In his painting, Lake Superior Landscape, George Morrison uses a combination of the visual elements line, texture, and color with the principles of design of repetition and visual unity to create an intriguing, abstract take on the traditional landscape painting. Morrison depicts the horizon at the top of the painting in purple, with the lake directly underneath it in blue. The bottom half of the painting is a representation of the cliffs that border much of Lake Superior. Morrison uses a combination
Horror films have the capacity to be utilized as vehicles to discuss or address issues of social change and societal transformation. This essay is concerned with the function of the nuclear family in horror films. The question that is the focus of this essay is: how does the horror film use the family to address social issues? Therefore, this essay theorizes that horror films utilize the nuclear family to demonstrate the impact and effect that societal change can have on individuals within the family
Alfred Hitchcock produced plenty of films which are suspense and thrilling. In his filmography, Spellbound and Rope were produced in a bit earlier stage. Spellbound is the first batch of film using the topic of Psychoanalysis. Rope is the first experiment film made by Hitchcock. Even though, these two films produce early before the well-known film such as Psycho and Vertigo in his filmography. Hitchcock was successful in creating suspense and mystery in these two films as using rusty technique and editing
The second collaboration between Tak Sakaguchi and Ryuhei Kitamura after "Versus," resulted in a film very similar in themes and aesthetics with the splatter and cult favorite. A family on vacation runs on a group of bank robbers near na isolated forest. The gangsters take the family as hostages but soon after, a samurai rises from the grave and attacks them. Sometime later, some policeman who were pursuing the robeers arrive in the same place only to be ambushed by a zombie who seems to have organized
deserve, their own comics, named manga. This tendency is not exactly new, since films based on manga/anime were being shot since the 70's. However, it is the first time that so many and so expensive, and subsequently so elaborate productions, are being made. This is chiefly attributed to two factors: 1. The people behind those films finally realized that they could not squeeze 8 or more hours of anime into a single film, and thus decided to present the movie in two or three parts, retaining in that
techniques tackled the challenges, creating a masterpiece that is revered. Hitchcock was innovative in branding himself with his eerie bubbly intro music where he would announce the basis of his film in congested British dialect, setting the stage as to what was to come. Hitchcock would never disappoint delivering a film that would be viewed by most as different from other
The 15 Best scenes in Takashi Miike Films Takashi Miike is one of the most difficult filmmakers to classify, since his filmography, apart from vast (almost 100 films since 1991) is also quite diverse. Taking advantage of the “V-Cinema” (straight-to-video films) boom of the 90s, Miike managed to crack himself into the industry, eventually producing his first theatrically distributed film in 1995, titled “Shinjuku Triad Society”. In that fashion, his productions were cult, in their overwhelming majority
In 1978, John Carpenter released his horror film Halloween, which would not only go on to become not only the most important slasher films, however, it would be one the most successful independent movies ever made. The low-budget film was produced at $300,000 and grossed over $50 million after its release. The film begins by introducing it notorious, evil killer and psychopath, Michael Myers. Michael Meyers began his reign of terror as a boy, killing his older sister, Judith on Halloween night in
The producers of the TV series Masters of Horror, an anthology shot by various directors, chose Miike for an episode; however, they got far more than what they bargained for. Imprint was violent enough for the people of Showtime to refuse broadcasting it. In 19th century Japan, an American journalist is searching for his lost love, a woman he abandoned despite his promises. His investigation leads him to a secluded island, where a prostitute informs him that his loved one is deceased. Subsequently
and determine this film as a postmodernism film and its genre by using the semantic/syntactic approach proposed by Rick Altman (1984, pp.26-39). Zombieland is a film that directed by Ruben Fleischer in 2009. Zombieland is starring by Jesse Eisenberg as Columbus, Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee, Emma Stone as Wichita/Krista and Abigail Breslin as Little Rock. Postmodernism film is a film that intertextuality, pastiche and parody, genre bending and anti-structuralism. In this film analysis, I am going
as a singular genre, but as a recognizable element that compliment various genres. While movies with singular genres aim to bring out certain emotions from the audience, Quentin Tarantino films aim to do so by implementing different elements into one. Similar to Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds, the 2012 film Django Unchained (dir. Quentin Tarantino) incorporates a variety of genre elements that create a deeper insight to the melodrama, without overshadowing it. Tapping into different emotions
In Robert Zemeckis’s 2000’s film “What Lies Beneath”, he shows the significance of camera angles, scores, and special effects. These all help establish boundaries and moods that are set throughout the movie without Zemeckis verbally stating them. Also, they make the scene more realistic and allow the audience to see the movie and a different view which makes for a different prospective. As well as decreasing the sense of knowing what will happen next. In Zemekis’s film “What Lies Beneath”, he is able
Legit essay: The famous British film director and producer Ridley Scott was born on the 30th of November 1937; notably only two years before the beginning of World War Two. Scott is well known for having a striking visual style. He carries out this striking visual style by creating realistic atmospheric lighting to make the audience feel as if they are a part of the scene, living with the characters. Scott also commonly uses slow pacing to build tension in the lead up to action sequences. Another
Hiroki Yamaguchi 's "Bloody Chainshaw Girl" is manga splatter at its best The film is based on the manga series "Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw." by Rei Mikamoto and in general, Yamaguchi manages to retain the preposterous aesthetics of the original medium. In that fashion, the film does not delay a moment to highlight its bloody, slapstick and fan service nature as Giko Nokomura, the protagonist, immediately gets into a fight with a bunch of ex-classmates, who have been transformed into killer androids
It takes us into the present, with the movie starting with three millennials out in the streets pranking unsuspecting people while filming all the action on a handheld gopro. The scene first starts with Jean, her hands with splatters of blood asking help from another victim. This isn’t the type of victim that involves murder, it’s actually a prank victim. The victim eventually believes her, while Jean acts like she is in pain and shows her back to the victim. It seemed like it had a knife
Hong Kong cinema has had an international presence since the 80's particularly through the martial arts, wuxia and crime films, while in the 90's art-house films entered the equation. However, another category, less known in its majority, also asserted its own audience, chiefly among the fans of cult and CAT III. This was the horror film, which eventually found its place in Hong Kong and international cinema with a number of masterpieces that became international sensations and in some cases, cult
Breaking Bad In 2013, Guineas Book of World Records certified ‘Breaking Bad’ as the highest-rated TV series of all time. It has not only been nominated but has also won many awards including sixteen Primetime Emmy Awards, eight Satellite Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Peabody Awards, two Critics ' Choice Awards, and four Television Critics Association Awards. Breaking Bad is an American crime drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The series attracted an exceptional number of
The Alchemist is a wonderful fiction novel by Paulo Coelho. The novella, published in 1988, is a huge success, selling over 150 million copies and making it to the top charts. (addicted2success) . Coelho succeeds in delivering his message smoothly and innovatively throughout the story; one should forever live to pursue his personal legend and never give up on his dream. (Coelho). The monomyth applies to the main character of the novella, Santiago, a young Shepard with enough passion and will to uncover
Throughout the film, there are umpteen numbers of scenes one can be put faced to the blatant sexual objectification of not some, but all female characters in the film. The very first glimpse of such objectification can be seen through the character of Xiao Mei. Although not a main and significant character in the film, Xiao Mei was one of the younger masseuses working in Lin Dong’s parlour. She too, like Pingguo and her husband, had come to Beijing from a small village town with the hopes and dreams
Moulin Rouge (1952) was a movie directed by John Houston which was based in the late 19th century of Paris. The movie was a biopic of the famous Post – Impressionist artist, Henri de Toulouse – Lautrec and also introduced the audience to the bohemian sub- culture of the 1890s Paris. The movie started with the exuberant and enthusiastic dance of the Can-Can dancers in a nightclub which is extravagant and extreme. There was a long curvy stair, a big centre place for dancing which brightly lit and