make him feel like he was the only person in the world , he was a strange kid who liked to be alone and away from other people . Siobhan would draw lots of faces for Christopher and write down the meaning, Christopher
In a castle high on top of a hill lives an inventor's greatest creation, he was a near-complete person. The creator died before he could finish his hands. Instead, he is left with metal scissors for hands. Furthermore, he has lived alone, until a kind lady discovers him and welcomes him into her home. A well as he shows his true talent by cutting hair, grooming pets and making beautiful ice and topiary sculptures.
In the movie “Friday” it displays a typical day in the ghetto and what obstacles two young black men had to go through just to get through one day. Ice Cube a famous American rapper from LA’s popular 90’s hip hop group NWA wrote this historic black comedic/drama film and along plays the main character Craig Jones. Craig plays the neighborhood hero after a chaotic day where he deals with bullies, his love life, annoying neighbors, and scary drug dealers. The film is based in south central LA in the mid 90’s where Craig and his best friend Smokey who is played by comedian/actor Chris Tucker find themselves in trouble after thinking it would be a typical Friday in the ghetto. Craig a young black man in his early twenties lives at home with his parents is determined to leave the ghetto but there 's just some things holding him back.
Every now and then the art world is struck by a wave of change that leaves a strong impression, which can last for a long time. Visual arts saw the rise of impressionism and cubism, surrealism and realism took literature to an opposite direction, and film has evolved over the years through cultural and artistic development such as expressionism, auteurism and film noir (House, p.61). The 1940s and post World War II gave rise to a new style of American film, these films appeared pessimistic and dark in mood, theme, and subject. The world created within these films were portrayed as corrupt, hopeless, lacked human sympathy, and “a world where women with a past and men with no future spent eternal nights in one-room walk-ups surrounded by the
Crashing waves on a beach with a magnificent sunset in the background, a picture perfect scene for a summer romance. The magic mood is quickly turned gloomy by the sweet Australian accent of Sandy Olsson exchanging her goodbyes with her summer love, Danny Zuko. The opening scene of Grease may seem [depressing] but it sets up for one of the most interesting love stories put to film. Grease is a movie with great musical numbers accompanied with wonderfully executed dance routines and an unforgettable plot. Although there are questionable incidents throughout, it will always be classic.
“Innocence is what he knows, beauty is what she sees.” -In the words of Edward Scissorhands. The well-respected and director Tim Burton is always admired for his distinctive yet astonishing films. He uses many cinematic techniques in one of his most popular films, Edward Scissorhands, but a wide variety he uses would be some such as framing/angles, music/sound and lighting.
Saturday Night Fever, The Bee Gees, disco balls, and all night long dancing might be a couple thing you think of when you think of disco fever. Disco is remembered by all-night parties and it the dancing fever brought with it, but disco was a short lives craze in the 70’s. So how did disco die? Rock fans had a crucial part in the destruction of disco. With the death of disco, punk takes to lead in the world of music.
Ok so i typed this up last night on my computer but its my life story as good as i can remember and tell. I grew up never having money or much of anything my dad worked all day everyday to make sure the bills were paid and there was food on the table. my mom also worked late hours to help so it was essientally just me and my brother which caused me to grow up at a young age. Around the age of 5 or 6 they took me to the doctor becuase i would always raise hell and they were told i had an agressive case of ADHD.
Tim Burton uses many different cinematic techniques to achieve very specific effects in his movies. The most important cinematic techniques that he uses to create his unique style are Non-Diegetic sound, lighting, eye level, and zoom. These techniques that can be seen in the films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, and Corpse Bride, create the effects of sadness, dark moments, express the feeling of other without telling. He uses Non-Diegetic sound when he puts a song, he uses sad songs, happy songs, and more to show the feeling of the character, to give us like a hint of something that is going to happen, if it’s going to be bad or sad. He uses lighting to make the moment or scene sad or mysterious.
