Essays On Entertainment

In this 20-minute film by Roman Polanski, he features the rather odd team-up of two men, who emerged from the sea with a huge luggage, a wardrobe which they prefer to carry off top town. This short silent film showed the different reactions of people towards the two men carrying a wardrobe. Some of these […]

Exploring the ways ‘Cinematic Techniques’ are used in the opening sequence of the ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ (0:00 to 0:03. 30), to portray character and develop certain effects within the film drawing emphasis to Cinematography and Mise-En-Scene.In this essay I hope to analyze and decrypt the various cinematic techniques used by the director to serve a […]

Everyday, everywhere we go, in everything we do, we see, hear, and use communication. The movies is no exception. In watching the movie Rainman I observed many different types of communication both effective and ineffective. The main character of the movie, Charlie, begins the movie as a very stubborn and selfish man who does not […]

Both the story “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” by Sherman Alexie and the movie Smoke Signals take inspiration from the same tales. Despite their similarities in having a common outcome, the movie and the story display a multitude of differences—some apparent, others not so much. Nevertheless, both convey the same plotline, […]

The 2001 film, The Others, is considered a terrifying horror that keeps its viewers on edge until the very end. Through analyzing Alejandro Amenabar’s directing approach, this article will explore how elements such as cinematography, character development, setting, and narrative progression contribute to the buildup of suspense. The film heavily relies on suspense as a […]

Although both Ang Lee’s film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility and Rodney Bennett’s TV series adaptation capture the essence of Jane Austen’s novel, there are variations in their portrayal which add and detract from each version. Discrepancies occur due to differences in the directors’ nationalities, target audience, characters, and events. Consequently, the US adaptation is […]

As a practical production I will be producing a movie trailer and I will be working in a pair. We will be producing multi-generic movie trailer which includes psychological suspense thriller and mystery and the trailer will be called “Slashed”. As a group we will be sharing the tasks equally so, each person in the […]

The film “Casa” is the subject of my reflection paper. Its tagline, “A blind husband, A sexy wife, An ex-lover, In a house by the bay,” gives a glimpse of the storyline. The movie follows Isabel (played by Asia) and Sam (played by Michael) as they move into Sam’s former home, a mansion along the […]

At the start of “Insomnia”, a crime/drama film, two detectives (Will Dormer and Hap Eckhart) are sent from Los Angeles to a quiet Alaskan town to solve the murder of a young girl. The sequence begins with an establishing shot of a police station with a sign to the left saying “City of Nightmute Alaska”, […]

Despite collaborating with Marc Caro on his earlier works, Jeunet’s films can still be labeled as the work of an auteur. This is due to the fact that his signature style developed during these collaborative projects has remained consistent throughout his career. As a director, he exhibits certain recurrent characteristics of style that serve as […]

One of the most successful British gangster movies of the 20th Century, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, has been celebrated as “a welcome entry into the flailing neo-noir tradition” (Seattle Weekly’s Sean Axmaker). Despite its humorous touch, it raises questions about whether it is a parody of both film-noir and the general crime genre, […]

Critical Geopolitics seeks to “reveal the hidden politics of geographical knowledge” (Tuithail et al, 1998: 3). Geopolitics is a discourse, a culturally and politically varied way of describing, representing and writing about geography and international politics. This paper will attempt to analyse how political cartoons and stamps are geopolitical representations that impart geopolitical knowledge. The […]

Executive Summary British television viewing levels had stagnated in the 1980s due to already high levels of television viewership (3. 5 hours per day) and the rapid penetration of the VCR. This caused broadcast companies like BBC and ITV to look for new ways to spurn growth. The British government tried to allocate three of […]

Assuming that Arundel Partners is a purely financial company with no experience in the movie industry whatsoever, one reason for them to buy the rights to create sequels would be to exploit a possible arbitrage in between the price they would pay for an option to sequels and its real value. Therefore valuing the said […]

1)What is the gap in market structure for Calyx and Corolla’s business model? The traditional distribution chain for the fresh flower market is: grower, distributor, wholesaler, retailer and finally the consumer. As a result of the number of participants in this structure, a flower may be as much as seven to ten days old before […]

Natalie Babbitt’s Tuck Everlasting is a literary piece that caters to those who believe in the notion of eternal life. The concept of death proves difficult for most individuals to come to terms with. This is evident in the individuals who decide to undergo cryopreservation after passing away. The book “Tuck Everlasting” presents the idea […]

When World War 1 broke out in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson declared the United States neutral. Although U. S. soldiers did not fight until 1917, the country was never technically impartial in the conflict. Cultural and economic ties, U. S. predilection, and global political ideals manifested a tip in American scales toward the Allies, ultimately […]

The first essay was written to focus on negative criticism on television, “Television: The Plug-In Drug” by Marie Winn, was about the influence of television on family life and parent-child relationships. Author of children’s books, Marie Winn sees only a negative outcome with television and family. I did not like her article because I think […]

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an award winning American film actor. He gained worldwide fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic and has starred in many other successful films including Romeo + Juliet, Catch Me If You Can, and Blood Diamond. He has appeared in Martin Scorsese’s recent films Gangs […]

Steven Spielberg wrote and directed the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind which follows a group of scientists who discover WWII fighter planes in perfect condition in the desert. Strange bright lights are reported by commercial flights in Indiana, but cannot be described to air traffic control. The state experiences a widespread power outage […]

The title sequence for the movie Catch Me If You Can, created by Olivier Kuntzel and Florence Deygas, utilizes retro-inspired graphics and a jazzy theme tune to establish the era, style, and tone of the film’s narrative. While representing the basic story of the ongoing chase between conman Frank Abagnale Jr and FBI agent Carl […]

Strategy Report – Marks and Spencer’s History In 1884 Michael Marks, a Russian-born Polish refugee opened a stall at the Leeds Kirkgate market. Since then, Marks and Spencer were born, opening over 300 stores worldwide and also being the UK’s largest clothing retailer. In 1999, online shopping was introduced to their website for customers to […]